About Florida Repertory Theatre

Christina Watanabe***

LIGHTING DESIGNER

With Mr. Shanahan: Private Lives at White Heron Theatre Company. Christina is a native Floridian, now living as a New York City based designer for theatre, dance, music, and events. Recent designs include: Peer Gynt (Barnard), Heartbreak House (Gingold Theatrical Group), Into the Woods (Charlottesville Opera), Scissoring (INTAR), Glory (Muhlenberg), Dido of Idaho(EST), The Fairy Queen (Hofstra), Small World: a fantasia (59E59), Neighbors: A Fair Trade Agreement (INTAR), Cobb (Penguin Rep), Daniel’s Husband (Primary Stages), I Will Look Forward To This Later (New Ohio). Christina has designed and mentored at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (The Tempest, Macbeth, Violet) and with the Yale Dramatic Association (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). She is the lighting design lead for Ralph Lauren’s Madison Avenue windows. Christina also served as a lighting coordinator at Lincoln Center Festival (2013, 2015-17). She was a panelist for The League of Professional Theatre Women’s “A Discussion: Designers and Directors” and a 2018 USITT Gateway Mentor. Faculty: NYU Tisch. MFA: NYU Tisch. BFA: UF. Member USA 829. www.StarryEyedLighting.com.