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Tom Ruzika is honored to have been a collaborative member of the UCI lighting design faculty for 35 years and is proud of the talented students who participated in the program. Tom’s over 350 theatrical lighting designs have been seen on Broadway, in national tours, the Hollywood Bowl, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and for many national and international regional theatres, dance companies, and opera companies. His entertainment lighting can be seen at theme parks in six different countries. Mr. Ruzika with his team of Ruzika Company lighting designers and theatre consultants has designed architectural lighting for over 300 prestigious hotels, casinos, restaurants, historic building facades, and retail centers internationally and has planned over 100 commercial theatres, theme park performance venues, and educational theatres. Tom has received numerous awards for his contributions to the art and craft of lighting design including the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award in Lighting and the Lighting Dimensions Designer of the Year award.
