Lonnie Alcaraz is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine and a professional Lighting Designer. He has designed at various regional theatre houses, such as South Coast Repertory, Laguna Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory, Sierra Repertory, The Arena Stage in DC, and the Utah Shakespearean Festival.

Recent productions with The Cornerstone Theater Company; Waking Up In Lost Hills and I Ask You, Ladies and Gentleman.

Selected design credits include Laguna Playhouse's Sarah Plain & Tall, South Coast Repertory's La Posada Magica, Play Strindberg, Dimly Perceived Threats to the System, Sidney Bechet Killed a Man (for which he received a Dramalogue Award), BAFO, Later Life and Three Viewings. Also Culture Clash's The Birds at both South Coast Repertory and Berkeley Repertory, along with their national touring show, Radio Mambo, which has been seen in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Arizona, New York, Seattle and Washington DC.

Further selected design experience includes the Utah Shakespearean Festival for four seasons in '96, '97, '02, '03 and '04 (Fall & Summer Season), as listed below and Watsonville at the York Theatre in San Francisco.

His most recently completed work was My Fair Lady, Mornings at Seven, Forever Plaid, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Comedy of Errors & The Little Shop of Horrors for the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Relatively Speaking at South Coast Repertory, My Fair Lady & Sweeney Todd at the Claire Trevor Theatre & Timon at the Winifred Smith Hall. Also, Reading Frankenstein at the Beall Center for Art and Technology. Lonnie returned from Japan in April of 2001 after completing his work on Universal Studios, Japan where he designed the live shows Terminator 2 in 3D, and Monster Makeup, the attractions Jurassic Park the Ride and Snoopy Studios, along with various exterior architectural facades throughout the park.

He is a currently the resident designer for Ballet Repertory Theatre and is a member of the United Scenic Artist/IATSE - Local 829. M.F.A and B.A. from University of California, Irvine.

For more information, see http://www.lradesigns.com.

Department Phone: 949-824-6614, Fax: 949-824-3475, Email: drama@uci.edu
Address: University of California, Department of Drama, Irvine, CA 92697-2775