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
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