Coby Chasman-Beck

Coby is a New York and Los Angeles based Lighting Designer. Recent notable designs include: MAD WOMAN, MUTANT OLIVE, COLOGNE (Katselas Theatre Company), BECOMING NORMAN, PRAYING SMALL (NOHO Arts Center), LOS ANGELES TAP FESTIVAL ‘08 & ‘09, LOS ANGELES HIP HOP INTENSIVE CONCERT ’09 (Debbie Allen Dance Co.), CABARET, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, THE LOBOTOMIST, OKLAHOMA!, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, FAME (Inner City Education Foundation), CHOP SHOP: SEXING IN THE RIGHT FLOW (Donald Byrd), CO-LAB II, HE SAID, SHE SAID (Coriolis Dance Collective), Spectrum Dance Theater Studio Series II: THE THEATER OF NEEDLESS TALENTS and INTERRUPTED NARRATIVES/WAR, GIVING BACK ARTS AND MUSIC TO EDUCATION: PRESS CONFERENCE (Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger), STREET ANGEL DIARIES, SHABBAT ALIVE! Lighting Direction for National Tours including Spectrum Dance Theater: THE THEATER OF NEEDLESS TALENTS and INTERRUPTED NARRATIVES/WAR choreography by Donald Byrd. Seattle Theater Group & Spectrum Dance Theater: ICONO-CLAN (Choreography by Merce Cunningham, Gus Solomons Jr, and Donald Byrd), Production Electrician on US National Tour of A TUNA CHRISTMAS. Assistant Lighting Design for regional theater including Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre: ON THE TOWN, WHITE CHRISTMAS, and SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS. Additional work with Cabrillo Music Theater, The Ebony Repertory Theater Company, The Fountain Theater, Air Light Design, JPL Design Production, LTS Lighting, Nate Holden Performing Arts Center and Children’s Civic Light Opera. He served as the Resident Lighting Director for Spectrum Dance Theater from 2008-2010 and currently is a resident Lighting Designer at The NoHo Arts Center. Coby is also a proud IATSE ACT member.