MARCUS DOSHI

UNITED STATES

LIGHTING DESIGNER

About:

Marcus Doshi returns to HGO after serving as the original lighting designer for the company’s 2017 production of La traviata. Also for HGO, he designed the lighting for Julius Caesar (2017). He is an international award-winning theater maker who designs lighting and sets for theater, opera, and dance. He also collaborates with artists and architects on a wide array of non-performance-based work. Doshi’s work has been seen extensively in New York. His Broadway credits include Linda Vista (2019) and Pass Over (2021). Work Off-Broadway includes a longstanding collaboration with Theatre for a New Audience. His designs have been featured in Chicago (Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Lyric Opera, others), at most major regional theaters and opera companies in the U.S., and internationally in 18 countries across five continents. Notable work includes Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Aldeburgh Music, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, La Monnaie in Brussels, Dutch National Opera, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia); Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera); and Elektra (Seattle Opera); as well design for the Sydney Festival, National Arts Centre Mumbai, and many others. He is Associate Chair of the Department of Theater at Northwestern University, where he teaches design.