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- Theatrical Lighting Design
- Visual Storytelling
- Creative Collaboration
- Nature-Informed Design Approach
Cedar Wara is a theatrical lighting designer and rigger whose work connects creative storytelling with technical execution.

I’m a lighting designer and theatrical rigger with a strong background in nature, climbing, and the outdoors. My creative work is informed by the environments I’ve experienced outside the theater—the movement of natural light, changing landscapes, texture, scale, and atmosphere.
I bring those observations into theatrical spaces to help shape environments that feel expressive, grounded, and connected to the story. My climbing and mountaineering experience also supports my approach to rigging, rope systems, adaptability, and technical problem-solving.
Inspired by natural light, changing landscapes, movement, and atmosphere, Cedar brings observations from the outdoors into theatrical environments.
Selected production photography from lighting design, stage management, and theatrical rigging work. Click any image to view it full size.
Theatrical lighting designer and rigger working across lighting design, rigging, rope systems, and stage management, with a background in climbing, mountaineering, and the outdoors that informs both creative and technical work.
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