Thomas Munn an internationally recognized Lighting Designer, has designed for theater, opera, ballet, television, videos and industrials. A graduate of Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts in design, he made his Broadway debut in 1974 designing scenery for Brightower by Dore Schary. In New York, as a member of USA 829, he was an active Scenic Artist as well as a Scenic and Lighting Designer. He served as Lighting Director/Designer for San Francisco Opera from 1976 through 2000, creating designs and special effects for over 190 productions. These include the Emmy-nominated televised world premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire (Projection Design and Lighting) and Mr. Munn's Emmy Award-winning work on La Gioconda. Recent new productions for San Francisco Opera include Don Carlos, Otello, Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg, The Ballad of Baby Doe (San Francisco and New York City Opera), The Tsar's Bride, and Semele. Munn's credits as Lighting Director for television include Dangerous Liaisons, Samson et Dalila, La Bohème, Aida, Orlando Furioso, L'Africaine, Capriccio, and Turandot. Scenic design credits include productions of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Roberto Devereux, Pelleas et Melisande, Nabucco, Billy Budd, Don Giovanni, and Christophe Colomb. Besides his work for the San Francisco Opera, during 2002-03 Munn recreated his designs for productions of Mefistofele for Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy; La Bohème for Washington Opera; and new productions of Un Ballo in Maschera and Elektra for Pittsburgh Opera; Hansel und Gretel and La Traviata for Dallas Opera, La Boheme for Hidden Valley Music Center, and scenery and lighting for Candide at Whitman College. Ballet and Dance credits include works for the Mary Anthony Dance Theatre in New York City and The Nutcracker and Coppelia for the Hartford Ballet and Ballet Arizona. As a Lighting Consultant he has worked on prestigious projects such as the renovated War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, Het Musiktheatre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the Napa Valley Opera House. Munn joined the faculty as Assistant Professor in 2003 and continues to work as a freelance designer and consultant.