Ed McEneney

Associate Designer

Ed McEneney began his lighting career as Assistant Lighting Designer for Bailey’s One Millionth Case Celebration in Dublin, Ireland. While in Ireland he studied at the Samuel Beckett Centre at Trinity College, Dublin and assisted Bernard Griffin lighting events for Coke, Anthrax and The Rose of Tralee. 

After graduating with a BA from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, he became National Sales Consultant for Lighting & Electronics (L&E) where he assisted architects, designers and sales reps on projects from Lion King to Fort Lauderdale Performing Arts Center.  During that time he continued to freelance as an LD, lighting events for the United Way, Vassar College, and the Dutchess County Agricultural Society.

After coming to his senses he moved down state and earned his MFA in Lighting Design from SUNY Purchase, where he studied under Dennis Parichy, Brian MacDevitt and David Finley. He worked as a United Scenic Artists Apprentice for New York City Opera on Porgy & Bess, Tosca, Platee with Mark Morris Dance, and Mother of Us All.  Soon after, Betsy Adams and David McKennan of Blue Hill Design hired him for a Sun Microsystems launch. Since then he’s worked with Blue Hill Design on a variety of projects ranging from industrials for IBM, Canon, and Pfizer, to plays such as The Laramie Project, Ain’t Misbehavin’, and The People’s Temple.  In addition, he has worked extensively in TV with New York City Lites on shows including Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, ESPN’s Cold Pizza, ESPN’s Cheap Seats and designed live call-ins and remotes for ESPN’s Pete Rose Story and ESPN Classic’s You Can’t Blame.  Other TV work includes Saturday Night Live, The History Channel, and ESPN’s Dream Job.  He is also the Resident Designer at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, adapting and designing for Pascal Rioult, Buglisi Foreman, ABT, Maureen Fleming and The Parsons Dance Company.  He’s designed a number of shows for the Contemporary American Theater Festival including the premiere of Lee Blessing’s Whores, Richard Dresser’s Rounding Third, Stuart Flack’s Homeland Security, and Eric Coble’s Bright Ideas.

Throughout his career he’s always given his clients what they wanted, and more than they expected.

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