Christopher Annas-Lee

Lighting & Scenic Designer

Director: Jose Zayas
Choreographer: Kelsey Burns
Sound Designer: German Martinez
Costumes Designer: Emily Verrilli

Stage Manager: Jackie Robinson
Associate LD: Rachel Goldberg
Master Electrician: Gil Mason-Butch
Production Electrician: Cheri Snook

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center

Lighting Designer

Director: Joshua Bergasse
National Tour, opening at the Chicago Auditorium

Photo by M Reid.

Lead Lighting Designer

Immersive lighting experience within a shipping container. Contact closures in the floor tracked guests’ movement and beams of light guided them through Cartier’s 2018 premier products. Designed with a team at CS Lighting, built by Pink Sparrow, commissioned by MKG Productions.

Lighting Designer

Choreographer: Rena Butler
Artistic Director: Jessie J. Stinnette

Boston Dance Theatre
The Institute of Contemporary Art, MA

Photo by Sarah Takash

Production Designer

Choreographer: Felipe Escalante
Projections Designer: Paul Deziel

Tabula Rasa Dance Theatre
Gerald Theater, NY

Lighting Designer

Director: Luis Salgado
Scenery: Clifton Chadick
Costumes: Robert Croghan
Projections: Patrick Lord
Sound: Roc Lee
SM: Brennan Jones
GALA Hispanic Theatre

Lighting Designer
Written by José Zorrilla
Adapted by Nando López
Directed by Jose Carrasquillo
Scenic Design by Giorgos Tsappas
Costume Design by Jeffery Peavy
GALA Hispanic Theatre, DC
Nominated: Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lighting Designer

Lighting, Projections, & Scenic Designer

Salvador: Fuego Flamenco 2021
Choreographer: Edwin Aparicio
GALA Hispanic Theatre

Director, Production Designer, Librettist

Poet: Pamela Annas
Choreographer: Graham Cole
Costumes Designer: Virginia Belt
Performer: Elenaluisa Alvarez
Narrator: Luz Nicolas

Building 5, Portland, OR

Photo by Blaine Covert

Lighting Designer

Director: Joshua Bergasse
National Tour, opening at the Chicago Auditorium

Photo by M Reid.

Director, Production Designer, Librettist

Poet: Pamela Annas
Choreographer: Graham Cole
Costumes Designer: Virginia Belt
Performer: Elenaluisa Alvarez
Narrator: Luz Nicolas

Building 5, Portland, OR

Photo by Blaine Covert

Lighting Designer

Director: Joshua Bergasse
National Tour, opening at the Chicago Auditorium

Photo by M Reid.

Lighting Designer

Choreographer: Rosie Herrera
Artistic Director: Jessie J. Stinnette

Boston Dance Theatre
The Institute of Contemporary Art, MA

Photo by Sarah Takash

Lighting Designer
Written by José Zorrilla
Adapted by Nando López
Directed by Jose Carrasquillo
Scenic Design by Giorgos Tsappas
Costume Design by Jeffery Peavy
GALA Hispanic Theatre, DC
Nominated: Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lighting Designer

Lighting Designer
Directed by Jose Arellano
Scenery & Costumes by Silvia de Marta
GALA Hispanic Theater

Won six 2015 Helen Hayes Awards, including for Outstanding Lighting Design.

Lighting Designer

Choreographer: Micaela Taylor
Artistic Director: Jessie J. Stinnette

Boston Dance Theatre
The Institute of Contemporary Art, MA

Photo by Sarah Takash

Director, Production Designer, Librettist

Poet: Pamela Annas
Choreographer: Graham Cole
Costumes Designer: Virginia Belt
Performer: Elenaluisa Alvarez
Narrator: Luz Nicolas

Building 5, Portland, OR

Photo by Blaine Covert

Production Designer

Choreographer: Felipe Escalante
Projections Designer: Paul Deziel

Tabula Rasa Dance Theatre
Gerald Theater, NY

Lighting & Scenic Designer

Choreography: Graham Cole
Costumes: Virginia Belt
Performers: Jordan Kriston, Lindsay Dreyer
Photo: Jingzi Zhao

Graham Cole Performance @ A-WOL

Lighting Designer

Written & Directed by Nilo Cruz
at GALA Hispanic Theatre

Lighting Designer

University of Maine

Lighting Designer

Director: Luis Salgado
Projections: Patrick Lord
Scenery: Clifton Chadick
Revolution Latina in residence at Pregones/PRTT

Lighting Designer
Written by Jordi Casanovas
Directed by Jose-Luis Arellano
Scenic and Costume Design by Silvia de Marta
GALA Hispanic Theatre, DC
Nominated: Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lighting Designer

Assistant Lighting Designer / Lower Castle Co-Designer

LD: Deke Hazirjian
Associate LD: Jimmy Lawlor
The only ticketed live event allowed in NY State in October, 2020, this electric violin concierto took place on Bannerman Island in middle of the Hudson River. Deke Hazirjian helmed the concert proper at the summit and myself & associate Jimmy Lawlor were tasked with lighting the large castle at the base of the island.

Lighting Designer

Written by Nilo Cruz
Directed by Jose Carrasquillo
Projections by Paul Deziel
Scenery by Tom Kamm
Sound by Brendon Vierra
SM: Kate Kilbane

Theater J, DC

Lighting Designer
Directed by Jose Arellano
Scenery & Costumes by Silvia de Marta
GALA Hispanic Theater
Winner: Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Lighting Designer
Company: Flamenco Aparicio
GALA Hispanic Theatre

Lighting Designer
Written by Octavio Solis
Directed by Jose Carrasquillo
Scenic Design by Regina Garcia
Costume Design by Robert Croghan
GALA Hispanic Theatre

Lighting Designer

Directors: Edwin Aparicio & Aleksey Kulikov
GALA Hispanic Theatre

Lighting Designer
Book by Terrence McNally, Score by David Yazbek
Directed by Ethan Paulini
Scenic Design by Tricia Hobbes
Costume Design by Kevin Koski
The Penobscot Theatre Company, ME

Lighting Designer
Written by José Zorrilla
Adapted by Nando López
Directed by Jose Carrasquillo
Scenic Design by Giorgos Tsappas
Costume Design by Jeffery Peavy
GALA Hispanic Theatre, DC
Nominated: Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lighting Designer

Lighting Designer

Director: Luis Salgado
Projections: Lacey Erb
Scenery: Clifton Chadick
Axelrod PAC

Lighting Designer

Written by Nilo Cruz
Directed by Jose Carrasquillo
Projections by Paul Deziel
Scenery by Tom Kamm
Sound by Brendon Vierra
SM: Kate Kilbane

Theater J, DC

Lighting Designer
Directed by Abel Lopez
Scenery by Ruthmarie Tenorio
Sound by Brendon Vierra
GALA Hispanic Theater

Lighting & Projections Designer

Director: Abel Lopez
Scenery: Jessica Cancino
Costumes: Moyenda Kulemeka
Sound: David Crandall
GALA Hispanic

Lighting Designer
Directed by Paige Hernandez
Forum Theatre