Christopher Annas-Lee

Scenic, Lighting, & Sound Designer; Librettist

Christopher is a multimedia artist based in NYC, working as a lighting, scenic, and projections designer for Theatre, Opera, Dance, and Concerts.

He is current Resident Designer of former Resident Lighting Designer of The Circuit Theatre Company (MA, 2010>2014); Resident Lighting Designer of Night Drive (NYC, 2015>Present), Flamenco Aparicio (2015>2022), Graham Cole/Performance (2021>Pres), and Tabula Rasa Dance Theatre (2020>2023); former Resident Lighting Designer of GALA Hispanic Theatre (DC, 2014>2018), Mimi Garrard Dance (NYC, 2016>2023), and Boston Dance Theatre (2019>Present); and former Lighting Supervisor for The Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker (2019>2021).  In 2021, Christopher founded Annas-Lee Design Group to tell community-focused, design-driven stories, and to create collaborations in which all voices are heard.

Christopher is the recipient of three Helen Hayes awards (On Your Feet!, In the Heights, and Yerma), and four DC Broadway World Awards (Fame, En El Tiempo De Las Mariposas, and In The Heights) including their 2020 award for Best Lighting Design of the Decade.  He holds a BFA from North Carolina School of the Arts and was the 2014/15 Kenan Lighting Fellow at the J.F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the 2017 Princess Grace Design Fellow (Fabergé Theater Award). 

His portfolio is available at www.annaslee.com, and on Instragram @ldannaslee.