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The Drama Book Show!What Is Lighting Design? A Genealogy of People and IdeasDiscover the history and artistry behind stage lighting in a conversation with Michael Chybowski, author of What Is Lighting Design?: A Genealogy of People and Ideas. Chybowski traces 500 years of innovation—from the Renaissance to today—showing how ideas, technology, and artistry have shaped the craft of lighting design and its role in performance. A celebrated freelance designer and Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, Chybowski brings his extensive experience in theatre, opera, dance, and film to this illuminating discussion of how light transforms the stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
2025-12-0554 min
QolorTOPIX Light Conversations by City TheatricalQolorTOPIX Episode 9: Michael Chybowski, Lighting Designer and Author of: What Is Lighting Design? A Genealogy Of People And IdeasHello and welcome to QolorTOPIX, City Theatrical’s light conversations podcast series. Today we are joined today by Micheal Chybowski, who is a Lighting Designer, Author, and Educator in the Theatre Arts. Michael has received the American Theatre Wing Design Award, an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, two Lucille Lortel Awards for his work in New York, and a Drama Desk nomination for his work on the original production of Wit, the Pulitzer Prize winning play at the Union Square Theatre in New York. Michael also designed the subsequent US Nat...
2025-05-2848 min
Giants in the SkyMichael Chybowski, First Assistant to the Lighting DesignerMichael Chybowski shares what it was like to work under Richard Nelson in designing the lighting for the original Broadway production of Into the Woods. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-05-1535 min
Light Talk with The Lumen BrothersLIGHT TALK Episode 359 - "The Fourth Paradigm - A Conversation with Michael Chybowski"In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) interview Lighting Designer and Author, Michael Chybowski. Join Michael, Ellen and Steve as they pontificate about: From Math to Light; The "Polar Route"; Sage Advice from Pat Collins; "Going on the Bus" with Lauri Anderson; Visualizing the Essence of the Music; Design Processes for Lighting Dance; Working at European Opera Houses; Writing the Book: "What is Lighting Design? A Geneology of People and Ideas"; Researching the History of Lighting Design and Designers; "Light is Based on the Existence of an Idea"; Anticipating "The Fourth Paradigm"; Simulating N...
2024-02-1653 minLight Talk with The Lumen BrothersLIGHT TALK Episode 359 - "The Fourth Paradigm - A Conversation with Michael Chybowski"In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) interview Lighting Designer and Author, Michael Chybowski. Join Michael, Ellen and Steve as they pontificate about: From Math to Light; The "Polar Route"; Sage Advice from Pat Collins; "Going on the Bus" with Lauri Anderson; Visualizing the Essence of the Music; Design Processes for Lighting Dance; Working at European Opera Houses; Writing the Book: "What is Lighting Design? A Geneology of People and Ideas"; Researching the History of Lighting Design and Designers; "Light is Based on the Existence of an Idea"; Anticipating "The Fourth Paradigm"; Simulating N...
2024-02-1653 min
Tony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreDesign - September, 1999This broad panel of designers -- lighting designer Michael Chybowski (Moby Dick and Other Stories, Wit), scenic designer David Hays, sound designer Abe Jacob (Pippin, Evita), special effects designer Greg Meeh (Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Cirque du Soleil) and costume designer Ann Roth (Crucifer of Blood, The Royal Family, The House of Blue Leaves) -- discuss their purpose and accomplishments, collaborating with a production's creative team, apprentices and learning through hands-on experience, and the increase of sound and light levels over time.
2008-02-1300 min
ATW - Working In The TheatreDesign - September, 1999This broad panel of designers - lighting designer Michael Chybowski ("Moby Dick and Other Stories", "Wit"), scenic designer David Hays, sound designer Abe Jacob ("Pippin", "Evita"), special effects designer Greg Meeh ("Phantom of the Opera", "Miss Saigon", Cirque du Soleil) and costume designer Ann Roth ("Crucifer of Blood", "The Royal Family", "The House of Blue Leaves") -- discuss their purpose and accomplishments, collaborating with a production's creative team, apprentices and learning through hands-on experience, and the increase of sound and light levels over time.
2008-02-1300 min