Lighting Design
Center Theatre Group, 2026
Mark Taper Forum
Music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
Lyrics by David Byrne
Director: Snehal Desai
Scenic Designer: Arnel Sanciano
Costume Designer: Jaymee Ngernwichit
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Video and Projection Designer: Yee Eun Nam
Sound Designer: Brian Hsieh
Wig, Hair, and Make Up Designer: Kaleena Jordan
Photos courtesy of Jeff Lorch
Portland Opera, 2025
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Librettist: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Director: Cara Consilvio
Scenic Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer: Fabian Aguilar
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Photos courtesy of Sunny Martini
Octet by Dave Malloy
Hudson Valley Shakespeare, 2025
Director: Amanda Dehnert
Costume Designer: Tracy Christensen
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Sound Designer: Ken Travis
Florentine Opera
Milwaukee, WI, 2025
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Librettist: John Gay
Director: E. Loren Meeker
Scenic Designer: Ryan McGettigan
Costume Designer: Erik Teague
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Photos courtesy of the Florentine Opera and Traveling Lemur Productions
Florida Grand Opera
Ziff Ballet Opera House, Miami, Florida
2025
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto: Felici Romani
Director: Matt Cooksey
Scenic Designer: Constantine Kritikos
Costume Designer: Johan Engels
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Opera Columbus
Southern Theatre, Columbus, Ohio
2024
Play by Bertolt Brecht
Libretto by Kurt Weill
Director: Austin Reagan
Scenic Designer: Julia Noulin-Mérat
Costume Designer: Austin Blake Conlee
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Austin Opera, The Long Center for Performing Arts
Music by Georges Bizet, Libretto by Henri Meilhac & Ludvig Halévy
Director: Rebecca Hermann
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Scenic Designer: R. Keith Brumley
Costume Designer: Susan Memmott Allred
2024, Photos Courtesy of Erich Schlegel
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
World Premiere Musical
Written & Composed by Matthew C. Yee
Director: Amanda Dehnert
Scenic Designer: Yu Shibagaki
Costume Designer: Sully Ratke
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Sound Designer: Andre Pluess
Projections Designer: Paul Deziel
2023, Photos courtesy of Liz Lauren
Opera Columbus, The Ohio Theatre
Music by Giuseppe Verdi, Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Director: Eve Summer
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Costume Designer: Neil Fortin
2023, Photos Courtesy of Terry Gilliam
Opera Columbus, Southern Theatre
Music by Ástor Piazzolla
Libretto by Horacio Ferrer
Director: Dennis Whitehead Darling
Scenic Designer: Julia Noulin-Merát
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Costume Designer: Gerardo Encinas
2023, Photos Courtesy of Terry Gilliam
Opera Saratoga, The Egg, The Kitty Carlisle Hart Theater
Music by Lembit Beecher
Libretto by Hannah Mascovitch
Director: Lawrence Edelson
Scenic Designer: Julia Noulin-Merát
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Costume Designer: Whitney Locher
2022, Photos courtesy of Gary David Gold
The Atlanta Opera, Pullman Yards
A Chamber Opera by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly Reed
Director: Stephanie Havey
Scenic Designer: Emma Antenen
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Costume Designer: Erik Teague
Projections Designers: Nicholas Chimienti & Nicholas Hussong
2022, Photos courtesy of Rafterman
The Atlanta Opera, Pullman Yards
Cabaret
by Joe Masteroff
Music & Book: John Kander, Fred Ebb
Director: Tomer Zvulun
Choreographer: Ricardo Aponte
Scenic Designer: Alexander Dodge
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Costume Designer: Erik Teague
Projections Designers: Nicholas Hussong & Nicholas Chimienti
Sound Designer: Jon Summers
2022, Photos courtesy of Rafterman and Ken Howard
Austin Opera
Music by Mason Bates
Libretto by Mark Campbell
Director: Tomer Zvulun
Scenic & Costume Designer: Jacob A. Climer
Projections Designer: S. Katy Tucker
Lighting Designers: Robert Wierzel & Marcella Barbeau (Austin Opera only)
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs is a co-production between Austin Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and The Atlanta Opera.
2022, Photos courtesy of Eric Schlegel/Austin Opera
The Atlanta Opera’s Molly Blank Big Tent Series, April 2021
The Threepenny Carmen was a world premiere of Georges Bizet’s Carmen in the COVID Pandemic
Director: Tomer Zvulun
Scenic Designer: Julia Noulin-Mérat
Lighting Designer: Marcella Barbeau
Costume Designer: Joanna Schmink
Wig & Make-up Designer: Brie Hall
Projections Designer: Erin Teachman
Photos courtesy of Greg Mooney and Chris Heller
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