In 2011, Lightning joined the New York-based rock musical Chix6 as the character and guitar player "Lick", which ran at the Queens Theatre.

[10] From 2015 to 2016, Lightning was the guitarist for Rachel Platten, performing at festivals and on various national television and radio specials and programs.

6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart), live on Good Morning America, the Today Show, Live with Kelly and Michael, VH1, the 2015 Teen Choice Awards, Nickelodeon and on the 2016 finale of America's Got Talent, which took place at New York City's Radio City Music Hall.

[11][12] In 2017, Lightning replaced Gina Stile as the guitarist in the all-female American rock band Vixen, the only all-female hard rock band from the 1980s to sell over one million albums, have six number one videos on MTV and enter four songs on Billboard's Top 100.

[13] In addition to Vixen, Lightning has performed with Paradise Kitty, a female Guns N' Roses cover band.