Amith Chandrashaker is a lighting designer for theater, dance, opera, television, concerts, and events. This season for HGO, Chandrashaker serves as lighting designer for Tannhäuser. Previously for the company, he was lighting designer for The Flying Dutchman (2018). Recent opera engagements include Turandot at Washington National Opera (2024), Rinaldo at Glimmerglass Festival (2023), and Carmen at Glimmerglass and Minnesota Opera (2022). Chandrashaker’s work has been seen off-Broadway, at major regional theaters, The Joyce Theater, CNN, NBC, and on Virgin Cruise Ships. He has worked internationally at the National Dance Co. of Wales, the State Theater of Nuremberg, Aalto Theater Essen, Lyon Opera Ballet, and the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Chandrashaker sits on the executive board of his union, United Scenic Artists Local 829. He is an assistant professor of dance/theater design and production at the University of Maryland, and a former adjunct professor at Pace University and New York University. In 2024, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lighting Designer of a Play for Prayer for the French Republic, and won a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for The Comeuppance. He has won two Drama Desk Awards, for Prayer for the French Republic and Boesman and Lena, and two additional nominations.