Lap Chi Chu

Personal Information
New York designs include: The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Dance Theater Workshop, Performance Space 122, The Kitchen, Danspace Project and Juilliard Opera. Regional designs include: Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theater, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Theater, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage Company, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Portland Center Stage, Intiman Theatre, Evidence Room and Ordway Music Theater. Lighting/video designer for ChameckiLerner Dance Company (Costumes by God, Visible Content, Hidden Forms, I Mutantes Seras and Por Favor, Não Me Deixe), performed in the United States and Brazil. Lap has received multiple Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards and a “Drammy” for Best Lighting. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and New York University.
 
Credits

Designer
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Poor Yella Rednecks New York City Center/ Stage I 11/01/2023 Lighting Designer
2 The Coast Starlight Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 03/13/2023 Lighting Designer
3 Kimberly Akimbo Linda Gross Theater 12/08/2021 Lighting Designer
4 Morning Sun New York City Center/ Stage I 11/03/2021 Lighting Designer
5 72 Miles to Go... Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 03/10/2020 Lighting Designer
6 the way she spoke Minetta Lane Theatre 07/18/2019 Lighting Designer
7 Eve's Song Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall 11/07/2018 Lighting Designer
8 Mother of the Maid Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater 10/17/2018 Lighting Designer
9 Mlima's Tale Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 04/15/2018 Lighting Designer
10 An Ordinary Muslim New York Theatre Workshop 02/26/2018 Lighting Designer
11 Describe the Night Linda Gross Theater 12/05/2017 Lighting Designer
12 Oedipus El Rey Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Susan Stein Shiva Theater 10/24/2017 Lighting Designer
13 The Wolves The Duke on 42nd Street 09/11/2016 Lighting Designer
14 The Body of an American Cherry Lane Theatre 02/23/2016 Lighting Designer
15 Lost Girls Lucille Lortel Theatre 11/09/2015 Lighting Designer
16 Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater 10/28/2014 Lighting Designer
17 Appropriate Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 03/16/2014 Lighting Designer
18 Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 03/14/2014 Lighting Designer
19 Small Engine Repair Lucille Lortel Theatre 11/20/2013 Lighting Designer
20 stop. reset. Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 09/08/2013 Lighting Designer
21 Emotional Creature Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 11/12/2012 Lighting Designer
22 An Early History of Fire Theatre Row / Theatre Three (previously Acorn Theater) 04/30/2012 Lighting Designer
23 Wildflower McGinn-Cazale Theatre 07/27/2009 Lighting Designer
24 The Good Negro Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall 03/16/2009 Lighting Designer
25 Love's Fowl New York Theatre Workshop 06/09/1998 Lighting Designer
26 Shopping and Fucking New York Theatre Workshop 03/17/1998 Lighting Designer
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2023 Hewes Design Award, Lighting Design    
2 NOMINATED 2023 Hewes Design Award, Lighting Design The Coast Starlight Lighting Designer
3 NOMINATED 2022 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lighting Design Morning Sun Lighting Designer
4 WON 2019 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lighting Design Mlima's Tale Lighting Designer
5 NOMINATED 2019 Hewes Design Award, Lighting Design Mother of the Maid Lighting Designer
6 NOMINATED 2018 Hewes Design Award, Notable Effects Mlima's Tale Lighting Designer
7 WON 2018 Obie Award, Design    
8 NOMINATED 2018 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Lighting Design Mlima's Tale Lighting Designer
9 NOMINATED 2009 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lighting Design The Good Negro Lighting Designer