Aja M. Jackson
Lighting Design
Artistic Statement
"We begin to see lighting in the theatre, not only as an exciting craft but as an art at once visionary and exact, subtle, powerful, infinity difficult to learn."
–Robert Edmond Jones
I desire to demonstrate an altered view, motivate thought, and create a world that can exist only for a moment. I will push the boundaries to create light that looks and feels beautiful. I will look at the bigger picture and see it in light. I am a theatrical artist.
A Thought on Light:
Lighting design is more than a job, for me, it is a passion. I believe lighting to be one of the fundamental parts of storytelling and interaction. Stories are often shaped by light. From thrillers told by fireside and flashlights to holiday dinners with warm white lights dangling outside of the windows. Lighting reveals and shapes every story. With lighting design, I desire to demonstrate an altered view, motivate thought, and create a world that can exist only for a moment. I aim to push the boundaries of conventional lighting to create light that looks and feels beautiful and immersive.
Current Playbill:
Aja M. Jackson is a Boston-based lighting designer.
[OFF-BROADWAY]:
A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet.
[REGIONAL]:
Hartford Stage: Lost in Yonkers. Everyman Theater: Behold, A Negress. American Repertory Theater: Hear Word. The Public Theater Under-The Radar Festival: Hear Word. John W. Engeman Theatre: On Your Feet. Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival: Fences. North Carolina Black Rep: Freedom Summer. Kitchen Theatre Company: Catch as Catch Can. Speakeasy Stage: Once on This Island. Lyric Stage Company of Boston: The Cake, Breath and Imagination. Actor’s Shakespeare Project: Nat Turner in Jerusalem, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged. Moonbox Productions: Passing Strange. Boston Early Music Festival: Pimpinone and Ino.
[DANCE]:
Modern Connections: Hot water over Raised Fists. HoldTight: What Keeps You Going?, Why Believe?, What Does it Feel Like to Grow Up?, What Does it Feel Like to Fall in Love?
[TEACHING]:
Boston University, National Theatre Institute.
Some of the companies that I am and have been a part of include:
BOSTON
American Repertory Theatre
Boston Ballet
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston Lyric Opera
Lyric Stage
Off The Grid Theatre
Boston Playwrights Theatre
Company One
Brighter Boston
NEW YORK
59E59 Theatre New York, NY
The Public Theater
The Lighting Design Group
The Time Center - New York Times
Erin Pryor Dance Theatre
DENVER
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
SANTA FE
The Santa Fe Opera
NEBRASKA
Omaha Playhouse
Nebraska Theatre Caravan
Angels Theatre Company
USITT UNL Student Chapter
MCC Theatre Technology Apprenticeship Program
Hixion-Lied School of Music Dance Program
Johnny Carson School Of Theatre and Film
Opera Omaha
American College Dance Festival
Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival Region V