DESIGNER RESUME

Christopher Annas-Lee is a Lighting Designer.  He is also an Associate/Assistant Lighting Designer, Projections Designer, Scenic Designer, and programmer. He works in theatre, dance, opera, corporate events, and both permanent and temporary installations. He is the Founder of Annas-Lee Design Group, a firm dedicated to lighting solutions for business & architecture.

He is also the Co-Founder and Resident Designer of The Circuit Theatre Company (MA, 2010>2014); Resident Lighting Designer of Night Drive (NYC, 2015>Present), GALA Hispanic Theatre (DC, 2014>2018), Mimi Garrard Dance (NYC, 2016>Present), Boston Dance Theatre (2019>Present), Flamenco Aparicio (2015>Pres); and Lighting Supervisor for The Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker (2019>2021).

Christopher is the recipient of three Helen Hayes awards (On Your Feet!, In the Heights, and Yerma, Non-Equity), and four DC Broadway World Awards in the non-Equity category (Fame, En El Tiempo De Las Mariposas, and In The Heights) including their 2020 award for Best Lighting Design of the Decade.

He holds a BFA from North Carolina School of the Arts, and was the 2014/15 Kenan Lighting Fellow at the J.F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the 2017 Princess Grace Design Fellow (Fabergé Theater Award).  

Though Christopher is based in NYC, know that he will venture to the very edge of the world for you.

Programmer and Associate Resumes and Reference Contact Info are available upon request.