(she/her) is a Brooklyn based lighting designer. Recent/upcoming design: Amani (National Black Theater), Bernarda’s Daughters (The New Group / NBT), Ulysses; Seagull (Elevator Repair Service), Catch as Catch Can (Playwrights Horizons), Measure for Measure (Shakespeare & Company), Choir Boy; Gem of the Ocean; School Girls, or the African Mean Girls Play (Portland Center Stage), Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me (The Wooster Group), Generation Rise; Generation NYZ (Ping Chong + Co, The New Victory), Jazz Singer (Abrons Arts Center), Chimpanzee; Fly Away (Nick Lehane). Marika teaches design at Playwrights Horizons Theater School and is a member of USA Local 829. www.marikakent.com