Sara J D Gosses

Sara Gosses Lighting Designer Headshot in black sweater

Sara Gosses designs with light and space for live performance, events, and visual displays. She’s designed lighting for over 35 world premieres and new adaptations at venues including the Clark Theater at Lincoln Center, MoMA PS1, HERE Arts Center, Studebaker Theater, and houses on Governors Island. Sara is a frequent collaborator with Exquisite Corpse Company and Circus Smirkus.

Through Sara’s work with Saks Fifth Avenue she has designed for brands including Chanel, Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Ritz Carlton, Valentino and Off-White, among others. Sara designed and installed the lighting for the Holiday windows in 2018, 2019 including the Frozen 2 collaboration with Disney, and 2021 which won the PAVE award for “Best Windows of the Year.”

Sara’s work as an assistant designer has given her the opportunity to work at many theatre companies leading the way in American theatre including, but not limited to The Public Theater, Vineyard Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Court Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, and The Geffen Playhouse.

Sara is currently an Assistant Professor at Michigan Technological University.

Sara received her MFA in Stage Design at Northwestern University and her BA from Hope College.

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Contact: SaraJDGosses@gmail.com