Samantha Weiser Lighting Design

Sam Weiser is a Lighting Designer and Associate passionate about creating art with lights.

Her passion for light was discovered in middle school out of curiosity for what lighting could do to a production. This curiosity led her to the Long Island High School for the Arts to study lighting design and then to receive a BFA in Theater Design and Production at the University of Michigan.

Sam enjoys musical theater, dance, dramas, and especially Shakespeare plays. She is eager to create with fellow passionate theatre makers.

When not in the theater, Sam enjoys running, playing pool, and playing rugby. She is based in Brooklyn, NY with her cat Jacko.

Lighting DESIGN & associate projects:

Upcoming:

Uncle Vanya [University of Michigan] Daniel Cantor April 2026

2026:

Macbeth [Long Island University - Post] Conner Wilson

Ai Yah Goy Vey [A.R.T. New York Mezzanine Theatre] Laura Josepher

As You Like It - A Little Shakespeare [Two River Theater] Noelle Marion

2025:

Sulfur Bottom [The Theater Center] Megumi Nakamura

Rumors [Siena Unversity] Tom Truss

Emilia [Long Island University - Post] Jo Mei

Twelfth Night [Siena University] Sandra Boynton

Balm in Gilead [NYU - New Studio on Broadway] Tiffany Rachelle Stewart

The Tempest - A Little Shakespeare [Two River Theater] Noelle Marion

Frozen - Associate - [Paper Mill Playhouse] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Weer - Associate - [Cherry Lane Theater] Paige Seber, LD

In My Own Little Corner - Associate - [Riverside Theatre, NY] Paige Seber, LD

Laughs in Spanish - Assistant - [Hartford Stage] Sherrice Mojgani, LD

Mystic Pizza - Associate - [Paper Mill Playhouse] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Blackstar Symphony - Associate - [Denver Orchestra] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Blackstar Symphony - Associate - [San Francisco Orchestra] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Blackstar Symphony - Associate - [Nashville Orchestra] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Blackstar Symphony - Associate - [Detroit Orchestra] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Blackstar Symphony - Associate - [St. Louis Orchestra] Ryan O’Gara, LD

2024:

Jekyll & Hyde [Timberlake Playhouse] Tommy Ranieri

The Wedding Singer [Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts] Scott Michaels

The Last Romance [Cortland Repertory Theatre] Mark Reynolds

Peter & The Starcatcher [Long Island University - Post] Chris Donovan

Love’s Labour’s Lost [Long Island University - Post] David Andrew Laws

Twelve Angry Jurors [Franklin Theater Fellowship] Melanie Sutton

A Christmas Carol - Assistant - [Geva Theatre] Nic Vincent, LD

Disney’s The Little Mermaid - Assistant - [Drury Lane Theatre] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Strike Up The Band - Assistant - [Carnegie Hall] Shelby Loera, LD

Don Giovanni - Associate - [The New School] Oona Curley, LD

The Meeting: The Interpreter - Assistant - [Theatre at St. Clements] Barbara Samuels, LD

Tick Tick… Boom! - Assistant - [George Street Playhouse] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Mystic Pizza - Associate - [La Mirada Theatre] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Blackstar Symphony - Associate - [National Symphony Orchestra] Ryan O’Gara, LD

2023:

Driving Miss Daisy [Bristol Valley Theatre] Richard Amelius

Kinky Boots [Interlakes Summer Theatre] Michael Stoddard

Fiddler on the Roof [Interlakes Summer Theater] Michael Stoddard

Bulrusher- Associate - [McCarter Theatre] Sherrice Mojgani, LD

Fuente Ovejuna - Assistant - [Theatre For A New Audience] Jiyoun Chang, LD

The Who & The What - Associate - [The Julliard School] Jackie Fox, LD

2022:

Howell Binkley Fellowship 2022

Legally Blonde [Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts] Scott Michaels

The Mountaintop [Tipping Point Theater] Vincent Ford

Mary Poppins- Assistant - [TUTS] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Million Dollar Quartet Christmas- Assistant - [Bucks County Playhouse] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Into The Woods- Associate - [Signature Theatre, VA] Amanda Zieve, LD

Secret of my Success- Assistant - [TUTS] Ryan O’Gara, LD

Jesus Christ Superstar National Tour- Assistant - [Worklight Productions] Lee Curran, LD

Kinky Boots- Assistant - [Stage 42] Ken Posner, LD

2021:

Window Payne [Royal Family Productions] Christina Franklin

The Wolves [The Flea] Allison Mattox

2020 & Prior:

Yerma [University of Michigan] Malcolm Tulip

Latin Xpressions [University of Michigan] Judy Rice (co-design)

Grapes of Wrath [University of Michigan] Gillian Eaton

Bare: A Pop Opera [University of Michigan - MUSKET] James Harbaugh Jr.

Flint [University of Michigan] Dexter Singleton

Passing Strange [University of Michigan] Tiffany Rachelle Stewart

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot [University of Michigan] Vincent J. Cardinal