Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch (He/Him/His)
Lighting Designer, Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea

Jason is a Chicago-based lighting designer for theatre, dance, opera, and other live performance art. He returns to APT, where previous design credits include Anna in the Tropics, Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Proof, Romeo & Juliet, A Raisin in the Sun and Cymbeline.

Chicago credits include work with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Congo Square Theatre Company, Court Theatre, Definition Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Shattered Globe Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, TimeLine Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Theater, among others.

Recent regional credits include work with Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, Barrington Stage Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, City Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, Geva Theatre Center, Goodspeed Musicals, Great Lakes Theater, Gulfshore Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Signature Theatre, Syracuse Stage, and Trinity Repertory Company.

He was the recipient of the 2022 Equity Jeff Award for his work on Choir Boy at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and the 2019 Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award, which recognizes emerging theatrical designers in the Chicago area. Jason is also honored to have his work on Goodman Theatre’s real-time online “Live” series (The Sound Inside, Ohio State Murders, and I Hate It Here) and the immersive 360° production of The Wild Party at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts featured in American Theatre magazine.

www.jasondlynch.com