Yi Zhao creates story-driven lighting designs for the stage, often at the intersection of theater and music, and collaborates frequently with Lileana Blain-Cruz. He is pleased to make his Alliance debut with BUST. BROADWAY: Purple Rain (upcoming), I Need That, The Skin of Our Teeth (Tony Award nomination). NEW YORK: Lincoln Center Theater; Signature Theatre; NYTW; Soho Rep; Manhattan Theatre Club. REGIONAL: Guthrie Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Shakespeare Theatre (DC); Mark Taper Forum; Dallas Theater Center; Wilma Theater; A.C.T.; Berkeley Rep; Shakespeare Theatre Company. OPERA: Metropolitan Opera; Norwegian National Opera; Chicago Lyric Opera; Opera Philadelphia; Opera Colorado; Detroit Opera; Opera Omaha. DANCE: Sasha Waltz & Guests (Germany); Ballet de Lorraine (France). He is a recipient of the 2016 Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise in Theatre. www.yi-zhao.com
Yi Zhao
Yi Zhao creates story-driven lighting designs for the stage, often at the intersection of theater and music, and collaborates frequently with Lileana Blain-Cruz. He is pleased to make his Alliance debut with BUST. BROADWAY: Purple Rain (upcoming), I Need That, The Skin of Our Teeth (Tony Award nomination). NEW YORK: Lincoln Center Theater; Signature Theatre; NYTW; Soho Rep; Manhattan Theatre Club. REGIONAL: Guthrie Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Shakespeare Theatre (DC); Mark Taper Forum; Dallas Theater Center; Wilma Theater; A.C.T.; Berkeley Rep; Shakespeare Theatre Company. OPERA: Metropolitan Opera; Norwegian National Opera; Chicago Lyric Opera; Opera Philadelphia; Opera Colorado; Detroit Opera; Opera Omaha. DANCE: Sasha Waltz & Guests (Germany); Ballet de Lorraine (France). He is a recipient of the 2016 Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise in Theatre. www.yi-zhao.com