Kara Grimm-Denholm (she/her) is a St. Louis based theatrical designer. She relocated from Chicago to St. Louis after completing a lighting design internship at Steppenwolf Theatre. Kara is a founding member of Brickworks Theatre and Cats Cradle Theatre. She is also serves as a member of the board at Intersect Arts Center in St. Louis.

Kara Grimm-Denholm

Lighting Design, Something Marvelous

Johnny 10 Beer’s Daughter

By Dana Lynn Formby

Something Marvelous, 2017
Directed by Emmi Hilger
Dramaturgy by Sean Douglass
Set Design by Nicholas Schwartz
Sound Design by Barry Bennett
Properties Design by Jonathan Berg-Einhorn
Costume Design by Uriel Gomez
Projection Design by Michelle Underwood
Stage Managed by Adam Greye

Arti Ishak as “Leila” and Randy Steinmeyer as “Johnny”

“Johnny 10 Beers’ Daughter… is performed with razor-sharp precision… As the play spans years and continents, a vivid combination of design elements arise.”
Adelaide Lee, Theatre Mania

“From the moment the lights come up onstage, we’re drawn in, and with each passing scene we care more and more about the two main characters”
Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader