ALLEN HAHN Lighting Designer PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM VITAE Home Address 1101 South Henderson Bloomington, IN 47401 347-881-8872 mobile [email protected] allenhahn.com PORTFOLIO of selected work available at allenhahn.com ALLEN HAHN Curriculum Vitae PROFESSIONAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE Chronological List of Past Productions All credits below are as Lighting Designer except where noted Production Director/Choreographer/Artist Company,Venue-City 2016 The Exonerated Liam Castellan Indiana University Theatre & Drama Millennium Stages Elizabeth Shea Kennedy Center, Washington, DC Sense and Sensibility Dale McFadden Indiana University Summer Theater Bridge and Tunnel Richard Roberts Indiana Repertory Theater 2015 Die Fledermaus Robin Guarino Indiana University Opera Pagliacci Ned Canty Opera Memphis Émilie Marianne Weems Finnish National Opera (Helsinki) 2014 Die Fledermaus Chas Rader-Shieber Portland Opera M. Butterfly Murray McGibbon Indiana University Theatre & Drama Lizzie Borden Christopher Alden Tanglewood 2013 * Sideways Stories Whit McLaughlin Arden Theatre Company (Philadelphia) Lizzie Borden Christopher Alden Boston Lyric Opera Measure Back Christopher McElroen Pittsburgh Int’l Festival of Firsts Don Juan Comes back from the War Alan Stanford Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre Sunfish William Pomerantz Daegu International Musical Festival (Daegu, South Korea) [Radical] Signs of Life Pauline Jennings EMPAC Bluebeard’s Castle Andrew Eggert Opera Omaha Under the Whaleback Blanka Zizka The Wilma Theater (Philadelphia) The Rochester Plays Nigel Maister University of Rochester— International Theatre Program * Sideways Stories nominated for Barrymore Award for Best Lighting Design—2014 † Under The Whaleback nominated for Phindie Critics’ Award for Best Lighting Design—2012/13 page 2 of 23 ALLEN HAHN Curriculum Vitae Production Director/Choreographer/Artist Company,Venue-City 2012 Henry V Michael Sexton Two Rivers Theater Company (Red Bank, NJ) Ubu Roi Peter Karapetkov University of Rochester— International Theatre Program Riders to the Sea Gregory Lehane Microscopic Opera (Pittsburgh) Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre Ivanov Andrew Paul Three Sisters Harriet Power Afterplay & The Yalta Game Alan Stanford Chekhov shorts various directors Émilie Marianne Weems Lincoln Center Festival, (NYC) Oceanic Verses Kevin Newbury Kennedy Center (D.C.) River to River Festival (NYC) John Cage Songbooks Nigel Maister Holland Festival (Amsterdam) il Sogno di Scipione Christopher Alden Gotham Chamber Opera (NYC) Elegy for Young Lovers Chas Rader-Shieber Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia) 2011 Bust (lighting and scenery) Allison Narver Portland Center Stage Studio Theater (Washington, DC) Three Decembers Lisa-Ann Goldsmith Microscopic Opera (Pittsburgh) A View from the Bridge Vince Liotta Indiana University Opera Race Andrew Paul Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre Émilie Marianne Weems Spoleto USA Festival (Charleston) 2010 Three Tall Women* Allison Narver Seattle Repertory Theatre The Chocolate Soldier William Pomerantz Summerscape—Bard College Shooting Star Tracy Brigden City Theatre (Pittsburgh) When January Feels Like Summer Chuck Patterson City Theatre (Pittsburgh) 2009 Candide Karla Boos Quantum Theatre (Pittsburgh) * nominated for Best Lighting Design by Broadwayworld-Seattle page 3 of 23 ALLEN HAHN Curriculum Vitae Production Director/Choreographer/Artist Company,Venue-City 2008 The Lady With All the Answers Ted Pappas Pittsburgh Public Theatre L'incoronazione di Poppea Gregory Lehane CMU School of Music (Pittsburgh) Bust Allison Narver City Theatre (Pittsburgh) Miss Lonelyhearts Ken Cazan Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Flight Kristine MacIntyre Pittsburgh Opera Studio 2007 Miss Lonelyhearts Ken Cazan USC School of Music (L.A.) 2006 Miss Lonelyhearts Ken Cazan Juilliard (world premiere opera) Peter Jay Sharp Theater (NYC) Hansel and Gretel Kristine MacIntyre Skylight Opera (Milwaukee) 2005 The Bell Deep Tony Oursler ARoS Kunstmuseum (consultant for museum installation) (Aarhus, Denmark) Studio (lighting for museum installation) Tony Oursler Metropolitan Museum (NYC) The Front Page Gene Saks Playmakers Rep (Chapel Hill) David Byrne (concert lighting) David Byrne Central Park Summerstage (NYC) Super Vision* Marianne Weems The Builders Association (co-design w/ Jennifer Tipton) (International tour) Messalina David Levine SPF Summer Play Festival (NYC) How Love is Spelt Michael Sexton SPF Summer Play Festival (NYC) Arianna in Creta* Christopher Alden Gotham Chamber Opera (NYC) Kafka’s Trial (world premiere opera) Francisco Negrin Royal Danish Opera (Copenhagen) 2004 Santa Meets the Ice Dragon John MacInnis Beacon Theater (NYC) Death in Venice* Ken Cazan Chicago Opera Theater Il Viaggio a Reims Christopher Cowell Chicago Opera Theater Alladeen† Marianne Weems The Builders Association Associate designer (Jennifer Tipton) (US/International tour) * selected for inclusion in the 2007 Prague Quadrennial International Design Exhibition page 4 of 23 ALLEN HAHN Curriculum Vitae Production Director/Choreographer/Artist Company,Venue-City 2003 The Coronation of Poppea Diane Paulus Chicago Opera Theater Don Giovanni Francisco Negrin Glimmerglass Opera (Cooperstown) Alladeen† Marianne Weems The Builders Association Associate designer to Jennifer Tipton (US/International tour) Les Liaisons Dangereuses Brian Feehan Yale University—University Theater (New Haven) Manfred Robin Guarino American Symphony Orchestra Avery Fisher Hall (NYC) Once Upon a Time in Chinese America Mira Kingsley Columbia Artists Management (US Tour) Rain Sam Helfrich Alice Tully Hall (NYC) The Blue Flower Jim Bauer HERE Arts Center (NYC) House of Blue Leaves William Pomerantz Bard College (Annandale, NY) 2002 Imperceptible Mutabilities Nigel Maister University of Rochester in the Third Kingdom International Theatre Program Olympus On My Mind Marcia Milgrom-Dodge Florida Studio Theater (Sarasota) Xerxes Paula Williams Wolf Trap Opera, (Vienna, VA) Ghosts Tim Ocel Geva Theater (Rochester) Giulio Cesare† Francisco Negrin Royal Danish Opera (Copenhagen) Les Malheurs d’orphee/ Dido & Aeneas Laurence Dale Henry Street Chamber Opera (NYC) Wenji Rinde Eckert Asia Society (NYC) Hong Kong Festival 2001 The Tempest Tim Vasen CCTC (Chautauqua, NY) Arms and the Man Rob Bundy CCTC (Chautauqua, NY) Extravaganza (lighting supervisor) The Builders Association Athenaeum (Chicago) Saint Ann’s Warehouse (Brooklyn) Warrior Sisters Mira Kingsley Arizona State University (Tempe) Once Upon a Time in Chinese America Mira Kingsley BAM Next Wave Festival Harvey Theater (Brooklyn) The Guggenheim Museum Peter B. Lewis Theater (NYC) * selected for inclusion in the 2007 Prague Quadrennial International Design Exhibition † winner of the prestigious Danish Reumert award for Best Opera page 5 of 23 ALLEN HAHN Curriculum Vitae Production Director/Choreographer/Artist Company,Venue-City 2000 Mitridate Re di Ponto Francisco Negrin Santa Fe Opera Exquisite Torture Nigel Maister University of Rochester International Theatre Program La Fanciulla del West Christopher Alden Opera Zuid, Stadschouwburg (Eindhoven, NL) Il Sogno di Scipione (US premiere) Christopher Alden Henry Street Chamber Opera Harry DuJur Playhouse (NYC) Der Freischutz Anthony Baker OLBE-ABAO (Bilbao) Rinaldo Francisco Negrin New York City Opera Luisa Miller Christopher Alden Spoleto USA Festival Gaillard Auditorium (Charleston) La Voix Humaine/Le Pauvre Matelau David Alden L'Opera Français (NYC) The Marriage of Figaro Tim Ocel Opera Pacific (Costa Mesa, CA) A Midsummer Night's Dream Chas Rader Shieber Curtis Institute of Music (lighting/co-design scenery) (Philadelphia) Warrior Sisters Mira Kingsley The Kitchen (NYC) The Iliad Nigel Maister University of Rochester— International Theatre Program 1999 The Secret Machine Sturgis Warner Soho Rep (NYC) John Giorno/ David Neumann David Neumann, chor. SummerStage, Central Park (NYC) Vortex du Plaisir Gordon Dahlquist Ice Factory Festival (NYC) La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein Christopher Alden Opera Français (NYC) Once Upon a Time in Chinese America Mira Kingsley John Harms Center (Englewood, NJ) Il Trittico Keith Warner Spoleto USA Festival Gailliard Auditorium (Charleston) Bouncing Back John Margulis Trinity Theater Company (NYC) A Tale of Two Cities William Pomerantz The Culture Project (NYC) Exit Petter Jacobon, chor. Merce Cunningham Studio (NYC) Impressions de Pelleas Chas Rader Shieber Curtis Institute (Philadelphia) Duke Ellington: In a Different Light Donald Byrd, chor. Harkness Dance Project (NYC) page 6 of 23 ALLEN HAHN Curriculum Vitae Production Director/Choreographer/Artist Company,Venue-City 1998 Women of Orleans (lighting & scenery) Kristin Marting HERE Theater Company (NYC) Cry Pitch Carols (lighting & scenery) Tim Maner HERE Theater Company (NYC) Island of Dogs William Pomerantz Krane Theater (NYC) Jazz Train (lighting supervisor) Donald Byrd Brooklyn Academy of Music US tour 1997-99 Barbe-Bleue Christopher Alden Opera Français Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center (NYC) La Jolie Fille de Perth James Robinson Opera Français Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center (NYC) Seven Guitars Alley Theater (Houston) Associate designer (Chris Akerlind) Jump Cut—Faust (lighting supervisor) The Builders Association (European tour) Chautauqua Conservatory Theater Co. Resident designer (Chautauqua, NY) Romeo & Juliet Rob Bundy Antigone (lighting and scenery) Derek Anson Jones Bratton Theater You Can’t Take It With You Mark Ax Marvin’s Room Tim Vasen page 7 of 23 ALLEN HAHN Curriculum Vitae Production Director/Choreographer/Artist