Richard Norwood
Lighting Designer

Richard is a proud recipient of the 2006 After Dark Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for his design of Old Clown Wanted at Trap Door Theatre. Other recent awards include the 2007 Angie Award for Best Lighting Design (International Mystery Writers Theatre Owensboro KY). Richard was nominated for a 2007 Ovation award for best lighting design: Monsieur Chopin at The Geffen, LA. Recent designs include Monsieur Chopin at The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, Hartford Stage, Hartford CT, and American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge. Monsieur Chopin originated at the Royal George Theatre, Chicago and stars Hershey Felder with direction by Joel Zwick. Other recent designs include An Intimate Evening with Lynda Carter Apollo Theatre Chicago, Mother Courage for Vitalists Theatre, The Real Thing and The Best Man for Remy Bumppo. Richard has designed over 50 shows for Trapdoor, including: Petra Van Kant, Katzelmacher, Quills, Morocco, Baal, Lebensraum, Polaroid Stories, Orpheus Descending, and Squat! Richard has designed over 20 shows for Defiant Theatre including A Clockwork Orange, Titus Andronicus, Dope!, Cleansed, Godbaby, Action Movie; The Play, and Red Dragon. Richard has been the resident lighting designer for Zephyr Dance for the past 9 years. Richard holds the position of Performance Coordinator at the Museum of Contemporary Art.