Lighting Design

Derek Wright is a NYC-based, lighting and (occasional) scenic designer.  He has designed lighting for nearly 100 live productions including dance, theatre, opera and events.  Derek has also served as production designer on several short films.  His lighting design work will be featured in USA exhibit for the upcoming 2011 Prague Quadrennial.

Selected NYC lighting credits include:   Charlie Victor Romeo, Puppy Love, The Royal Pink, Iceland, Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins, 14 UnNatural Acts, The Last Word (Performance Space 122); Three Sisters (The Assembly); Binge and Trash Warfare (The Shalimar);  The Great God Brown, The Frankenstein Project, A Flea in Her Ear (Columbia Stages);  Sliding into the Beast (NYTW/NYU);  365 Plays/365 Days (Cherry Lane Theatre);  Evanston: A Rare Comedy (Wolf 359);  The Jamal Lullabies (East River Commedia);  Over a dozen shows with Slant Theatre Project;  Way to Heaven (Teatro Circulo);  Wanderlust (Anonymous Ensemble);  A Brooklyn Nutcracker (Brooklyn Music School);  Down in the Valley and The Coffee Cantata (NYU Steinhardt School of Vocal Performance); 

As Assistant Lighting Designer: Circle Mirror Transformation (Playwrights Horizons); Delusion (Laurie Anderson World Tour)

Regional designs: American Repertory Theatre, Studio Theatre (DC), The Andy Warhol Museum.

International designs: LEAP Dance Festival- Liverpool (UK), Mercury Theatre (UK), Theatre Royal (UK),

        Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Derek holds an MFA in Design for Stage and Film from New York University and a BFA from the Univ. of Evansville.

His production design work on Elizabeth Orne’s film American Venus won an award for Best Art Direction at the 2008 NYU First Run festival.