Natasha Katz is a lighting designer for the theatre, dance, and opera. She won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play for her work on Long Day’s Journey Into Night. She has 6 Tony Awards (3 plays, 3 musicals). Among her over 60 Broadway credits include designs for An American in Paris (2015 Tony Award), Aladdin, The Glass Menagerie (2014 Tony Award), Motown: The Musical, Once (2012 Tony Award), The Little Mermaid, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage (2007 Tony Award), Tarzan, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Aida (2000 Tony Award), Twelfth Night, and Gypsy. In the world of dance, Katz is a frequent collaborator with choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, with projects including Tryst, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and The Winter’s Tale. Her film work includes Barrymore starring Christopher Plummer and Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth.

Listen to Natasha enlighten us all with her thoughts on design and the theater including:

How a simple internship unexpectedly lit the way to her career.

What she writes in scripts when she reads them for the first time.

Why she and all lighting designers have to be chameleons.

The difference between working for a corporation like Disney and an independent Producer like, oh, I don’t know . . . me.

What Producers and Authors need to know before hiring a designer.

Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway

www.theproducersperspective.com

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