Chian-Ann Lu盧建安 Associate Professor / Coastal Carolina University Education M.F.A. Design and Technology / The University of Texas At Austin B.A. Department of Drama and Theatre / National Taiwan University Award Meritorious lighting design / Grease / KCACTF Regional 4 / 2026 Nominated Emerging Exhibition / The XY Files / World Stage Design / 2022 Distinguished lighting design / THIS RANDOM WORLD / KCACTF National Award 2020 Meritorious Achievement / This Random World / KCACTF Regional 7 / 2019
Bio Chian-Ann Lu is a lighting designer and Associate Professor of Theatre at Coastal Carolina University. Originally from Taiwan, his work bridges professional theatre, higher education, and international design practice, with a particular interest in how light shapes storytelling, space, and the audience’s experience of performance. As a professional lighting designer, Chian-Ann has designed for theatre, musical theatre, dance, and interdisciplinary performance in the United States and Taiwan. His U.S. work includes productions such as Dear Evan Hansen, Pretty Woman, Come From Away, Grease, Godspell, Alice by Heart, and In the Red and Brown Water. His professional work has been recognized through the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and presented internationally, including at World Stage Design. Chian-Ann's design practice is grounded in a balance of visual composition, technical precision, and collaboration. He is particularly interested in creating lighting environments that support the dramatic structure of a production while giving performers and audiences a strong sense of place.
At Coastal Carolina University, he teaches lighting design, Introduction technology, Vectorworks, and capstone, while mentoring students through the design and production process. Chian-Ann continues to work professionally as a lighting designer throughout the United States and internationally.
Work Experience
2026 La Cage / theater of republic / lighting designer / sc, usa dear evanhansen / theater of republic / lighting designer / sc, usa Pretty women / theater of republic / lighting designer / sc, usa Come from away/ theater of republic / lighting designer / sc, usa Godspell / CCU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE / Co-LIGHTING DESIGNER / SC, USA
2025 Wizard of Oz / theater of republic / lighting designer / sc, usa GREASE / CCU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE / LIGHTING DESIGNER / SC, USA alice by heart / CCU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE / LIGHTING DESIGNER / SC, USA
2024 BIZARROPIA / O THEATRE / LIGHTING DESIGNER / TAIWAN CABARET / CCU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE / LIGHTING DESIGNER / SC, USA
2023 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING / 金星文創 / LIGHTING DESIGNER / TAIPEI, TAIWAN The green bird / CCU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE / LIGHTING DESIGNER / SC, USA PHENOMENAL women / North carolina black rep. / Lighting, projection designer / NC, usa
2022 Radium Girls / CCU Department of Theatre / Lighting, Projection Designer / SC, USA Documenting Live Performance through Photography / USITT / Panelist / Baltimore, USA Les Misérables / Charleston County School of Art / Lighting Designer / Gaillard Theater, SC, USA
2021 Everybody / CCU Department of Theatre / Lighting, Projection Designer / SC, USA Gross Indecency / UI Theatre & Arts / Lighting Designer / ID, USA
2020 Adventure Island / O Theatre / Lighting Designer / Taiwan tour You can't take it with you / UI Theatre & Arts / Lighting Designer / ID, USA (Canceled due to COVID)
2019 This Random World / UI Theatre & Arts / Lighting / Projection Designer / ID, USA On the way to sawmill / UI Theatre & Arts / Lighting Designer/ ID, USA Drowning Ophelia / UI Theatre & Arts / Lighting Designer / ID, USA 73 Change / Story Factory / Lighting Designer / Taipei, Taiwan Shakespeare play Mahjong / NTU Drama & Theatre / Lighting Designer / Taipei, Taiwan On the way to the Sawmill / UI Theatre & Arts / Lighting Designer / ID, USA Present Laughter/ UI Theatre & Arts / Lighting Designer / ID, USA
2018 The XY Files / M.O.V.E Theatre / Lighting Designer / Taichung, Taiwan A Midwinter Night's Dream / UI Theatre & Arts /Lighting Designer / ID, USA UI Dance program / UI Dance program / Lighting Designer / ID, USA Seeking For The Lost Rhythm / O Theatre / Lighting Designer / Beijing, China Lysistrata Jones musical/Shenandoah Conservatory / Lighting Designer / VA, USA
2017 Shenandoah Conservatory / Instructor / VA / USA
Noises off / Shenandoah Conservatory / Lighting Designer / VA, USA Cabaret / Shenandoah Conservatory / Lighting Shop Supervisor / VA, USA A Midnight’s summer dream / Davis Shakespeare Ensemble / Lighting Designer / CA, USA Wonderful Town / Davis Shakespeare Ensemble / Lighting Designer / CA, USA Three Musketeers / Davis Shakespeare Ensemble / Associate Lighting Designer / CA, USA Jazz / Baltimore Center Stage / Assistant Lighting Designer/ Baltimore/ MA, USA
2016 Little Women The Musical / B.Iden Payne Theatre / Lighting Designer / Texas, USA In The Red And Brown Water / Oscar G. Brockett Theatre / Lighting Designer / Texas, USA At The Statue of Venus&Three Decembers / McCullough Theatre / Lighting Designer/ Texas, USA
2015 Ears,Eyes And Feet / B. Iden Payne Theatre / Lighting Designer/ Texas, USA Fall For Dance / B. Iden Payne Theatre / Lighting Designer/ Texas, USA
2014 *故事工廠<白日夢騎士>燈光技術指導 Story works / <Don Quixote> / Master Electrician/ Taiwan *天作之合<MRT>燈光設計 Perfect Match / <MRT> / Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *飛人集社<測量>燈光設計 Flying Group Theatre / <Measure> / Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *同黨劇團<阿卡曼儂>燈光設計 The Party Theatre Group / <Agamemnon> / Lighting Designer/ Taiwan
2013 *國家音樂廳 <落葉,傾城> 燈光技術指導 Taiwan international of art festival N.T.C.H. / <Fall For Eileen Chang> / Master Electrician/ Taiwan *高雄春天藝術節 法國 <青鳥> 燈光技術指導 Kaohsiung art festival / Le Collectif Quatre Ailes / <L’Oiseau Bleu> / Master Electrician/ Taiwan *高雄春天藝術節 紐西蘭紅耀劇團 <抵岸> 燈光技術指導 Kaohsiung art festival / N.Z Red leap theatre / <The Arrival> / Master Electrician/ Taiwan *動見体 <台北詩人> 燈光設計 M.O.V.E theatre / <Uncle Poet> / Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *金枝演社 <浮浪貢開花一> 燈光技術指導 Golden bough theatre / <Happiness Part1> / Master Electrician/ Taiwan *台灣體育學院舞蹈系研究所 <天下無雙> 燈光設計 NTSU of Art The dept. of dance / <Unparalleled In The World> / Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *新人新視野 陳韻如 <呼∞吸> 燈光技術指導 Young starts new vision Yun-ju Chen / <In∞Out> / Master Electrician/ Taiwan *上海兒藝節 O劇團 <巨人的春天> 燈光技術指導 O Theater / <Giant And Spring> / Master Electrician/ Taiwan *曙光種籽舞團 <巷弄中遇見的一百張臉-旅>燈光設計 Twilight Dance / <Travel> / Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *如果兒童劇團 <捕夢的小孩> 燈光技術指導 IFkids Theatre / <Dream Capture> / Master Electrician/ Taiwan *動見体 <1:0> 衛武營 技術統籌 M.O.V.E Theater / <1:0> / Technical Coordinator/ Taiwan *同黨劇團<馬克白>燈光設計 The Party Theatre Group / <Macbeth> / Lighting Designer / Taiwan *台北首督芭蕾舞團 <玩芭蕾四> 燈光設計 Taipei Capital Ballet / <Ballet Pageant IV> / Lighting Designer/ Taiwan
2012 *連雅文打擊教室 <終擊幻響101> 燈光設計 Lien Percussion 2012 Percussion Theater/Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *迪迪舞蹈劇場 <拼圖> 燈光設計 Di Di Dance Theater/<Jigsaw Puzzle>/Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *曙光種籽舞團 <Dream High-70們的復古音樂趴> 燈光設計 Twilight Dance/<Dream High-70>/Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *明華園 <劍神呂洞賓> 燈光技術指導 電腦燈programmer Ming-hwa-yuan Arts & Cultural Group/<Master of Sword-Lu Dong-Bin>/Moving light Programmer/ Taiwan *台灣戲劇表演家 <淘氣小親親> 燈光技術指導 Taiwan Drama Performance/<Naughty Kiss>/Master Electrician/ Taiwan *國立實驗合唱團 <魔笛> 燈光技術指導 Master Electrician Taiwan National Choir<Die Bauzerflote>/Master Electrician/ Taiwan *台北市立交響樂團 <丑角與鄉村騎士> 燈光技術指導 Taipei Symphony Orchestra/<Pagliacci & Cavalleria Rusticana>/Master Electrician/ Taiwan *台北首督芭雷舞團 <莎替之夜> 燈光設計 Taipei Capital Ballet/<Night of Eric Satie>Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *國家圖書館趨勢基金會 <東坡在路上> 燈光設計 Trend Education Fundation/<Ton-Po On The Way>/ Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *金枝演社 <黃金海賊王> 燈光技術指導 電腦燈programmer Golden Bourgh/<Pirates And Formosa>/Masterelectrician,Movinglight Programmer/ Taiwan *台灣藝術大學舞蹈系年度公演 <灰姑娘> 燈光技術指導 Da-Guan Dance Theatre/<Cinderella>/ Master Electrician/ Taiwan *O劇團 冬季巧虎 <勇闖冒險島> 燈光設計 O Theatre/<Adventure Island>/Lighting Designer/ Taiwan
2011 *台南應用科大 <默叛> 燈光設計 Tainan Univerity of Technology Dept. of Dance/<Silent Judgment>Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *新劇團 <巴山秀才> 電腦燈programmer Taipei Li-yuan Chinese Opera Theatre/<Scholar of Bashan>/Movinglight Programmer/ Taiwan *全民大劇團 <瘋狂電視台> 燈光技術指導 Allupeople Theater/<Crazy TV Station>/Master Electrician/ Taiwan *動見体 <屋簷下> 燈光設計 M.O.V.E Theater/<Behind The House>Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *金枝演社 <黃金海賊王> 電腦燈programmer Golden Bourgh/<Pirates And Formosa>/Movinglight Programmer/ Taiwan *O劇團 巧虎冬季巡演 <漂浮城堡> 燈光技術指導電腦燈programmer O Theatre/<Floating Castle>Movinglight Programmer/ Taiwan *明華園 <劍神> 電腦燈programmer Ming Hwe Yuan Arts&Cultral Group/<Master of Sword-Lu Dong-Bin>Movinglight Programmer/ Taiwan
2010 *21th台大盃全國熱舞大賽 燈光設計暨技術指導 21th NTU Cup Dance Compitition/Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *17th建國中學熱舞社成果展 燈光設計暨技術指導 Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School 17th Dance Clubs Exhibition/Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *99級師範大學體育表演會 電腦燈設計 and programmer N.T.N.U. Dept. of physical education/<99th Graduation Exhibition>Movinglight Programmer/ Taiwan *飛人集社 <魚> 燈光設計 Flying Group Theatre/<The Dying Fish>Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *藝向空間 <對不起>燈光設計 Intoart Theater/<Sorry>/Lighting Designer/ Taiwan *音樂劇<變身怪醫> lighting crew The Musical/<Jakell and Hyde>/Lighting Crew/ Taiwan *貓劇/Follow Spot Opearater <Cats>/Follow Spot Opearater/ Taiwan *台北花卉博覽會 屏風 <百合戀> 電腦燈programmer Taipei International Flora Exposition/<The First Lily>/Moving Light Programmer *英國合拍劇團 <春琴> Lighting Crew U.K Complicite<Complicite Shun-Kin> Lighting Crew/ Taiwan
2009 *<極限震撼> Show Crew <Fuerzabruta >Show Crew *德國 <哈姆雷特> Lighting Crew Schaubühne am lehniner platz, Germany/<Hamlat>/Lighting Crew *鈴木忠志 <大鼻子情聖> lighting Crew Tadashi Suzuki/<Cyrano De Bergerac>/Lighting Crew
2008 *Serve in the army
2007 *牯嶺街 <默默>燈光設計暨技術指導 Guling Street Avant-Garde Theatre/<Murmur>/Lighting Designer *接招合唱團 Follow Spot Operator Take that Taiwan tour /Follow Spot Operator
2006 *台大戲劇系第四屆畢業公演 <犀牛> 電腦燈設計 NTU Drama Graduation Performance/<Rhino>/Moving Light Designer *牛古兒童劇團 <媽媽好討厭> 舞台監督 Newcool Theater/<Mom!I hate you>/Stage Manager
