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/
PQ2019
EMERGING ARTIST 2019
REVIEWS
NY TIMES
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/theater/review-what-to-send-up-when-it-goes-down.html
EXEUNT NYC
http://exeuntnyc.com/reviews/review-what-to-send-up-when-it-goes-down-at-art-new-york-theatres/
TIME OUT NYC
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/what-to-send-up-when-it-goes-down
NY STAGE REVIEW
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!
BILLY AND THE KILLERS
directed by Craig George
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