Lee Fiskness is a Lighting Designer based out of Chicago but has designed with companies all around the country. He has also worked internationally including designing The Jurassic World: Movie Exhibition in Chengdu China. Lee has also worked on the lighting teams for TV shows including: The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rosie Show, and The Steve Harvey Show, Fox Sports, NBC, and Chicago Bears Network. Lee has taught at Columbia College and Northwestern University. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design from Northwestern University. Lee was the Lighting Director at The Santa Fe Opera and was working with the company for 18 seasons.
Chicago credits include; The Children, The Crucible, Fundamentals (Steppenwolf); Lady in Denmark (Goodman Theatre); Chicago: The Musical, *Jeff Nominated, Hazel, White Christmas, Billy Elliot, Camelot*, Joseph…, Young Frankenstein (Drury Lane); Spring Awakening, The Emperor New Clothes (The Marriott Theatre); Into The Woods, Yellow Moon (Writers Theatre); Lettie, A Wonder in Soul, Sucker Punch*, Gospel of Loving Kindness, L-Vis (Victory Gardens); …Edward Tulane, A year with Frog and Toad, Frederick (Chicago Children’s Theatre); In to America, Innovation Nation, Balm of Gilead, Burnt Part Boys, Port (Griffin Theatre); The Hammer Trinity –Part 3 (House Theatre of Chicago); You Never Can Tell, Changes of Hearts (Remy Bumppo Theatre); End Days* (Next Theatre); Souvenirs (Northlight Theatre); Peter Pan (Lookinglass Theatre); Butcher of Barraboo (Red Orchid Theatre); Woyzeck (Hypocrites Theatre); Pony, Flowers (About Face Theatre). Regional credits include, …Edward Tulane (People’s Light Theatre- Melburn PA, The Marriage of Figaro (Florentine Opera, WI); The Barber of Seville (Kentucky Opera, KY); Ghost Of Versailles (Manhattan School of Music, NY); The Last Savage (Indiana University, IN); United Flight 232 (Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, FL); Bare, Tommy, Convenience (Minneapolis Music Theatre, MN); The Nerd, Murder for Two, Forever Plaid, Ring of Fire, Song Man Dance Man, Liberace, Soultime at the Apollo (Milwaukee Rep, WI); Jacques Brel… (Two River Theatre, NJ).
He is a Union Member of United Scenic Artists I.A.T.S.E Local 829.
