Sooner Rae Routhier

Principal Designer

Sooner Rae Routhier is a 2X Parnelli, Live Design Achievement, Live Production Summit Pinnacle, and multi Top Dog award winning Designer. Her work has been viewed by millions all around the world and has appeared on major screens such as Jimmy Fallon, The AMA’s, The Ellen Show, The Voice and The Billboard Music Awards. She has developed, produced and helped create some of entertainment's most recognizable performance moments for some of today's most celebrated headlining artists including, Coldplay, Panic at the Disco, The Weeknd, KISS, Imagine Dragons, The Lumineers, Rhianna, Pentatonix, Jay-Z, Halsey, Motley Crue, G-Eazy, Muse, Alessia Cara and Depeche Mode.

Sooner’s story began in 1999 where she worked as a lighting technician and lighting director for Rainbow Concert Productions while attending Emerson College in Boston. She launched her career as a Lighting Designer for the rock band Chevelle and In 2007 Sooner teamed up with legendary production manager Robert Long to form SRae Productions. While growing SRae Productions, Sooner was also able to cultivate new creative talent that emulated the team’s strong creative visions. Sooner and the SRae team joined forces with World-Renowned Composer Ramin Djawadi and together in a Live Nation / HBO partnership brought the world of Westeros to life and launched the "Game of Thrones – Live Concert Experience." 

Routhier’s newest venture, Sooner Rae Creative, launched in 2019 and her work has continued with projects including Lighting Design for Coldplay’s Music Of the Spheres World Tour, Panic at the Disco’s Viva Las Vengeance Tour and Wang Feng’s Unfollow Tour. She has also created full show design for Evanescence, Vance Joy, Trivium, and The Lumineers and art direction for the band Ghost.

Sooner has not only made her mark in the entertainment industry, but she has also become a respected leader in her field and along with her colleagues helped pave the modern landscape of entertainment lighting, design, and production.

In 2020, the live entertainment industry came to a very abrupt halt due to the onslaught of the COVID 19 pandemic. Sooner teamed up with several industry peers to form EVEN - an organization that seeks to create a more diverse and inclusive live events industry through outreach, training, mentorship, networking and job placement. Click HERE for more information.

Allison Ciccarelli

Design Assistant

Nashville native Allison Ciccarelli (she/her) is a veteran in live events project management and a 360 designer. 

She started her career interning in digital design for major players such as Universal Music Group Nashville, WRLT Lightning 100 and AmericanaFest. She went on to do creative direction at a boutique label Blue Rose Music focusing on projects in partnership with Dove, Emmy and Grammy winning producer, Shannon Sanders.

She transitioned from working in studio to backstage in 2019. Since then, she has been a part of Nashville’s live music scene as a site operator for iconic shows and experiences such as To Nashville With Love, Jingle Beat, Pandora Live and over 250 shows with Marathon Live at IEBA winning venue Marathon Music Works.

Ciccarelli didn’t stop there, fueled by the idea that we can build supportive, lasting communities through beautiful live events and music education. Ciccarelli serves on the board of music education for Chattanooga Girls Rock! A rock camp that empower girls, trans and nonbinary youth to build confidence and celebrate their individuality through collaborative music education, social justice and performance.

These days, Ciccarelli has found herself merging her design and logistics experience with Sooner Rae Creative as an Assistant.

Info

info@soonerrae.com

Nashville, TN