Jessica Ann Drayton

Lighting Designer

Jessica Ann Drayton holds a BFA from Wright State University and an MFA in lighting design from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). She is the 2024 Howell Binkley Fellowship Recipient. Her selected lighting designs include Beauty and the Beast, Singing in the Rain, Anxiety Project (Archbishop Alter High School); Fat Ham, Amen Corner, Wrecking Ball, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Cincinnati Shakespeare); Once on This Island, Cunning Little Vixen, Spelling Bee, Cinderella (CCM); Winter’s Tale Remix (Epic Theatre Company, NY); Everly Brothers (Ivoryton Playhouse, CT); La Ville Morte (Catapult Opera, NY); and Secret Garden (TheaterLabs Dayton). Drayton could not continue to pursue her craft without the love and support of her friends and family (especially Jonathan, Sophiam, and Nigel). Explore more of her work at DraytonDesignsLLC.com. Fiat Lux.