Elizabeth A. Coco is a lighting designer whose work spans ballet, opera, the Gothic interior of Washington National Cathedral, live network broadcast, and events for some of the world's largest organizations - more than 2,000 events and productions across two decades. A trained dancer, she designed many production with The Washington Ballet, and her work can be seen in new pieces this season by Edwaard Liang & Chanel DaSilva, and previously works by Julie Kent, Silas Farley, Charles Houston, and Paul Emerson, among others. 

Resident lighting designer at Washington National Cathedral since 2015, she created the acclaimed Seeing Deeper installation, and her design work reaches from The Joyce, the Kennedy Center, and Glimmerglass Opera to Dance Theatre of Harlem, Shakespeare Theatre, and dance festivals throughout the DC area. Coco holds an MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she trained under Robert Wierzel, Mary Louise Geiger, and Allen Lee Hughes, and a BA from James Madison University, during which she interned at New York City Ballet under Mark Stanley and Jennifer Tipton. She is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829.

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