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Marcella Barbeau

Marcella Barbeau (she/her) is a New York City based lighting designer and excited to make her Santa Cruz Shakespeare design debut. Recent credits include: Lucy & Charlie’s Honeymoon (Lookingglass Theatre), Rigoletto (Opera Columbus), Maria de Buenos Aires (Opera Columbus, Opera San Antonio), Cabaret and As One, The Threepenny Opera, The Threepenny Carmen (world premiere) (The Atlanta Opera), Sky on Swings (Opera Saratoga), You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Village Theatre), The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (co-design, Austin Opera), Five Guys Named Moe (Playhouse on Park), Murder on the Orient Express, Meet Me in St. Louis: A Live Radio Play (Sierra Repertory Theatre). Upcoming projects: L’amant anonyme (Madison Opera), La Traviata (Opera Omaha).  She received her Master of Fine Arts at Boston University. As a Chinese-American lighting designer, Marcella actively seeks to collaborate with and amplify the voices of fellow BIPOC artists of all intersectionalities.