Jordan Z. Hall

Lighting is a visual language that speaks volumes without uttering a word. As an artist that uses light as a medium, each beam of light serves as a brushstroke, painting the stage in a choreography of light, shadow, and color, illuminating the unseen to reveal each layer of every story with every beautifully crafted beam.

BIOGRAPHY

Hailing from Fairview Heights, Illinois, Jordan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & Business Administration from Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois. He recently received a Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in the spring of 2024. With a diverse background in performance, playwriting, musical theatre, dance, and concerts, Jordan has garnered national recognition for his artistry from the National Black Theatre Festival (Mabel P. Robinson Emerging Artist Award), United States Institute for Theatre Technology (Inaugural Recipient of the Collier Woods Scholarship), and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, (Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Award For Excellence in Technology and Design - The  Tempest).

Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, he is a lighting & special effects technician for the renowned Cirque Du Soleil production, The Beatles’ LOVE!

His recent design credits include, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder at Super Summer Theatre, Mud, The Beaux' Stratagem, and Crumbs from the Table of Joy at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre, On Golden Pond at Vegas Theatre Company, Alice in Wonderland at Parallel 45 Theatre, The Mountaintop at the Hoogland Center for the Fine Arts, Theory of Relativity, The Tempest and She Kills Monster at Illinois College. 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

National Black Theatre Festival - 2022
 
Mabel P. Robinson Emerging Artist Award

United States Institute for Theatre Technology - 2021
Inaugural Recipient of the Collier Woods Scholarship

Region 3 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival - 2020
Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Award For Excellence in Technology and Design - The  Tempest
Recipient of the Aspire Leadership Fellow at the National Convention.
"Second Place" for the KCACTF Award for Theatrical Design Excellence in Lighting Design  - The Tempest

Illinois College
Diana Dawdy Chesley Award in Technical Theatre  - 2021
The Carole Ann Ryan Fine Arts Prize - 2021
Gerald and Dorothy Staley Senior Award in Theatre - 2021
Diana Dawdy Chesley Award in Technical Theatre  - 2020

NAACP - 2017

ActSO Playwright Award - Man in the Night