Coming off a run of standout work, including designing lighting for Aleshea Harris’ What To Send Up When It Goes Down, Donja R. Love’s one in two, and Sarah Einspanier’s House Plant, Cha See joined us to discuss some of her productions in depth – and talk about how the pandemic has affected us all.

We discussed the See Lighting Foundation, a project she and colleague Kimie Nishikawa created to help support immigrant theater artists impacted by Covid-19. We also had a chance to discuss the issues facing artists like these: visa holders restricted to working in a single field that is now shut down, and unable to risk applying for unemployment.

Cha’s story starts in the Philippines; she knew she wanted to be a lighting designer, but couldn’t find the education she needed there. Driven by a desire to learn and to create, she emigrated to the United States and earned an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Today, she’s based in New York, and designs for theater, opera, dance, environmental performance and on-site installations.

Visit Cha’s site at seelightingdesign.com and her Instagram at instagram.com/seethruuu/. As always, thanks for listening!