Darren Thompson (Scenic Designer, Scenic Artist, Lighting Designer, Technical Director) has worked at the St. Louis Community College at Meramec Theatre Department since 1988.  His show credits include scenic and lighting designs for Assassins, Closet Land, The Tempest, and The Rocky Horror Show.   His designs for The Illuminati, Tartuffe, Machinal, and Closet Land were taken to the regional American College Theatre Festival, with Machinal going on to be produced at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.  He was very honored to be chosen as the national recipient for the Kennedy Center Faculty Summer Fellowship in Scenic Design in 2005, and most recently was the KCACTF National Teaching Artist Grant Recipient in Lighting Design in 2010.  Outside of the theatre, he spends most of his time raising quadruplets with his wife, Amy, and looking forward to any quiet moment.