Brian Elston
(Bio as of October 2025)
Brian Elston, he/him (Associate Lighting Designer) is a Chicago-based designer and assistant. Assistant designs include: The Cherry Orchard, Sweat, A Christmas Carol, Father Comes Home from the Wars, The Wolves, Uncle Vanya, Pamplona, 2666, Rapture Blister Burn (Goodman Theatre); Rome Sweet Rome (Chicago Shakespeare). Chicagoland designs include A Distinct Society (Writers Theatre); The Mouse Trap (Citadel Theatre); Finding Nemo (Marriott Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane). Regional credits include Peter Pan, Calabasas Street (Children’s Theatre of Madison). BrianElstonLighting.com
Goodman Productions:
- A Christmas Carol: (2025) Associate Lighting Designer
- A Christmas Carol 2023: (2023) Associate Lighting Designer
- The Cherry Orchard: (2023) Assistant Lighting Designer
- A Christmas Carol 2022: (2022) Assoc. Lighting Designer
- Life After: Asst. Lighting Designer
- A Christmas Carol 2018: (2018) Assistant Lighting Design