Nominated for BEST DESIGN by the Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle
(2009-2010)
Lighting, Scenic, & Special Effect Design -The Killing Room
Nominated
for LIVE DESIGN Magazine EXCELLENCE AWARD (2009)
Lighting Design - Architainment Category
Pretend City Children's Museum, Irvine CA
"Lighting
Control is Child's Play at Pretend City Childrens Museum"
PLSN (Projection, Lights, and Staging News) Magazine article
"Red Fish Illuminations Selects Chauvet Lights for Children's Musuem"
LEDs Magazine article
Nominated for the 2008 ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AWARD by the Greater Columbus
Arts Council (GCAC)
Lighting & Scenic Design - The Angels of Lemnos Named
as one of COLUMBUS BEST DESIGNS 2008 by the Columbus Dispatch
Lighting & Scenic Design -Split
Nominated
for BEST DESIGN by the Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle (2008-2009)
Lighting & Scenic Design -Split
Nominated
for BEST DESIGN by the Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle (2006-2007)
Scenic Design -Objet d'Art
...clever projections and complex light design
Danielle Filas, The Theatre Vault
Set and lighting designer Doug Northeim takes a minimalist, yet high-impact approach, adding only a Roman Colonial-style staircase and pillars that the actors moved about, and two LED screens that flash art deco paintings of the actors' period surroundings. The projections also feature large red slashes and slasher sound effects whenever someone is killed (which is often). His lighting scheme is also equally compelling, juxtaposing hues of stark red and cool blue, while Jennifer Feather Youngblood's ancient Roman costumes add necessary authenticity and legitimacy to the production. DA Steward, Queer Corner
The Other Paper's The Best of 2011: Theater
Best Drama 2011, Honorable mention: Titus Andronicus, Shepherd Productions.
Richard Ades, The Other Paper
A
Street Car Named Desire
Emerald City Players, Dublin, OH
Lighting Design
Lighting Equipment Rental
A
strong technical element also aids the storytelling...Northeim’s
lighting also add wonderful colors reflecting Blanche’s moods. - Betty Peters, Theatrevault
ECP’s RENT rocks!... Director Kathy Sturm’s set design,
coupled with Doug Northeim’s lighting design, captures the rough
yet eclectic vibe of the various stories presented by each character. - D. Filas, Theatrevault
The
Killing Room
Madlab Theatre & Gallery, Columbus, OH
Lighting, Scenic, & Special Effects Design
Lighting Equipment Rental
Nominated
"BEST DESIGN" by the Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle 2009-2010
season. The
Other Paper
The
production's most dramatic element is the visual one. Doug Northeim's
ambitious lighting and stage designs really pay off. Turning the entire
room about 90 degrees to the left, he doubles the space of the stage
and fills it with an abstract, otherworldly atmosphere that transplants
you into Whitmore's disturbed mind. All of this is
enhanced by a fog machine, real rain featured during thunderstorms throughout,
and constantly changing light schemes (from horror red to moonlight
blue). -
Dwayne Steward, Metromix
From
rain to fog and surreal moonlight, nifty scenic effects enliven the
world premiere of Mark Cornell's veritable ghost story...
- Michael Grossberg, The
Columbus Dispatch
I
would be completely remiss if I didn’t mention Doug Northeim’s
incredible set design. MadLab’s mutable space allows for several
stage/house configurations, and this one is one of the most creative
uses I’ve seen there yet. The set drives home the creepy aspects
of the play, complete with gallows, a skeletal piano, and crudely stitched
burlap sacks (reminiscent of Jack’s nightmare scarecrows) for
upholstery and drapery—even serving as the “screen”
for the silent movie clips. The special effects in lighting, creative
use of a fog machine, and especially the onstage rainstorms are particularly
effective and add another layer of authenticity to the story.
- Krista Threadgill, Theatre
Vault
MadLab
has come up with one of its most atmospheric set and lighting designs
ever for The Killing Room. Created by Doug Northeim, it features striking
pieces, such as a piano and a tree that are constructed of rickety boards
and lit from within or behind, respectively. The set even allows rain
to descend onto the MadLab stage in a couple of stormy scenes. The overall
design is nearly as nice as the one Northeim came up with for last year’s
MadLab production of The Angels of Lemnos.
-Richard Ades, The
Other Paper
Pretend
City
Children's Museum of Orange County, CA
Exhibit Lighting Design
Red
Fish Illuminations (RFI) partnered with Cantara
Design Group of Huntington Beach, CA as a lighting consultant for
two interactive exhibits including: 1) a theatre with various single
push buttons to play back time-coded automated lighting shows and 2)
an interactive "keep the beach clean" exhibit which projected
images to simulate a polluted and clean beach. As part of the beach
exhibit, RFI was granted special permission to use patended aerospace
and architectural LCD & SPD glass units to allow simple integration
into the Murphy
Catton built exhibit.
LIVE
DESIGN MAGAZINE
Nominated
for a DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD (architainment category)
Doug
Northeim's lighting and scenic design deserves praise"
- Michael Grossberg, Columbus Dispatch
"I
was impressed with how MadLab has met the play's challenges. Start with
the unusual but effective staging - a new configuration for MadLab's
intimate Downtown-fringe theater that works well by placing the audience
into and on both sides of the action, set along a back alley where the
homeless gather." - Columbus
Dispatch Theatre Talk Blog
Split
Scenic & Lighting Designer
Nominated
for Best Design by the Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle (2008-2009
Season)
- Press
Release
"Vividly
staged and well-acted...complete with colorful circus lighting and a
central ringed stage on which various
”acts” and actors emerge to play with Adam's psyche"
- Columbus
Dispatch Theatre Talk Blog
"The
stage itself also plays a major role in the production's success. Lighting
and scenic designer Doug Northeim completely recreated the theater,
stretching the seating in a 180-degree format around the stage. It effectively
complements the play's theme of life as it revolves around Adam....
Presented like Adam's thought bubbles, the characters in his life were
rolled out on platforms from behind curtains with spotlighted performances
whenever he'd mentioned them, adding an enjoyable dimension to the show."
-Dwayne Steward, Metromix
"MadLab,
whose stage designs tend to be minimal, took an ambitious step and built
a moving stage for Split, it's enjoyable and rewarding current production.
But the inventive troupe went farther and changed its entire stage and
seating configuration - with very happy results that could and should
outlast this particular show. The new stage is more intimate and in
my opinion, focuses the attention of the audience better than MadLab's
previous extra-wide and shallow stage." -Columbus
Dispatch Theatre Talk Blog
"Miraculous
revelation... remarkable multi-media effects and a stunning set; truth
was never more apparent on a stage..."
-The Oakwood Register
Wonder
of the World
Scenic & Lighting Designer
"Director Aaron Babcock keeps his cast bouncing through Northeim's
ingenious and childishly garish set."
- The Orlando Sentinel
Lost
in Yonkers
Lighting Designer
"Doug
Northeim's lighting design added the only warmth when Grandma entered
the room, ridding this theater of its usual bothersome shadows."
- Emily Thorpe, The Orlando Sentinel
Objet
d’Art
Scenic Designer
Nominated for Best Design by the Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle
(2006-2007 Season)
"MadLab
may have never achieved a scenic design as polished as Doug Northeim's
comfortable living room and foyer"
-Michael Grossberg, Columbus Dispatch
"Scenic
designer Doug Northeim has put together one of the most handsome sets
ever seen on the Madlab stage."
-The Other Paper
"Extra
kudos to Doug Northeim's classy set design"
- Columbus Alive