{{short description|American lighting designer}} {{Infobox artist | name = Tyler Micoleau | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Portland, Maine | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | known_for = Lighting design | education = Bowdoin College, BA | training = | movement = | notable_works = | patrons = | awards = Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical | website = {{url|tylermicoleau.com}} }} '''Tyler Micoleau''' is an American lighting designer, known for his work on Broadway musicals such as his Tony-nominated lighting designs for ''The Band's Visit'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/reviews/article-the-bands-visit-is-a-musical-of-languid-gentle-beauty/ |title=The Band’s Visit is a musical of languid, gentle beauty |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> for which he won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical,<ref>{{cite news |title=Tony Award Winners 2018: The Complete List |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/theater/winners-tony-awards.html |work=The New York Times |date=2018-06-10 |access-date=2026-05-30}}</ref> and ''Buena Vista Social Club''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Culwell-Block |first1=Logan |last2=Gans |first2=Andrew |title=Tony Awards 2025: The Full List of Winners |url=https://playbill.com/article/tony-awards-2025-live-updating |website=Playbill |date=2025-06-08 |access-date=2026-05-30}}</ref>
==Early life== Micoleau is from Portland, Maine, where he atteded Deering High School graduating in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-micoleau-3577763/ |title=Tyler Micoleau |website=LinkedIn |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> After high school, Micoleau enrolled in Bowdoin College with a self-designed major in theatre with an emphasis on stage design in 1987. While there, he worked as a production facilities caretaker at the college, where he found a passion for lighting and first worked with Maine State Music Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/07/tony-winning-tyler-micoleau-91-pays-tribute-to-bowdoin-education.html |title=Tony-Winning Tyler Micoleau ’91 Pays Tribute to Bowdoin Education |website=Bowdoin College |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> He ventured out west to live with his artist uncle in 1989, where he was further inspired to pursue a career in the arts. He graduated with a Bachelor's of Arts in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyler Micoleau |url=https://studioschoolofdesign.org/staff/tyler-micoleau/ |website=Studio School of Design |access-date=2026-05-30}}</ref> That summer, he began as an Assistant Master Electrician to MSMT, before receiving his first professional contract the following summer. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/maine/article/BWW-Interview-Tyler-Micoleau-Bringing-Broadway-to-Brunswick-and-Back-20180709 |title=BWW Interview: Tyler Micoleau - Bringing Broadway to Brunswick and Back |website=BroadwayWorld |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/07/tony-winning-tyler-micoleau-91-pays-tribute-to-bowdoin-education.html |title=Tony-Winning Tyler Micoleau ’91 Pays Tribute to Bowdoin Education |website=Bowdoin College |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref>
Next, he worked for several years as a lighting designer at theatres such as Portland Stage and Mad Horse Theatre in Maine. There, he met lighting designer Scott Zelinski, who invited him to come on as an assistant lighting designer at The Public Theatre, which began his career in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/maine/article/BWW-Interview-Tyler-Micoleau-Bringing-Broadway-to-Brunswick-and-Back-20180709 |title=BWW Interview: Tyler Micoleau - Bringing Broadway to Brunswick and Back |website=BroadwayWorld |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref>
==Career== Micoleau has designed lighting for both Off-Broadway and Broadway productions. He got his Broadway debut in 1996 as assistant lighting designer for ''Juan Darien'' at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/production/juan-darien-vivian-beaumont-theatre-vault-0000011238 |title=Juan Darien (Broadway, Vivian Beaumont Theatre) |website=Playbill |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> He would return to Broadway in 2018 as lighting designer for ''The Band's Visit'', a musical adaptation of the 2007 Israeli musical of the same name. For his work, he won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tony Award Winners 2018: The Complete List |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/theater/winners-tony-awards.html |work=The New York Times |date=2018-06-10 |access-date=2026-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/06/tyler-micoleau-91-wins-tony-award-for-stage-lighting-on-the-bands-visit.html |title=Tyler Micoleau ’91 Wins Tony Award for Stage Lighting on The Band’s Visit |website=Bowdoin College |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/reviews/article-the-bands-visit-is-a-musical-of-languid-gentle-beauty/ |title=The Band’s Visit is a musical of languid, gentle beauty |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref>
His work was also seen on Broadway in 2019's ''Be More Chill'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-By-Design-Beowulf-Boritt-Tyler-Micoleau-Alex-Basco-Koch-Ryan-Rumery-Bring-BE-MORE-CHILL-from-Page-to-Stage-20190424 |title=Broadway By Design: Beowulf Boritt, Tyler Micoleau, Alex Basco Koch & Ryan Rumery Bring BE MORE CHILL from Page to Stage |website=BroadwayWorld |date=April 24, 2019 |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> 2022's ''American Buffalo''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/legit/reviews/american-buffalo-review-broadway-david-mametsam-rockwell-laurence-fishburne-1235232931/ |title='American Buffalo' Review: Sam Rockwell, Laurence Fishburne in David Mamet Broadway Revival |website=Variety |date=April 14, 2022 |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> and ''Into the Woods'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/202206/starry-encores-into-the-woods-to-have-broadway-transfer-this-summer/ |title=Starry Encores! Into the Woods to Have Broadway Transfer This Summer |website=Broadway.com |date=May 26, 2022 |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> along with 2025's ''Buena Vista Social Club'', for which he received his second Tony Award nomination.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Culwell-Block |first1=Logan |last2=Gans |first2=Andrew |title=Tony Awards 2025: The Full List of Winners |url=https://playbill.com/article/tony-awards-2025-live-updating |website=Playbill |date=2025-06-08 |access-date=2026-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.livedesignonline.com/lighting/plot-luck-tyler-micoleau-lights-buena-vista-social-club |title=Plot Luck: Tyler Micoleau Lights Buena Vista Social Club |website=Live Design Online |date=January 31, 2024 |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref>
He has also designed lighting for notable Off-Broadway productions. He designed lighting for plays such as Jordan Harrison's ''The Antiquities'' in 2025,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodmantheatre.org/show/the-antiquities/ |title=The Antiquities |website=Goodman Theatre |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> which netted him a Drama Desk Award nomination and Lucille Lortel Award, and Samuel D. Hunter's ''A Case for the Existence of God'' in 2022,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.livedesignonline.com/lighting/plot-luck-tyler-micoleau-lights-buena-vista-social-club |title=Plot Luck: Tyler Micoleau Lights Buena Vista Social Club |website=Live Design Online |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> for which he was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award. Other productions featuring his work include ''Good Person of Szechwan'' in 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/the-foundrys-good-person-of-szechwan-starring-taylor-mac-extends-at-the-public-theater-com-211358 |title=The Foundry's Good Person of Szechwan, Starring Taylor Mac, Extends at the Public Theater |website=Playbill |date=November 4, 2013 |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> ''The Antipodes'' in 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/world-premiere-of-annie-bakers-the-antipodes-opens-off-broadway |title=World Premiere of Annie Baker’s The Antipodes Opens Off-Broadway |website=Playbill |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> and ''Miss You Like Hell'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadway.com/shows/miss-you-hell/cast/ |title=Miss You Like Hell Cast |website=Broadway.com |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref>
He has served on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College, and been a visiting artist at Dartmouth College, Yale University, Bates College and his alma mater.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyler Micoleau |url=https://americantheatrewing.org/recipients/tyler-micoleau/ |website=American Theatre Wing |access-date=2026-05-30}}</ref>
==Personal life== Micoleau currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with his husband.<ref name="Micoleau Bio">{{cite web |last1=Micoleau |first1=Tyler |title=Tyler Micoleau's Bio |url=https://www.tylermicoleau.com/tyler-micoleaus-bio-2/ |website=Tyler Micoleau Lighting Design |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref>
==Selected stage credits== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Venue ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- |1996 |''Juan Darién'' |Assistant Lighting Designer |Broadway, Vivian Beaumont Theatre |rowspan=50|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/24216-tyler-micoleau |title=Tyler Micoleau |website=AboutTheArtists.com |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/person/tyler-micoleau-micoleau-vault-0000121050 |title=Tyler Micoleau |website=Playbill |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> |- |1997 |''Mojo'' |rowspan=49|Lighting Designer |Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company |- |1999 |''Refuge'' |Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons |- |2001 |''Underneath the Lintel'' |Off-Broadway, SoHo Playhouse |- |rowspan=2|2003 |''Dublin Carol'' |Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company |- |''Ladies of the Corridor'' |Off-Off-Broadway, 13th Street Theatre |- |rowspan=2|2004 |''Bug'' |rowspan=2|Off-Broadway, Barrow Street Theatre |- |''Eat the Taste'' |- |2005 |''The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow'' |Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company |- |rowspan=2|2006 |''The God Committee'' |Off-Broadway, Lamb's Theatre |- |''Gutenberg! The Musical!'' |Off-Broadway, 59E59 |- |rowspan=2|2007 |''Anon(ymous)'' |Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company |- |''A Very Common Procedure'' |Off-Broadway, MCC Theater |- |rowspan=2|2008 |''God's Ear'' |Off-Broadway, Vineyard Theatre |- |''Blasted'' |Off-Broadway, SoHo Rep |- |2009 |''Oohrah!'' |Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company |- |rowspan=2|2010 |''When the Rain Stops Falling'' |Off-Broadway, Lincoln Center Theatre |- |''That Face'' |Off-Broadway, Manhattan Theatre Club |- |rowspan=2|2012 |''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' |Off-Broadway, Classic Stage Company |- |''Disgraced'' |Off-Broadway, Lincoln Center Theater |- |rowspan=2|2013 |''Good Person of Szechwan'' |Off-Broadway, The Public Theater |- |''The Tempest'' |Off-Broadway, Delacorte Theatre/The Public Theater |- |rowspan=3|2015 |''The Invisible Hand'' |Off-Broadway, New York Theatre Workshop |- |''Be More Chill'' |Regional, Two River Theater Company |- |''First Daughter Suite'' |Off-Broadway, The Public Theater |- |rowspan=4|2016 |''Familiar'' |Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons |- |''Miss You Like Hell'' |Regional, La Jolla Playhouse |- |''The Band's Visit'' |Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company |- |''Antlia Pneumatica'' |Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons |- |rowspan=3|2017 |''The Antipodes'' |Off-Broadway, Signature Theatre Company |- |''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' |Off-Broadway, Delacorte Theatre/The Public Theater |- |''The Band's Visit'' |Broadway, Ethel Barrymore Theatre |- |rowspan=2|2018 |''Miss You Like Hell'' |Off-Broadway, The Public Theater |- |rowspan=2|''Be More Chill'' |Off-Broadway, Pershing Square Signature Center |- |rowspan=3|2019 |Broadway, Lyceum Theatre |- |''Socrates'' |rowspan=2|Off-Broadway, The Public Theater |- |''Hercules'' |- |2020 |rowspan=2|''Be More Chill'' |West End, The Other Palace |- |2021 |West End, Shaftesbury Theatre |- |rowspan=5|2022 |''American Buffalo'' |Broadway, Circle in the Square Theatre |- |''A Case for the Existence of God'' |Off-Broadway, Signature Theatre Company |- |rowspan=2|''Into the Woods'' |Off-Broadway, New York City Center Encores! |- |Broadway, St. James Theatre |- |''Camp Siegfried'' |Off-Broadway, Second Stage Theatre |- |2023 |''Buena Vista Social Club'' |Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company |- |rowspan=2|2024 |''Hold on to Me Darling'' |Off-Broadway, Lucille Lortel Theatre |- |''Ragtime'' |Regional, Signature Theatre |- |rowspan=3|2025 |''The Antiquities'' |Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons |- |''Buena Vista Social Club'' |Broadway, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre |- |''The Antiquities'' |Regional, Goodman Theatre |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Award !Category !Work !Result !Ref. |- |2004 |Lucille Lortel Award |Outstanding Lighting Design |''Bug'' |{{won}} |<ref>{{cite web |title=Caroline, or Change, I Am My Own Wife, Bug Among 2004 Lucille Lortel Winners |website=Playbill |date=4 May 2004 |url=https://playbill.com/article/caroline-or-change-i-am-my-own-wife-bug-among-2004-lucille-lortel-winners-com-119491 |access-date=30 May 2026}}</ref> |- |2009 |Jeff Award |Outstanding Lighting Design - Midsize |''Blasted'' |{{won}} |<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago Theatres Shine in Outstanding Jeff Nominated Productions of 2008-2009 Season |url=https://jeffawards.org/news/chicago-theatres-shine-outstanding-jeff-nominated-productions-2008-2009-season |website=The Joseph Jefferson Awards |date=2009-08-27 |access-date=2026-05-30}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2|2010 |Obie Award |colspan=2|Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design |{{won}} |<ref>{{cite web |title=2010 Obie Awards |url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/2010s/year-10/ |website=Obie Awards |publisher=American Theatre Wing |access-date=2026-05-30}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2|Lucille Lortel Award |rowspan=2|Outstanding Lighting Design |''When the Rain Stops Falling'' |{{won}} |<ref>{{cite web |title=2010 Nominees |website=Lucille Lortel Awards |url=https://lortelaward.com/2010-nominees/ |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=25th Lucille Lortel Awards: Neuwirth & Batt to host |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/25th-lucille-lortel-awards-neuwirth-batt-to-host |website=New York Theatre Guide |date=April 7, 2010 |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> |- |2015 |''The Invisible Hand'' |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |title=Lucille Lortel Awards 2015 (FULL LIST): 'Hamilton' Sweeps |website=Variety |date=10 May 2015 |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/news/lucille-lortel-awards-2015-full-list-hamilton-1201492017/ |access-date=30 May 2026}}</ref> |- |2016 |Drama Desk Award |Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play |''Antlia Pneumatica'' |{{nom}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Awards – Nominees and Recipients |url=https://www.dramadesk.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/2016-awards/?submit=Search |website=Drama Desk |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Gordon Cox |title=2016 Drama Desk Awards (FULL LIST): 'Shuffle Along,' 'The Humans' |url=https://variety.com/2016/legit/news/2016-drama-desk-awards-full-list-1201789171/ |website=Variety |date=June 5, 2016 |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> |- |2018 |Tony Award |Best Lighting Design of a Musical |''The Band's Visit'' |{{won}} |<ref>{{cite news |title=Tony Award Winners 2018: The Complete List |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/theater/winners-tony-awards.html |work=The New York Times |date=2018-06-10 |access-date=2026-05-30}}</ref> |- |2020 |rowspan=2|Lucille Lortel Award |rowspan=2|Outstanding Lighting Design |''Socrates'' |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web |last=Clement |first=Olivia |title=Octet and Heroes of the Fourth Turning Lead 2020 Lucille Lortel Award Winners |website=Playbill |date=3 May 2020 |url=https://playbill.com/article/octet-and-heroes-of-the-fourth-turning-lead-2020-lucille-lortel-award-winners |access-date=30 May 2026}}</ref> |- |2023 |''A Case for the Existence of God'' |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web |title=Wolf Play Leads 2023 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations; Read the Complete List of Nominees |url=https://playbill.com/article/wolf-play-leads-2023-lucille-lortel-award-nominations-read-the-complete-list-of-nominees |website=Playbill |author=Logan Culwell-Block |date=April 5, 2023 |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> |- |2024 |Helen Hayes Award |Outstanding Lighting Design, Hayes Production |''Ragtime'' |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 HHA Recipient Spreadsheet - Recipients by Recipient (Alpha) |url=https://theatrewashington.org/sites/default/files/2024-05/2024%20HHA%20Recipient%20Spreadsheet%20-%20Recipients%20by%20Recipient%20%28Alpha%29.pdf |website=TheatreWashington |date=May 2024 |format=PDF |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> |- |rowspan=3|2025 |Lucille Lortel Award |Outstanding Lighting Design |rowspan=2|''The Antiquities'' |{{won}} |<ref>{{cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |title=Our Class Leads 2025 Lucille Lortel Award Wins; Read the Complete List Here |website=Playbill |date=4 May 2025 |url=https://playbill.com/article/our-class-leads-2025-lucille-lortel-award-wins-read-the-complete-list-here |access-date=30 May 2026}}</ref> |- |Drama Desk Award |Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play |{{nom}} |<ref>{{Cite web |author=Logan Culwell-Block |title=Drama Desk Award Winners 2025: The Full List |url=https://playbill.com/article/drama-desk-award-winners-2025-the-full-list |website=Playbill |date=June 1, 2025 |access-date=May 30, 2026}}</ref> |- |Tony Award |Best Lighting Design of a Musical |''Buena Vista Social Club'' |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Culwell-Block |first1=Logan |last2=Gans |first2=Andrew |title=Tony Awards 2025: The Full List of Winners |url=https://playbill.com/article/tony-awards-2025-live-updating |website=Playbill |date=2025-06-08 |access-date=2026-05-30}}</ref> |}
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