Kenneth Posner

Personal Information
Broadway: Wicked, Hairspray (Tony and Outer Critics Circle Nomination), The Goat, Imaginary Friends, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Nominations), Swing, The Man Who Had All the Luck, Uncle Vanya, Side Man (Lortel Award), You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, The Lion in Winter, Little Me, A View from the Bridge (Drama Desk Nomination), The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Getting Away with Murder, The Little Foxes, The Rose Tattoo, The Father and The Rehearsal. Off-Broadway: Valhalla, The Wild Party (Lortel Award, Drama Desk and Outer Circle Critics Nominations), The Play About the Baby, tick, tick… BOOM!, The Waverly Gallery, That Championship Season, Pride’s Crossing (Lortel Award), As Bee’s in Honey Drown, Cowgirls, The Food Chain, Suburbia and numerous productions for Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, The Vineyard and Classic Stage Company. Opera credits include designs for the New York City Opera and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. OBIE for Sustained Excellence in lighting design.
 
Credits

Designer
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 The Wanderers Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 02/16/2023 Lighting Designer
2 Kinky Boots Stage 42 08/25/2022 Lighting Designer
3 The Perplexed New York City Center/ Stage I 03/03/2020 Lighting Designer
4 Long Lost New York City Center/ Stage I 06/04/2019 Lighting Designer
5 Amy and the Orphans Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 03/01/2018 Lighting Designer
6 A Parallelogram Second Stage Theatre 08/02/2017 Lighting Designer
7 Julius Caesar Delacorte Theater 05/23/2017 Lighting Designer
8 If I Forget Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 02/22/2017 Lighting Designer
9 Far From Heaven Playwrights Horizons 06/02/2013 Lighting Designer
10 Giant Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 11/13/2012 Lighting Designer
11 Death Takes a Holiday Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 07/21/2011 Lighting Designer
12 Other Desert Cities Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 01/13/2011 Lighting Designer
13 Edward Albee's Me, Myself & I Playwrights Horizons 09/12/2010 Lighting Designer
14 Family Week Lucille Lortel Theatre 05/04/2010 Lighting Designer
15 Mr. & Mrs. Fitch Second Stage Theatre 02/22/2010 Lighting Designer
16 The Understudy Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 11/05/2009 Lighting Designer
17 Our House Playwrights Horizons 06/09/2009 Lighting Designer
18 The Toxic Avenger New World Stages/ Stage I 04/06/2009 Lighting Designer
19 The Savannah Disputation Playwrights Horizons 03/03/2009 Lighting Designer
20 Good Boys and True Second Stage Theatre 05/19/2008 Lighting Designer
21 The New Century Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 04/14/2008 Lighting Designer
22 Parlour Song Linda Gross Theater 03/06/2008 Lighting Designer
23 Satellites Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 06/18/2006 Lighting Designer
24 Entertaining Mr. Sloane Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 03/16/2006 Lighting Designer
25 Valhalla New York Theatre Workshop 02/05/2004 Lighting Designer
26 Fucking A Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater 03/16/2003 Lighting Designer
27 Monster East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 01/15/2002 Lighting Designer
28 Hobson's Choice Linda Gross Theater 01/10/2002 Lighting Designer
29 Music from a Sparkling Planet Greenwich House 07/19/2001 Designer
30 The Credeaux Canvas Playwrights Horizons 06/05/2001 Lighting Designer
31 tick, tick...BOOM! Jane Street Theatre 05/23/2001 Lighting Designer
32 The Play About the Baby Century Center For The Performing Arts 02/01/2001 Lighting Designer
33 The Winter's Tale Delacorte Theater 07/06/2000 Lighting Designer
34 The Waverly Gallery Promenade Theatre 03/22/2000 Lighting Designer
35 The Altruists Vineyard Theatre 03/06/2000 Lighting Designer
36 The Wild Party New York City Center/ Stage I 02/24/2000 Lighting Designer
37 Give Me Your Answer, Do! Gramercy Theatre 10/05/1999 Lighting Designer
38 The Author's Voice & Imagining Brad Greenwich House 05/11/1999 Lighting Designer
39 That Championship Season Second Stage Theatre 04/21/1999 Lighting Designer
40 2.5 Minute Ride Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Susan Stein Shiva Theater 03/17/1999 Lighting Designer
41 Labor Day New York City Center/ Stage I 06/01/1998 Lighting Designer
42 Side Man East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 03/11/1998 Lighting Designer
43 Pride's Crossing Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 12/07/1997 Lighting Designer
44 Misalliance Laura Pels Theatre (Former) 08/07/1997 Lighting Designer
45 As Bees in Honey Drown Greenwich House 06/19/1997 Lighting Designer
46 Collected Stories New York City Center/ Stage I 05/20/1997 Lighting Designer
47 Dealer's Choice New York City Center/ Stage II 04/08/1997 Lighting Designer
48 Nine Armenians New York City Center/ Stage I 11/12/1996 Lighting Designer
49 The Blues are Running New York City Center/ Stage II 11/03/1996 Assistant Lighting Designer
50 Cowgirls Minetta Lane Theatre 03/19/1996 Lighting Designer
51 Wake Up, I'm Fat Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall 11/09/1995 Lighting Designer
52 Endgame East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 10/05/1995 Lighting Designer
53 The Radical Mystique New York City Center/ Stage II 05/18/1995 Lighting Designer
54 The Scarlet Letter East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 10/11/1994 Lighting Designer
55 A Cheever Evening Playwrights Horizons 09/16/1994 Lighting Designer
56 Suburbia Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 04/27/1994 Lighting Designer
57 The Swan Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 11/09/1993 Lighting Designer
58 Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller Lamb's Theatre 10/31/1993 Lighting Designer
59 Sophistry Playwrights Horizons 09/21/1993 Lighting Designer
60 Marisol Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 05/04/1993 Lighting Designer
61 Time on Fire McGinn-Cazale Theatre 04/20/1993 Lighting Designer
62 Sophistry Playwrights Horizons 03/17/1993 Lighting Designer
63 On the Open Road Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 02/03/1993 Lighting Designer
64 On the Bum Playwrights Horizons 10/30/1992 Lighting Designer
65 The Madame MacAdam Traveling Theatre Actors' Playhouse 10/09/1992 Lighting Designer
66 Flaubert's Latest Playwrights Horizons 06/09/1992 Lighting Designer
67 Spike Heels McGinn-Cazale Theatre 05/12/1992 Lighting Designer
68 Ruthless! Players Theatre 03/13/1992 Lighting Designer
69 Walking the Dead Circle Repertory Theatre 04/24/1991 Lighting Designer
70 Machinal Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall 09/25/1990 Lighting Designer
71 Come as You Are Actors' Playhouse 02/02/1990 Lighting Designer
72 Emerald City Perry Street Theatre 11/16/1988 Lighting Designer
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2012 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Lighting Design Death Takes a Holiday Lighting Designer
2 NOMINATED 2004 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lighting Design Valhalla Lighting Designer
3 WON 2000 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lighting Design The Wild Party Lighting Designer
      Give Me Your Answer, Do! Lighting Designer
4 NOMINATED 2000 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Lighting Design The Wild Party Lighting Designer
5 WON 1998 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lighting Design Pride's Crossing Lighting Designer
      Side Man Lighting Designer