SELECTED LIGHTING DESIGNS
*denotes set and lighting design
°denotes world premier
MUSIC/OPERA
Erwartung (Schoenberg) SF Symphony, Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, director Peter Sellars
*Jupiter’s Journey on Earth (Hayden) Little Opera Theatre of NY, director Philip Shneidman, puppets: Maria Camia, costumes: Lara de Bruijn
°*Shall We Gather at the River (Bach, + American Spirituals) Park Avenue Armory, director Peter Sellars, sound: Mark Grey
The Fall of the House of Usher (Philip Glass) Festival Cultural UNAM, director Robert J Castro, set + costumes + projection: Victoria Petrovich
Sonnengesang (Sofia Gubaidulina) Los Angeles Master Chorale, Salzburg Festival, Director Peter Sellars
°KAGAMI (Ryuichi Sakamoto) Tin Drum/SHED, Director Todd Eckert
°Paper Pianos (Mary Kouyoumdjian) Alarm Will Sound, director: Nigel Maister, set: Afsoon Pajoufar, projections: Kevork Mourad
°*Fragments (Alisa Weilerstein) director: Elkhanah Pulitzer, costumes: Carlos Soto, Molly Irelan
*Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell) Opera San Jose, director Elkhanah Pulitzer, costumes Ulises Alcala
Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (Handel) Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, director: Christopher Alden, sound and video: Mark Grey, set: Paul Tate dePoo III, costumes: Terese Wadden
El Cimarron (Hans Werner Henze) Festival Impulso Mexico City, director: Robert J Castro, set, costumes, projection: Victoria Petrovich
Tri Sestri (Eötvös) Ekaterinburg State Opera RU, director: Christopher Alden, set: Irakly Avaliani, costumes: Doey Lüthi
KOPERNIKUS (Claude Vivier, Room Full Of Teeth, L’instant Donne) Paris Autumn Festival, director: Peter Sellars
°*Esperanza Spalding 12 Spells Tour US Tour, director: Elkhanah Pulitzer, projection: Adam Larsen
*MASS (Leonard Bernstein) LA Philharmonic and NY Philharmonic, director: Elkhanah Pulitzer, costumes: Christine Crook, projection: Adam Larsen, sound: Mark Grey
Saint Matthew Passion (Bach, Berlin Philharmonic) Park Avenue Armory, Mostly Mozart Festival, director: Peter Sellars, set: Mitchel Kutz, sound: Mark Grey
Myths and Rituals Series (Stravinsky) Philharmonia Orchestra, London, director: Esa-Pekka Salonen
*Des Canyon Aux Etoiles (Olivier Messiaen) St Louis Symphony Tour, director: Deb O’Grady, projection: Adam Larsen
*The Gospel According to the Other Mary (John Adams) SF Symphony, director: Elkhanah Pulitzer, costumes: Christine Crook, sound: Mark Grey
The Indian Queen (Purcell) German Concert Tour, Music Aeterna, RU, director: Robert J. Castro
°Round Up (Sufjan Stevens) BAM Harvey, director: Sufjan Stevens
Vimalakirti Sutra, Rubin Museum, director: Peter Sellars
THEATRE AND DANCE
°The Light and the Dark (Kate Hamill) Chautauqua Theatre Company, Director: Jade King Caroll, set: Brittany Vasta, costumes: Jen Caprio, sound: Fan Zhang
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Sherwood) Berkshire Theatre Group, Director: David Auburn, set: William Clark, costumes: Amanda Roberge, sound: Scott Killian
Side-Kicked (Kim Powers) Dorset Theatre Festival, Director: Jackson Gay, set: Riw Rakkulchon, costumes: Fabian Aguilar, sound: Sinan Zafar
Into the Woods (Stephen Sondheim) Dallas Theatre Center, Director: Joel Ferrell, set: Yu-Hsuan Chen, costumes: Yvonne Miranda, sound: Joanna Lynne Staub
Marry Me A Little (Stephen Sondheim) Weston Playhouse, director: Michael Berresse, set: Meredith Ries, costumes: Leon Dobkowski, sound: Joanna Lynne Staub
A Christmas Carol (Dickens) Repertory Theatre St Louis, director: Hana Sharif, projection: Hana Kim, set: Tim Mackabee, costumes: Dede Ayite, and sound: Nathan A Roberts and Charles Coes
Major Barbara (G. B. Shaw) Juilliard Drama, director: Janet Zarish, set: Blake Palmer, and costumes: Olivera Gajic, sound: Eric Shimelonis
°Beulah Land (Patrick Nash) PS 122, director: Jay Stern, set and costumes by Lauren Russell Page
°Sagittarius A (Yara Travieso) EMPAC, director: Yara Travieso, music: Sam Crawford
*The Royale (Marco Ramirez) Geva Theatre/Kitchen Theatre, director: Pirronne Yousefzadeh, costumes: Sarafina Bush, sound: Chris Lane
°The Magician’s Daughter (Lila Rose Kaplan) Geva Theatre, director: Shelley Butler, set: Sara Walsh, costumes: Lex Liang, sound: Kate Marvin
The Lover & The Collection (Harold Pinter) University of Rochester, director: Nigel Maister, set: Amy Rubin, costumes: Lux Haac, sound: Obediah Eaves
°El Ciclon (Yara Travieso) Young Arts Plaza, Miami, director: Yara Travieso, music: Sam Crawford set: Brookhart Jonquil
Once (Enda Walsh) Weston Playhouse, director: Michael Berresse, set: Meredith Ries, costumes: Leon Dobkowski, sound: Ed Chapman
°That Poor Girl and How He Killed Her (Jen Silverman) University of Rochester, director: Knud Adams, set: Arnulfo Maldonado, costumes: Tilly Grimes, sound: Obediah Eaves
°Lake Effect (Rajiv Joseph) Geva Theatre, director: Pirronne Yousefzadeh, set: David Arsenault, costumes: Amanda Doherty, sound: Daniel Perelsetein
°HOLDEN (Devised) George & Co, director: Anisa George, set: Nic Benacerraf, costumes: Rebecca Kanach, sound: Alex Bechtel
Hair (Ragni, Rado, MacDermot) Dallas Theatre Center, director: Kevin Moriarty, set: Jo Winiarski, costumes: Karen Perry, sound: Broken Chord
°Vanity Fair (Kate Hamill) Pearl Theater, director: Eric Tucker, set: Sandra Goldmark, costumes: Valerie Therese Bart
Misalliance (G. B. Shaw) Juilliard Drama, director: Janet Zarish, set: Lee Savage, costumes: Beth Goldenberg, sound: Dan Kluger
Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare Theatre DC, director: Ed Iskandar, set: Jason Sherwood, costumes: Loren Shaw, sound: Jeremy S. Bloom
Clybourne Park (Bruce Norris) Dallas Theatre Center, director: Joel Ferrel, set: Bob Lavallee, costumes: Karen Perry, sound: John Flores
Between Riverside and Crazy (Stephen Adly Guirgis) A.C.T., director: Irene Lewis, set: Chris Barreca, costumes: Candice Donelly, sound: Leon Rothenberg
°Trouble Cometh (Richard Dresser) SF Playhouse, director: May Adrales, set: Nina Ball, costumes: Tatjana Genser, sound: Teddy Hulsker
Our Town (Thornton Wilder) Chautauqua, director: Paul Mullins, set: Lee Savage, costumes: Andrea Hood
°Somebody’s Daughter (Chisa Hutchinson) Second Stage, director: May Adrales, set: Lee Savage, costumes: Sara Ryung Clement, sound: Kate Marvin
Vietgone (Qui Nguyen) Oregon Shakespeare Festival, director: May Adrales, set/coctumes: Sara Ryung Clement, sound: Shane Rettig, projection: Shaune Duan
°Charles Francis Chan Jr’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery (Loyd Suh) NAATCO, director: Ed Iskandar, set: Jason Sherwood, costumes: Loren Shaw, sound: Jeremy S Bloom, projection: Olivia Sebesky
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov) Pearl Theatre, director: Hal Brooks, set: Jason Simms, costumes: Barbara Bell, sound: M. Florian Staab
°Come and Back Again (David Dorfman) BAM Harvey/Tour, choreographer: David Dorfman, set: Jonah Bell, costumes: Kristi Wood, sound: Sam Crawford, projection: Shawn Hove
100 Saints You Should Know (Kate Fodor) Juilliard Drama, director: Janet Zarish, set: Jason Simms, costumes: Erin Schultz, sound: Christian Frederickson
°Winners (Maggie Bofill) Ensemble Studio, director: Pam Berlin, set: Jason Simms, costumes: Sydney Maresca, sound: M. Florian Staab
°Edward Foote (Phillip DePoy) Alliance Theatre, director: Chris Coleman, set: Tony Cisek, costumes: Sydney Roberts, sound: Clay Benning
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry) Chautauqua, director: Ethan McSweeney, set: Lee Savage, costumes: Andrea Lauer, sound: Justin Ellington
As You Like It 2 River, director: Michael Sexton, set: Brett j. Banakis, costumes: Tilly Grimes, sound: Brandon Wolcott
°The Mysteries The Flea, director: Ed Iskandar, set: Jason Sherwood, costumes: Loren Shaw, sound: Jeremy S. Bloom
°The Bad Guys (Alena Smith) Second Stage, director: Hal Brooks, set: Jason Simms, costumes: Jessica Pabst, sound: Ryan Rumery
An Iliad (Lisa Peterson, Dennis O’Hare) Pittsburgh Public/Playmakers, director: Jesse Berger, set/costumes: Marion Williams, sound: Ryan Rumery
Be a Good Little Widow (Bekah Brunsetter) The Old Globe, director: Hal Brooks, set: Jason Simms, costumes: David Reynoso, sound: Ryan Rumery
King Lear Trinity Rep/Dallas Theatre Center, director: Kevin Moriary, set: Michael McGaarty, costumes: William Lane, sound: Broken Chord
Tigers Be Still (Kim Rosenstock) Dallas Theatre Center, director: Hal Brooks, set: John Arnone, costumes: Claudia Stevens, sound: Ryan Rumery
*°Radio Play (Tommy Smith & Reggie Watts) PS 122, director: Kip Fagan, costumes: Jessica Pabst
°The Whale (Sam Hunter) Denver Center, director: Hal Brooks, set: Jason Simms, costumes: Kevin Copenhaver , sound: Will Burns
*°The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (Mike Daisey) Public Theatre, director: Jean Michele Gregory
°Dutch A/V (Tommy Smith & Reggie Watts) Public Theatre, Under the Radar, director: Tommy Smith
Black Snow (Bulgakov/Reddin) Columbia Stage, director: Michael Garver, set: Eric Southern, costumes: Sydney Maresca, sound: Will Pickens
°Barring the Unforeseen (Mike Daisey) IRT, director: Jean Michele Gregory
°Transition (Tommy Smith & Reggie Watts) Public Theatre, Under the Radar, director: Tommy Smith
°Middlemen (David Jenkins) Human Animals Collective, director Josie Wittlesey, set: Alexis Distler, costumes: Mavis Bruce, sound: Peter McCain
°The Lily’s Revenge (Taylor Mac) HERE Arts, director: Paul Zimet, Rachel Chavkin, Faye Driscoll, Aaron Rhyne, David Drake, Kristin Marting, set: Nick Vaughn, costumes: Machine Dazzle, music: Matt Ray make-up: Derrick Little
°Disinformation (Tommy Smith & Reggie Watts) Public Theatre, Under the Radar, director: Tommy Smith
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