BROADWAY: (Selected)

* Indicates B'way revival

59 Productions since 1989, including:


THE LION KING (TONY Award) | dir. Julie Taymor

SOUTH PACIFIC* (TONY Award) | dir. Bartlett Sher

OSLO (TONY Nomination) | dir. Bartlett Sher

MY FAIR LADY* (TONY Nomination)| dir. Bartlett Sher

TOOTSIE | dir. Scott Ellis

KISS ME KATE* | dir. Scott Ellis

PARADISE SQUARE (TONY Nomination) | dir. Moisés Kaufman

ANASTASIA | dir. Darko Tresnjak

M BUTTERFLY | dir. Julie Taymor

IN TRANSIT | dir. Kathleen Marshall

THE CHERRY ORCHARD | dir. Simon Godwin

LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES* (TONY Nomination) | dir. Rufus Norris

JUAN DARIEN (TONY Nomination) | dir. Julie Taymor

RAGTIME* (TONY Nomination) | dir. Marcia Milgrom Dodge

THE KING AND I* (TONY Nomination) | dir. Bartlett Sher

GEM OF THE OCEAN (TONY Nomination) | dir. Kenny Leon

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (TONY Nomination) | dir. Bartlett Sher

MOVIN’ OUT (TONY Nomination) | Dir./Choreographer Twyla Tharp

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE* (TONY Nomination) | dir. Edward Hall

GOLDEN BOY* | dir. Bartlett Sher

BULLETS OVER BROADWAY | Dir./Choreographer Susan Stroman

SPIDERMAN-TURN OFF THE DARK | dir. Julie Taymor

THE BOY FROM OZ | dir. Phil McKinley

THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED | dir. Scott Ellis

EASTERN STANDARD | dir. Michael Engler

HOLIDAY* | dir. David Warren

HUGHIE* | dir. Al Pacino

CYRANO DE BERGERAC* | dir. David Leveaux

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE | dir. Michael Mayer

KING HEDLEY II | dir. Marion McClinton

RADIO GOLF | dir. Marion McClinton

LA CAGE AU FOLLES* | dir. Jerry Zaks

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM | dir. Marion McClinton

ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY* | dir. Scott Ellis

SHE LOVES ME* | dir. Scott Ellis

ANNIE* | dir. James Lapine

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | dir. Jerry Zaks



OFF BROADWAY: (Selected)

Over 100 productions since 1987, including:

OSLO | dir. Bart Sher | Lincoln Center Theatre (2016)

SIGHT UNSEEN | dir. Michael Bloom | Manhattan Theatre Club

JITNEY | dir. Marion McClinton | Second Stage Theatre

SPUNK | dir. George C. Wolfe | The Public Theatre     

ROMEO AND JULIET | dir. Michael Greif | Public Theatre-Delacorte

THE AMERICAN PLAN | dir. Evan Yionoulis | Manhattan Theatre Club

THREE DAYS OF RAIN | dir. Evan Yionoulis | Manhattan Theatre Club

A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE | dir. Joe Mantello | Lincoln Center Theatre

BLOOD AND GIFTS | dir. Bart Sher, Dir | Lincoln Center Theatre

THE WHORL INSIDE THE LOOP | dir. Michael Mayer/Dick Scanlon | Second Stage Theatre

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | dir. Julie Taymor | Theatre for a New Audience

THREE KINDS OF EXILE | dir. Neil Pepe, | Atlantic Theatre Company



REGIONAL THEATRE: (Selected)

Arena Stage

Asolo Repertory

Atlantic Theatre Company

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Centre Stage

Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

Dorset Theatre Festival

Folger Theatre Washington, DC

Goodman Theatre

Goodspeed Playhouse

The Guthrie Theater

The Public Theatre

Hartford Stage

Huntington Theatre Company

Indiana Repertory

La Jolla Playhouse

Lincoln Center Theatre

Long Wharf Theatre

Manhattan Theatre Club

Mark Taper Forum

Old Globe Theatre

Oregon Shakespear Festival

Portland (Maine) Stage Company

Second Stage Theatre

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

South Coast Repertory

Theater for A New Audience

Williamstown Theatre Festival



OPERA: (Selected)

LA Sonnambula | Metropolitan Opera, NYC | May 2024

CHAMPION | Metropolitan Opera, NYC | April 2023

RIGOLETTO | Metropolitan Opera, NYC | December 2021

PORGY AND BESS | English National Opera, Dutch National Opera

RIGOLETTO | Staatsoper, Berlin | June 2019

SAMSON ET DELILAH | Metropolitan Opera, NYC

PORGY AND BESS | Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera , Dutch National Opera

SALOME | Kirov Opera

THE END OF THE AFFAIR | Houston Grand and Seattle Opera

CARMEN | Houston Grand and Chicago Lyric

GRENDEL | LA Opera, Lincoln Center Festival

THE MAGIC FLUTE | NYC Metropolitan Opera

MOBY DICK | Dallas, San Francisco and Washington Opera

TWO BOYS | English National and Metropolitan Opera, NYC

OTELLO | Metropolitan Opera, NYC

GOUDNOV’S FAUST | Baden- Baden Festival, Germany



FILM AND TELEVISION: (Selected)

THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (Seasons 4 and 5) | Amazon Studios

Theatrical Lighting Design - December 2020 - July 2021, March 2022 - present

Director Of Photography: David Mullen, ASC | dir. Amy Sherman-Palladino


SPIRITED | Apple Studio's

Director: Sean Anders

Director Of Photography: Kramer Morgenthau, ASC


THE BAD WITCH PILOT | HBO Max

Theatrical Lighting Design, November 2020

Director of Photography: Jeffrey Waldron


OCEANS 8 | Warner Brothers Pictures, 2018

Director: Gary Ross

Director of Photography: Eigl Bryld


SMASH | Seasons One and Two: NBC-Dreamworks

Theatrical Lighting Designer and Supervisor 2012-2013

Director of Photography: David Mullen, ASC


LAW AND ORDER - SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, Dissonant Voices - 2013 | NBC

Director: Alex Chapple

Director of Photography: Jonathan Herron




ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN:

IMERO FIORENTINO ASSOCIATES | 1986-1991 | Freelance Drafting: Facilities Design Division

Assisted Architectural and Television lighting designers on a variety of projects, Including the Disney Epcot Center, Miss America Pageant

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION | Madison Square Garden

PARAMOUNT THEATRE | American Museum of the Moving Image

DOLLYWOOD’S MUSIC MANSION THEATRE



ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN CREDITS: (Selected)

WEST 43RD | NYC

WEST 57TH | NYC

CONGREGATION SHAARE ZEDEK | W93RD ST., NYC

DANCE THEATRE WORKSHOP | NYC

BROOKLYN DELI | Fireman Hospitality Group | NYC

SONY PLAZA AND SONY WONDER TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM | NYC

DANCE THEATRE WORKSHOP | NYC

BOND 45 RESTAURANT | NYC

REDEYE GRILL RESTAURANT | NYC

ST. AGNES CATHEDRAL, ROCKVILLE CENTRE | NYC

AMERICA’S SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL TOURING EXHIBITION



TEACHING:

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, MASON GROSS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS | 2016-Present

Head, Lighting Design Program


CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS | 2006-2010

Head, Lighting Design Program


THE NEW SCHOOL, NYC | 2002-2006

Adjunct Professor - Principles of Lighting Design (for MFA Directors and Playwrights)


BROADWAY LIGHTING MASTER CLASSES | 2000-2013

Seminars and classes annually


KOREAN COUNCIL OF THE ARTS | June 2011 | Master Teaching Residency

Professional Observer-ship Program Sponsor: 2012-2015



AWARDS: (Selected)

2 Tony Awards, 14 Tony nominations

2022 | Paky Award

2018 | OBIE Award | ‘He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box’ | Theatre For A New Audience

2016 | Helen Hayes Award | ‘Salome’  Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC

2016 | Connecticut Critics Circle Award | ‘Anastasia’ | Hartford Stage Company

2015 | Denver Henry Award | ‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown’

2010 | LA Ovation Award | ‘The Little Dog Laughed’

2008 | Paris Moliere Award | ‘The Lion King’ Paris

2008 | TONY Award for Best Lighting Design | South Pacific

2008 | Henry Hewes Award | ‘South Pacific’

2008 | Henry Hewes Award | Les Liasons Dangereuses’

2008 | Henry Hewes Award | 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

2004 | New England Theatre Conference Major Award | Excellence in Design

2003 | Lucille Lortel Award | ‘Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Sommne’

2001 | LA Ovation Award | ‘The Lion King’

2001 | The Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration

1998 | TONY Award for Best Lighting Design | ‘The Lion King’

1998 | DRAMA DESK AWARD for Outstanding Lighting Design | The Lion King

1998 | Outer Critics Circle award | ‘The Lion King’

1990 | Indianapolis Corbin Patrick Award | Outstanding Lighting Design | Cyrano de Bergerac at Indiana  Repertory Theatre



EDUCATION:

1980 | BS Forest Utilization | University of Maine at Orono

1986 | MFA  Technical Design and Production | Yale University School of Drama

            Recipient:  Edward C Cole Award

2015 | Honorary Doctor of Arts:  Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA



PUBLIC SERVICE:

NYS Certified EMT-B Emergency Medical Technician | 2020-Present

Voulunteer EMT, Croton-on-Hudson EMS


Class A (interior) Firefighter and NYS EMT | 2009-Present

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Croton on Hudson, NY




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