Peggy Eisenhauer
Eisenhauer in May 2018
Born
Nyack, New York
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University
Known forlighting designer
Awards2013 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (Lucky Guy')
2004 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (Assassins)

Peggy Eisenhauer is an American lighting designer for both theatre and films.[1] She has designed or co-designed some 41 Broadway productions[2][3] and frequently collaborates with Jules Fisher.[1]

Career

Peggy Eisenhauer was raised in Nyack, New York. She attended Carnegie Mellon University,[4] started working in New York and quickly became assistant to Jules Fisher, and eventually became his partner. Forming their company, Third Eye, their first project together was the 1985 Broadway musical Song and Dance.[5] Their first joint film project was the film version of the musical Chicago.[6]

Major theatre productions

Theatre awards and nominations

Film credits

References

  1. ^ a b Ahrens, Lynn; Viagas, Robert (2006). The Alchemy of Theatre: The Divine Science : Essays on Theatre & the Art of Collaboration. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 214. ISBN 9781557836984. Peggy Eisenhauer.
  2. ^ "Peggy Eisenhauer Broadway" Playbill (vault), retrieved April 27, 2018
  3. ^ "Broadway Designers Honored At Inaugural Knight Of Illumination Awards USA". Live Design. 2018-11-02. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  4. ^ Barranger, Milly S. (2014-01-01). Theatre: A Way of Seeing. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781133309895.
  5. ^ Rothstein, Mervyn."A Life in the Theatre: Lighting Designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer" Archived 2008-08-29 at the Wayback Machine, playbill.com, June 23, 2005
  6. ^ Tugend, Alina."Let there be light",Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2003
  7. ^ Hernandez, Ernio."Anna Deavere Smith's 'Let Me Down Easy' Ends Off-Broadway Jan. 3" playbill, January 3, 2010
  8. ^ McPhee, Ryan. " 'Carousel', 'SpongeBob SquarePants', 'Mean Girls' Lead 2018 Drama Desk Award Nominations" Playbill, April 26, 2018

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