LIGHTING DESIGNER

 

THOM WEAVER

 

 

 

 

DESIGNS FOR THE NEW YORK THEATRE

THEATRE
SHOW
DIRECTOR
37 Arts Theatre
Frankenstein by Mark Baron and Jeffrey Jackson
Bill Fennelly , 07
The Committee Theater
The Private Lives of Eskimos by Ken Urban
Dylan McCullough, 07
DR2 Theatre
Masked by Ilan Hatsor
Ami Dayan , 07
Summer Play Festival
Half of Plenty by Lisa Dillman
Meredith McDonough , 07
The Ohio Theatre, Ice Factory
The Lacey Project by Alena Smith
Susanna Gellert, 07
Signature Theatre Company
King Hedley II by August Wilson (AUDELCO Award)
Derrick Sanders, 07
The Committee Theater
I (heart) Kant by Ken Urban
Dylan McCullough, 06
NJPAC
Frankenstein by Gary Cohen, Jeffrey Jackson, and Mark Baron
Bill Fennelly, 06
Broad Horizons Theatre
Evensong by Mary Gage
Lewis Magruder, 06
The York Theatre Company
Thrill Me by Stephen Dolginoff
Michael Rupert, 05
Rattlestick Theatre, 71A Productions
Medea in Jerusalem by Roger Kirby
Steven Little, 04
Triad Theatre
Brian Dykstra: Cornered and Alone by Brian Dykstra
Margarett Perry, 04
Greenwich St. Theatre
Love According to Luc by Alicia Mathewson
Stephen Tomac, 04
Ensemble Actors Theatre
The Gay Naked Play by Christopher Borg
Christopher Borg, 04
Abingdon Theatre Company
Italian American Cantos by Tony Penino
Gregory Simmons, 04
Queens Theatre in the Park
9 Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo
Jack Hofsis, 04
The Culture Project
Einstein's Dreams by Kip Erante Cheng
Rebecca Holderness, 03
Kirk Theatre, Theatre Row
Heat Lightning by George Griggs
Jeremy Dobrish, 03
Manhattan International Fest.
Thrill Me by Stephen Dolginoff
Martin Charnin, 03
Access Theatre
That Damn Dykstra by Brian Dykstra
Margarett Perry, 03
Blue Heron Theatre
Harlem Duet by Djanet Sears
Djanet Sears, 03
Access Theatre
3 O'Clock in Brooklyn by Israela Margalit
Margarett Perry, 02
Access Theatre
Strangerhorse by Brian Dykstra
Margarett Perry, 02
Present Company Theatorium
The Amargo Tritico
Ian Belton, 02
Clemente Soto Valez La Tea
The Transparency of Val by Stephen Belber
Sam Helfrich, 02
DR2 Theatre
Rough Draft by Adam Weiner
Adam Weiner, 02
VisionIntoArt, ArcLight Theatre
Collected Short Stories
Rosemary Andress, 02
NYU Experimental Theatre Wing
Edward II by Christopher Marlowe
Rebecca Holderness, 02
Lincoln Center Institute
Ghost Lovers
Cheng Shi-Zheng, 02
Studio 54 Cabaret
An Intimate Evening with Frank Wildhorn and Friends
V. Paul Boyle, 02
Starfish Theatre Company
Building by Gail Noppe-Brandon
Gail Noppe-Brandon, 02
Center for Contemporary Opera
Cheri
Richard Saltzman, 02
VisionIntoArt, Lincoln Center
DemocraZZZy
Rosemary Andress, 01
Access Theatre
Forsaking All Others by Brian Dykstra
Margarett Perry, 01
Clark Theatre, Lincoln Center
A New Brain by William Finn
Baayork Lee, 01
Clark Theatre, Lincoln Center
The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
V. Paul Boyle, 01
Clark Theatre, Lincoln Center
Jeffrey by Paul Rudnick
Beth Greenberg, 01
The Bank St. Theatre
Edward III
Heather McCallister, 00

 

DESIGNS FOR REGIONAL AND ACADEMIC THEATRE

THEATRE
SHOW
DIRECTOR
Two River Theatre and The Folger Theatre
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Teller and Aaron Posner, 08
CenterStage
Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson
Derrick Sanders, 07
White Plains Performing Arts Center
Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion, and Mitch Leigh
Luke Yankee , 07
Delaware Theatre Company
The Diary of Anne Frank by France Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Meredith McDonough , 07
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Villa America by Crispen Whittel
Crispen Whittel , 07
Two River Theatre
Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck
Jackson Gay , 07
Yale School of Drama
Edward II by Christopher Marlowe
SR Desai , 07
Syracuse Stage
Spike Heels by Theresa Rebeck
Robert Moss, 07
Yale Cabaret
Crave by Sarah Kane
Burke Brown, 06
Yale Cabaret
Run Mourner, Run by Tarell McCraney
Tarell McCraney, 06
Yale Repertory Theatre
The Mistakes Madeline Made by Elizabeth Meriwether
Mark Rucker, 06
Yale Summer Cabaret
Zero Hour by Tea Alagic
Tea Alagic, 06
Light Opera of Oklahoma
South Pacific by Rogers and Hammerstein
Eric Gibson, 06
Light Opera of Oklahoma
The Sorcerer by Gilbert and Sullivan
Eric Gibson, 06
Light Opera of Oklahoma
The Little Barber of Lavapies
Timothy Troy, 06
Yale School of Drama
The Lacey Project by Alena Smith
Susanna Gellert, 06
Yale School of Drama
Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare
Jesse D. Hill, 06
Yale Cabaret
Request Concert by Franz Xaver Kroetz
Susanna Gellert, 05
Berkshire Opera Company
L' Elisir d'Amore by Donizetti
Sam Helfrich, 05
Yale Cabaret
The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belissa in the Garden by Frederico Lorca
May Adrales, 05
Yale School of Drama
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
Christopher Carter Sanderson, 05
Yale Cabaret
Tuesdays and Sundays by Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn
Susanna Gellert, 05
Berkshire Opera Company
Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein
Sam Helfrich, 04
Berkshire Opera Company
Hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber
Sam Helfrich, 04
City Theater Company
Lovely Day by Leslie Ayvazian
Tracey Brigden, 03
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Assassins by Stephen Soundheim and John Weidman
Timothy Douglas, 03
Spoleto Festival USA
Ghost Lovers
Chen Shi-Zeng, 02
City Theatre Company
Sorrows and Rejoicings by Athol Fugard
Timothy Douglas, 02
Berkshire Opera Company
The Secret Marriage by Domenico Cimarosa
Sam Helfrich, 02
City Theatre Company
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Peter Flynn, 01
Pittsburgh Public Theatre
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Todd Kreidler, 00
Carnegie Mellon University
The Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francois Poulenc
Gregory Lehane, 00
Carnegie Mellon University
The Country Wife by William Wycherly
Gregory Lehane, 00
Pittsburgh Public Theater
Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare
Todd Kreidler, 99
Carnegie Mellon University
Medea by Euripedes
Ki-Hoon Yoon, 98

 

DESIGNS FOR DANCE
COMPANY
TITLE
CHOREOGRAPHER
Silverbrown Dance
Flock
Eva Silverstein, 06
Silverbrown Dance
Knock on Wood
Eva Silverstein, 06
Silverbrown Dance
Muddy Waters
Eva Silverstein, 06
Silverbrown Dance
Raise Up
Eva Silverstein, 05
Silverbrown Dance
Oasis, Follow Suit
Eva Silverstein, 05
Silverbrown Dance
Whodundunnit?
Eva Silverstein, 05
Silverbrown Dance
Turf Love
Eva Silverstein, 04
Company Appel
Heat Lightning
Jonathon Appel, 01
VisionIntoArt
Kandinsky:Sounds
Rebecca Stenn, 01
Company Appel
An Operation Can Vanish
Jonathon Appel, 00
AT Children's Project
Take Me to the Sky
Mathew Rushing, 00
Lincoln Center Institute
The Goldberg Variations
Mark Haim, 00
Carlotta Santana Spanish Dance
Mano y Mano
Antonio Hidalgo, 00

 

SELECT ASSISTANT AND ASSOCIATE DESIGNS
THEATRE
SHOW
DESIGNER
DIRECTOR
Yale Repertory Theatre
Dance of the Holy Ghost
Jennifer Tipton
Liz Diamond
Yale Repertory Theatre
The Cherry Orchard
Michael Chybowski
Bill Rauch
The Shubert Theatre (B'way)
Gypsy
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer
Sam Mendes
Columbia Universtiy MFA
Hamlet
Beverly Emmons
John Gould Rubin
Columbia University MFA
Peer Gynt
Beverly Emmons
Andrei Serban
Union Square Theater
MORE
Beverly Emmons
Judith Ivey
Lincoln Center Festival
Monologues
Mick Hughes
Harold Pinter
Lincoln Center Festival
Landscapes
Mick Hughes
Gary Jones
City Center
Martha Graham Dance
Beverly Emmons
Martha Graham
Theatre for a New Audience
Saved
David Weiner and Douglas Stein
Robert Woodruff
Theatre for a New Audience
Troilus and Cressida
Scott Zielinski and Douglas Stein
Sir Peter Hall
Playhouse 91
The Syringa Tree
Jason Kantrowitz
Larry Moss
Theatre for a New Audience
Andorra
Bevelry Emmons
Livu Ciueli
Long Wharf Theatre
The Waverly Gallery
David Segal
John Tillinger
The Joyce Theatre
STREB: GO!
Beverly Emmons
Elizabeth Streb
* Summer, 2007- Festival Lighting Designer, New York Musical Theatre Festival
* May 2000-July 2001 - resident lighting fellow, Lincoln Center Institute. Beverly Emmons, Artistic Director
* April 1998-June 1998 - associate lighting coordinator, Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC. Steve Hills, Lighting Coordinator
* October 1995-July 1996 - resident lighting assistant, Pennsylvania Ballet. John Hoey, Resident Lighting Designer

 

AWARDS
- 2007 AUDELCO Award for Best Lighting Design, King Hedley II
- Stanley P. McCandless Lighting Scholarship, Yale School of Drama. 2005

- Entertainment Design Magazine's Tyro Talent Lighting Designer of the Year, 2002.

- Richard Nelson Lighting Award, 2000

 

EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon Universtiy School of Drama, BFA 2000
Yale School of Drama, MFA 2007
Broadway Lighting Master Classes, 1995, 2000, 2006

 

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