Brandon Wardell is a Lighting and Scenic Designer based in Chicago. He is an Ensemble Member of Steep Theatre Company, an Artistic Associate with Griffin Theatre Company, and Associate Professor of Lighting Design at Northern Illinois University’. Recent designs include Two Trains Running (Court); A Case For the Existence of God, Light Falls, and The Writer (Steep); An Act of God (Paramount); The Lifespan of a Fact, Trouble In Mind, and Cardboard Piano (TimeLine Theatre Co.); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Steppenwolf); A Number (Writers Theatre); Blues in the Night (Porchlight Music Theatre); Men On Boats (American Theatre Co.); Solaris, Titanic, London Wall, and Men Should Weep (Griffin); The Game of Love and Chance (American Players Theatre); and Million Dollar Quartet (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival). Brandon earned his MFA from Northwestern University and is on the faculty of Northern Illinois University.