Heather Gilbert

Heather Gilbert

Lighting Designer, The Yeoman of the Guard

Other theatres: Regional: With Sean Graney: H.M.S. Pinafore (The Hypocrites, Actors Theatre of Louisville, American Repertory Theater); The Mikado (The Hypocrites, American Repertory Theatre, Olney Theatre); The Pirates of Penzance (The Hypocrites, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Olney Theatre); The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Comedy of Errors, What the Butler Saw (Court Theatre); Honus and Me, Harold and the Purple Crayon, The Hundred Dresses (Chicago Children’s Theatre); Equivocation (Victory Gardens Theater). Other regional: Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Broad Stage–Los Angeles, Alley Theatre, Writers Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, American Blues Theater, Steep Theatre Company, others. Off-Broadway: Our Town (Barrow Street Theatre).  

International: Our Town (Almeida Theatre, London). 

Awards: 3Arts Award, NEA/TCG Program for Career Development. 

Other credits: Teaching: Head of Lighting Design, Columbia College Chicago. 

Affiliations: Member of The Hypocrites theatre community. 

Education: MFA, The Theatre School, DePaul University.