Marcella Barbeau

Marcella (she/her) is a New York City based lighting designer. Recent credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Carmen (Austin Opera), Murder on the Orient Express (Playmaker’s Rep), La Traviata (Opera Omaha), L’amant Anonyme (Madison Opera), L’elisir d’amore (Florentine Opera), Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon (Lookingglass Theatre, world premiere), Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2023+2024 festivals, Maria de Buenos Aires (Opera San Antonio, Opera Columbus), The Threepenny Operam, Rigoletto (Opera Columbus), Cabaret, As One, The Threepenny Opera, The Threepenny Carmen (world premiere) (The Atlanta Opera). Upcoming projects include: Madama Butterfly (Opera San Antonio, Austin Opera), The Merry Wives of Windsor, Into the Woods (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). She received her Master of Fine Arts at Boston University and is a proud member of USA 829. As a Chinese-American lighting designer, Marcella actively seeks to collaborate with and amplify the voices of fellow BIPOC artists of all intersectionalities.