UPCOMING

HOLD ME IN THE WATER - PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS, NYC

UNTITLED- LCT3, NYC

SHOWBOAT THE MUSICAL - NYU SKIRBALL, NYC

LIBERATION- ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY, NYC


REVIEWS


NY TIMES

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/theater/one-in-two-review-donja-r-love.html

“one in two” takes place in that waiting room, but also in the bar where Donté muffles his pain with alcohol; in the bedroom where he tries to obliterate loneliness with sex; and in the medical office where a nurse draws blood and administers kindness. (The institutional green of Cha See’s lighting for those scenes is particularly fine.)”

LIGHTING AND SOUND AMERICA

http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp?ID=Q2CXII

Maldonado's set is lit with considerable invention by Cha See, who fluently mixes different temperatures of white, deploying saturated looks for club scenes and the like.

NEW YORK THEATRE GUIDE

https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/review-of-signature-theatres-one-in-two-by-donja-r-love

Rich hued lighting by Cha See creates environments as if by magic. Every choice is so perfectly on point, from the bright colors of a disco, the cold light of limbo to the dull mustard of despair. 

THEATRE SCENE

http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/offbway-plays/one-in-two/victor-gluck/

Cha See’s lighting which is usually clinically white also uses color for mood and scene divisions. 

NY STAGE REVIEW

http://nystagereview.com/2019/12/10/one-in-two-an-absurdist-study-of-a-serious-issue/

 It is lighted with precision by Cha See.

one in two

directed by Stevie Walker-Webb


HOUSE PLANT

directed by Jaki Bradley

REVIEWS

VULTURE

https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/theater-review-house-plant-at-nytw.html

flooded by designer Cha See’s cheerful, shadowless yellow light.

LIGHTING AND SOUNDS AMERICA

http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp?ID=-WQG8WH

Cha See's lighting has some built-in surprises, including red-and-blue police lights and cunningly hidden LED tape

NY STAGE REVIEW

https://nystagereview.com/2020/02/07/house-plant-humans-seeking-nourishment-and-connection-on-and-offline/

Cha See’s lighting matches the aural intensity, at times shooting vivid pastels against the apartment’s walls, normally shown painted a bright chartreuse


REVIEWS

NY TIMES

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/theater/in-the-penal-colony-review.html

LIGHTING AND SOUND AMERICA

http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp?ID=GMBLIO

Cha See's stark lighting -- which includes uplighting effects in the audience seating areas and color-changing floor illumination - provide an appropriately forbidding environment.

THEATRE SCENE

http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/offbway-plays/in-the-penal-colony-2/mark-dundas-wood/

The work of lighting designer Cha See, though-is striking. At one point a strip of eerie colored light rings the playing area, complementing the fluorescent-like quality of the seemingly omnipresent Gatorade bottles.

IN THE PENAL COLONY

directed by Miranda Haymon


REVIEWS

THE NEW YORKER

https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/theatre/they-forgot-about-the-rest

Cha See’s inventive lighting, Enrico de Trizio’s alarming sound design, and Christopher and Justin Swader’s bunkerlike, corrugated-tin set offer a satisfying demonstration of unified purpose.

LIGHTING AND SOUND AMERICA

http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp?ID=-YANZFO

Cha See, must have been hard-pressed to do her job; so much the better, then, that she finds so many creative ways of delivering various looks.

THEN THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE REST

directed by David Mendizabal


CHA SEE IS VERY EXCITED TO BE EXHIBITED AT THE PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL 2019!

http://www.usitt.org/-PQ-designers-selected/

https://www.pq.cz

 

PQ2019

EMERGING ARTIST 2019 


WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN

directed by Whitney White


CHA SEE ON PHILIPPINE/ USA NEWS

Thank you Philippine Daily Inquirer for a great interview!

https://usa.inquirer.net/16533/fil-am-lighting-designer-illuminates-play-on-race-violence?utm_expid=.XqNwTug2W6nwDVUSgFJXed.1


BILLY AND THE KILLERS

directed by Craig George

 

http://www.playbill.com/article/new-rock-musical-billy-and-the-killers-to-have-world-premiere-off-broadway

REVIEWS

"In particular, Cha See’s lighting turns wonderfully frenetic, and slightly demonic, with the actors at the mikes."

-Joseph Pisano, theaterscene.net

"What is done well is the set by Margaux Maeght, which was perfect for the small venue. Also the haunting lighting design by Cha See is perfectly suited."

- Suzanna Bowling, Times Square Chronicles


CUTE ACTIVIST

directed by Morgan Green

NY TIMES

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/theater/cute-activist-review-milo-cramer-bushwick-starr.html

REVIEWS

“Cha See’s lighting design helps emphasize the great darkness which isolates budding activists.”

- Michael Block, Theatre in the Now