Christopher Akerlind
{{Short description|American lighting designer}}
Christopher Akerlind (born May 1, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut)[http://www.centerstage.org/page.php?pageID=332 Centerstage magazine, reprint of article from the Baltimore Sun, J. Wynn Rousuck, December 12, 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018213507/http://centerstage.org/page.php?pageID=332 |date=October 18, 2007 }} centerstage.org
is an American lighting designer for theatre, opera, and dance. He won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for Indecent. He also won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Light in the Piazza and an Obie Award for sustained excellence for his work Off-Broadway.
He attended Boston University College of Fine Arts (1985){{cite news |last1=O’Rourke |first1=John |last2=Vellner |first2=Tom |title=A Lighting Designer in the Spotlight |url=http://www.bu.edu/articles/2012/a-lighting-designer-in-the-spotlight/ |accessdate=8 January 2020 |publisher=BU Today |date=June 8, 2012}} and the Yale School of Drama, training with Jennifer Tipton.
He was Head of Lighting Design and Director of the Design & Production Programs at the CalArts School of Theater.
He has designed many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, working on both musicals and straight plays. He is noted for his work for director Lloyd Richards on the first productions of the plays of August Wilson, including The Piano Lesson (1990) and Seven Guitars (1996).
He was the Resident Lighting Designer for twelve years at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Akerlind was a Visiting Associate Professor and Director of Production at the University of Southern California School of the Theatre (now the School of Dramatic Arts) from 2007 to 2008, has guest taught at New York University, the University of Connecticut, Yale, and for the Broadway Lighting Master Classes.Sherwood, Tony.[http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/14204.html "Tony Award Winner Joins Theatre School"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527002036/http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/14204.html |date=2009-05-27 }}, www.usc.edu, September 7, 2007
Work (selected)
- The Piano Lesson (1990)
- Mad Forest (1992) - Drama Desk Award nominee, Outstanding Lighting Design
- Shining Brow (1993)
- The Lights (1994) - Drama Desk Award nominee, Outstanding Lighting Design
- Seven Guitars (1996) - Tony Award nominee, Best Lighting Design
- The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (2000)
- Well (2004) - Lucille Lortel Award nomination
- The Light in the Piazza (2005)
- Belle Epoque (2005) - Drama Desk Award nominee, Outstanding Lighting Design; Lucille Lortel Award nomination
- Awake and Sing (2006) - Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominee, Best Lighting Design of a Play
- 110 In The Shade (2007) - Tony Award nominee, Best Lighting Design of a Musical
- Top Girls (2008)
- Garden of Earthly Delights (2008) - Lucille Lortel Award win
- Chéri (2013)
- Rocky (2014) {{cite web |url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=495233 |title=Rocky The Musical {{!}} IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information |website=ibdb.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005192537/http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=495233 |archive-date=2013-10-05}}
- The Last Ship (2014){{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2014/02/12/sting_musical_the_last_ship_sets_sail_for_broadway.html | title=Sting musical The Last Ship sets sail for Broadway | publisher=Toronto Star | work=thestar.com | date=12 February 2014 | accessdate=22 February 2014}}
- Waitress (2016){{cite web | url=http://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-bound-musical-waitress-is-going-to-make-some-history-com-373698 | title=Broadway-Bound Musical Waitress Is Going to Make Some History | publisher=Playbill | work=playbill.com | date=1 December 2015 | accessdate=22 April 2016}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121003182943/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&keyword=name&first=Christopher&last=Akerlind&middle= Akerlind listing, Internet Off-Broadway database]
- [http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Christopher-Akerlind.html Credits at filmreference.com]
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Category:David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni