Lighting Designer
United Scenic Artists 829
(Representative listing)
The St. Louis Black Repertory – St. Louis (1989-Present)
Artistic Director: Ron Himes
The Wiz
Othello
Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery
One Mo’ Time
Train is Comin’
I Don’t Have to Show You No Stinkin’ Badges
Ruined
Dreamgirls
When the Chickens Come Home to Roost
Eubie
Damn Yankees
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Ain’t MisBehavin’
Oedipus
The Dance on Widow’s Row
Williams & Walker
Blues in the Night
Bubbling Brown Sugar
Anne & Emmett
Miss Julie, Clarissa and John
Torn Asunder
North Carolina Black Theatre
I Am….a Shepherdess, directed by Najah Imani Muhammed – 2024
The Florentine Opera – Milwaukee
Bronzeville Boheme, directed by Nadja Simmonds – 2024
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Blues in the Night, directed by Ron OJ Parson – 2024
Charleston Gaillard Center
Finding Freedom: The Journey of Robert Smalls (Premiere), directed by JaMeeka D. Hollaway – 2023
Syracuse Stage
What the Constitution Means to Me, directed by Melissa Crespo – 2023
Stratford Theatre Festival (Canada)
Wedding Band, directed by Sam White – 2023
Pittsburgh Public Theatre
Steel Magnolias, directed by Marya Sea Kaminski – 2023
Playmakers Repertory Company
They Do Not Know Harlem (Premiere), directed by Kathryn Hunter-Williams – 2023
Two River Theatre (Red Bank, NJ)
Wine in the Wilderness, directed by Brandon J. Dirden – 2022
THE OFFICE performing arts + film (NYC)/MASS Moca (Massachusetts)
Yemandja with Angelique Kidjo (Premiere), directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce – 2022
Broadway – Roundabout Theatre Company
Trouble in Mind (Broadway Premiere), directed by Charles Randolph-Wright – 2021
Playmakers Repertory Company – Chapel Hill, NC
Edges of Times: The Life and Times of the Marvelous Marvel Cooke (Premiere)
directed by Jules Odendahl-James – 2021
Yale Repertory – New Haven
A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Carl Cofield – 2020 (canceled due to Covid-19)
Cadillac Crew (Premiere), directed by Tori Sampson & Jesse Rasmussen – 2019
SpeakEasy Stage Company – Boston
Passover, directed by Monica White Ndounou – 2020
Northern Stage – Vermont
Citrus (Premiere), directed by Jameeka Holloway-Burrell – 2020
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Pipeline, directed by Ron OJ Parson – 2019
Dot, directed by Colman Domingo – 2019
Mud Row (Premiere), directed by Steve H. Broadnax – 2019
Arden Theatre Company – Philadelphia
74 Seconds… To Judgment, directed by Amina Robinson – 2019
Center Stage Theatre – Baltimore
A Wonder in My Soul, directed by Daniel Bryant – 2018
Theatreworks – Colorado Springs
A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Nambi E. Kelley – 2018
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
Last Stop on Market Street (Premiere), directed by Christopher Parks – 2018
People’s Light – Pennsylvania
Skeleton Crew, directed by Steve H. Broadnax – 2018
Two River Theatre – New Jersey
King Hedley, directed by Brandon Dirden – 2018
A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Carl Cofield – 2017
Writers Theatre – Chicago
Smart People, directed by Hallie Gordon – 2018
East Texas Hot Links, directed by Ron “OJ” Parson – 2016
Arena Stage – Washington, DC
Intelligence (Premiere), directed by Daniella Topol – 2017
Playmakers Theatre – Chapel Hill
(Resident Designer, 2011-2017)
DOT, directed by Nicole A. Watson – 2017
Count, directed by Katherine Hunter Williams – 2017
Mr. Joy, directed by Vivienne Benesch – 2017
Trouble in Mind, directed by Jade Carolle -2015
Surviving Twin, directed by Joseph Haj – 2013
A Raisin in the Sun & Clybourne Park (in rep) – 2013 – Directed by Tracy Young and Raelle-Myrick Hodges
The Parchman Hour, directed by Mike Wiley – 2011
eta Creative Arts, Chicago
Migration (Premiere), directed by Kemati Porter – 2016
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Seven Guitars, directed by Colman Domingo – 2015
Here Arts Center – New York City
Freight, directed by Joseph Megel – 2015
The Brick – Brooklyn
The Uncanny Valley, directed by Francesca Talenti – 2014
Eta Creative Arts – Chicago
Hoodoo Love, directed by Artisia Green – 2013
Man Bites Dog Theatre – Durham
The Brothers Size, directed by Joseph Megel – 2012
Alliance Theatre – Atlanta
I Just Stopped by to See the Man, directed by Ron O.J. Parson – 2012
Victory Gardens – Chicago
The Gospel According to James, directed by Chuck Smith – 2011
Indiana Repertory Theatre – Indianapolis
The Gospel According to James (Premiere), directed by Chuck Smith – 2011
eta Creative Arts – Chicago
The Trip (Premiere), directed by Mignon McPherson-Nance – 2010
Geva Theatre – Rochester
Two Trains Running, directed by Ron OJ Parson – 2010
About Face Theatre – Chicago
Sweet Tea (Premiere) directed by Daniel Alexander Jones – 2010
ETA – Chicago
Resurrection, directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce 2009
Penumbra – St. Paul
The Whipping Man, directed by Lou Bellamy – 2009
American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) – San Francisco
Blood Knot, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright – 2008
Berkeley Repertory Theatre – Berkeley
The Blue Door, directed by Delroy Lindo – 2007
Alabama Shakespeare Festival – Montgomery
Gee’s Bend (premiere), directed by Janet Cleveland – 2007
Spelman College – Atlanta
A Song for Coretta (premiere), directed by Crystal Dickinson – 2007
A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) – Seattle
Wine in the Wilderness, directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton – 2006
The Court Theatre – Chicago
Flyin’ West, directed by Ron OJ Parson – 2007
Fences, directed by Ron OJ Parson – 2006
Desire Under the Elms, directed by Walter Dallas – 2000
The Goodman Theatre – Chicago
Black Nativity, directed by Mike Malone – 2005 & 2004
A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Chuck Smith – 2000
Blues for an Alabama Sky, directed by Chuck Smith – 1998
Let Me Live, directed by Ron OJ Parson – 1998
Seeking the Genesis (premiere), directed by Walter Dallas – 1996
Alliance Theatre – Atlanta
Jar the Floor, directed by Andrea Frye – 2002
The Ties that Bind, directed by Andrea Frye – 1996
A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Woodie King, Jr. – 1994
Indiana Repertory Theatre – Indianapolis
A Woman Named Truth, directed by Priscilla Lindsey – 2005
Blues for an Alabama Sky, directed by Ron Himes – 2003
Rosa Parks, directed by Donald Griffin – 1993
Congo Square – Chicago
Black Nativity, directed by Mike Malone (co-production with Goodman) – 2005 & 2006
Wedding Band, directed by Ron OJ Parson (co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre) – 2003
From the Mississippi Delta, directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce – 2002
Studio Arena – Buffalo
A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Ron OJ Parson – 2004
Arkansas Repertory Theatre – Little Rock
Dreamgirls, directed by Rajendra Samoon Maharaj – 2004
Steppenwolf Theatre – Chicago
Wedding Band, directed by Ron OJ Parson – 2003
Oberlin Dance Center (ODC) – San Francisco
Word Becomes Flesh, directed by Gloria Bigelow – 2003
Manhattan Theatre Club – New York City
In Real Life, directed by Daniel Sullivan – 2002
Yerba Buena Performing Arts Center (San Francisco Hip Hop Theatre Festival)
Scourge (premiere), directed by Kamilah Forbes – 2005
Grahamstown Festival – Grahamstown, South Africa
The Middle Passage (premiere), directed by Nefertiti Burton and Dumile Magodia – 2003
Weemen (premiere), directed by Thulani Mtshali – 1996
Mark Taper Forum – Los Angeles
In Real Life, directed by Daniel Sullivan – 2001
Organic Theatre – Chicago
Five Rooms of Furniture (premiere), directed by Jonathan Wilson – 2002
Amy’s View, directed by Ina Marlowe – 2000
Seattle Repertory Theatre – Seattle
In Real Life (premiere), directed by Daniel Sullivan – 2000
Kwazulu Natal Playhouse – Durban, South Africa
A Coloured Place, directed by Tina Johnson – 1998
New Federal Theatre – New York City, Off-Broadway
The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman, directed by Paul C. Harrison – 1998
Plowshares Theatre – Detroit
Bourbon at the Border, directed by Gary Anderson – 1998
Windybrow Center for the Arts – Johannesburg, South Africa
Hang on in There Nelson (premiere), directed by Walter Chakela – 1996
Death & the Maiden, directed by Damon Berry – 1996
Onyx Theatre – Chicago
East Texas Hotlinks, directed by Ron OJ Parson – 1998 & 1995
Flyin’ West, directed by Ron OJ Parson – 1997
Sty of the Bling Pig – 1996
Unquestioned Integrity: The Hill/Thomas Hearings, directed by J. R. Sullivan – 1996
4 Queens and No Trumps, directed by Ted Lange – 1998
Carnegie Hall – New York City
125th Anniversary Tribute to W.E.B. DuBois – 1993
Victory Gardens Theatre – Chicago
Spinning into Blue, directed by Sandy Shinner – 1993
Missouri Repertory Theatre – Kansas City
Broadway Bound, directed by George Keathley – 1992
A Director’s Theatre – Hollywood
The Heart Outright, directed by Sheri Kane – 1989
Win/Lose/Draw, directed by Dorothy Lyman – 1988
Some Sweet Day, directed by Claude Purdy – 1987
Los Angeles and San Francisco
Checkmates, directed by Woodie King – 1987 & 1988
Los Angeles Theatre Center – Los Angeles (Resident Lighting Designer, 1985-1987)
The Three Sisters, The Birthday Party, Help Wanted, the Triumph of the Spider Monkey (premiere)
Various music concerts and experimental productions
The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) – New York City, Off-Broadway
La Grima del Diablo, directed by Richard Gant – 1980