Paul Yeates

Biography

Paul Yeates is a lighting and scenic designer and Associate Professor at Idaho State University. Paul has an MFA in Lighting Design from the University of Connecticut, as well as a BFA in Technical Theatre and Design from Utah State University. He is a member of USITT, was invited to participate in the Hemsley Portfolio Review, the most prestigious review held for lighting designers at the Lincoln Center in New York City and a past participant at KCACTF with his lighting design for The Glass Menagerie. Paul has worked around the country in various lighting and scenic design positions as both designer and assistant designer. Some of these include: Pickleville on Tour, Center Stage Idaho Falls, Arts Express-Tucson, The Grand Theatre SLC, Lyric Repertory Company, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Western Wyoming Community College, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, The Atlantic Theatre Company in New York, BYU Hawaii, Hartford Stage Company and the Utah Shakespeare Festival.