Kia Rogers (she/her) is a New York City based lighting designer for Theatre and Dance.
International credits: Lighting Designer for The Baby Monitor, Rome and Cagliari, Italy 2021, and Belgrade, Serbia for the Belgrade Pride Festival. Associate Lighting Designer for Slutforart/98.6 inGothenburg, Sweden with Muna Tseng.
West coast designs: El Portal's Monroe Forum Theatre, Los Angeles and Z Space, San Francisco.
Film credits: Georgia & Me, Happy Days, and Hot Angry Mom web series.
Dance designs: Flamenco Vivo National tours, Forward Motion, Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, Lighting Designer and mentor for Ethical Culture Fieldston High School Dance Company since 2015.
Guest Lighting Designer: Lafayette College, Easton PA, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and for the South Carolina Governors School of the Arts, Greenville, SC.
Awards: Outstanding Lighting Design for Real, 2019 and Jane The Plain, 2014 by the New York Innovative Theatre Awards, Outstanding Lighting Design for Mr. Toole, 2016 by the Midtown International Theatre Festival
Nominations: Operating Systems, 2019, Rizing, 2016 and The Gin Baby, 2014 by the New York Innovative Theatre Awards
Kia is a Creative Partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble since 2012, and a member of LAByrinth Theater Company.
Selected press
Real produced by The Tank
"...Kia Rogers (lights), the tiny space glows with rich color, which seems to trap the actors like insects in amber."
American Theatre, by Helen Shaw. Published: January 14th, 2019
Thieves Produced by Rising Phoenix Rep, Weathervane Productions & Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
...while Kia Rogers’ lighting design ups the dramatic ante every step of the way.
StagesceneLA, by Steven Stanley. Published: March 20th, 2015
Angeles / Almas produced by Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
The second half of Angeles / Almas went even further in towards an increasingly intimate portrayal of the heart of flamenco. The introspective sentiments of the flamenco artist became the highlight of the stage at the sharp hand of lighting designer Kia Rogers.
BWW review, by Matt Hanson. Published: May 26, 2015
Ajax in Iraq Produced by Flux Theatre Ensemble
Kia Rogers’s savvy lighting intensifies scene after scene.
The New York Times, By Anita Gates. Published: June 17, 2011
Margo Veil Produced by UNCW Theatre
Guest lighting designer Kia Rogers’ work is seamless; it is so beautiful. Subtle would be the best way to describe it. She has one in particular, special down-stage center—a triangle (accentuating the three bodies that Margo Veil will inhabit) which slowly changes colors, disappears and reappears throughout the course of the show. It doesn’t have to be overt and stark; it makes a stronger impression with its nuance. Rogers is a UNCW alum currently working as a designer in New York City. Outside of the opportunity to work with someone of her caliber, it must be an inspiring experience for the students to work with a graduate from the same program, who has encountered professional success. Rogers’ kind and generous nature lends itself to a natural mentoring attitude, and hopefully some of the design and production students are taking advantage of the opportunity.
Encore Magazine by: Kaitlin Willow, April 2012
In The Summer Pavilion Produced by Go In Her Room Productions
Kia Roger's lighting is also noteworthy: She defines half a dozen decades and spaces with ease, no small feat considering the limited light board.
Alexis Soloski FringeNYC reviewer: August 2011
In The Summer Pavilion Produced by Go In Her Room Productions
Kia Rogers's lighting is downright magic.
nytheatre.com by Jo Ann Rosen FringeNYC reviewer: August 2011
All The Rage Produced by Manhattan Theatre Source
The lighting from Kia Rogers emphasizes the disjointed, shattered feeling of the play.
nytheatre.com review by Josh Sherman · July 31, 2008
Real produced by The Tank
"...Kia Rogers (lights), the tiny space glows with rich color, which seems to trap the actors like insects in amber."
American Theatre, by Helen Shaw. Published: January 14th, 2019
Thieves Produced by Rising Phoenix Rep, Weathervane Productions & Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
...while Kia Rogers’ lighting design ups the dramatic ante every step of the way.
StagesceneLA, by Steven Stanley. Published: March 20th, 2015
Angeles / Almas produced by Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
The second half of Angeles / Almas went even further in towards an increasingly intimate portrayal of the heart of flamenco. The introspective sentiments of the flamenco artist became the highlight of the stage at the sharp hand of lighting designer Kia Rogers.
BWW review, by Matt Hanson. Published: May 26, 2015
Ajax in Iraq Produced by Flux Theatre Ensemble
Kia Rogers’s savvy lighting intensifies scene after scene.
The New York Times, By Anita Gates. Published: June 17, 2011
Margo Veil Produced by UNCW Theatre
Guest lighting designer Kia Rogers’ work is seamless; it is so beautiful. Subtle would be the best way to describe it. She has one in particular, special down-stage center—a triangle (accentuating the three bodies that Margo Veil will inhabit) which slowly changes colors, disappears and reappears throughout the course of the show. It doesn’t have to be overt and stark; it makes a stronger impression with its nuance. Rogers is a UNCW alum currently working as a designer in New York City. Outside of the opportunity to work with someone of her caliber, it must be an inspiring experience for the students to work with a graduate from the same program, who has encountered professional success. Rogers’ kind and generous nature lends itself to a natural mentoring attitude, and hopefully some of the design and production students are taking advantage of the opportunity.
Encore Magazine by: Kaitlin Willow, April 2012
In The Summer Pavilion Produced by Go In Her Room Productions
Kia Roger's lighting is also noteworthy: She defines half a dozen decades and spaces with ease, no small feat considering the limited light board.
Alexis Soloski FringeNYC reviewer: August 2011
In The Summer Pavilion Produced by Go In Her Room Productions
Kia Rogers's lighting is downright magic.
nytheatre.com by Jo Ann Rosen FringeNYC reviewer: August 2011
All The Rage Produced by Manhattan Theatre Source
The lighting from Kia Rogers emphasizes the disjointed, shattered feeling of the play.
nytheatre.com review by Josh Sherman · July 31, 2008
