JQ Lights

About Jacqueline

Jacqueline Malenke

Jacqueline, who also goes by JQ, is an award-winning lighting designer based in Orange County, CA. Some of her recent design credits include Sweeney Todd (Chance Theater), Peter and the Starcatcher, Vietgone, Airness (UC Riverside), The Rover (Chapman University), After Juliet (South Coast Repertory), and Love Always…Patsy Cline (The Great River Shakespeare Festival).

She graduated with her MFA in lighting design from UC Irvine in 2023, and she has worked at a number of regional theatres and festivals including The Great River Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and The Williamstown Theatre Festival as a master electrician, programmer, and designer. When she isn’t designing, she is likely spending time with her cats.