MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM (Associate Lighting Designer) is a New York City based lighting designer. Before moving back to New York City, he was the Assistant Technical Director at the Cleveland Play House (Recipient of the 2015 Regional Theater Tony Award). He has designed pieces for The Guatemala Lyric Opera, The Cleveland Public Theater, The Cleveland Dance Exchange, The Chicago Summer Opera, Salisbury University, Farleigh Dickinson University, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, Oberlin Summer Theater Festival, The Marymount School of Manhattan, Midtown International Theater Festival, The Broadway Bound Theater Festival, NYU Experimental Theater, Playwrights HorizonsTheater School, Planet Connections Theater Festivity. Michael was the Resident Lighting Designer for the NYU Tisch Dance Department from 2017-2019. Michael holds a BA from Oberlin College and an MFA from NYU. Mactheatrical.com