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Jennifer Tipton

Birth Place: Columbus, OH, USA

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Recent work includes A Doll's House, Part 2; David Cale's We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time (Goodman Theatre); Romeo et Juliette (Metropolitan Opera); Alexei Ratmansky's Romeo and Juliet (The Bolshoi Theatre); Shen Wei's Neither (BAM); and Richard Nelson's Uncle Vanya (Hunter College). Tipton teaches lighting at the Yale School of Drama. She has received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, the Jerome Robbins Prize, and the Mayor's Award for Arts and Culture in New York City. In 2008 she was made a United States Artists Gracie Fellow and a MacArthur Fellow. She is a two-time Tony Award winner.

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Jennifer Tipton Productions

 
[Broadway, 2023]
Lighting Design
 
[West End, 2022]
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[Off-Broadway, 2022]
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[Broadway, 2021]
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[West End, 2020]
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[Immersive, 2019]
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[Off-Broadway, 2017]
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[Regional (US), 2000]
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[Off-Broadway, 1989]
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Jennifer Tipton Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

Jennifer Tipton, Intimate Apparel

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jennifer Tipton, To Kill a Mockingbird

Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jennifer Tipton, A Doll's House, Part 2

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jennifer Tipton, The Testament of Mary

Helen Hayes Awards - 1997 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Jennifer TiptonDance of Death

Tony Awards - 1991 - Best Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton , La Bête


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The Hewes Awards - 1989 - Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, Waiting For Godot


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The Hewes Awards - 1989 - Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, The Rimers of Eldritch


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The Hewes Awards - 1989 - Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, Long Day's Journey Into Night


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The Hewes Awards - 1989 - Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, Jerome Robbins' Broadway


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Tony Awards - 1989 - Best Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, Jerome Robbins' Broadway

Drama Desk Awards - 1988 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, Waiting for Godot / Long Day's Journey Into Night / Jerome Robbins' Broadway


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The Hewes Awards - 1987 - Lighting Design

Jennifer TiptonWorstward Ho

Drama Desk Awards - 1985 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, Whoopi Goldberg

Drama Desk Awards - 1981 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, Lunch Hour

Tony Awards - 1981 - Best Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, Sophisticated Ladies


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Drama Desk Awards - 1977 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf


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Drama Desk Awards - 1977 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, The Cherry Orchard

Tony Awards - 1977 - Best Lighting Design

Jennifer Tipton, The Cherry Orchard

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Additional PeRformance Added for Harper Lee's  TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD At CAA Theatre


Due to overwhelming demand, an additional performance has been added to the return engagement of Harper Lee's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Don't miss this opportunity to witness the timeless classic on stage.

Creatives Revealed For GATSBY, With Music by Florence Welch and Directed by Rachel Chavkin


The design and music teams have been announced for the world premiere of Gatsby, featuring music by Florence Welch and directed by Rachel Chavkin, at American Repertory Theatre. 

Soprano So Young Park to Play Juliette in This Afternoon's ROMEO ET JULIETTE at Met Opera


Soprano So Young Park will sing the role of Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in the Saturday, March 30th afternoon performance, replacing Nadine Sierra, who has withdrawn due to illness.

Bartlett Sher-Directed ROMEO ET JULIETTE To Screen In Cinemas As Part of THE MET: LIVE IN HD


The Metropolitan Opera's revival of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette will be transmitted live as part of the 2023–24 Live in HD season on Saturday, March 23, at 12:55PM ET.

China Arts and Entertainment Group Presents DONGPO: LIFE IN POEMS


Experience the poetic modern dance production, DONGPO: LIFE IN POEMS, at The David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center this weekend.

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at San Francisco Ballet


What did our critic think of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the delightful production running through March 23rd at the War Memorial Opera House.

Review: Sierra, Bernheim Soar in the Met's ROMEO ET JULIETTE


While I’ve admired soprano Nadine Sierra’s before, she seemed to reach a whole new level with her glorious turn as Juliette in the season’s first performance of Gounod’s ROMEO ET JULIETTE at the Met the other night. She was vivid and a delight to watch as she inhabited the teenaged heroine of the piece. Perhaps it was her stage partner, French tenor Benjamin Bernheim, who egged her on to such heights, with his nuanced singing and boyish demeanor.

Video: Watch Footage from The Metropolitan Opera's ROMEO ET JULIETTE


Watch video footage from Bartlett Sher's production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, as it returns to the Met stage for seven performances, with an all-star cast of artists making their Met role debuts.

Video: Get A First Look At The Met Opera's ROMEO ET JULIETTE


Get a first look as Nadine Sierra and Benjamin Bernheim come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct Bartlett Sher’s towering production

Richard Foreman's SYMPHONY OF RATS to be Presented at The Wooster Group


The Wooster Group will present New York performances of their new production of Symphony of Rats, a play by leading American avant-garde playwright Richard Foreman.

Nadine Sierra and Benjamin Bernheim to Star In Gounod's ROMEO ET JULIETTE at the Met


Bartlett Sher's production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette returns to the Met stage for seven performances starting March 7, with an all-star cast of artists making their Met role debuts.

China Arts and Entertainment Group Presents DONGPO: LIFE IN POEMS


'Dongpo: Life In Poems' is a poetic modern dance production presented by CAEG and American Dance Festival. Catch the show in Washington DC from 3/8-3/10 and in NYC from 3/15-3/17.

Emmy-Winner Richard Thomas Will Star In Grand Rapids Engagement Of HARPER LEE'S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD


Tickets are now available for the highly anticipated production of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Don't miss your chance to see this iconic story brought to life on stage. Get your tickets today!

Signature Theatre Presents Dominique Morisseau's SUNSET BABY, Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, January 30- March 10


Signature Theatre presents Signature Premiere Resident, Tony Award nominee, and MacArthur Fellow Dominique Morisseau's Sunset Baby, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III.

Al Via Parmadanza 2024 Con Paul Taylor Dance Company


AL VIA PARMADANZA 2024 CON PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY. The iconic American dance company presents two historic creations by Paul Taylor at Teatro Regio di Parma. Don't miss this unique performance.

Harper Lee's 'TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD To Play At The Washington Pavilion January 12�"14


All rise for Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Starring Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch, directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Lee's classic novel, the production will premiere at the Washington Pavilion with five performances January 12–14, 2024!

Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Golden Gate Theatre


What did our critic think of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Golden Gate Theatre? That Harper Lee’s 1960 novel of racial prejudice and social justice is just as prescient today is a sad indictment of American culture. Academy award winner Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) and Director Bret Sher (Tony Award winner, South Pacific) have crafted a beautifully staged and wonderfully acted production that has taken the nation by storm and hauntingly illuminates the social rifts as seen through the eyes of three children representing the innocence of youth.

The National Ballet of Canada Announces Casting for THE NUTCRACKER


Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the casting for The Nutcracker, Toronto's most joyful holiday experience. 

Full Casting Announced fo ABT's THE NUTCRACKER at Segerstrom Hall


ABT Artistic Director Susan Jaffe has released principal casting which will include Devon Teuscher as Clara, the Princess, and Joo Won Ahn as The Nutcracker Prince on Opening Night, Friday, December 8.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Comes to the Fisher Theatre in March


Emmy Award®-winning actor Richard Thomas is confirmed to star as Atticus Finch for the complete third touring season of the First National Tour of the history-making production of To Kill a Mockingbird, including the Detroit engagement at the Fisher Theatre March 5 – 17.

Jennifer Tipton FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Jennifer Tipton been nominated for?

Jennifer Tipton has been nominated for several awards for her outstanding lighting design work. These include nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Intimate Apparel," Best Lighting Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "To Kill a Mockingbird," "A Doll's House, Part 2," and "The Testament of Mary." She also received nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for "Dance of Death," Best Lighting Design at the Tony Awards for "La Bête," and Lighting Design at The Hewes Awards for various productions like "Waiting For Godot," "The Rimers of Eldritch," "Long Day's Journey Into Night," and "Jerome Robbins' Broadway." Additionally, she was nominated for Best Lighting Design at the Tony Awards for "Jerome Robbins' Broadway," Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for multiple productions, including "Waiting for Godot," "Long Day's Journey Into Night," and "Jerome Robbins' Broadway," Lighting Design at The Hewes Awards for "Worstward Ho," Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for "Whoopi Goldberg" and "Lunch Hour," Best Lighting Design at the Tony Awards for "Sophisticated Ladies," and Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf" and "The Cherry Orchard." She also received a nomination for Best Lighting Design at the Tony Awards for "The Cherry Orchard."

What awards has Jennifer Tipton won?

Jennifer Tipton has won several awards for her lighting design work, including The Hewes Awards for Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Rimers of Eldritch, Waiting For Godot, and Worstward Ho. She also won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for Jerome Robbins' Broadway. Additionally, Tipton received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf and The Cherry Orchard.

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