BUSY FALL

I’ve got a bunch of projects coming up this fall and I’m pretty excited about them all.

KAGAMI goes to Pesaro. First trip to Italy for me and I’m happy to be going with this team. Info here.

OUR CLASS at CSC. Adam Silverman lit this piece at BAM back in January and I am moving it Off-Broadway. It’s heartbreaking and funny and beautiful directed by Igor Golyak. Come see it. Info here.

OEDIPUS REX at University of Rochester. Jo Cattel is devising a pretty epic immersive production of Oedipus that will take over the old Todd Union. I am designing the lighting and set. There’s a giant head and a bunch of plastic and a golf course and a bunch of chandeliers and whole lot of ribbon and a bunch of broken radios… gonna be nuts. Info here.

SILENT LIGHT at Eastman School of Music. Pat Diamond is directing Paola Presstini’s deeply moving piece about an affair in a Mexican Mennonite community based on a film by the same name. Info here.

THE LIGHT AND THE DARK at Primary Stages. I was very lucky to light this wonderful new play by Kate Hamill at Chautauqua this summer and am thrilled I’ve been invited to light it this fall Off-Broadway at 59E59. A really powerful play about the life and times of Artemisia Gentileschi, directed by Jade King Carol. Come check it out, here.

MERCHANT OF VENICE at CSC. On the same set as OUR CLASS Igor Golyak will be staging a new production of MERCHANT.. I’m very excited for this one it’s gonna be wild. Info here.

ERWARTUNG at San Francisco Symphony

This June I’ll be back in San Francisco working with Peter Sellars on what is sure to be a very powerful staging of Schoenberg’s ERWARTUNG in Davies Hall. The production features Mary Elizabeth Williams conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. All the information here.

SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER in the Park Avenue Armory

Completely thrilled to be back in the Armory this May and couldn’t be with a better project. Working with the wonderful Peter Sellars who will be directing Bach Cantatas 39, 26 and 20 with a few of Reggie Mobley’s gorgeous a cappella spirituals intertwined. The performance features soloists Reggie Mobley, Jonathon Woody, Molly Quinn, Nick Pritchard and Wu Tong on the cheng. The band is the incomparable Oxford Bach Soloists led by Tom Hammond-Davies and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. As if that isn’t enough the really incredible Flexn Dancers are also in the mix led by Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray. Lots more information here. Come check it out if you can.

FRAGMENTS at Kennedy Center

Super excited to be bringing Alisa Weilerstein’s project FRAGMENTS to the Kennedy Center next week! I love this project if you’re in the area come check it out. Here’s the info.

KAGAMI @ Round House

This wild project I made with my friends at Tin Drum last Spring and Summer is coming to London for Christmas. Come check it out at Round House. It is a first of it‘s kind augmented reality concert performance by Ryuichi Sakamoto. If you can’t make it to London come find us in Taipei in March, details soon. Here’s the info for Round House

HEARTLAND at 59E59

I am in NYC for the next couple of weeks in tech for Gabriel Jason Dean’s play HEARTLAND. We made this piece at Geva several years ago and had plans to bring it to NYC pre-pandy, thrilled we can finally bring it to audiences here in New York. My friend Pirronne Yuosefzadeh is directing, Meredith Ries has designed the set, Dina El-Aziz on costumes, Kate Marvin on sound and me on lights. It’s a lovely play more information and tickets here.

RADIO PLAY FILM

Luke Norby made this great film of Reggie Watts and Tommy Smith’s RADIO PLAY one of my favorite shows it’s free on VIMEO. You can watch it here. Enjoy. Directed by Kip Fagan, Set and Lights by me, Clothes by Jessica Pabst.

Post Post. VIETGONE at GeVa

I spent the pandy working in construction with Roost Builders and teaching at the University of Rochester. I am so lucky to have found work and made it through the last 18 months unscathed. TOTALLY THRILLED to say that I have a few projects coming up: a couple of Rochester Fringe pieces I’ll write more about soon and VIETGONE at Geva! We were supposed to have made this piece back in March of 2020 so I am so glad to open this folder back up and pick up where we left off. I love this play and designed the lighting for the rolling world premier production back in 2016. This new production will be directed by my friend Pirronne Yousefzadeh, fight direction by Rocio Mendez and features designs by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, Nicole Wee, Kate Freer, and me. The play is outstanding and a total rollercoaster ride. We go into previews September 28th, find tickets and more information here.

GOLDEN MASK NOMINATION

Excited that my work on THREE SISTERS has been nominated for a Golden Mask Award! Congrats to all the nominees!

Excuse me miss I think your baby is on fire.. Olga Tenyakova as Natasha.

EL CIMARRON in Ciudad Mexico at Festival Impulso

Here in Mexico City making a truly beautiful production of Henze’s EL CIMARRON. The piece is totally inspiring and the music is beautiful and wonderfully unruly. Directed by Robert Castro, set and costumes by Victoria Petrovich. The band features Eliam Ramos singing the role of Esteban Montejo, Pablo Gomez on guitar, Jane Rigler has all the flutes, and Carlotta Cáceres with possibly the biggest percussion section ever. The show only has a short life here in Mexico City but I am praying we can bring it home or give it another life some place. BUT if you’re in CDMX come check it out here is the info.

BEULAH LAND is now a musical!!

Making this new musical with a bunch of new friends and my old friend Patrick Nash, who wrote the show. We are in tech now and open on the 8th at PS122. This piece has come together so wonderfully and I can’t wait to show it to an audience. Directed by Jay Stern, designed by Lauren Page Russell, lighting by me. Come check it out!! Tickets and info here

TRI SESTRI in the Urals

I am headed back out to Russia this Spring to design the lighting for a new production of Eötvös’ THREE SISTERS at the Ural State Operahouse. Really excited to be working with Christopher Alden for the first time and the wonderful Ika Avilani designing the set and Doey Lüthi is designing the costumes. Information and tickets here.

Claude Vivier's KOPERNIKUS

After a really fantastic creation period in Paris last December I’m excited to be bringing Peter Sellar’s wonderful production of KOPERNIKUS to the Orangerie in Hannover. Sung by the remarkable Roomful of Teeth accompanied by L’instant Donne and Michael Schumacher dancing. Hoping this comes to the US soon but in the meantime come on out to Hannover, information and tickets here .

Michael Schumacher (center) Roomful of Teeth and L’instant Donne

THE ROYALE in Ithaca and Rochester

So thrilled to be designing the set and lighting for this wonderful play by Marco Ramirez. Open at The Kitchen in Ithaca, NY now and coming to Geva 12 April, come check it out. The production is beautifully directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh, movement by Rocio Mendez, with music by Chris Lane and costumes by Sarafina Bush. It’s a really terrific cast too, I couldn’t be prouder of how this turned out. Information and tickets for the Kitchen here and Geva here.

Jamal James as Jay Jackson

OPPORTUNITIES OF EXTINCTION

Very excited to be designing the lighting for Samantha Chanse's new play OPPORTUNITIES OF EXTINCTION in NYC at Cherry Lane as part of the Mentors Project.  My friend Ed Iskandar will be directing, the set is designed by Raul Abrego, Loren Shaw is designing the costumes, and Lee Kinney will be designing the sound.  Check it out here

HEARTLAND at Geva

I'll be lighting Geva's premier production of Gabriel Jason Dean's new play HEARTLAND on the Fielding Stage at Geva in Rochester, NY. The production will be directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh and will feature a set by Meredith Ries, costumes by Dina El-Aziz, and sound design by Nok Kanchanabanca.  Tickets and more information here

Bernstein's massive MASS at LA Philharmonic

Just finished designing the set and lighting for a production of Bernstein's MASS in Walt Disney Hall for the LA Philharmonic.  If you didn't see it you have another chance when we do it again in Geffen Hall in NYC in mid-July.  We had a wonderful cast headed up by Ryan McKinny as the Celebrant.  The production was directed by the wonderful Elkhanah Pulitzer, with choreography by Laurel Jenkins, sound designed by Mark Grey, costumes designed by Christine Crook, projections designed by Adam Larson.  Check out Lincoln Center for information on how to see the show in NYC in July.  

THAT POOR GIRL AND HOW HE KILLED HER

Very excited to be working on the premier of Jen Silverman's new play THAT POOR GIRL AND HOW HE KILLED HER at the University of Rochester.  The play will be directed by Knud Adams, set design by Arnulfo Maldonado, costumes by TIlly Grimes, and sound and music by Obediah Eaves.  Info here.

SOUND BOX and OTHER MARY at SF Symphony

Thrilled to be back in SF this winter to design the lighting for a couple of performances.  First I'll be in the Sound Box for the first two shows in the series.  It is always a really fun night of music, info here. 

Then I'll be in Davies Hall designing the lighting for a concert plus version of John Adam's THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE OTHER MARY being directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer.  The is part of John's 70th birthday celebration, happy birthday John!  It is a wonderful piece of music come check it out.  Info here.

LAKE EFFECT at Geva

Happy to designing my first show at the Geva Theater this winter, thrilled it also happens to be such a great play.  Rajiv Joseph's THE LAKE EFFECT directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh features set design by David Arsenault, costumes by Amanda Doherty, music and sound design by DAniel Perelstein.  Info and tickets here.