Christopher Akerlind won a Tony, Drama Desk, Hewes Design, and Outer Critics Circle Award for his lighting design of The Light In the Piazza. He also recently designed Rabbit Hole at the Manhattan Theatre Club. His current Broadway projects include Shining City and Awake and Sing! Akerlind has designed more than 400 productions at theatre and opera companies across the country and around the world. Recent Broadway credits include A Touch of the Poet; In My Life; and Seven Guitars. Previous designs for Lincoln Center Theatre include Belle Epoque and The Lights. Akerlind is also the recipient of an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design and the Michael Merritt Award for Design and Collaboration.

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• Throwing Out The Story: Light Plots Based on Spatial Ideas