Matthew P. Benjamin
Lighting Design
GRADUATE SUCCESS STORIES
Professionally, what am I most proud of? Simple. The success of my former students. They are all over the world, and have served as associate lighting designers, assistant lighting designers, and Local 1 electricians on the following Broadway shows:
King Kong Beetlejuice Hamilton
The Lion King Mean Girls Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Groundhog Day American Pyscho If/Then
Matilda Mean Girls The Addams Family
The Little Mermaid Kinky Boots Lysistrata Jones
Hand to God Sondheim on Sondheim
The Play That Goes Wrong
And others
Their work has been seen on productions with:
Cirque du Soleil Blue Man Group
The Alley Theatre Lincoln Center
The Goodman Theatre Steppenwolf Theatre
La Jolla Playhouse Santa Fe Opera
Williamstown Theatre Festival Goodspeed Opera House
Dallas Opera Company Juilliard School
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Baltimore Centre Stage
Norwegian Cruise Line Concert tours with Justin Moore, The Band Perry, and Motorhead
And many others