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 Freelance Lighting Designer-Selected shows

Show/Genre                                                                      Director/Company                                        Venue/ Date

Dream House Quartet  (Link )  /Music                              ArkType                                                        Town Hall (NYC) April 2023          

The Slowest Wave (Link )  /Dance                                Vangeline Theater                                                Triskelion Theater (NYC) Oct 2022

The Final Vail /Opera                                                     Cassandra Rosebeetle                                           Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre (NYC) July 2022

The Eye which you do not have / Puppet                    Kate Brehm                                                             HERE Main Stage (NYC) Ma 2022

Book Of Mountains and Seas(Link)  /Opera                Basil Twist /Beth Morrison Project                   Takkelloftet (Denmark) Oct 2021,

                         St Ann's Warehouse (NYC) March 2022

Body Concert (Link) /Puppet                                               Kevin Augustine/Lone Wolf Tribe                     Trois-Rivieres (Canada) Des 2019

                                                                                                                                                                                           La Mama Ellen Stewart Theater (NYC) Oct 2021

The Black History Museum (Link) /Immersive Theater     Zoey Martinson/HERE                         HERE ARTS CENTER Entire space (NYC) 2019 

 Looking At You (Link ) /Opera                                            Kristin Marting  /HERE                                         HERE ARTS CENTER  Main Stage(NYC) 2019 

TRAIN WITH NO MIDNIGHT  (Link) /Music                      Joseph Keckler/ProtoType Festival  Jan 2019     The Dorothy B Williams Theater in HERE(NYC)  2019

 American Weather /Puppet                                                Chris Green                                                              The Dorothy B Williams Theater in HERE(NYC)  July 2018 

Pony Season 2018    La Traviata  /Opera                         Philharmonia Orchestra of New York                  Rose Theater in Jazz at Lincoln Center (NYC)  2018 

3/FIFths  (Link) /Immersive Play                                       Tamilla Woodard &Kareem Fahmy/3LD              3 Legged Dog Entire space  (NYC) May 2017

Pony Season 2017   Rimsky-Korsakov- Scheherazade  /Music    

                                                                                                      Philharmonia Orchestra of New York                  Rose theater in Jazz at Lincoln Center (NYC)  March 2017 Skriker /Play                                                                       Kameron Steel/Williams College                          Center Stage Williams College (MA) Nov 2016 

Seen By Everyone  /Play                                                     Kristin Martin/Five on Match                               Main Stage in HERE (NYC) May 2016 

Pony Season 2016 /Music                                                   Philharmonia Orchestra of New York                   Rose Theater in Jazz at Lincoln Center (NYC) March 2016 

Ship of Fools  /Puppet                                                         Jessica Scott                                                                The Dorothy B Williams Theater in HERE Oct (NYC) 2016

Blood Wedding /Play                                                          Kameron Steel/Williams College                            Center Stage Williams College (MA) Oct 2015 

Sisters Follies /Puppet Burlesque                                      Basil Twist/Tandem Otter                                        Abrons Arts Center (NYC) Oct-Nov 2015 

Dance like Drumming, Sing Like Dancing /Japanese Drum   Yako Miyamoto/COBU                                       Theater for The New City (NYC) Sept 2014      

Deepest Man  /Multi Media Play                                      Mark Rayment/3LD                                                    3LD (NYC) May-June 2014 

The Rite of Spring (NYC premiere)                                   Basil Twist/Lincoln Center White light Festival     Rose theater in Jazz at Lincoln center (NYC) Oct 2014         

The Rite of Spring (World Premier)                                    Basil Twist/University North Caroline                      University North Carolina Memorial Hall (NC) Apr 2013  

Three Sisters  /Play                                                          Kristin Martin/Sarah Lawrence                                   Sarah Lawrence College (NY) Dec 2012    

Sole to Soul  /Dance                                                          Gabrielle Rooth                                                                PS122 (NYC) April 2012 

HIKOBAE (US TOUR and world premiere)                       Toshi Shioya(From Japan)                                          Alvin Ailey Theater/United Nations (NYC) March 2012 

Sonnambula /Dance Puppet                                            Michael Bodel                                                                   HERE ARTS CENTER (NYC) Oct 2011 

Arias with a Twist Deluxe /Puppet Burlesque               Basil Twist/Tandem Otter                                             Abrons Arts Center (NYC) Sept-Oct 2011 

Mosheh /Opera                                                                Yoav Gal/HERE                                                                  HERE ARTS CENTER (NYC) Jan-Feb 2011

Epyllion  /Puppet                                                             Lindsay Abromaitis-Smith/HERE                                  HERE ARTS CENTER (NYC) Jan 2011 

Epona's Labyrinth /Play                                                  Kameron Steel/The South Wing /HERE                      HERE ARTS CENTER (NYC) April 2011 

Concert for Japan                                                                      Japan Society                                                           Japan Society (NYC) April 2011 

 Joey Arias Concert  /Music                                             Joey Arias                                                                          NYC Town Hall (NYC) May 2011 

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (US premiere)/ Play              Suzushiro (From Japan)                                                 June Havoc Theater, New York (US) June 2010 

Tyler Tyler/Dance                                                           Yasuko Yokoshi/Map productions                              Dance Theater Workshop (NYC) April 2010 

 En /Japanese Drum                                                        Yako Miyamoto/COBU                                                    Theater for The New City (NYC) Aug 2009 

Mustang Mono 09 /Dance                                               Hitoshi Taguchi/Grinder Man                                      Asahi Art Square (Tokyo) July 2009 

Hobo Grunt Cycle /Puppet                                                Kevin Augustine/Lone Wolf Tribe                                           Dordrecht (Holland) May 2009 

 Hyakka Houyou /Play                                                    Yoshiyuki Ishizuka/ARM                                                Yorozu Studio (Tokyo) Dec 2008 

Arias with a Twist/Puppet Burlesque                            Basil Twist/Tandem Otter                                              HERE ARTS CENTER (NYC) June-Dec 2008 

Mountains /Dnace                                                          Kamimuramegumi Company                                        Agora Theater (Tokyo) Jan 2007 

Hot Spot Universe /Play                                                 Yoshiyuki Ishizuka/A Rakkasei Moon                        Theater V Akasaka (Tokyo) Oct 2006 

BROOKLYN COLLEGE PLAYWRIGHT FESTIVAL             Mac Wellman/Brooklyn College                                  Classic Stage Company (NYC) Apr 2006 

                                                            --Touring-- 

Book Of Mountains and Seas(Link)  /Opera                Basil Twist /Beth Morrison Project                 Korbiennale (Holland) July 2022, Virginia Tech (VA) April 2023

Body Concert (Link) /Puppet                                        Kevin Augustine/Lone Wolf Tribe                                   Festival De Casteliers (Montreal)  March 2022                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Puppet in Mountains (VT),  Puppets in Portland (ME) Sep 2022    

Arias with a Twist Deluxe                                            Basil Twist/Tandem Otter                                                The Wooly Mammoth Theater, DC (US) Apr-May 2012 

Hobo Grunt Cycle /Puppet                                           Kevin Augustine/Lone Wolf Tribe                                  San Francisco, Philadelphia (US) May 2011 

                                                                                             San Paulo, Brasilia (Brazil) Aug 2009 

Arias with a Twist                                                             Basil Twist/Tandem Otter                                                  Red Cat , LA(US), Maubeuge(France), Creteil (France),          

                                                                                                                                                                                                 Stockholm (Sweden) March, Sep, Oct, Nov 2009

  Resident Lighting Designer of HERE ARTS CENTER

Puppetopia 2022-2023                                                     HERE ARTS CENTER/Dream Puppet Music                       The Dorothy B Williams Theater/Main Stage (NYC) 

Secondary Dominance /Multi Media Dance Music show 

                  Wade McCollum/Sarah Small/ProtoType Festival/HERE   

                                                                                                                                                The Dorothy B Williams Theater in HERE(NYC) Jan 2017 

CULTUREMART Festival  2006-2012,2014-2018       HERE ARTS CENTER                                                             HERE ARTS CENTER (NYC) Jan-Feb 

Aunt Leaf /Play                                                        Jeffrey Mousseau/HERE                                                     HERE ARTS CENTER (NYC) Hudson Opera House (NY) Jan 2010 

American Living room Festival 2006 & 2007          HERE ARTS CENTER                                                             HERE ARTS CENTER (NYC) July-Aug 

Organized the whole renovation of the entier HERE theater building Jan-May 2008 

Design and help a lot of work in progress for residence artists in HERE ARTS CENTER from 2005-Present.

Production Management, Lighting Super Viser, Tech Translator

Story Box /Immersive Theater (Proaction Management)           Kristin Marting/HERE                                       Japan Society and Many places in NYC 2022

One Green Bottle (Tour Production Management)                       Hideki Noda/Tokyo Metropolitan Theater (From Japan)                                                                                                                               National Theater (Taiwan), La Mama ETC Ellen Stewart Theater (NYC) 2020

Rakugo (Production Management/Lighting Designer)                Katsura Sunshine/Yoshimoto Creative Agency (From Japan)           

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Royal Arts performing space (NYC)   Feb 2019 

Ninagawa Macbeth(Tech Translator)                                           Ninagawa Company/Lincoln Center Festival (From Japan)                                                                                                                                                                                                David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center(NYC) 2018

Rakugo (Production Management/Lighting Designer)                Katsura Sunshine (From Japan)                      SOHO Playhouse (NYC) Oct-Nov 2017  

Kabuki Lion (Organize Tech Translators)                                    Shochiku   (From Japan)                                     MGM Grand, David Copperfield Theater(NV) June 2016  

Kinky Booth Japan tour prep(Organize Tech translator)            Heads on Stage  (From japan)                           March 2016

Toshiko Akiyoshi Last Concert  (Lighting coordinator)               NHK  (Japan National TV)                                 Rose Theater in Jazz at Lincoln Center (NYC) March 2016   

Trip Of Love (Lighting coordinator)                                                 Hajime Deguchi/Tamotsu Harada                  Little Schubert Theater /Stage42 (NY) July 2015

FEN NY tour (Tech coordinate/Tour lighting designer)             Otomo Ryohei  (From Japan)                             Japan Society (NYC)  May 2015                     

NY tour (Tech coordinate/Tour lighting designer)                     Charanpo Rantan                                                Japan Society (NYC)  Oct 2015

Kafka On the Shore(Tech Translator)                                          Ninagawa Company/Lincoln Center Festival  (From Japan)                                                                                                                                                                                               David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center(NYC) 2015

16th dance showcase Japan (Tech Coordinater/Lighting Designer)

                                                                                                          Nobuyuki Hanabus, Mikiko Kawamura, Kaori Seki, I-Fen Tung and Shang-Chi Sun (From Japan and Taiwan)  

                Japan Society (NYC) Jan 2015 

Kaidan Chibusa no Enoki(Tech Translator)                                  Heisei Nakamuraza/Lincoln Center festival  (From Japan)                                                                                                                                                                                                     Rose Theater Jazz At Lincoln Center (NYC) June 2014

Shyomyo (Tour Lighting Designer)                                            Shingon & Tendai Buddhism (From Japan)                

       Haverford College (PA), Japan Society, Kennedy Center (DC) March 2014

Our Planet  (Tech coordinate/Tour lighting designer)            Alec Duffy/Jiyoun Chang                                       Japan Society (NYC)      Nov-Dec 2013 

Zorn@60  (Tech coordinate/Tour lighting designer)               Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Zorn                              Japan Society (NYC) Oct 2013 

 Macbeth    (Tech coordinate)                                                    Mansai Nomura (from Japan)                              Japan Society (NYC) March 2013 

SAYONARA & I, WORKER    (Tech coordinate)                         Oriza Hirata/Seinendan (From Japan)                Japan Society (NYC) Feb 2013 

Kuromori Kagura    (Tech coordinate/Tour lighting designer)   Kuromori Kagura (From Japan)                     

                                                                               Wesleyan University (CT), Philadelphia Museum of Art (PA),  Towson University (MD), Japan Society (NY) March 2012 

Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech(Tech coordinate/Tour lighting designer)            

      `     Okada Toshiki/Cherufichu (From Japan)           Japan Society (NYC) Jan 2012 

The Bee  (Tech coordinate/Tour lighting designer)                Hideki Noda (from Japan/UK)                               Japan Society (NYC) Jan 2012 

Freddy the Leaf     (Tech coordinate)     Takashi Inuishi ( from Japan)                              John Jay Theater (NYC) Aug 2010 

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 Show                                                                            Director/Lighting Designer                                    Venue Date 

Ninja Kabuki  (Link )                                                      Yasuki Akimoto/ Donald Holder                                 Sinbashi Enbujo （Tokyo) 2020

Symphony Fantastic /Puppet                                         Basil Twist/Andrew Hill                                                   HERE Arts Center Main Stage(NYC)  2018

Castleton Opera/Music Festival 2008, 2010-2011          Lorin Maazel/Rie Ono                          Castleton theater,  Hylton Performing Arts  Center, Manassas (VA) June-July Dogugaeshi-Chicago Tour                                               Basil Twist                                                                         Chicago University (Chicago) Jan 2023

Dogugaeshi-France Tour                                                 Basil Twist                                              Passenger Festival in Metz, Le Mouffetard in Paris (France) May 2015 

Dogugaeshi-UK Tour                                                       Basil Twist                                                                        Barbican Center, London (UK) Jan 2015 

Dogugaeshi-Switzerland Tour          Basil Twist                                                                        Vidy Theater, Lausanne (Switzerland_) Jan -Feb 2014 

 Dogugaeshi-National Tour 2013                                    Basil Twist                               Hamilton Collage in Clinton NY, Japan Society in NC,   Red Cat Disney theater in LA,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 University of California Berkeley Zellerbach Playhouse in San Francisco Sep-Dec 2013 

Dogugaeshi-National Tour 2012                                     Basil Twist                                                                           Studio Theater in DC (USA) April 2012 

Dogugaeshi-National Tour 2009                                        Basil Twist                                                             EMPAC,, Brooks theater in Cleveland, Spoleto Festival in Charleston, 

                          La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego (USA) April-June 2009 

 Dogugaeshi-Japan Tour                                                 Basil Twist                       21st century museum in Kanazawa, Shunju-za in Kyoto, Landmark Theater in Yokohama,                                                                                                                                   Kyodo Bunka Center in Tokushima (Japan) Nov-Dec 2007 

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Edith Lutyens & Norman Bel Geddes Design Enhancement Fund  Panelist         A.R.T./New York                                May 2023 

In Japan

April 2002-April 2004 Associate Resident Lighting Designer /Lighting supervisor of Ongakudo theater In Japan

Ongakudo is managed by Kanagawa Arts Foundation.  Ayumu Saegusa handled over 200 shows in 2 years as the associate.

Ongakudo (Link ) theater is the oldest theater over 1000 seats specialized for European classic music in Japan. 

April 2000- May 2005 Freelance Lighting Designer at Down Town Theater world in Tokyo

Main Client: A Rakkasei Moon.   Attractive Voice. Oosawa 3 choume Theater. 

Education

April 1996- March 2000 International Christian University Tokyo, Japan 

Bachelor of Liberal Arts 2000 Major: Japanese History 

                                                   President of Lighting Committee 

Special Skills 

ETC Off-line Software(Expression, Eos, Congo), Vector Works, Lightwrite, Q-Lab. Grand MA2.

Video ProProjector installation Specialist.  Basic Power tools,  Basic carpentry skills.