Russell Long is currently the Lighting specialist at the Musical Arts Center at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He designs each Opera production and facilitates visiting lighting and projection designers for all other productions that happen in the Musical Arts Center. He is a graduate in lighting design at Indiana University. He earned a bachelors degree from Northern Arizona University, and an associates of arts from Pima Community College. Russell has toured with numerous theatrical tours around the United States. He was the Lighting Director at Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen Colorado. He also worked at Arizona Theatre Company where he held the positions of Stage Supervisor. Russell has worked with the Quogue Junior Theatre Troupe on Long Island New York as their Technical Director. Russell is a founding member of Spotlight Youth Production where he was the Resident Technical Director and Lighting Designer. In his free time he enjoys hiking new trails, gardening, cooking and playing D&D with his friends.