Production Staff
Chu's lighting for Mlima’s Tale earned him the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Lighting in 2019 and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination in 2018. Also in 2018, he received an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design and a Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Dangerous House. In 2009, Chu was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his lighting of The Good Negro. ... read more
Vineyard, La Jolla Playhouse and Yale Rep productions of Indecent. Broadway: The Gin Game; The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess; The People in the Picture; Caroline, or Change (also Royal National Theater, London); Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (also National Tour, Old Vic London); Topdog/Underdog (Royal Court); Bells Are Ringing; Parade (directed by Hal Prince; Tony and Drama Desk nominations); Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk (also National Tour, Japan) and The Tempest. Recent: Grounded directed by Julie Taymor, The Library directed by Steven Soderbergh (The Public); La Mouette (Cour d'Honneur, Palais des Papes, Avignon Festival); Abigail's Party (Oslo National ... read more
Recent credits: “Dickinson” (Apple TV+), Sweat (Broadway), Wrong Man (MCC), Mlima’s Tale (Public), Tiny Beautiful Things (Public), Floyd’s (Guthrie), Cardinal (2nd Stage), Aubergine (Playwrights Horizons), Candide (LA Opera), La Bohème (Kennedy Center). Jennifer has designed productions for Signature Theater; Shakespeare in the Park; Manhattan Theatre Club; Women’s Project; Primary Stages, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival, McCarter, Baltimore Center Stage, Yale Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Municipal Theater of Santiago, Chile, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, and others ... read more
Awards and Nominations
2018 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Music in a Play: Justin Hicks was nominated but did not win.
2018 Drama League Awards
Distinguished Performance Award: Sahr Ngaujah was nominated but did not win.
2018 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Lighting Design: Lap Chi Chu was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play: Mlima's Tale was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Sound Design: Darron L. West was nominated but did not win.