KR38 Creative LLC
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
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| Industry | Entertainment; Film and television production; Live entertainment; Theatrical production |
| Founded 📆 | 2020-07-24 |
| Founder 👔 | Samuel Doty |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States; New York City, New York, United States |
Areas served 🗺️ | United States; International |
Key people | Samuel Doty, Founder and Lighting Designer; Matthew Solomon, Co-Owner, Designer and Producer |
| Brands | KR38 |
| Owners | Matthew Solomon; Samuel Doty |
| Members | Matthew Solomon; Samuel Doty |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.kr38iv.com/ |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
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| kr38_creative/ | |
| 💼 LinkedIN] | kr38-creative-llc |
KR38 Creative LLC is an American entertainment design and creative production company working across live entertainment, theater, film, television, immersive entertainment, and experiential design. Founded in 2020 by lighting designer Samuel Doty, the company operates from St. Petersburg, Florida, and New York City.[1]
KR38 provides services encompassing lighting, costume design and fabrication, video systems, production planning, creative development, and project management.[2] The company is owned by Doty and designer and producer Matthew Solomon.
Beginning as a design-focused company, KR38 has expanded its activities to include the development and production of film, streaming, live, and immersive entertainment projects. In February 2026, the company publicly announced an expanded development slate encompassing narrative features, seasonal event programming, streaming projects, and hybrid live-entertainment concepts.[3]
History
KR38 Creative LLC was founded by Samuel Doty in 2020 as an entertainment design company. The company's work initially centered heavily on lighting and technical entertainment design and subsequently expanded into costume design, fabrication, video, creative development, and production.
Matthew Solomon later became a co-owner of KR38, expanding the company's activities in costume design, creative development, producing, and project development.
The company maintains operations in St. Petersburg, Florida, and New York City. Its LinkedIn company profile describes KR38 as a production design and fabrication company specializing in immersive live events, theatrical productions, custom experiential installations, costume design, lighting design, and technical execution.[1]
In 2026, KR38 announced an expansion of its development activities across film, streaming, and immersive entertainment. The announcement described projects in development across narrative film, seasonal event programming, and hybrid experiences combining cinematic storytelling with live-entertainment design.[3]
Services
KR38 works across lighting, costumes, video, production, and creative development.[2]
Lighting design
Lighting is one of KR38's principal areas of work. Services include lighting design, system planning, three-dimensional drawing and visualization, fixture planning, programming, and technical implementation.[2]
Founder Samuel Doty's professional work encompasses cruise entertainment, touring productions, family entertainment, circus and spectacle, live events, themed entertainment, and theater.
KR38 has also used its company communications to document Doty's individual lighting work. In 2026, the company highlighted his lighting design for The Hot Wing King at American Stage Theatre Company and separately featured his work with Cirque Dreams.[1]
The company's lighting and technical capabilities also encompass previsualization, programming, tracking technology, and the integration of lighting with other visual elements.
Costume design and fabrication
KR38's costume portfolio spans film and television, live theater, branded entertainment, performance apparel, and original costume concepts.[4]
Its costume services include design, construction, fabrication, sourcing, and project management, allowing the company to support projects from concept development through physical realization.[4]
KR38 has also used digital design and prototyping to explore performance-specific costume engineering. In 2026, the company published concept development for a snow-leopard-inspired costume intended for a Lyra aerial performer, describing design considerations including apparatus interaction, range of motion, and preservation of the performer's visual line.[5]
The company has additionally developed illuminated and technology-integrated costume concepts for live performance.[1]
Video and technical systems
KR38 provides video and technical-design services including system design, integration, projection planning, content creation, and media-server programming.[2]
These services are intended to integrate video with lighting, scenic design, costumes, sound, and other technical elements of live and experiential productions.
Immersive and experiential design
KR38 has increasingly explored technologies intended for immersive and non-traditional entertainment environments.
In 2026, the company publicly discussed the integration of silent-disco headphone technology into immersive experiences, including applications involving multi-channel sound, spatial audio, lighting, wearable costume technology, and non-traditional performance spaces.[6]
Production and creative development
KR38's production services include production planning, scenic planning, design, build documentation, creative development, and project management.[2]
The company has also provided production services for outside creative projects. A developmental presentation produced by Megan Ann Rasmussen and Don Michael Mendoza in New York credited KR38 Creative LLC with management and filming, while Solomon served separately as creative consultant.[7]
KR38 has subsequently expanded its focus on original and co-developed entertainment properties spanning film, television, streaming, audio, and live experiences.[3]
Leadership
Samuel Doty
Samuel Doty is the founder and co-owner of KR38 Creative LLC and serves as a lighting designer within the company.
Doty's career encompasses lighting design, programming, system planning, touring entertainment, family entertainment, cruise entertainment, circus, theater, and large-scale spectacle.
His professional work has included productions associated with Disney on Ice, Disney Live!, PAW Patrol Live!, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Cirque Dreams, Royal Caribbean, and other live-entertainment properties.
Matthew Solomon
Matthew Solomon is co-owner, designer, and producer at KR38 Creative LLC. His work encompasses costume design, creative production, film and television, theater, and live entertainment.
As KR38 expanded beyond its original design focus, Solomon became increasingly involved in producing and development. In 2026, KR38 described producing as an increasing part of Solomon's work and publicly positioned his transition into producing as an extension of his previous creative work.[1]
The company's 2026 development announcement identified Solomon as a creative producer and described KR38's strategy as creating entertainment capable of moving between theatrical, live-event, and streaming platforms.[3]
Production and development
KR38 develops and produces entertainment projects across film, television, audio, and live experiences.
The company's production portfolio includes earlier projects produced independently or in association with other production companies, as well as an expanding slate of original and developing properties.[8]
Previous producing work
KR38's production portfolio identifies previous work including Echoes, Jane of All Trades, The Way Back, and projects from DRAMA: An Aural Experience.[8]
Several of these projects were produced in association with other independent production companies and creative teams.
Development slate
KR38 publicly announced in February 2026 that it was expanding its development slate across film, streaming, seasonal programming, and immersive live entertainment.[3]
Projects subsequently presented through the company's production portfolio include The Shadowplay Lounge, Antigone, Etta, Addicts Anonymous, and Canvas & Couture.[8]
The Shadowplay Lounge
The Shadowplay Lounge is an immersive live-performance concept combining storytelling, sound, silhouette, lighting, and movement in a flexible performance environment.[8]
Antigone
Antigone is an audio-immersive adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy built around cinematic sound design and character-driven storytelling.[8]
Etta
Etta is a period Western project centered on Etta Place, the historical figure associated with the Sundance Kid and the Wild Bunch. The project presents the story from Etta's perspective.[8]
Addicts Anonymous
Addicts Anonymous is a scripted dramedy following four people in a small Wyoming community who form an unconventional support system while confronting different forms of addiction, grief, and recovery.[8]
Canvas & Couture
Canvas & Couture is an immersive live-event concept combining fashion, costume, visual art, music, and performance.[8]
Intellectual property
KR38 Creative LLC has also pursued intellectual property connected with original entertainment concepts.
On January 31, 2026, KR38 Creative LLC filed a United States trademark application for HALLOWEEN ON ICE in International Class 041 for entertainment-related services.[9]
Selected projects
| Project | Medium | Relationship / status |
|---|---|---|
| Echoes | Film | Previous producing work |
| Jane of All Trades | Film series | Previous producing work |
| The Way Back | Film | Previous producing work |
| DRAMA: An Aural Experience | Immersive audio | Previous producing work |
| The Shadowplay Lounge | Immersive live entertainment | Current project |
| Antigone | Immersive audio | Current project |
| Etta | Film | In development |
| Addicts Anonymous | Scripted series | In development |
| Megan Is a Good Girl | Film | In development |
| Canvas & Couture | Immersive live event | Current project |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Kr38 Creative, LLC". LinkedIn. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "KR38 Creative". KR38 Creative. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "KR38 Creative Expands Development Slate for 2026 Across Film, Streaming, and Live Entertainment". PRLog. February 27, 2026. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Costume Design". KR38 Creative. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Lyra Performance Costume Design for Snow Leopard Inspiration". LinkedIn. KR38 Creative LLC. 2026. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Silent Disco Headphones Redefine Audience Experience". LinkedIn. KR38 Creative LLC. 2026. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
- ↑ "A Big Announcement Coming Soon!". Megan Ann Rasmussen. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 "Production". KR38 Creative. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
- ↑ "HALLOWEEN ON ICE Trademark Application of Kr38 Creative LLC". Justia Trademarks. January 31, 2026. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
