A.J. Guban is making his HGO debut. This season for the company, he serves as associate lighting designer for West Side Story. His recent designs include Macbeth, Il trovatore, and The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson for the Washington National Opera and the 50th Anniversary Celebration for PBS at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In addition, he has lit productions for Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Seattle Opera, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Detroit Opera, Opera Cleveland, Atlanta Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Synetic Theatre, New Orleans Opera, National Symphony Orchestra, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and others. Guban is the lighting director for the Washington National Opera and a proud member of USA Local 829.