Brian Do
Sound and Lighting Designer
Brian Do is a senior lighting and sound designer, graduating with a BFA in Design and Technology. They thoroughly enjoy having the ability to paint both aural and visual landscapes. Brian is currently working as a lighting designer for Athena. Their previous work includes sound design for A Monster Calls, Airness, She Kills Monsters, and as lighting designer for The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Baylor Opera's The Tender Land. They are a versatile asset who has shown the ability to work well through constraints and under pressure.
Graduation - Spring 2023
Selected Work
A Monster Calls
Brian’s most recent work as a sound designer, A Monster Calls was the third production of Baylor’s 2022-2023 season. It is a show about a child trying to grapple with his mother’s slow and inevitable death. In failing to do so, he begins losing his grip on reality as his dream world begins to meld with the real world. Due to the nature of the show as we see the world through the eyes of the child, it required them to continuously meet every week, collaborating with their director to aptly portray his mental state aurally.
Director: Chelsea Curto
Scenic Design: Sarah Mosher
Costume Design: Sarah Mosher
Lighting Design: Emma Smith
Sound Design: Brian Do
Stage Manager: Hannah Early
ASMs: Zane Arterburn & David Poynter
Photos: Jared Tseng
Baylor University Theatre Mainstage Fall 2022
The Tender Land
The Tender Land was the Baylor Opera’s spring 2022 production. A big shift from their first lighting design, this show was their first musical show and their first design outside of Baylor Theatre. This production has now been selected as a national semi-finalist for the American Prize in Opera Performance in the college/university division.
Director: Dr. Jen Stephenson
Music director: Dr. Jeffrey Peterson
Lighting Design: Brian Do
Stage Manager: Josh Nguyen
Photography: Aadil Sheikh
Baylor University Opera Spring 2022
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
The Last Night at Ballyhoo was the first production of Baylor Theatre’s 2021-2022 season. This was their first production as a lighting designer at Baylor. Set in Atlanta, Christmas 1939, the play mostly takes place in a large two-story Georgian house. This would greatly inform the subtle use of naturalistic lighting and practical fixtures to convey the passage of time and to make the space feel realistic.
Director: Emily Olsen
Scenic Design: Michael Sullivan
Costume Design: Sally Lynn Askins
Lighting Design: Brian Do
Sound Design: Lindsey Swyers
Stage Manager: Madelyn Fritz
ASMs: Willow Keith, Sophia Land
Photos: Jared Tseng
Baylor University Theatre Mainstage Fall 2021