Jessie Buckley as Sally Bowles, and the Kit Kat Girls | Directed by Rebecca Frecknall | Designed by Tom Scutt • Lights by Isabella Byrd • www.kitkat.club • (photos by Marc Brenner)
Broadway 2024 - Circle in the Square
Starring Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor
Direction, Sam Gold • Movement, Sonya Tayeh • Music, Jack Antonoff
Designers • dots • Enver Chakartash • Isabella Byrd • Cody Spencer • Andew Diaz
Associate LD - Victoria Bain • Programmer - Kelley Shih
Broadway 2024 -- Gayle Rankin as Sally Bowles • Directed by Rebecca Frecknall • Designed by Tom Scutt • Lights by Isabella Byrd • www.kitkat.club • (photos by Marc Brenner)
written by Martyna Mayok, directed by Rebecca Frecknall
designs by Tom Scutt, Isabella Byrd, Mikaal Sulaiman
co-directed by Caitlin Sullivan 2021
featuring Sharlene Cruz, Jasai CHase-Owens, Austin Smith, Julian Elijah Martinez
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
Broadway 2024 -- Jeremy Strong, David Patrick Kelly, Caleb Eberhardt, Victoria Pedretti • Directed by Sam Gold • Adapted by Amy Herzog • Designs by dots, David Zinn, Isabella Byrd, Mikaal Sulaiman • (photos by Emilio Madrid)
by Carson McCullers • directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch • set design: Laura Jellinek • lighting: Isabella Byrd • costumes: Clint Ramos • sound: Bray Poor | with Williamstown Theatre Festival, Mainstage 2018 (photo: Daniel Rader)
Gate Theatre, Dublin, Directed by Danya Taymor
Cast: Frankie Boyle, Robert Sheehan, Seán McGinley, and Gina Moxley. Designers: Set: Sabine Dargent - Clothes: Katie Davenport - Lights: Isabella Byrd - Sound: Denis Clohessy (Photos: Ros Kavanagh)
Cast: AmieeLou Wood, Callum Scott Howells + Sophie Maria Wojna, Eddie Redmayne, Jessie Buckley, Madeline Brewer
written by Eboni Booth, directed by Knud Adams.
DESIGN | set • Marsha Ginsberg, clothes • Qween Jean, lighting • Isabella Byrd, sound • Mikaal Sulaiman.
Featuring | William Jackson Harper • April Mathis • Eric Berryman • Jay O. Sanders • Luke Wygodny.
PSM: Rachel Bauder, Assoc LD: Victoria Bain
by Edward Albee • Directed by Pam MacKinnon • Sets & Costumes by David Zinn • Lighting by Isabella Byrd • Sound by Brendan Aanes | for the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco (photo by ib)
by Brian Watkins, directed by Tyne Rafaeli
at Lincoln Center Theatre, Mitzi Newhouse Theater
designs by John Lee Beatty, Montana Levi Blanco, Isabella Byrd, Daniel Kluger, Cookie Jordan. Associate LD: Megan Dobryn.
by Will Arbery • directed by Danya Taymor • set by Laura Jellinek • clothes by Sarafina Bush • lighting by Isabella Byrd • sound by Justin Ellington • with PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS, Mainstage Fall 2019
photo: Joan Marcus
* proud to emphasize this design was unable to be captured in photographs *
Henry Hewes Desing Award, Lortel Award, Obie Award (Creative Team & Ensemble Special Citation), Outer Critics Circle Honoree,
Drama Desk nomination
* proud to emphasize this design was unable to be caputred in photographs *
photo: Sara Krulwich for the New York Times
Roslyn Ruff as Berenice & Tavi Gevinson as Frankie
by Carson McCullers • directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch • set design: Laura Jellinek • lighting: Isabella Byrd • costumes: Clint Ramos • sound: Bray Poor | with Williamstown Theatre Festival, Mainstage 2018 (photo: Daniel Rader)
Choreography: Katie Langan
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd
Marymount Manhattan College, 2018
Choreography: Katie Langan
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd
Marymount Manhattan College, 2018
Written by Jeremy O. Harris
Directed by Danya Taymor
Set by Matthew Saunders
Costumes by Montana Levi Blanco
Lighting by Isabella Byrd
Sound and Music Composition by Lee Kinney
Original Vocal Score by Darius Smith and Brett Macias
Co-Produced by The New Group and The Vineyard Theatre, 20
Written by Jeremy O. Harris
Directed by Danya Taymor
Set by Matthew Saunders
Costumes by Montana Levi Blanco
Lighting by Isabella Byrd
Sound and Music Composition by Lee Kinney
Original Vocal Score by Darius Smith and Brett Macias
Co-Produced by The New Group and The Vineyard Theatre, 2019
People’s Light
Directed by Stuart Carden
Conceived and Created by Zak Berkman, Stuart Carden, Jessie Fisher, and Mary Tuomanen
Sets: Arnel Sancianco, Lights: Isabella Byrd, Costume: Melissa Ng, Sound: Lee Kinney
Barrymore Nomination for Best Lighting Design, 2019 Theater Philadelphia
@ New York Theatre Workshop
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by: Rachel Chavkin
Sets: Riccardo Hernandez
Lights: Isabella Byrd
Costumes: Toni Leslie James
Properties: Noah Mease
Sound: Mikaal Sulaiman
Music by: Orion Stephanie Johnstone
All Seems Beautiful to Me— I Will…
OBIE AWARD, Lighting Design 2019
@ New York Theatre Workshop
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by: Rachel Chavkin
Sets: Riccardo Hernandez
Lights: Isabella Byrd
Costumes: Toni Leslie James
Properties: Noah Mease
Sound: Mikaal Sulaiman
Music by: Orion Stephanie Johnstone
All Seems Beautiful to Me
@ New York Theatre Workshop
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by: Rachel Chavkin
Cobbe’s Vision
ClubbedThumb Summerworks 2018
Written by Will Arbery
Directed by Taylor Reynolds
Set by Daniel Zimmerman
Lighting: Isabella Byrd
Clothes by Stephanie Levin
Sound by Mark Van Hare
Photos by Elke
PLANO, produced by Clubbed Thumb at the Connelly Theater
By Will Arbery
Directed by Taylor Reynolds
Set: Daniel Zimmerman
Costumes: Stephanie Levin
Lights: Isabella Byrd
Sound: Tyler Kieffer
THE HELLO GIRLS
Music and lyrics by PETER MILLS
Book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel
Directed by CARA REICHEL
Choreographed by CHRISTINE O'GRADY
Music directed by BEN MOSS
Set&Projection: LIANNE ARNOLD
Lights: ISABELLA BYRD
Costumes: WHITNEY LOCHER
Sound: KEVIN HEARD
photos: Richard Termine
Written by Larissa FastHorse
Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Scenic Design: Wilson Chin
Costume & Puppet Design: Tilly Grimes
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd
Sound Design: Mikaal Sulaiman
Director: Annie Dorsen
Scenic Design: Marsha Ginsberg
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd and Cheyenne Sykes
Dramaturg: Tom Sellar
Costume Design: Robert Croghan
Sound Design: Ian Douglas-Moore
Producer: Natasha Katerinopoulos
Photo by Maria Baranova
at Performance Space New York
Williamstown Theatre Festival, Nikos Stage
By James Anthony Tyler
Directed by Laura Savia
Ray Anthony Thomas as Artney
Set: Arnulfo Maldonado
Lighting: Isabella Byrd
Costumes: Emilio Sosa
Sound: Stowe Nelson
Photo by Daniel Rader
Fordham University
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe
photos by Edward T. Morris
By Michael Ricigliano
Directed by John Gould Rubin
St. Clements Theatre
Set Design: Andreea Mincic
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd
Costume Design: Bobby Tilley
Sound Design: Leon Rothenberg
Photo by Russ Rowland
Mother's Blessing
directed by Jessica Fisch
by Dipika Guha
performed by the actors of the 2017–2018 Professional Training Company
Photo by Bill Brymer
by Leah Nanako Winkler
Directed by Morgan Gould
2018 Humana Festival
photo by Jonathan Roberts
Satori Group + ARTBARN
Seattle, Washington @ The Georgetown Steam Plant
Directed by Caitlin Sullivan & Jess Smith
2016
ARS NOVA + WP THEATRE
By: Rachel Bonds, music by The Bengsons
Directed by Anne Kauffmann
McGinn Cazale Theatre
Set Design: Lauren Helpern
Co-Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd & Matt Frey
Costumes: Jessica Pabst
Sound: Leah Gelpe
Satori Group, at Williams College
by Spike Friedman
Director: Caitlin Sullivan
Sets: Cate McCrea
Lighting: Isabella Byrd
Sound: Eben Hoffer
Costume: Greta Wilson
Written by Boris Akunin
translated by Ileana Alexandra Orlich
Directed by Irina Gachechiladze
ST. CLEMENTS THEATRE
Set Design: Cate McCrea
Lighting: Isabella Byrd
Sound: Sam Kusnetz & Alana Jacoby
Jessie Buckley as Sally Bowles, and the Kit Kat Girls | Directed by Rebecca Frecknall | Designed by Tom Scutt • Lights by Isabella Byrd • www.kitkat.club • (photos by Marc Brenner)
Broadway 2024 - Circle in the Square
Starring Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor
Direction, Sam Gold • Movement, Sonya Tayeh • Music, Jack Antonoff
Designers • dots • Enver Chakartash • Isabella Byrd • Cody Spencer • Andew Diaz
Associate LD - Victoria Bain • Programmer - Kelley Shih
Broadway 2024 -- Gayle Rankin as Sally Bowles • Directed by Rebecca Frecknall • Designed by Tom Scutt • Lights by Isabella Byrd • www.kitkat.club • (photos by Marc Brenner)
written by Martyna Mayok, directed by Rebecca Frecknall
designs by Tom Scutt, Isabella Byrd, Mikaal Sulaiman
co-directed by Caitlin Sullivan 2021
featuring Sharlene Cruz, Jasai CHase-Owens, Austin Smith, Julian Elijah Martinez
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
Broadway 2024 -- Jeremy Strong, David Patrick Kelly, Caleb Eberhardt, Victoria Pedretti • Directed by Sam Gold • Adapted by Amy Herzog • Designs by dots, David Zinn, Isabella Byrd, Mikaal Sulaiman • (photos by Emilio Madrid)
by Carson McCullers • directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch • set design: Laura Jellinek • lighting: Isabella Byrd • costumes: Clint Ramos • sound: Bray Poor | with Williamstown Theatre Festival, Mainstage 2018 (photo: Daniel Rader)
Gate Theatre, Dublin, Directed by Danya Taymor
Cast: Frankie Boyle, Robert Sheehan, Seán McGinley, and Gina Moxley. Designers: Set: Sabine Dargent - Clothes: Katie Davenport - Lights: Isabella Byrd - Sound: Denis Clohessy (Photos: Ros Kavanagh)
Cast: AmieeLou Wood, Callum Scott Howells + Sophie Maria Wojna, Eddie Redmayne, Jessie Buckley, Madeline Brewer
written by Eboni Booth, directed by Knud Adams.
DESIGN | set • Marsha Ginsberg, clothes • Qween Jean, lighting • Isabella Byrd, sound • Mikaal Sulaiman.
Featuring | William Jackson Harper • April Mathis • Eric Berryman • Jay O. Sanders • Luke Wygodny.
PSM: Rachel Bauder, Assoc LD: Victoria Bain
by Edward Albee • Directed by Pam MacKinnon • Sets & Costumes by David Zinn • Lighting by Isabella Byrd • Sound by Brendan Aanes | for the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco (photo by ib)
by Brian Watkins, directed by Tyne Rafaeli
at Lincoln Center Theatre, Mitzi Newhouse Theater
designs by John Lee Beatty, Montana Levi Blanco, Isabella Byrd, Daniel Kluger, Cookie Jordan. Associate LD: Megan Dobryn.
by Will Arbery • directed by Danya Taymor • set by Laura Jellinek • clothes by Sarafina Bush • lighting by Isabella Byrd • sound by Justin Ellington • with PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS, Mainstage Fall 2019
photo: Joan Marcus
* proud to emphasize this design was unable to be captured in photographs *
Henry Hewes Desing Award, Lortel Award, Obie Award (Creative Team & Ensemble Special Citation), Outer Critics Circle Honoree,
Drama Desk nomination
* proud to emphasize this design was unable to be caputred in photographs *
photo: Sara Krulwich for the New York Times
Roslyn Ruff as Berenice & Tavi Gevinson as Frankie
by Carson McCullers • directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch • set design: Laura Jellinek • lighting: Isabella Byrd • costumes: Clint Ramos • sound: Bray Poor | with Williamstown Theatre Festival, Mainstage 2018 (photo: Daniel Rader)
Choreography: Katie Langan
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd
Marymount Manhattan College, 2018
Choreography: Katie Langan
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd
Marymount Manhattan College, 2018
Written by Jeremy O. Harris
Directed by Danya Taymor
Set by Matthew Saunders
Costumes by Montana Levi Blanco
Lighting by Isabella Byrd
Sound and Music Composition by Lee Kinney
Original Vocal Score by Darius Smith and Brett Macias
Co-Produced by The New Group and The Vineyard Theatre, 20
Written by Jeremy O. Harris
Directed by Danya Taymor
Set by Matthew Saunders
Costumes by Montana Levi Blanco
Lighting by Isabella Byrd
Sound and Music Composition by Lee Kinney
Original Vocal Score by Darius Smith and Brett Macias
Co-Produced by The New Group and The Vineyard Theatre, 2019
People’s Light
Directed by Stuart Carden
Conceived and Created by Zak Berkman, Stuart Carden, Jessie Fisher, and Mary Tuomanen
Sets: Arnel Sancianco, Lights: Isabella Byrd, Costume: Melissa Ng, Sound: Lee Kinney
Barrymore Nomination for Best Lighting Design, 2019 Theater Philadelphia
@ New York Theatre Workshop
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by: Rachel Chavkin
Sets: Riccardo Hernandez
Lights: Isabella Byrd
Costumes: Toni Leslie James
Properties: Noah Mease
Sound: Mikaal Sulaiman
Music by: Orion Stephanie Johnstone
All Seems Beautiful to Me— I Will…
OBIE AWARD, Lighting Design 2019
@ New York Theatre Workshop
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by: Rachel Chavkin
Sets: Riccardo Hernandez
Lights: Isabella Byrd
Costumes: Toni Leslie James
Properties: Noah Mease
Sound: Mikaal Sulaiman
Music by: Orion Stephanie Johnstone
All Seems Beautiful to Me
@ New York Theatre Workshop
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by: Rachel Chavkin
Cobbe’s Vision
ClubbedThumb Summerworks 2018
Written by Will Arbery
Directed by Taylor Reynolds
Set by Daniel Zimmerman
Lighting: Isabella Byrd
Clothes by Stephanie Levin
Sound by Mark Van Hare
Photos by Elke
PLANO, produced by Clubbed Thumb at the Connelly Theater
By Will Arbery
Directed by Taylor Reynolds
Set: Daniel Zimmerman
Costumes: Stephanie Levin
Lights: Isabella Byrd
Sound: Tyler Kieffer
THE HELLO GIRLS
Music and lyrics by PETER MILLS
Book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel
Directed by CARA REICHEL
Choreographed by CHRISTINE O'GRADY
Music directed by BEN MOSS
Set&Projection: LIANNE ARNOLD
Lights: ISABELLA BYRD
Costumes: WHITNEY LOCHER
Sound: KEVIN HEARD
photos: Richard Termine
Written by Larissa FastHorse
Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Scenic Design: Wilson Chin
Costume & Puppet Design: Tilly Grimes
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd
Sound Design: Mikaal Sulaiman
Director: Annie Dorsen
Scenic Design: Marsha Ginsberg
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd and Cheyenne Sykes
Dramaturg: Tom Sellar
Costume Design: Robert Croghan
Sound Design: Ian Douglas-Moore
Producer: Natasha Katerinopoulos
Photo by Maria Baranova
at Performance Space New York
Williamstown Theatre Festival, Nikos Stage
By James Anthony Tyler
Directed by Laura Savia
Ray Anthony Thomas as Artney
Set: Arnulfo Maldonado
Lighting: Isabella Byrd
Costumes: Emilio Sosa
Sound: Stowe Nelson
Photo by Daniel Rader
Fordham University
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe
photos by Edward T. Morris
By Michael Ricigliano
Directed by John Gould Rubin
St. Clements Theatre
Set Design: Andreea Mincic
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd
Costume Design: Bobby Tilley
Sound Design: Leon Rothenberg
Photo by Russ Rowland
Mother's Blessing
directed by Jessica Fisch
by Dipika Guha
performed by the actors of the 2017–2018 Professional Training Company
Photo by Bill Brymer
by Leah Nanako Winkler
Directed by Morgan Gould
2018 Humana Festival
photo by Jonathan Roberts
Satori Group + ARTBARN
Seattle, Washington @ The Georgetown Steam Plant
Directed by Caitlin Sullivan & Jess Smith
2016
ARS NOVA + WP THEATRE
By: Rachel Bonds, music by The Bengsons
Directed by Anne Kauffmann
McGinn Cazale Theatre
Set Design: Lauren Helpern
Co-Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd & Matt Frey
Costumes: Jessica Pabst
Sound: Leah Gelpe
Satori Group, at Williams College
by Spike Friedman
Director: Caitlin Sullivan
Sets: Cate McCrea
Lighting: Isabella Byrd
Sound: Eben Hoffer
Costume: Greta Wilson
Written by Boris Akunin
translated by Ileana Alexandra Orlich
Directed by Irina Gachechiladze
ST. CLEMENTS THEATRE
Set Design: Cate McCrea
Lighting: Isabella Byrd
Sound: Sam Kusnetz & Alana Jacoby