Christopher Wong is a lighting designer for live performance who creates unique experiences that reveal the world of the story through the manipulation of light.
His affinity with light stems from a childhood fascination of visiting lighthouses and a singular diorama exhibit from the Boston Museum of Science. Be sure to ask him about either!
He graduated with his MFA from NYU and is a proud union member of USA-829.
Have a project you’re interested in working together on? Have a question? Feel free to reach out.
RECENT DESIGN PROJECTS
// 2025
HIT THE WALL ⎹ Queensborough Theatre⎹ dir. C. Julian Jiménez
URINETOWN ⎹ LIHSA ⎹ dir. Chris Brick
FAMILY ALBUM (song cycle) ⎹ LIHSA ⎹ dir. Kim Larkin
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM ⎹ Friends Seminary ⎹ dir. Trent Williams
// 2024
A CHRISTMAS STORY ⎹ Goodspeed Musicals ⎹ dir. Hunter Foster
PRESENCIA ⎹ The Bushwick Starr & Connelly Theater ⎹ dir. Mei Ann Teo
THE WHO’S TOMMY ⎹ LIHSA ⎹ dir. Chris Brick
SOLE DEFINED LIVE ⎹ Maui Cultural Arts Center ⎹ chor. Ryan Johnson, Quinn Johnson & Company
STUPID F**KING BIRD ⎹ Queensborough Theatre ⎹ dir. Liisa Yonker
THE FANTASTICAL FELLOWSHIP ⎹ Frigid Festival ⎹ dir. Phoebe Brooks
IN THE FOREST OF THE NIGHT ⎹ Friends Seminary ⎹ dir. Trent Williams
// 2023
PARADE ⎹ American Theater Group ⎹ dir. Hunter Foster
RENT ⎹ Hamilton College ⎹ dir. Mark Cryer
MERELY PLAYERS ⎹ Friends Seminary ⎹ dir. Steve Borowka
WUNDERKAMMER ⎹ Queensborough Theatre ⎹ dir. C. Julian Jiménez
HORSE BARBIE BOOK LAUNCH ⎹ NYLive Arts
ARTS IN ACTION FESTIVAL ⎹ Broadway Advocacy Coalition ⎹ dir. of programming Dria Brown and Leia Squillace
PHOENIX FIRE DANCE ⎹ Symphony Space ⎹ dir. Audry Ginsburg
// 2022
THE TEMPEST ⎹ Friends Seminary ⎹ dir. Steve Borowka
38th MARATHON OF ONE ACT PLAYS ⎹ Ensemble Studio Theatre ⎹ dir. Colette Robert and Mike Lew
WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT A PRESENTATION ⎹ Muhlenberg College ⎹ dir. Nigel Semaj
GLORIA ⎹ NYU Tisch ⎹ dir. Doug Hughes
SHE WALKS THE AIR IX ⎹ Lenfest Center for the Arts ⎹ dir. Chaesong Kim
DER RING GOTT FARBLONJET ⎹ Lenfest Center for the Arts ⎹ dir. Phoebe Brooks
//2021
INHERENT RESOLVE ⎹ NYU Tisch ⎹ dir. Bob McGrath
IF YOU LIKE ME AT MY WORST ⎹ Shapiro Studio Theatre ⎹ dir. Jacob Sexton
YOU CAN’T TOUCH MY SISTER I ATE IN THE WOMB ⎹ Shapiro Blackbox Theatre ⎹ dir. Liz Peterson
THE DRAGON TRANSFER [digital] ⎹ American Opera Project ⎹ dir. Sam Helfrich
ROMEO AND JULIET [hybrid] ⎹ NYU Tisch ⎹ dir. Brandon Dirden
RECENT *ASSOCIATE and ASSISTANT DESIGN
LD Robert Wierzel
*DAS RHEINGOLD, DIE WALKÜRE, SIEGFRIED ⎹ The Atlanta Opera
CARMEN, TENOR OVERBOARD, LA BOHÈME, ROMEO AND JULIET ⎹ Glimmerglass Festival
*ROMEO AND JULIET ⎹ Washington National Opera
LD Justin Townsend
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS ⎹ Broadway ⎹ Hudson Theatre
LD Stacey Derosier
*ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE ⎹ Guthrie Theatre ⎹ McGuire Proscenium Stage
*THE REFUGE PLAYS ⎹ Roundabout Theater Company ⎹ Laura Pels Theatre
*CORNELIA STREET ⎹ The Atlantic Theatre ⎹ Stage 2
LD Amith Chandrashaker
*JONAH ⎹ Roundabout Theater Company ⎹ Laura Pels Theatre
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG ⎹ Broadway ⎹ Hudson Theatre ⎹ associate Jess Creager
*THE COMEUPPANCE ⎹ Signature Theater Company ⎹ Griffin Theatre
LA CALISTO ⎹ Glimmerglass Festival
CARMEN ⎹ Glimmerglass Festival
LD Jeanette Yew
*WINE IN THE WILDERNESS ⎹ Classic Stage Company
*AMERICAN SOLDIER ⎹ Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)
CULLUD WATTAH ⎹ The Public Theatre
YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXEGESIS ⎹ LCT3 ⎹ [covid sub]
LD Reza Behjat
*SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED ⎹ BAM ⎹ Harvey Theatre
WHAT BECAME OF US ⎹ ATLANTIC THEATRE COMPANY
LD Abigail Hoke-Brady
THE LAST SUPPER ⎹ Inclusion Media LLC