Michael K. Wangen (lighting designer) is based in Minneapolis, where he has been a working lighting designer for over 30 years. Regional theater credits: Guthrie Theatre, Children’s Theatre Co., Trinity Rep, Center Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He is currently the resident designer with both Illusion Theater and Pillsbury House Theatre in Minneapolis and also does extensive work with playwright Carlyle Brown (through Carlyle Brown & Co.) and theatre artist Laurie Carlos. He served as resident designer for Penumbra Theatre (where he met Daniel Alexander Jones) from 1987-2000 and has designed over 60 productions there. He also serves as the lighting designer for Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, now in its final year and is a recipient of a 2012-2013 McKnight Theater Artist Fellowship.