Jason Lynch

Born and raised in Dallas, Texas— Jason is a Chicago-based lighting designer for theatre, dance, opera, and other live performance art. Since joining Chicago’s robust and diverse theater community in 2015, he is honored to have credits with About Face Theatre, Chicago Children's Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Court Theatre, Definition Theatre Company, DePaul Opera Theatre, Eighth Blackbird, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, Haven Chicago, Northlight Theatre, Piven Theatre Workshop, Red Theater Chicago, Saint Sebastian Players, Shattered Globe Theatre, Something Marvelous, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Strawdog Theatre Company, Theatre Wit, TimeLine Theatre Company, University of Chicago, Victory Gardens Theater, Windy City Playhouse, among others. Recent regional credits include work with Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Geva Theatre Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Minetta Lane Theatre in NYC, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. Jason is honored to have his recent work on the Goodman Theatre’s real-time, online ‘Live’ series (THE SOUND INSIDE, OHIO STATE MURDERS, and I HATE IT HERE) and an immersive 360° production of THE WILD PARTY at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts featured in American Theatre Magazine. He was also the recipient of the 2019 Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award which recognizes emerging theatrical designers within the Chicago area. Jason holds a BFA in Theatre Design/Technology from Texas Tech University and is a proud member of The Association for Lighting Production and Design.