Levi J. Wilkins
Born and raised on the southwest side of Chicago, a member of the Chicago Theater community since age 6. Currently the lighting director at The Faith Community of St. Sabina. Credits: Lookingglass Theater Company, The Goodman Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, Theater Squared, Arkansas Rep, Flint Rep, City Theater Company, Indiana University NW, Northwestern University Theater, Constellation Stage & Screen, Congo Square Theater, Raven Theater, Invictus Theater, A Red Orchid Theater, Pulse Theater, Shattered Globe Theater, Metropolis Performing Arts Center, American Blues Theater, The Drama Group and Musical Theater Works. Levi is a 6 time Jeff Award Nominee and the recipient of the 2024 3Arts Award for theater. For more info about Levi visit www.fresherlight.com
CV
education
Lincoln College, Lincoln, IL (2011 - 2015)
awards
2024 3Arts - Theater (2024)
Non Equity Jeff Awards
Best Lighting Design
The Artistic Home
The Pavilion
(2022, nomination)
Equity Jeff Awards
Best Lighting Design
A Red Orchid Theater
Is God Is
(2022, nomination)
Equity Jeff Awards
Best Lighting Design
Frame of Reference Productions
Gods and Monsters
(2024, nomination)
Non - Equity Jeff Awards
Best Lighting Design
TheoUbique Cabaret Theater
The Secret Garden
(2025, nomination)
Equity Jeff Awards
Best Lighting Design
A Red Orchid Theater
6 Men Dressed as Joseph Stalin
(2025, nomination)
Equity Jeff Awards
Best Lighting Design
Invictus Theater
The House That Will Not Stand
(2026, nomination)
Featured Works
(Plays and Musicals)
Responders (@ Theater Squared) - Dir. Vickie Washington
Theater Squared
Hello Dolly - Dir. Ken-Matt Martin
Arkansas Rep Theater
Jitney - Dir. Ken-Matt Martin
Arkansas Rep Theater
Footloose - Dir. Anna Kimmel
Arkansas Rep Theater
Pride & Prejudice - Dir. Ken-Matt Martin
Arkansas Rep Theater
For Colored Girls...- Dir. Tim Rhoze
Fleetwood Jordain Theater
Gods and Monsters - Dir. Paul Oakly Stoval
Frame of Reference Productions
Jump- Dir. Amber Montgomery
Shattered Globe Theater
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Dir. Chris Pazdernick
Musical Theater Works
Brother Sister Cyborg Space - Dir. Terry Guest
Raven Theater
Into The Side of a Hill - Dir. Ken-Matt Martin
Flint Rep Theater
Just One of Those Things and More - Dir. Janine Stroemer
Stewart Music Emporium
A Christmas Carol - Dir. N/A
Metropolis Perfomance
Once on This Island - Dir. Aaron Reese Boseman
Pulse Theater
How Blood Go - Dir. Tiffany Fulson
Congo Square Theater
Stew - Dir. Malkia Stampley
Shattered Globe Theater
St. Sebastian- Dir. Graham Miller
Refracted Theater Company
Marie Antoinette & The Magical Negros - Dir. Terry Guest
The Story Theater
A Raisin in the Sun- Dir. Sydney Chapman
University of Indiana NW
Back In The Day- Dir. Raquel Torre
Urban Theater Company
Ruined - Dir. Ebbi Offard
Invictus Theater Company
What to Send Up When it Goes Down - Dir. Erika Ratcliff & Daniel Bryant
Congo Square Theater
The Mountain Top - Dir. Ansley Adams
Constellation Stage and Screen
Whereabouts
(Design)
Baltimore
Chicago (based)
Fayetteville
Little Rock
New York
Phoenix
Indianapolis
Flint
Norfolk
Pittsburg
Contact
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