Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz is an Associate Professor at UC Irvine and a professional lighting designer. He has designed at various regional theatres, such as The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Laguna Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Pasadena Playhouse, The Great River Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespearean Festival and East West Players. He also designed Culture Clash’s The Birds at both South Coast Repertory and Berkeley Repertory, along with their national touring show, Radio Mambo. Recent design experience includes Crimes of the Heart at East West Players, The Glass Menagerie at Arizona Theatre Company, Dead Man’s Cell Phone at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Of Mice and Men at the Pasadena Playhouse, Culture Clash in AmeriCCa on the Argyros Stage at SCR and at San Diego Repertory, Water and Power at San Diego Repertory, Touch the Water on the LA River with Cornerstone Theater Company, where he is an associate artist; and The Unrequited for Cornerstone Theater Company and Watts Village Theater, and Great River Shakespeare Festival’s 2011 summer season of shows: Henry IV Part 1 and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He was also a designer for Universal Studios, Japan, where he designed the live shows Terminator 2 in 3D, and Monster Makeup, the attractions Jurassic Park the Ride and Snoopy Studios, along with exterior architectural facades throughout the park. He is a member of the United Scenic Artist /IATSE – Local 829.
Upcoming designs include Comedy of Errors for Saint Louis Repertory and Jane of the Jungle for South Coast Repertory.
