Rui Rita

Rui Rita is an American theatre lighting designer based in New York City. He won the Obie Award in 2005 and is known for his work both on Broadway and off-Broadway.

Career

Broadway Source:

Year Show Theater 2014 The Velocity of Autumn Booth Theatre 2013 The Trip to Bountiful Stephen Sondheim Theatre 2010 Present Laughter American Airlines Theatre 2008 Dividing the Estate Booth Theatre 2007 Old Acquaintance American Airlines Theatre 2003 Enchanted April Belasco Theatre 1999 The Price Royale Theater 1997 A Thousand Clowns Criterion Center Stage Right

Off-Broadway Source:

Year Show Theater 2018 Paradise Blue Pershing Square Signature Center The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 2016 Skeleton Crew Linda Gross Theater 2014 Just Jim Dale Laura Pels Theatre The Happiest Song Plays Last Second Stage Theater 2013 The Old Friends Pershing Square Signature Center Irene Diamond Stage The Mound Builders Pershing Square Signature Center The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre Talley's Folly Laura Pels Theatre 2012 The Piano Lesson Pershing Square Signature Center Irene Diamond Stage 2011 The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Laura Pels Theatre 2010 The Orphans' Home Cycle Part III Peter Norton Space 2009 The Orphans' Home Cycle Part II The Orphans' Home Cycle Part I The Torch-Bearers Williamstown Theatre Festival Nightingale New York City Center-Stage I 2007 Dividing the Estate 59E59 Theater A 2006 All's Well That Ends Well The Duke on 42nd Street 2005 Moonlight and Magnolias New York City Center-Stage I 2004 The Day Emily Married 59E59 Theater A Engaged Lucille Lortel Theatre Big Bill Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 2002 Endpapers Variety Arts Theatre The Carpetbagger's Children Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 2001 Crimes of the Heart Second Stage Theater 1999Dinner with Friends Variety Arts Theatre Far East Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 1997 Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know Triad Theater Antony and Cleopatra Public Theater/Anspacher Theater 1994 Vita & Virginia Union Square Theatre

Regional Rita continues to work regionally, including accruing over 40 production credits at Williamstown Theater Festival.

Awards and nominations