Lap Chi Chu is an American lighting designer known for his Broadway and Off-Broadway works.
Early life and education Chu got his B.S. from Northwestern University and M.F.A from New York University.
Career Teaching Chu taught at California Institute of the Arts from 2001 to 2020. He is currently a professor and the Head of Lighting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television."Lap Chi Chu Faculty Page" He also guest taught at Hangyang University in Seoul, South Korea.
Personal life Chu married Rebecca Wisocky in Boston on October 10, 2015.Emily Strohm, "Inside Devious Maids Star Rebecca Wisocky's Wedding at a Turn-of-the-Century Mansion", People Magazine, October 13th, 2015.Rebecca Wisocky, , Twitter, February 4th, 2015.
Awards and nominations Chu has received a Tony Award nomination for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for the 2023 Broadway revival of "Camelot." Chu has also received a Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical in 2024 for Suffs. Chu's lighting for Mlima’s Tale earned him the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Lighting in 2019 and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination in 2018. Also in 2018, he received an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design and a Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Dangerous House. In 2009, Chu was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his lighting of The Good Negro.
Work
Off Broadway Source:
Year Show Theater1998Love's FowlNew York Theatre WorkshopShopping and Fucking2009WildflowerMcGinn-Cazale TheatreThe Good NegroPublic Theater LuEsther Hall2012Emotional CreaturePershing Square Signature Center The Romulus Linney Courtyard TheatreAn Early History of FireAcorn Theatre2013Small Engine RepairLucille Lortel Theaterstop. reset.Pershing Square Signature Center The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre2014Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)Public Theater Anspacher TheaterAppropriatePershing Square Signature CenterFather Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)Public Theater Martinson Hall2015Lost GirlsLucille Lortel TheaterMr. WolfSouth Coast Repertory2016The WolvesThe Duke on 42nd StreetThe Body of an AmericanCherry Lane Theatre2017Describe the NightLinda Gross TheaterOedipus El RayPublic Theater Susan Stein Shiva TheaterGod Looked AwayPasadena Community PlayhouseAt the Old PlaceOld Globe Theater 2018 Our Very Own Carlin McCullough Geffen Playhouse Mlima's Tale Public Theater Martinson Hall An Ordinary Muslim New York Theatre Workshop Eve's Song Public Theater LuEsther Hall at Joseph Papp Mother of the Maid Public Theater Anspacher Theater 2019 the way she spoke Minetta Lane Theatre 2020 Darling Grenadine Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre 2023 The Coast Starlight Lincoln Center Theater
Broadway Source:
Year Show Theater Notes2023CamelotLincoln Center TheaterTony Nomination for Best Lighting Design of a Musical 20232024Uncle VanyaLincoln Center TheaterSuffsMusic Box Theatre Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical 2024
See also Chinese people in New York City
References
External links Lap Chi Chu Website