Michael Jarett
Michael Jarett (Lighting Designer) is pleased to continue his collaboration with Starr Foster Dance. He recently became an Assistant Professor/Design Specialist for the University of Nevada Las Vegas Department of Dance where he supervises the Bachelor of Arts in Dance Production and Management degree program. He was the Lighting Designer/Dance Technical Director for the VCU Department of Dance and Choreography for nine years. Michael received his MFA in Theater Design from Brandeis University, his BA in Theater from the University of Richmond, and held the Gilbert Hemsley Internship at Lincoln Center. Michael has had the pleasure of designing for choreographers and companies including Amaranth Contemporary Dance, Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, Agua Dulce Dance Theater, Camille A. Brown and Dancers, Dance Iquail!, FDance, Ground Zero Dance, Thang Dao Dance Company, We Are Artists, BodyTraffic, and the VON HOWARD PROJECT.
Gretta Daughtrey
Gretta Daughtrey (Lighting Design) has designed with several local theatre companies, area schools, and universities. Recent dance projects include several performances during the VCU 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years including both site and theatre work (Pathfinders, TWO TRUTHS: Truth 1, DanceNOW 2024, Enouement), Gretta has also designed for KDance at Firehouse Theatre and University of Richmond University Dancers Concert 2024 (Moving Bodies/Bodies Moving). Past theatrical designs for Richmond Shakes (Quill) include Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and An Iliad. She has also designed several productions for Henrico Theatre Company and the Festival of Arts at Dogwood Dell. Gretta works in Systems Integration for Barbizon, specifying lighting and control systems.
