(617) 755-6652 Christopher Annas-Lee [email protected]
Lighting Designer www.annaslee.com
GALA Hispanic Theatre, D.C. Resident Lighting Designer AD: Hugo Medrano 2015-2019 Lighting: Fame, In the Heights (Helen Hayes Award, Broadway World Award), Like Water for Chocolate (BWW Nom), Dancing In My Cockroach Killers, En El Tiempo De Las Mariposas (BWW Award), Flamenco Festival ’15, ’17, & ‘18, Don Juan Tenorio (HH Nom), Cervantes (HH Nom), El Paso Blue, Don Quijote, Yerma (HH Award), Mariela En El Desierto, & Empeños De Una Casa; Scenery: Señorita y Madame; Lighting & Projections: La Foto. The Circuit Theatre Company, MA Resident Designer | Co-Founder AD: Skylar Fox 2010-2016 Lighting: Annotated History of the American Muskrat 2014, Welcome to Arroyo’s, Nicky Park, and Amish Project; Lighting & Scenery: The Valentine Trilogy!, Passion Play (MA Tour), Ten Watt New Play Festival, Dead Man’s Cellphone, Arcadia, Enron, The Pillowman, Blithe Spirit, Talk Radio, and Lend Me A Tenor. Lighting & Direction: Walk Across America for Mother Earth. Night Drive, NY Resident Lighting Designer AD: Skylar Fox 2016-2018 Lighting (World Premiers): Alien Nation, Annotated History of the American Muskrat 2016, Providence RI Mimi Garrard Dance, NY Resident Lighting Designer Choreo: Mimi Garrard 2017-2018 Lighting (World Premiers): Untranslatable, Single Hound, ...Madness, I Celebrate Myself, Travelling Man, Beyond Reach, & Muse CS Global, NY Lighting Designer Sup: Renée Molina 2018 Lead Designer: Cartier: Follow the Clou- (Touring Nashville, Seattle), Aspen Dental Conference – Business Meeting (Goodman Theatre, IL), Brooks Brothers 200th (Grand Central, NY). Assistant Designer: NYC Fashion Week 2018 (Tom Ford, Hugo Boss) J.F. Kennedy Center, D.C. Lighting Designer & Assistant Sup: Gregg Henry 2015-2016 Lighting Designer: Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs, Carmen Souza Quartet. Associate LD: The Iberian Suite (LD: Dan Covey, Eisenhower Theatre). Assistant LD for Concert Hall: Lead Belly, Jason Moran’s In My Mind, Cassandra Wilson: A Tribute to Billy Holiday (LD: Martha Mountain); New Year’s Eve Concert 2015, Christmas Concert for the Troops (LD: Dan Covey).
Cinderella: The Musical | UHSPAC, NJ (Paper Mill Rising Star Award in Lighting) Dir: James Mosser 2017 10th Anniversary International Tour | Eryc Taylor Dance, Mexico & NY Choreo: Eryc Taylor 2016
Related Experience Kiss Me Kate | Studio 54, B’way, NY Assistant Lighting Designer LD: Don Holder 2019 Darius & Twig Tour | Kennedy Center, D.C. Lighting Supervisor, TD PM: Harry Poster 2018 Arc3 Design, NY Assistant Lighting Designer Sup: Al Crawford Eagles Superbowl Ring Ceremony (Philadelphia), After Party for Private Event (Four Seasons, Manhattan) Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY Programmer, Eos Sup: Chris Wilenta 2017-2018 Harvey: Everywhere, All The Time (Sean Curran Dance), PLACE (Beth Emmerson Project); Opera House: Dance Africa ’18. Kings Theatre, NY LD | Programmer, Gio Sup: Jason Volkman 2016-2018 The Way of the World | Folger, D.C. Associate Lighting Designer LD: Don Holder Oslo | Vivian Beaumont Theater, NY Temp Assistant Lighting Designer LD: Don Holder 2017 Don Holder Lighting Associate Lighting Designer LD: Don Holder Camelot Concert (Lincoln Center, NY); Mr. Abbott Awards (SDC, NY); 2017 GALA, Damn Yankees (Roundabout, NY) Hamilton | US Tour Designer of Custom ML Templates LD: Howell Binkley Freaky Friday | Signature (D.C.), La Jolla (CA) Programmer, Eos LD: Howell Binkley Chix 6 | La Mama, NY Associate LD | Programmer, Ion LD: Ryan O’Gara 2016 Shen Wei Dance | China Tour Assistant LD | Programmer, Gio LD: Scott Bolman Theater J, D.C. Resident Associate Lighting Designer Sup: Delia Taylor 2015
Training & Fellowships BFA in Lighting Design, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Class of 2014 Fellow at the J.F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kenan Arts Fund, D.C., 2014-15 Broadway Internships: A Bronx Tale (LD: Howell Binkley), She Loves Me (LD: Don Holder) Princess Grace Fellow in Lighting Design, Fabergé Theater Award, 2017-18 Lighting Designer, USA 829 & Electrician, IATSE Local 635
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