Lap Chi Chu

Lap Chi Chu is a Chinese American lighting designer known for his Broadway and Off-Broadway works.

Early life and education

Chu got his B.S. from Northwestern University and M.F.A from New York University.

Career

Teaching

Chu taught at California Institute of the Arts from 2001 to 2020. He is currently a professor and the Head of Lighting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He also guest taught at Hangyang University in Seoul, South Korea.

Personal life

Chu married Rebecca Wisocky in Boston on October 10, 2015.

Awards and nominations

Chu has received a Tony Award nomination for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for the 2023 Broadway revival of "Camelot." Chu has also received a Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical in 2024 for Suffs. Chu's lighting for Mlima’s Tale earned him the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Lighting in 2019 and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination in 2018. Also in 2018, he received an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design and a Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Dangerous House. In 2009, Chu was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his lighting of The Good Negro.