News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
kia rogers Headshot

kia rogers

Birth Place: United States

Get kia rogers Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

BIO

Kia Rogers is a New York City based lighting designer for Theatre and Dance. Recent designs: 3LD Art & Technology Center, BAM Fisher, Cherry Lane Studio, Gural theatre at ART/NY, Gym at Judson, and Theatre 511 at ARS NOVA. International credits: Associate Lighting Designer for Slutforart/98.6 in Gothenburg, Sweden with Muna Tseng. ?West coast designs: El Portal's Monroe Forum Theatre, Los Angeles and Z Space, San Francisco. Dance designs: Flamenco Vivo National tours, Forward Motion, Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, Lighting Designer and mentor for Ethical Culture Fieldston High School Dance Company. Awards: Outstanding Lighting Design for Jane The Plain with the NYITA, 2014 and nominated in 2016 for Rizing. MITF 2016 Outstanding Lighting Design for Mr. Toole. ?Kia is a member of Rising Phoenix Repertory and a Creative Partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble.

Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2023]
Lighting Design
 
[Off-Broadway, 2022]
Lighting Designer

Awards and Nominations


winner
IT Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kia RogersJane the Plain

News


JANUARY Will Run Off-Broadway Next Month

MULTISTAGES has announced the Off-Broadway engagement of Paula Cizmar’s JANUARY, directed by MultiStages Artistic Director Lorca Peress.
Wild Project Unveils Complete Programming For December 2023

wild project has revealed complete programming for December 2023.  Tickets are available now.
LAByrinth Theater Company Announces 30th Anniversary Season, Featuring the World Premiere of DÍA Y NOCHE & More

LAByrinth Theater Company will launch into its 30th Anniversary season with the return of The Barn Series 2023, an annual festival featuring a full roster of new plays, and Día Y Noche, a world premiere production written by David Anzuelo (Shared Sentences) and directed by Carlos Armesto (The Who’s Tommy).
New Performance Dates Announced For METRA: A Climate Revolution Play With Songs at Abrons Arts Center

Flux Theatre Ensemble announces a new performance schedule for their World Premiere of Metra: A Climate Revolution Play with Songs, a speculative mytho-musical drama written by Emily and Ned Hartford with songs by Ned Hartford, directed by Emily Hartford. The show, which was previously announced to run October 28-November 18, will now run October 28-November 12 at the Abrons Arts Center.
Casting Announced For Flux Theatre Ensemble's METRA: A Climate Revolution Play With Songs at Abrons Arts Center

Flux Theatre Ensemble will present the World Premiere of Metra: A Climate Revolution Play with Songs, a speculative mytho-musical drama written by Emily and Ned Hartford with songs by Ned Hartford, directed by Emily Hartford.
Photos: First Look at Retro Productions' ON THE VERGE

Retro Productions revival of Eric Overmyer’s play On the Verge (or the Geography of Yearning) opened at the Gene Frankel Theatre last week. Check out photos here!
Flux Theatre Ensemble to Present World Premiere of METRA: A CLIMATE REVOLUTION PLAY WITH SONGS at Abrons Arts Center

Flux Theatre Ensemble will present the World Premiere of Metra: A Climate Revolution Play with Songs, a speculative mytho-musical drama written by Emily and Ned Hartford with songs by Ned Hartford, directed by Emily Hartford.
Photos: First Look At the Cast of Retro Productions ON THE VERGE

Retro Productions will put their own unique spin on a revival of Eric Overmyer’s play On the Verge (or the Geography of Yearning), that follows Mary, Alex and Fanny as they travel into the future and discover a world that is beyond anything they could imagine. The epic journey takes them through the jungle, over ice cliffs and right up to an Esso station in 1950’s America where their greatest adventures await - including their first encounter with Cool Whip.
Retro Productions To Present A Revival Of Eric Overmyer's ON THE VERGE (OR THE GEOGRAPHY OF YEARNING)

Three intrepid Victorian women explorers travel through time in Retro Productions revival of Eric Overmyer's play On the Verge (or the Geography of Yearning).
Flux Theatre Ensemble Presents The World Premiere of OUR OPTIONS HAVE CHANGED, An Interactive Audio Experience On Your Phone

On June 14, 2022, Flux Theatre Ensemble will launch Our Options Have Changed, an interactive audio experience, created by lead artists Corey Allen, Emily Hartford, and Will Lowry, based on an idea they developed with Jason Tseng. Our Options Have Changed is accessed by cell phone and available 24/7. 
Tanya Perez to Join THE BABY MONITOR At Italy's OnStage! Festival

Following successful productions in Belgrade, Dublin and New York City, Different Translation will present The Baby Monitor, a crucial play exploring same-sex parenting, surrogacy, race, family values, and the repercussions of making assumptions, at Italy's OnStage! Festival.
David Stallings' THE BABY MONITOR To Be Part Of Italy's OnStage! Festival

Following successful productions in Belgrade, Dublin and New York City, Different Translation is pleased to announce The Baby Monitor, a crucial new play exploring same-sex parenting, surrogacy, race, family values, and the repercussions of making assumptions, will be presented in Italy as part of the second edition of the OnStage! Festival.
BWW Review: MR. TOOLE at 59E59 Theaters Depicts a Captivating Backstory of John Kennedy Toole

59E59 Theaters is now presenting 'Mr. Toole,' a production that will appeal to literature and drama lovers alike. The Off-Broadway premiere of this play is superbly written by Vivian Neuwirth, finely directed by Cat Parker, and features an outstanding cast.
MR. TOOLE Will Make its Off Broadway Premiere at 59E59 Theaters

59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director), will welcome the Off Broadway premiere of MR. TOOLE, written by Vivian Neuwirth and directed by Cat Parker. Produced by Articulate Theatre Company, in association with Lagniappe Productions, MR. TOOLE begins performances on Friday, February 28 for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 15.
Photo Flash: Monique Coleman, Ana Gasteyer, Kathy Najimy, Cynthia Nixon And More Star In A IS FOR Benefit Reading

A is For hosted a benefit reading of Paula Kamen's documentary play Jane: Abortion and the Underground at Rattlestick on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. Proceeds from the benefit will support A is For's newly announced Abortion Playwriting Contest. 
SPRING AWAKENING, SHINKA & More Win Off-Off-Broadway IT Awards

On Monday, September 16, 2019, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation announced the 2019 recipients at the annual Off-Off-Broadway IT Awards. For the past 15 years, the It Awards have celebrated the vibrant and creative indie theatre community under the dedicated leadership of Executive Directors Shay Gines and Nick Micozzi who are stepping down and at the ceremony introduced new leadership for the organization: Cat Parker, Artistic Director of Articulate Theatre Company; Ariel Estrada, Producing Artistic Director of Leviathan Lab Projects; and Jazmyn Arroyo, Co-Founding Artistic Director of Step 1 Theatre Project will join Akia Squiteri, Artistic Director of Rising Sun Performance Company as Directors of the organization.
MultiStages To Present World Premiere of OMINOUS MEN

MultiStages today announced that in association with the 14th Street Y, the company will present the world premiere of Desi Moreno-Penson's OMINOUS MEN, a new dark play about race, poverty, drugs, misogyny and violence in America told through a gothic horror and magic realism lens.
THE BABY MONITOR Joins Lineup of Belgrade Pride Theater Festival

Following successful productions in Dublin and New York City, the Heartefact Fund and Different Translation, are pleased to announce The Baby Monitor, a crucial play exploring same-sex parenting and family values, will be presented in Belgrade, Serbia, as part of the inaugural Belgrade Pride Theater Festival.
The New York Innovative Theatre Awards Celebrates 15 Years & The 2019 Award Nominees

On Monday, July 29, 2019, The New York Innovative Theatre Awards, announced the 2019 nominees for the annual Off-Off-Broadway awards. The It Awards have celebrated the vibrant and creative theatre community for the past 15 years.  The official announcement took place at (Le) Poisson Rouge by six celebrated artists and producers from the community including: Jazmyn Arroyo, Jennifer Betite Yen, Iyvon Edebiri, Chris Ignacio, Ashley Rogers, and Erez Ziv.
Nominees Announced For New York Innovative Theater Awards, Celebrating Off-Off-Broadway

On Monday, July 29, 2019, nominees were announced for The New York Innovative Theatre Awards, celebrating Off-Off-Broadway.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has kia rogers been nominated for?

and Outstanding Lighting Design (IT Awards) for Jane the Plain.

What awards has kia rogers won?

Kia Rogers has won the Outstanding Lighting Design award at the IT Awards for their work on Jane the Plain.

Get kia rogers Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Videos