Bio:

Ariel Bernhard is a Lighting Designer based in Orlando, Florida who has earned honors at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Ariel also earned accolades in her  various positions over four years with the Walt Disney Company, including a professional internship as a Show Lighting Designer with Walt Disney Imagineering.

Design credits at Carnegie Mellon include Passage, The Impresario, The Telephone, Babel, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Dance/Light in addition to contributing to productions as a Assistant Designer, Lighting Manager, Assistant Lighting Manager and/or Programmer. Ms Bernhard has also put on musicals at The Vanguard Theater Summer Stock. Ariel is an award-winning photographer as well. She has a passion for Lighting and the Arts and is looking forward to her next steps.