The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: Austin Pendleton
New York, NY | May 2009
"Very possibly the most beautiful play on stage in New York City right now…"-Martin Denton, nytheatre.com
Photo: Gregory Costanza
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
Director: Justin Cerne
Nantucket MA | July 2019
Photo: Brian Sager Photography
Painted Bride Arts Center
Choreographer: Kun-Yang Lin
Philadelphia, PA | February 2011
Photo: Bill Hebert
Painted Bride Arts Center
Choreographer: Kun-Yang Lin
Philadelphia, PA | February 2011
"Heidi Barr's
exquisite crimson costumes, Stephen Petrilli's striking
lighting, and Jonathan Goldman's
spiritually driven music, along with a gorgeous visual design …elevated Mandala to a
masterwork of art, spirituality, and stagecraft."
-Merilyn Jackson , The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Photo: Bill Hebert
The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: Joe Hanreddy
New York, NY | January 2011
Photo: Jacob J. Goldberg
Ubumuntu Arts Festival
Choreographer: Wendy Jehlen
Kigali Rwanda | July 2022
Photo: Daniel Ecwalu
Barkin/Selissen Project
Choreographers: Kyla Barkin & Aaron Selissen
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College
New York NY | April 2021
Photo: Christopher Duggan
The Provincetown Theater
Director: Rebecca Berger
Provincetown MA | November 2022
Photo: Bob Tucker / Focalpoint Studio
Mandell Theater, Drexel University
Choreographer: Evalina Carbonell
Philadelphia PA | March 2023
Photo: Rob Li Photography
Keene State College
Director: Jeannie-Marie Brown
Keene, NH | February 2019
Photo Celine Perron
Arlekin Players' Theater
Director: Igor Golyak
Boston, MA | March 2018
ELLIOT NORTON AWARD, Outstanding Design
Midsize, Small or Fringe Theater
Photo: Arlekin Players' Theater
Arlekin Players' Theatre
Jackie Liebergott Black Box, Paramount Center
Director: Igor Golyak
Boston, MA | March 2018
"Nikolay Simonov’s scenic design and Stephen PetrIlli’s lighting create a rich, atmospheric world that feels like we’ve stepped into a film noir, full of mystery and possibility." -Terry Byrne, WBUR
Photo: Courtesy of Arlekin Players
Roberts Studio Theatre
Boston Center for the Arts
Choreographer: Wendy Jehlen
Boston, MA | April 2018
Photo: Liza Voll
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
Director: Sara Brians
Nantucket MA | November 2019
Island Moving Company
Choreographers: Miki Ohlsen & Danielle Genest
Newport RI | October 2021
Photo: Kim Fuller
Salt Marsh Opera
Director: Josh Shaw
Old Saybrook CT | October 2019
Photo: Dan Hall
Gloucester Stage Company
Director: Jacqui Parker
Gloucester MA | September 2018
Photo: Gary Ng
The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: Amy Wright
New York, NY | April 2010
Photo: Sam Hough
Winter Garden, World Financial Center
Performers: Bang on a Can All Stars
New Yor, NY | June 2010
Photo: Stephanie Berger
Theatre 80, Saint Marks
Choreographer: Rebeca Tomas
New York, NY | January 2011
Photo: Lee Wexler
Director: Jackie Davis
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
Wellfleet MA | June 2019
Photo: Michael & Suz Karchmer
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
Director: Justin Cerne
Nantucket, MA | July 2018
Photo: Brian Sager Photography
The Prince Theater
Choreographer: Kun-Yang Lin
Philadelphia, PA | April 2017
"Lighting designer Stephen Petrilli is to be commended for the bright diagonals he carves into the space, their steep, funnel-like shapes piercing the darkness." -Kat Richter, The Dance Journal
Photo: Rob Li Photography
Boston ICA
The Wonder Twins
Choreographers: Billy & Bobby McCain
Boston MA | September 2017
Photo: Gabi Scheff
BAM Opera House
Performer: Mos Def
Brooklyn, NY | February 2007
Photo: Mark Robison
Arlekin Players' Theatre
Director: Igor Golyak
Boston, MA | September 2016
Photo: Irina Danilova
Salt Marsh Opera
Director: Josh Shaw
Old Saybrook, CT | September 2018
Photo: Dan Hall
Granoff Center, Brown University
Choroegrapher: BJ Sullivan
Providence, RI | March 2016
Photo: Nikki Lee
Boston University Dance Theater
Directors: May-Lisa Chandler & Joe Gonzalez
Boston, MA | January, 2013
Photo: Aura Jakiz Otriz
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
Director: Justin Cerne
Nantucket, MA | July 2017
Photo: Julie Richards
"Stephen Petrilli’s lighting is beautiful and lush, from the very opening of Act I, when shades of iridescent purple spill through the shutters at center stage." -Jim Sulzer, The Inquirer and Mirror
The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: Hal Brooks
New York, NY | October 2012
Photo: Elise VanderKley
Painted Bride Art Center
Choreographer: Olive Prince
Philadelphia, PA | November 2013
"The musical background is an integral part of the vision, as is the lighting by Stephen Petrilli - both elements enhance this mysterious choreographic world."
-Juliet Neidish, Op-Edgy Arts & Performance
Photo: Lindsy Browning
Green Street Studios
Choreographer: Soumaya MaRose
Boston, MA | October 2017
Photo: Christopher Huang Photography
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
Director: Gina Rattan
Nantucket, MA | June 2017
Photo: Jeff Barry
HERE Art Center
Choreographer: Kate Ladenheim
New York, NY | July 2014
Photo: Stephanie Crousillat
Boston University Dance Theater
Director: Christina Ackley
Boston, MA | May 2017
Photo: Bruce Mount
Prince Theatre
Choreographer: Kun-Yang Lin
Philadelphia, PA | April 2016
Photo: Rob Li Photography
The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: J.R. Sullivan
New York, NY | April 2013
Photo: Al Foote III
Multicultural Arts Center
Choreographer: Chun-Jou Tsai
Boston, MA | March 2016
Photo: Augusta Rose
The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: Austin
Pendleton
New
York, NY | January 2007
"...evocatively lit by Stephen Petrilli..."
-Elyse Sommer, Curtain Up
Photo: Joan Marcus
Duo Multicultural Arts Center
Choreographer: Anabella Lenzu
New York, NY | June 2012
"Lighting (by Stephen Petrilli) and the
dancers' thrashing in vivid tempera create three-dimensional art come to life."
-Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody
Photo: Ana Leiva
Winter Garden, World Financial Center
Performer: Philip Glass
New York, NY | June 2011
Photo: Stephanie Berger
The Dance Complex
Choreographer: Michael Figueroa
Boston, MA | April 2018
Photo: Olivia Blaisdale
Tansill Theater, Connecticut College
Director: Kenneth Prestininzi
New London, CT | October, 2013
Photo: Sabrina Notarfrancisco
The Dance Complex
Choreographer: Callie Chapman
Boston, MA | March 2013
Photo: Kristophe Diaz
The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: J.R. Sullivan
New York, NY | March 2011
“The lighting design by Stephen Petrilli creates an elegant landscape for the actors to play against, adding some interesting textures to Hamlet’s fevered dream sequences.”
-Aimee Todoroff, nytheatre.com
Photo: Sam Hough
The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: Ellie Renfield
New York, NY | November 2010
Photo: Gregory Costanza
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Choreographer: Isabel Gotzkowsky
New York, NY | February 2009
Photo: Yi-Chun Wu
Mandell Theater, Drexel University
Choreographer: Kun-Yang Lin
Philadelphia, PA | March 2013
Photo: Bill Hebert
Bridge Repertory Theater
Director: Olivia D'Ambrosio
Boston, MA | May 2015
"The lighting design (by Stephen Petrilli) demarcates D'Ambrosio's frequent use of expressionistic elements in her staging."
-Michael Cox, Edge Media Network
Photo: Marc J. Franklin
Garage Theatre Group
Director: Michael Bias
Teaneck, NJ | May 2014
Photo: Courtesy of Garage Theatre Group
Annenberg Center for the Arts
Choreographer: Hua Hua Zhang
Philadelphia, PA | October 2011
Photo: Bill Hebert
Jamestown Art Center
Choreographer: Ali Kenner Brodsky
Jamestown RI | November 2017
Photo: James Lastowski
Island Moving Company
Choreographers: Miki Ohlsen & Danielle Genest
Newport RI | November 2021
Photo: Lauren Healy
Tectonic Theater Project
Director: Andy Paris
University of Northern Iowa | January 2017
Photo: Darcy Dempster
The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: J.R. Sullivan
New York, NY | November 2011
"Stephen Petrilli’s exquisite lighting…occasionally challenges the laws of physics in its expansion of space."
-David Coyle, Curtain Up
Photo: Gregory Costanza
Boston University Dance Theater
Choreographer: Betsi Graves
Boston, MA | May 2013
Photo: Michael Seamans
National Asian American Theatre Company
Director: Jean Randich
New York, NY | February 2009
Photo: Michael Ou
Mandell Theater, Drexel University
Choreographer: Kun-Yang Lin
Philadelphia, PA | March 2013
Photo: Bicking Photography
The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: Shepard Sobel
New York, NY | September 2007
Photo: Carol Rosegg
Joyce SoHo
Choreographer: Henning Rubsam
New York, NY | October 2006
"Lighting design by Stephen Petrilli opened
the performance beautifully…"
-Ruth Grauert, Bearnstow Journal
Photo: Joseph Schembri
Penobscot Theatre Company
Director: Adam
Kuykendall
Bangor, ME | February 2007
Photo: Bill Kuykendal
Choreographers: Wendy Jehlen & Pradhuman Nayak
Boston University Dance Theatre
Boston, MA | November, 2012
Photo: Onirica Productions
Salt Marsh Opera
Director: Nate Merchant
Westerly, RI | September 2012
Photo: Dan Hall
The Pearl Theatre Company
Director: Hal Brooks
New York, NY | September 2011
Photo: Jacob J. Goldberg
Dance New Amsterdam
Choreographer: Isabel Gotzkowsky
New York, NY | September 2011
Photo: Paula Lobo
National Asian American Theatre Company
Director: Andrew Pang
New York, NY | October 2011
Photo: William P. Steele
The Kitchen
Choreographer: Isabel Gotzkowsky
New York, NY | October 2004
Photo: Arthur Donowski
The Mint Theater Company
Director: Steven Williford
New York, NY | September 2005
Photo: Richard Termine
Schimmel Center for the Arts
Choreographer: Isabel Gotzkowsky
New York, NY | June 2001
Photo: Arthur Donowski
Winter Garden, World Financial Center
Performers: So Percussion
New York, NY | June 2008
Photo: Abbey Braden
American Craft Museum
Choreographers: Robbie Barnett & Jonathan Wolken
New York, NY | May 2000
Photo: Stephen Petrilli
Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse
Big Apple Baroque, Director: Alan Fellows
Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre
New York, NY | June 2011
Photo: Julieta Cervantes
Courtesy Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre
BAM Majestic Theatre
Choreographer: Dwight Rhoden
Brooklyn, NY | September 1997
" …which also had dramatic lighting by Stephen Petrilli"
-Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
Photo: Stephen Petrilli
TheatreWorks
Director: Murray Ross
Colorado Springs, CO | August 2007
Photo: Tom Kimmell
Joyce SoHo
Choreographer: Pontus Lidberg
New York, NY | November 2012
Photo: Christopher Duggan
Courtesy of The Vilcek Foundation