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FAIR Assistant Lighting Director, August Wilson’s King Hedley II and Yellow Face
Claire Chesne is a graduate of Ithaca College, where she earned her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Theatre Production and Design. Recently she completed a yearlong lighting fellowship at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where she acted as the assistant lighting designer for the season and is relocating to the Bay Area. Other recent credits include lighting design for the world premieres of Extended Stay (The Kitchen Theatre) and Baba Yaga (The Cherry Arts), and associate lighting designer for Polishing Shakespeare (59E59) and All My Sons (Berkeley Rep). She enjoys swimming, pottery, and board games in her time off. To see more of her work and upcoming projects, visit www.clairechesne.com.