Brek Dodson is a first-year Lighting Design MFA student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Originally from North Carolina, they received their BFA in Design, Management and Technology with a concentration in Lighting Design from the University of Miami. Their previous design credits include Passing Strange (Studio 620), Young Frankenstein (Jerry Herman Theatre), How to Break in a Glove (City Theatre Miami), The Nutcracker (South Florida Ballet), Almost, Maine (Jerry Herman Theatre), and Failure: A Love Story (Jerry Herman Theatre).