About
Heather Cornick
Heather Cornick is a theatre and live-event designer and technician based in Edmonton, Alberta. She has worked in live entertainment since 1994, with a career focus on lighting, puppetry and stage management, and regular work in projection, props, carpentry and production management.
Her work spans regional theatre, opera, musicals, theatre for young audiences, festivals, concert touring and corporate events — from 1,350-seat roadhouses to school gymnasiums. Venues include Tarragon Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the Molson Amphitheatre, the Capitol Centre in North Bay, the Varscona and Westbury theatres, the Rice at the Citadel, the Edmonton Valley Zoo, and Princess Cruises.
Alongside design work she has taught the next generation of technicians: Assistant Lecturer in Lighting Design at the University of Alberta, sessional faculty at MacEwan University, and Head of Lighting and lighting instructor at Red Deer College for a decade. She is a member of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association, and currently Bookings Coordinator at Concrete Theatre.
Teaching & positions
2019–Bookings Coordinator — Concrete Theatre, Edmonton
2022–2025Assistant Lecturer — University of Alberta, Department of Drama
2021–2023Sessional Faculty — MacEwan University, Department of Theatre
2006–2016Head of Lighting & Lighting Instructor — Red Deer College
2005–2006Head of Electrics — Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton
2003–2005Head of Lighting — Living Arts Centre, Mississauga
1994–Freelance live event technician & designer
Education
CapilanoBachelor of Performing Arts
HumberTheatre Arts Technical Diploma, with Honours
Professional development
PuppetryGros Morne Puppetry Intensive, Memorial University
PuppetryBanff Puppet Theatre Intensive, The Banff Centre
PuppetryShadow of Truth — Canadian Academy of Mask & Puppetry / Old Trout Puppet Workshop
ClownMask and Clown intensive — Fool Moon Productions, University of Alberta
LightingBroadway Master Lighting Classes — LiveDesign, Skirball Center, NYU
ProjectionBroadway Master Projection Classes — LiveDesign, Skirball Center, NYU
Certifications
First Aid & CPR · Aerial Work Platform Operator & Trainer · High Angle Rescue · Fall Arrest · WHMIS · IATSE Set Etiquette
Software & consoles
ETC Eos family console programming · WYSIWYG · Isadora · DraftyApp · Adobe Creative Cloud · Microsoft Office · iWork