Todd Proffitt

Todd Proffitt (he/him/his) is a freelance Lighting Designer and Assistant Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at SUNY-Fredonia.

He has held various technical, management, and design positions in companies such as Theatre of Youth in Buffalo, The Chautauqua Theatre Company, The Paul Robeson Theatre, Buffalo State College, The Producers Circle, Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts, Angelfire Mountain Theatre Group, Central Missouri Repertory, and others.

Mr Proffitt has been active in the United States Institute for Theatre Technology for over 20 years. He has worked in the Lighting Commission as the Student Volunteer Coordinator in the Light Lab, Light Lab Chair, and Vice Commissioner for Programming 2011 and 2014. He served as the Lighting Commissioner for four years. Currently, he serves as the Chair of the Awards Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Faculty Student Association at Fredonia, Allegheny Highlands Council of Scouting America, and the Theater of Youth Company in Buffalo.

In May 1999, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Design from Texas Tech University. In 1994, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Central Missouri State University. He was the recipient of The United States Institute for Theatre Technology's Barbizon Award for Lighting Design in 1999.

For three years, he wrote a blog on using computer technologies at Digital Tools for the Performing Arts and spent three years writing a column in Stage Directions Magazine TD Talk.