Aja M. Jackson
Lighting Design
2024
Simona's Search - Melia Bensussen, Director - Hartford Stage Company - Jan '24
The Nerd - Brandon Weinbrenner, Director - The Alley Theatre / Hubbard Stage - Feb '24
Echoes of Our Ancestors (World Premiere) - Maria Torres, Choreographer - Hubbard Street Dance - Chicago - Feb '24
2023
The Art of Burning - Melia Bensussen, Director - The Huntington Theatre - Boston, MA - JAN '23
The Art of Burning - Melia Bensussen, Director - Hartford Stage Company - Hartford, CT - FEB '23
Fairview - Pascale Florestal, Director - Speakeasy Stage Company - Boston, MA - FEB '23
FAT HAM - Bradley King, Lighting Designer - American Airlines Theatre Broadway - NYC, NY - APR '23***
World Goes Round - Kevin McAllister, Director - Olney Theatre Center - Olney, MD - APR '23
Harvey - Jackson Gay, Director - The Everyman Theatre - Baltimore, MD - APR '23
Monsoon Wedding - Bradley King, Lighting Designer - St. Ann's Wearhouse - Brooklyn, NY - MAY '23***
Rock and Roll Man - Randy Myler, Director, Co-Lighting Designer Matthew Richards - New World Stages - MAY '23
National Playwrighting Festival '23 - Melia Bensussan, Artistic Director - Eugene Oneill Theatre Center - JUNE '23
Fences - Christopher Edwards, Director - Shakespeare and Company - Lenox, MA - JULY '23
A Doll's House - Joanie Schultz, Director - The Everyman Theatre - Baltimore, MD - AUG '23
Pride and Prejudice - Tatyana - Marie Carlo - Hartford Stage Company - Hartford, CT - OCT '23
The Band's Visit - Paul Daigneault, Director - The Huntington Theatre - Boston, MA - NOV '23
2022
Behold, A Negress - Tatyana-Marie Carlo, Director - The Everyman Theatre - Baltimore, MD - FEB '22
Once on This Island - Pascale Florestal, Director - Speakeasy Stage - Boston, MA - March '22
Hybrid Agencies - MASARY Studios - Museum of Science - Boston, MA - March '22
Lost, In Yonkers - Hartford Stage - APRIL '22
Stick Fly - Omaha Playhouse - Omaha, NE - May '22
Kinky Boots - Omaha Playhouse - Omaha, NE - May '22
The Full Monty - Oregon Cabaret - JUNE '22
School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play - Hangar Theatre - June '22
Fences - Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival - JULY '22
On Your Feet - John Engeman Theatre - Long Island, NY - July '22
Goddess - Bradley King, Lighting Designer - Berkeley Rep - AUG '22***
Once on This Island - Naila Ansari, Director - Shea's Buffalo 710 Theatre - SEPT '22
Chicken and Biscuits (Eastern Regional Premiere) - Virginia Repertory Theatre - September '22
Suor Angelica / Cavalleria Rusticana - Toledo Opera - Toledo, OH October '22
Spring Awakening - Brandeis Springold Mainstage - November '22
2021
A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet - Marshall Pailet, Director - DR2 OFF-BROADWAY NYC
Dontrell Who Kissed The Sea - Ron Himes - Nebraska Repertory Theater - Lincoln, NE
Passing Strange - Arthur Gomez, Director - Moonbox Productions - Robert's Studio Theater - Boston, MA
The Agitators - Debra Ann Byrd, Director - Theater at Monmouth - Monmouth, ME
Seared - Victoria Gruenberg, Director - Gloucester Stage Company - Rockport, MA
What Keeps You Going? - Gwendolyn Gussman - The Cell - NYC
Pimpinone / Ino - Boston Early Music Festival - Gilbert Blin, Director - Jordan Hall - Boston, MA
2020
Bright Half Life - Megan Sandburg-Zakian, Director - Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Fun Home - Ginny Anderson, Director - Tansill Theater, New London, CT
Native Gardens - Ablan Roblin, Director - Omaha Community Playhouse, Omaha, NE
Catch as Catch Can - Zoe Golub-Sass, Director - Kitchen Theater Company Ithica, NY *
Twilight - Benny Sato Ambush, Director - Asolo Conservatory - Sarasota, FL **
Sonnets and Soul - Dell Howlett, Director - The New Studio on Broadway New York, NY **
Freedom Summer - Jackie Alexander, Director - North Carolina Black Conservatory Winston-Salem, NC**
2019
Why Believe? - Gwendolyn Gussman, Artistic Director - Church St School of Music, NYC, NYC
Nixon’s Nixon - Elaine Vaan Hogue, Director - New Repertory Theater, Watertown, MA
Hamlet - Chris Edwards, Director - Gloucester Stage, Gloucester, MA
The Wolves - Rachel Jett, Director - Conn College, New London, CN
We Are Proud to Present… - Pascale Florestal, Director - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Glory Denied - Jonathan Pape, Director - Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA
The Three Musketeers - Dawn Simmons, Director - Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham, MA
Black Odyssey – Boston - Benny Sato Ambush, Director - Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA
Bridges of Madison County - Kimberly Hickman, Director - Omaha Playhouse, Omaha NE
Photograph 51- Rebecca Bradshaw, Director - Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA
The Consul - Jonathan Pape, Director - Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA
Becoming Dr. Ruth - Stephen Nachamie, Director - New Repertory Theatre, Watertown, MA
Hot Water Over Raised Fists - Jenny Oliver, Choreographer - Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Hear Word! (tour) - Ifeoma Fafunwa, Director - The Public Theater, New York, NY
Nat Turner in Jerusalem - Benny Sato Ambush, Director - Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Boston, MA
Ragtime - Nick Garcia, Director - Wheelock Theatre, Boston, MA
2018
Breath & Imagination - Maurice Parent, Director - Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Boston, MA
Straight White Men - Elaine Vaan Hogue, Director - New Repertory Theatre, Watertown, MA
Timbuktu, USA - Ken Prestininzi, Director - Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Boston, MA
Leftovers - Summer Williams, Director - Company One, Boston, MA
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord - Rebecca Bradshaw, Director - Off The Grid Theatre Company, Boston, MA
Shakespeare in Love - Jeff Hogar, Director - Omaha Playhouse, Omaha, NE
Antigone - Jim Petosa, Director - Booth Theatre, Boston, MA
Hear Word! - Ifeoma FaFunwa, Director - American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA
2017
Nourishment N:2 - Gwen Gussman, Director - Planta Baja, Brooklyn, NY
The Last Wife - Kelly Galvin, Director - WAM Theatre Company, Lenox, MA
Le Nozze De Figaro - David Paul, Director - Huntington Avenue Theatre, Boston MA
2016
The Cradle Will Rock - Emily, Ranii, Director - Virginia Wimberly Theatre, Boston, MA
Memorial - Kelly Galvin, Director - Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Boston, MA
Nourishment - Gwendolyn Gussman, Artistic Director - Fleming Manson, Denver, CO
2015
Wit, a play - Sidney Freidman, Director - Roberts Studio Theatre, Boston, MA
Biomorphic Dance Fest - Megan Lynn, Producer - The Hudson Guild Theatre, New York, NY
*canceled due to Covid-19 Pandemic
**Virtual Project
***Associate