# Lap Chi Chu > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lap_Chi_Chu > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lap_Chi_Chu.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lap_Chi_Chu > Source revision: 1292962109 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Lighting designer}} {{Infobox person | name = Lap Chi Chu | education = [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University) ([BS](/source/Bachelor_of_Science))
[New York University](/source/New_York_University) ([MFA](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts)) | occupation = [Lighting Designer](/source/Lighting_Designer)
[Professor](/source/Professor) | years_active = 1998-present | spouse = {{marriage|[Rebecca Wisocky](/source/Rebecca_Wisocky)|2015}} | website = {{URL|lapchichu.com}} }} '''Lap Chi Chu''' is an American lighting designer known for his [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) and [Off-Broadway](/source/Off-Broadway) works. == Early life and education == Chu got his B.S. from [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University) and M.F.A from [New York University](/source/New_York_University).{{Cite web |title=Lap Chi Chu |url=https://www.tft.ucla.edu/faculty/lap-chi-chu/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television |language=en-US}} == Career == === Teaching === Chu taught at [California Institute of the Arts](/source/California_Institute_of_the_Arts) from 2001 to 2020. He is currently a professor and the Head of Lighting at the [UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television](/source/UCLA_School_of_Theater%2C_Film_and_Television).[http://www.tft.ucla.edu/2020/07/lap-chi-chu/ "Lap Chi Chu Faculty Page"] He also guest taught at [Hangyang University](/source/Hanyang_University) in [Seoul](/source/Seoul), [South Korea](/source/South_Korea). == Personal life== Chu married [Rebecca Wisocky](/source/Rebecca_Wisocky) in [Boston](/source/Boston) on October 10, 2015.Emily Strohm, [http://people.com/tv/devious-maids-star-rebecca-wisocky-is-married/ "Inside Devious Maids Star Rebecca Wisocky's Wedding at a Turn-of-the-Century Mansion"], People Magazine, October 13th, 2015.Rebecca Wisocky, [https://twitter.com/rebeccawisocky/status/563114372604522496], Twitter, February 4th, 2015. == Awards and nominations == Chu has received a [Tony Award](/source/Tony_Award) nomination for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for the 2023 Broadway revival of "Camelot." Chu has also received a Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical in 2024 for [Suffs](/source/Suffs). Chu's lighting for ''Mlima’s Tale'' earned him the [Lucille Lortel Award](/source/Lucille_Lortel_Award) for Best Lighting in 2019 and an [Outer Critics Circle Award](/source/Outer_Critics_Circle_Award) nomination in 2018. Also in 2018, he received an [Obie](/source/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''. == Work == === Off Broadway === Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/3502 |title=Lap Chi Chu - Lortel Archives |website=www.lortel.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229235849/http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/3502 |archive-date=2016-02-29}}{{cite web| url = https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Lap-Chi-Chu/| title = Lap Chi Chu Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Show ! Theater |- | rowspan="2" |'''1998''' |''Love's Fowl'' | rowspan="2" |[New York Theatre Workshop](/source/New_York_Theatre_Workshop) |- |''[Shopping and Fucking](/source/Shopping_and_Fucking)'' |- | rowspan="2" |'''2009''' |''Wildflower'' |McGinn-Cazale Theatre |- |''The Good Negro'' |[Public Theater](/source/Public_Theater) [LuEsther Hall](/source/LuEsther_Hall) |- | rowspan="2" |'''2012''' |''Emotional Creature'' |[Pershing Square Signature Center](/source/Pershing_Square_Signature_Center) The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre |- |''An Early History of Fire'' |[Acorn Theatre](/source/Acorn_Theatre) |- | rowspan="2" |'''2013''' |''[Small Engine Repair](/source/Small_Engine_Repair)'' |[Lucille Lortel Theater](/source/Lucille_Lortel_Theater) |- |''stop. reset.'' |[Pershing Square Signature Center](/source/Pershing_Square_Signature_Center) The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre |- | rowspan="3" |'''2014''' |''Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)'' |[Public Theater](/source/Public_Theater) [Anspacher Theater](/source/Anspacher_Theater) |- |''Appropriate'' |[Pershing Square Signature Center](/source/Pershing_Square_Signature_Center) |- |''Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)'' |[Public Theater](/source/Public_Theater) Martinson Hall |- | rowspan="2" |'''2015''' |''Lost Girls'' |[Lucille Lortel Theater](/source/Lucille_Lortel_Theater) |- |''Mr. Wolf'' |[South Coast Repertory](/source/South_Coast_Repertory) |- | rowspan="2" |'''2016''' |''[The Wolves](/source/The_Wolves_(play))'' |[The Duke on 42nd Street](/source/The_Duke_on_42nd_Street) |- |''The Body of an American'' |[Cherry Lane Theatre](/source/Cherry_Lane_Theatre) |- | rowspan="4" |'''2017''' |''Describe the Night'' |[Linda Gross Theater](/source/Linda_Gross_Theater) |- |''Oedipus El Ray'' |[Public Theater](/source/Public_Theater) Susan Stein Shiva Theater |- |''God Looked Away'' |[Pasadena Community Playhouse](/source/Pasadena_Community_Playhouse) |- |''At the Old Place'' |[Old Globe Theater](/source/Old_Globe_Theater) |- | rowspan="5" | '''2018''' | ''Our Very Own Carlin McCullough'' | [Geffen Playhouse](/source/Geffen_Playhouse) |- | ''Mlima's Tale'' | [Public Theater](/source/Public_Theater) Martinson Hall |- | ''[An Ordinary Muslim](/source/Hammaad_Chaudry)'' | [New York Theatre Workshop](/source/New_York_Theatre_Workshop) |- | ''Eve's Song'' | [Public Theater](/source/Public_Theater) LuEsther Hall at Joseph Papp |- | ''Mother of the Maid'' | [Public Theater](/source/Public_Theater) Anspacher Theater |- | rowspan="1" | '''2019''' | ''the way she spoke'' | [Minetta Lane Theatre](/source/Minetta_Lane_Theatre) |- | rowspan="1" | '''2020''' | ''Darling Grenadine'' | Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre |- | rowspan="1" | '''2023''' | ''The Coast Starlight'' | [Lincoln Center Theater](/source/Lincoln_Center_Theater) |} === Broadway === Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.lct.org/shows/camelot/whos-who/#cast|title=Camelot - Who's Who}}{{cite web |url=https://suffsmusical.com/cast-creative/#creative|title=Suffs The Musical}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Show ! Theater ! Notes |- | rowspan="1" |'''2023''' |''[Camelot](/source/Camelot)'' |[Lincoln Center Theater](/source/Lincoln_Center_Theater) |Tony Nomination for Best Lighting Design of a Musical 2023 |- | rowspan="2" |'''2024''' |''[Uncle Vanya](/source/Uncle_Vanya)'' |[Lincoln Center Theater](/source/Lincoln_Center_Theater) | blank | |- |''[Suffs](/source/Suffs)'' |[Music Box Theatre](/source/Music_Box_Theatre) | Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical 2024 |} == See also == * [Chinese people in New York City](/source/Chinese_people_in_New_York_City) ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == *[https://lapchichu.com/about/ Lap Chi Chu Website] {{Authority control}} Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:American people of Chinese descent Category:California Institute of the Arts faculty Category:Living people Category:Northwestern University alumni Category:New York University alumni Category:Designers from New York (state) Category:Designers from Los Angeles Category:University of California, Los Angeles faculty Category:Year of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lap Chi Chu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lap_Chi_Chu) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lap_Chi_Chu?action=history)). 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