Here is a video interview with Lighting Designer, Sooner Routhier from the Light Collective’s Women in Entertainment Lighting section, which is sponsored by Ayrton:
Sooner Rae Routhier is an award-winning Designer, Producer, Director and one of today’s leading creative minds in the world of experiential entertainment. She has developed and produced some of entertainment’s most recognizable performance moments for some of today’s biggest headlining artists including, Coldplay, The Weeknd, KISS, Imagine Dragons, The Lumineers, Rhianna, Pentatonix, Jay-Z, Halsey, Motley Crue, G-Eazy, and Depeche Mode just to name a few.
Routhier’s incredible story began in 1999 where she worked as a lighting technician and lighting director for Rainbow Concert Productions while attending Emerson College in Boston. After graduating in 2001 with BFA in Technical Theater, she launched her career as a Lighting Designer for the rock band Chevelle. Her talent and grit were quickly recognized in the industry allowing her to collaborate and design for some of the industry’s leading live and televised events.
In 2007 Routhier teamed up with legendary production manager Robert Long to form SRae Productions and embarked on a journey to redefine entertainment. She did just that, in 2015, Sooner was awarded a prestigious Parnelli Award for her lighting design on the Imagine Dragons Smoke and Mirrors Tour. While growing SRae Productions, Sooner was also able to cultivate new budding creative talent under her SRae umbrella and in 2017, Sooner and the SRae team joined forces with World-Renowned Composer Ramin Djawadi and together in a Live Nation / HBO partnership brought the world of Westeros to life and launched the Game of Thrones – Live Concert Experience.
Routhier has not only made her mark in entertainment industry, but she has also become a respected leader in her field and along with her colleagues helped pave the modern landscape of entertainment lighting, design, and production. Most recently, Routhier has begun working as lighting designer with creative director Jesse Lee Stout on Muse’s acclaimed Simulation Theory World Tour. She is also collaborating with rising recording sensation Alessia Cara, to develop a new performance experience. Routhier was kind enough to spend an hour chatting with the Light Collective about her work and lighting in general as part of their Women in Entertainment Lighting section sponsored by Ayrton.
Further information from Women in Lighting: https://womeninlighting.com/
Further information from SRae Productions: http://sraeproductions.com/
