Resume

 

Education

MFA, Boston University
Lighting Design

AB, Harvard College
Concentration: Mathematics
Secondary: English

Awards

Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Mid-Size Theater (The Chinese Lady, 2023)

Elliot Norton Award for Best Design for Mid-Size Theater (BLKS, 2022)

Howell Binkley Fellowship (2021)

La Mama DesignFest – Grand Prize (2020)

Alan Symonds Award (2017), awarded by the Harvard Office for the Arts

Lighting Design (Selected)

OFF-BROADWAY

  • Ichabod: The Legend of Sleep HallowDir. Joey DeMita. Emergent Theater Works, AMT Theater. 2025. 
  • The Magic of Light. Dir. Virlana Tkacz. La MaMa/Yara Arts Group. 2025.
  • See What I Wanna See. Dir. Emilio Ramos. Out of the Box Theatrics. 2024. 
  • Monsters of the Villa Diodati. Dir. Joey DeMita. Emergent Theater Works, AMT Theater. 2024. 
  • The Butcher Boy. Dir. Ciarán O’Reilly. Irish Repertory Theatre. 2022. 

regional

  • RENTDir. Chip Miller. Cape Playhouse. 2025. 
  • Buddy: the Buddy Holly Story. Dir. Meredith McDonough. Cape Playhouse. 
  • The Heart Sellers. Dir. May Adrales. Guthrie Theater (2024). Huntington Theatre Company (2023). 
  • The Thanksgiving Play. Dir. Alice Regan. Oklahoma City Repertory Theater. 2024. 
  • Waitress. Dir. Eric Rosen. The Cape Playhouse 2024. 
  • Then We’ll Rest. Dir. Marvin Merritt. Isle Theater Company. 2024
  • Wipeout. Dir. Shana Gozansky. Gloucester Stage Company. 2024. 
  • Sweeney Todd. Dir. Ryan Mardesich. Moonbox Productions. 2023. *nominated for the Elliott Norton award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Mid-Size Theater. 
  • Stew. Dir. Rosalind Bevan. Gloucester Stage Company. 2023. 
  • The Brothers Size. Dir. Ato Blankson-Wood. Oklahoma City Repertory. 2023.
  • Wild Goose Dreams. Dir. Seonjae Kim. Speakeasy Stage. 2023. 
  • Little WomenDir. Cara Hinh. Perseverance Theater. 2022-2023. 
  • The Chinese LadyDir. Sarah Shin. Central Square Theater. 2022. *received the Elliot Norton award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Mid-Size Theater
  • BLKS. Dir. Tonasia Jones. Speakeasy Stage Company. 2021. *received the Elliot Norton award for Best Design for a Mid-Size Theater
  • Tiny Beautiful Things. Dir. Lyndsay Allyn Cox. Gloucester Stage Company. 2021.
  • Wolf Play. Dir. Summer Williams. Company ONE. 2020.
  • Marie & Rosetta. Dir. Pascale Florestale. Greater Boston Stage Company. 2019.
  • The Book Club Play. Dir. Shana Gozansky. Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. 2019.
  • The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood. Dir. Leila Ghaemi. Boston Playwrights Theatre (BU). 2018.

OTHER theatre

  • West Side StoryDir. Mala Tsantillas. LaGuardia High School. 2025. 
  • Guys & Dolls. Dir. Isabel Perry. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House. 2024.
  • Baked. Dir. Miranda Cornell. Prospect Theater Company / NAAT. 2023.
  • As I Was, Not As I Am. Dir. Annabel Heacock. Moxie Arts Incubator. 2023. 
  • How to Catch Creation. Dir. Raz Golden. Juilliard Drama. 2023. 
  • KIN. Dir. Chika Ike. WP Pipeline Festival. 2022. 

Ope(rett)as

  • The Monkey King. Dir. Roxanna Myhrum. White Snake Projects. 2023. 
  • X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. Dir. Gil Rose. Odyssey Opera/Boston Modern Opera Project. 2022.
  • El Cimarrón.  Dir. Zack Winokur. Farkas Hall (American Modern Opera Company, Run AMOC! Festival). 2019. (Original design by John Torres)
  • The Cunning Little Vixen. Dir. E. Loren Meeker. Cutler Majestic Theatre (Opera Institute at BU/Glimmerglass). 2019.

Dance

  • Collage Dance Collective Tour (LX Supervisor). Touhill Performing Arts Center (St. Louis, MO). 2025. 
  • Cinderella. Chor. Yury Yanowsky. Ballet Rhode Island. 2024. 
  • BalletX Tour (LX Supervisor). Chor. M. Neenan, C. Quan, N. Fonte. BalletX at Tilles Performance Arts Center (LIU). 2022. 
  • With Care. Chor. Bobbi Jene Smith. American Modern Opera Company, Run AMOC! Festival. 2019.

Architectural

  • Opening of Baretto Bar at the Fasano Restaurant. 2022. 

Assistant & Associate Lighting Design (Selected)

Broadway

  • McNeal. LD: Don Holder. Vivian Beaumont Theater. 2024. 
  • Cabaret. LD: Isabella Byrd. August Wilson Theater. 2024.
  • Water for Elephants. LD: Bradley King. Imperial Theater. 2024.
  • Mr. Saturday Night. LD: Ken Posner. Nederlander Theatre. 2022.  

Film/TV

  • The Wizard of Oz at Sphere. LD: John Torres. 2025.
  • Jenny Slate: Seasoned ProfessionalDir. Gillian Robespierre, LD: John Torres. 2024. 
  • Assembly (portions of captured performance). Dir. Rashaad Newsome & Johnny Symons, LD: John Torres.

fashion

  • Associate at John Torres Studio (2019-current). NYFW runway shows, special installations, and private client events. Previous clients include Gucci, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Tory Burch, Proenza Schouler.