Kiana Cowles Meyer I have always loved the way light fills the room. We encounter it every day with sunlight and natural textures all around us. This is one thing that has influenced me a lot in lighting design. I love taking a show or lighting ideas and turning them into something very different from the “normal” of the theater industry. I enjoy the shows, special events, and developing new ideas to push the industry further. I am pushed to continuously do better and push the limits of the industry further. I love using art to inspire, but all of my work is inspired by the emotion the scene portrays in the theater. In musical theater, I use a mix of the style of the timeline, the style of the music, and the set. One thing that inspires me is using lighting that can be built into sets, allowing the space to be more realistic.