Jack Carpenter

Lighting Designer

Mr. Carpenter has designed lighting and scenery for Dance, Music, Theater, Museum Exhibits and Opera. His work can be seen with such varied companies as Bishop Museum, SF Ballet, SF Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Chanticleer, Women's Philharmonic, Kronos Quartet, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Center Rep, Oakland Ballet, Joe Goode Performance Group, Nancy Karp +Dancers, ODC/SF, Zaccho Dance Theatre, Lili Cai Chinese Dance, Project Bandaloop, Eureka Theatre, as well as nine years as resident designer for Diablo Ballet.

His work has been seen at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, NY Metropolitan Museum, Davies Symphony Hall, Macau, Honolulu, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Detroit Opera House, Walker Arts Center and in most major metropolitan areas of this country. Notable productions for Mr.Carpenter include Crossing for Project Bandaloop, Curlew River for Chanticleer, the world premiere of Angels In America, for the Eureka Theater Company, Walk Before Talk, and Lost Their Footing for Diablo Ballet, Picture: Powderhorn/Redhook and Ghost Architecture and Arrival and Departure for Zaccho Dance Theatre, Beauty Queen of Leenane for Berkeley Repertory Theater, Thirsting for Oakland Ballet with a live musical performance by Zap Mama, Humansville, Transparent Body, and Grace for Joe Goode Performance Group, The Water Project for ODC, Concerto Romantique for San Francisco Ballet, and MLADA for SF Symphony. Mr. Carpenter has received four Bay Area Critics Circle Awards, and four Isadora Duncan Awards for lighting design.