Robert Perry

ROBERT PERRY has been designing lighting for over 30 years with projects ranging from Off-Broadway to dance and opera.  Of his 250+ designs many have been featured in numerous regional theatres across the country, including the Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, California Shakespeare Festival, Triad Stage, the Shakespeare Theatre (Washington DC), the Intiman, Hartford Stage, Philadelphia Theatre Company, the McCarter Theatre and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.  Highlights of his career include designing the lighting for the World Premieres of Lost Lake at Manhattan Theater Club (Director Daniel Sullivan), Drowning Crow at the Goodman Theatre (Director Kate Whoriskey), Crowns at the McCarter (Choreographer, Ronald K. Brown) and August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean directed by Chuck Smith at the Goodman Theatre. In addition, Robert is credited with designing the lighting for the New York Premieres of Reefer Madness at the Variety Arts Theatre (Choreographer, Paula Abdul), David Mamet’s Boston Marriage at New York’s Public Theater and The Water Engine at the Atlantic Theater Company for which he received a Drama Desk nomination.  Robert’s extensive repertoire of directors he has designed for include Des McAnuff, Pam MacKinnon, Daniel Sullivan, Rebecca Taichman, Chuck Smith, Annie Dorsen, Mark Lamos, Mia Walker, Joseph Chaikin, Regina Taylor, Michael Kahn, Seret Scott, Aaron Posner, Barbara Gaines, Richard Hamburger, Lucie Tiberghien, Andy Fickman, John Cameron Mitchell, Shep Sobel, Tony Walton and Kate Whoriskey.  Mr. Perry holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama and a BFA degree from the North Carolina School of the Arts. He is a member of United Scenic Artists Local #829 and currently teaches lighting design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  Examples of his theatrical work can be viewed at www.robertperrydesign.com.

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