LD Stacey Derosier & Manhattan Theatre Club Partner On Lighting Design Fellowship

Lighting Designer Stacey Derosier and Manhattan Theatre Club have partnered to host a Lighting Design Fellowship for an early career lighting designer on the upcoming Broadway production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, by Jocelyn Bioh.

Stacey Derosier (Lighting Designer): Suddenly Last Summer (Bard SummerScape); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Broadway); Becky Shaw (Broadway); Meet the Cartozians (Second Stage); Tartuffe (NYTW); The Last Five Years (Broadway); Clarkston (West End); Danger and Opportunity; Well I’ll Let You Go (Regular People/Studio Seaview); Mother Russia, Grangeville (Signature Theatre); Teeth (Playwrights Horizons/NWS); The Counter (Roundabout Theatre); The Welkin (Atlantic Theater); All the Devils Are Here (DR2); Tartuffe, Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, The Half-God of Rainfall (NYTW). Drama Desk Design Award 2025, Obie Design Award 2024, Audelco Award 2022/2023.

Manhattan Theatre Club is one of New York’s preeminent not-for-profit cultural institutions and a premier destination for both the most talented artists and discerning audiences to return to time and again. We produce seasons of bold, entertaining and thought-provoking new plays and musicals at our Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway and on our two off-Broadway stages at New York City Center. For over 50 years, MTC has been acclaimed for identifying, fostering and supporting extraordinary artists at all stages of their careers and for the consistent quality, range and originality of our over 600 premieres, which include nearly 20% of all of the new plays on Broadway since we opened the Friedman in 2003.

This Fellowship in Lighting Design provides an early career designer with the paid opportunity to engage with Stacey and the lighting design team during the production process of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Broadway. Additionally, the Fellow will have the opportunity to connect with staff members from MTC’s Artistic Production, General Management, and Production Management offices, as well as the IATSE Production Crew. As a result of this experience, the Fellow will learn how lighting design for Broadway is created and implemented, while growing their professional network and receiving personal mentorship.

The ideal candidate is an early career lighting designer with professional credits, but who has not yet worked on a Broadway production. They possess a comprehensive grasp of the production process through practical experiences on a semi-professional or professional level, and are looking to elevate that knowledge and apply their skill set at the Broadway scale. They are proactive and eager to seek answers and meaningful tasks that will lead to a deepened understanding of the lighting design process and its implementation, as well as current standards and practices for the creation of Broadway productions. Their schedules are sufficiently flexible to accommodate observation dates and times during the months of August and September 2026.

The Fellowship time commitment is approximately 75 hours over 4-5 weeks. Specific observation dates and times are flexible. They will be determined by the Fellow and Stacey Derosier based upon the School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play production schedule.

Compensation is $3,000.

Submit your application: https://form.jotform.com/261806612839160

 

Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

MTC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.