Amith Chandrashaker
Amith Chandrashaker is a Tony Nominated Lighting Designer who works in Theater, Opera, and Dance. His credits include Broadway: Prayer for the French Republic (Tony Nom.) and Merrily We Roll Along. Off Broadway: The Public, Playwrights Horizons, NYTW, The Atlantic, and The Signature. Regional Theaters: Second Stage, Manhattan Theater Club, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, The Geffen, and The Huntington. Opera: The Glimmerglass Festival, Houston Grand Opera, and Washington National Opera. Dance: Staatstheater Nuremberg, The Lyon Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet of New Zealand, The Joyce, and The National Dance Company of Wales. He is the recipient of The Drama Desk and Henry Hewes awards; Union Trustee for United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE; MFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts and faculty at The University of Maryland’s School for Theatre Dance and Performance Studies.
