Humbled and grateful to have made my debut as Lighting Designer for King Lear on the Stratford Festival Theatre Stage. Congratulations to the entire cast, creative and production team for all your hard work!
Thank you Kimberly Rampersad for bringing me on this exhilarating journey and trusting me with your work.
“Come not between the dragon and his wrath.”
Director: Kimberley Rampersad
Set Designer: Judith Bowden
Costume Designer: Michelle Bohn
Lighting Designer: Chris Malkowski
Composer: Sean Mayes
Sound Designer: Miquelon (Micky) Rodriguez
Supervising Fight Director: Geoff Scovell
Photos by David Hou
The Surrogate
Crow’s Theatre
BCurrent Performing Arts
House + Body
Here For Now Theatre
February 2026
We closed a great one last week! Loved playing with these fluorescences and creating a stark hospital that zipped around the studio theatre!
Creative Team:
Playwright, Mohsin Zaidi
Director, Christopher Manousos
Set Designer, Scott Penner
Lighting Designer, Chris Malkowski
Associate Lighting, Emilie Trimbee
Costume Designer, Andrew Broderick
Sound Designer, Maddie Bautista
Stage Manager, Naz Carlisle
Photography, Kendra Epik
Cast:
Fuad Ahmed
Thom Nyhuus
Antonette Rudder
Sarena Parmar
Siddharth Sharma
Had a blast sweatin’ in the Jackie Maxwell Studio with this steamy drama 🥵. Going to miss this one. Thanks @shawfestival
BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY
Written by Pearl Cleage
Directed by Kimberley Rampersad @msrampersad
Set and Costume Design by Ting Urquhart @tinghuanchristineurquhart
Lighting Design by Chris Malkowski
Assistant Lighting Design by Hina Nishioka @hinanishioka
Original music and sound by Miquelon Rodriguez @troysteel
Stage Manager - Dora Tomassi
ASM - Kelly Boudreau
Photos by David Cooper
Orpheus and Eurydice
Pacific Opera
April 2026
It’s wild to think we started working on this over a year ago. Always beautiful to see designs grow and evolve onto the stage. Had a blast collaborating with everyone on my debut at Pacific Opera! Toi toi toi!
Stage Director | Amanda Testini
Set Designer | James Rotondo
Costume Designer | Sylvain Genois
Lighting Designer | Chris Malkowski
Photos by Emily Cooper
✨ Meet the Collaborator: Chris Malkowski ✨
Chris is the lighting designer for Microphone Controller, shaping the visual atmosphere of the work. Catch Microphone Controller at The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance, Jan 28–31.
Tickets available at the link in our bio.
These performances are presented in ASL, Spoken English and use English and French captions. ASL interpretation will be available on all show days at Box Office, for opening remarks and the post-show talkback.
Chris Malkowski Headshot by David Cooper
So grateful to receive a 2025 Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play!
Really enjoyed working on Measure for Measure with such an amazing cast and creative team.
Thank you @cmanousos@houseandbody and @crowstheatre for bringing me onto this project and congratulations to all the other award recipients 🏆❤️🤟🏻
📸by Kendra Epik
TONIGHT WE OPEN MEASURE FOR MEASURE!
Take a peak at our rendition of Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure, in the Crow’s Studio theatre, directed and adapted by Crow’s Artistic Associate and House + Body’s Artistic Director Christopher Manousos.
💥Reminder for ways to save: PWYC tickets available for Sunday, March 9th 2pm Matinee.
🚨This limited engagement runs until March 16th. Book your tickets early at the link in bio, at crowstheatre.com, or by calling the box office at (647) 341-7390 ext 1010
🔥With Beck Lloyd, Danté Prince, Jamie Cavanagh, Katherine Gauthier, and Sébastien Heins.
Stage Manager: Meghan Froebelius
Sound Design: @riel_donnajoy
Lighting Design: @cmalkows
Costume Design: @cmanousos + @andrewbroderick
Set Design: @cmanousos
📸 photography by @kendraepikphotography
Get to know the creative team of 'Feast' by Guillermo Verdecchia. 🤩 Running at Tarragon April 1 - 27.
📰 🗨️ "a complex and rewarding work by a virtuoso playwright at the top of his game, and it warrants multiple viewings." - Intermission Magazine, Liam Donovan
🌟 Creative team🌟
Guillermo Verdecchia - Playwright
Soheil Parsa - Director
Rahaf Fasheh - Assistant Director
Kaitlin Hickey - Set and Projection Designer
Ting - Huan 挺歡 Christine Urquhart - Costume Designer
Chris Malkowski - Lighting Designer
Thomas Ryder Payne - Sound Designer
Lani Martel - Stage Manager
Eloise Fan - Apprentice Stage Manager
FEAST
A Tarragon Theatre Production
Written by Guillermo Verdecchia
Directed by Soheil Parsa
April 1 - 27, 2025
🎫 Buy tickets at our link in bio.
