Taylor Jaskula
MFA in Lighting
Taylor Jaskula is a Lighting Designer, Master Electrician, Production Manager, and Educator. Originally from New Jersey, she is coming to UMASS from Saratoga Springs, New York where she served as the Assistant Technical Director and Lecturer for the Skidmore College Theater Department. Select design credits include Pump Up the Volume (Adirondack Theatre Festival), The Chaparral, Springfest, and Off The Shelf (Skidmore College), and Memphis (Vanguard Theater Company). Outside of Designing, she has worked in multiple capacities for SITI Company, Elizabeth Streb’s Streb Extreme Action Company, The Adirondack Theatre Festival, The South Orange Performing Arts Center, and The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Most recently, she served as the Theatrical Consultant for a new stage space that was constructed in Morristown, NJ. When she isn’t working she enjoys visiting local ice cream shops, baseball, and walking her dog, Bailey.