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