Pablo Santiago

Pablo Santiago

(he/him/his)

Lighting Designer, Mother Road; Macbeth

In one season at OSF: Destiny of Desire

Pablo Santiago is originally from Chiapas, México, and designs for theatre, opera, dance and gallery work. Other theatres: Regional: Destiny of Desire (Goodman Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Arena Stage); Valley of The Heart, Zoot Suit (Mark Taper Forum); I Am My Own Wife (Laguna Playhouse); Time Alone, Dementia, A Mexican Trilogy (Los Angeles Theatre Center); Good Grief, Citizen (Kirk Douglas Theatre); The Cake, Skeleton Crew (Geffen Playhouse).

Opera: Breaking the Waves (Perelman Theater, Philadelphia; NYU Skirball Center); Pelléas et Mélisande (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra); On the Town, Das Klagende Lied, Boris Godunov, Soundbox with San Francisco Symphony (Davies Hall); Three Penny Opera (Boston Lyric Opera); Place (Brooklyn Academy of Music); Proving Up (Opera Omaha, Miller Theatre, New York), Prism (LA Opera, BMP), Ne Quittez Pas: A Reimagined La Voix Humaine (OperaPhila/O18 Festival).

Other: Distant Vision—Live-Cinema, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Awards: Richard Sherwood Award (2017), Stage Raw Award (2015), Ovation Award nomination (2019, 2018, 2014), Stage Raw nomination (2018), L.A. Weekly Award (2014).

Film: please visit his imdb.com page.

Education: MFA, Lighting Design, UCLA.