Artist Bio

Heather Gilbert

(Bio as of March 2025)

Heather Gilbert (Lighting Designer) Goodman Theatre: King of the Yees, Carlyle, Pedro Paramo, New Stages. Broadway: Parade (Tony, Drama Desk Nomination), The Sound Inside (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award; Tony Nomination), Cult of Love (Second Stage). Off Broadway: Dead Outlaw (Drama Desk Nomination). Chicago: Steppenwolf, Writers Theatre, Northlight, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre, Steep Theatre, among others. Regional: The Muny, Center Theatre Group, Studio Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alley Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Magic Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Olney Theatre Center. She is the Head of Lighting Design at Columbia College Chicago and received her MFA at The Theatre School at DePaul University.