John has designed lighting and scenery for numerous companies including the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Opera Carolina, Indianapolis Opera, Imagination Stage, Shaker Mountain Opera, Theatre Charlotte, Gallery Players (Off Broadway), Access Theatre (Off Broadway), the Chautauqua Opera Company, Blumenthal Arts, Caroline Calouche and Company, and Charlotte Ballet. John has also designed lighting for broadcast including Netflix’s Fortune Feimster’s Sweet and Salty and the ACC Football Honors Programs. John spent time in London designing for the Central St. Martins School of Art where he designed lights for “The Birds Project.”  John was faculty and designer at DeSales, Catholic and Johnson C. Smith Universities. He is the Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance at Winthrop University specializing in technical direction and design.  He completed his graduate work at Ohio University where he received the regional Peggy Ezekiel Award of Outstanding Achievement in Design. He is a member and Vice President of the IATSE Local 322 in Charlotte, NC.