Kathy Pryzgoda has been a lighting designer for over 25 years. Her diverse background includes lighting design for large commercial lighting projects, architectural lighting, residential, theater, event and TV lighting design. Pryzgoda received a bachelor of arts degree in theatre from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has designed lighting for such companies as Long Beach Opera, Los Angeles Classical Ballet and the Jazz Tap Ensemble. Pryzgoda has received several awards in lighting design including a Dramalogue Award for outstanding achievement in theatre. In addition to theatre, Pryzgoda has experience with lighting designs for television. She was lighting designer/lighting director for Channel One News between 1992 and 2002. During that time, Pryzgoda received three Broadcast Design International Gold Awards for her lighting design at Channel One News.