Metropolitan State University of Denver

Jacob M Welch

Personal Biography Statement

Jacob Welch is a Tenured Associate Professor of Theatre specializing in Lighting, Sound, and Technology. Jacob is also an award winning Freelance Lighting Designer working throughout North America. Jacob recently made his Off-Broadway debut with his lighting design of Conviction at the 59E59 Theatre. Other recent lighting designs include 9 Parts of Desire, Rabbit Hole, and A House with No Walls with the Curious Theatre Company; The Syringa Tree with Alliance Stage; The Night Heron, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Caretaker, and Frankie and Johnny at the Claire De Lune with Pargaon Theatre Company; My Name is Rachel Corrie with Countdown to Zero; and Metamorphoses with Theatreworks. He received his MFA in Lighting Design from Western Illinois University.

Current Projects

Forever Plaid - Town Hall Arts Center
Noises Off - Lone Tree Arts Center
Kiss Me Kate - Metro State
The Heidi Chronicles - Metro State
Dividing the Estate - Arvada Center
A Fully Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Creede Rep
The Language of Trees - Creede Rep
Around the World in 80 Days - Creede Rep
The Taming of the Shrew - Creede Rep
William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead - Creede Rep

Conference Participation

National Association of Schools of Theatre Conference - Boston, MA - 3/2013

Educational Biography

MFA in Lighting Design – Western Illinois University (5/99)
BA in Technical Theatre – Western Illinois University (5/97) – Magna cum Laude
AA in Theatre – Spoon River College (5/95)

Courses Taught

THE-2210,THE-3211,THE-3212,THE-3270,THE-3271,THE-3980,THE-398B,THE-4202
,THE-4260,THE-4270,THE-4271,THE-4280

Office Hours

Monday - [12:00 to 02:30]
Wednesday - [12:00 to 02:30]

Current Semester Schedule