Reilly is an award-winning lighting and media designer based in Madison. Her work has been seen in Madison, Minneapolis, Chicago, Arkansas, San Francisco, New England, San Antonio, Austin, Ireland, Scotland, and Portugal. Upcoming design work includes JUST ASK! at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City and WALDEN at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre in Austin. She is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she researches immersive theatre and virtual reality performance.