Larry Reed
Shadowlight Director
San Francisco-based Larry Reed is a lighting master and a pioneer in contemporary shadow theater. He invented a shadow casting method, integrating shadow theater techniques with film, modern theater and dance styles, and developed shadow theater masks and hand-held lighting equipment to enable live actors to interact with shadow puppets and to fade in and fade out. Reed has long looked for ways to nurture shadow theater traditions and is one of the first Westerners to have trained in Balinese shadow theater.