Christine A. Binder

Ms. Binder has designed over 175 productions in Chicago and around the country. In theatre, Christine has designed for The Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare, The Court Theatre, Redmoon Theatre, Northlight, and Lookingglass Theatre Company, the McCarter Theatre, Hartford Stage, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and many others.  Ms. Binder’s opera designs include work at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theatre, San Diego Opera, New York City Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Florida Grand Opera, and Houston Grand Opera.  Recent designs include:  Trust and Fedra for Lookingglass, and The Merry Widow, Faust and Tosca for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Upcoming productions are: Ethan Frome, The Last Act of Lilka Kadison for Lookingglass; Lohengrin, Un Ballo en Maschera, and a new production of The Mikado directed by Gary Griffin for The Lyric Opera of Chicago; La Traviata for Austin Lyric Opera and Madison Opera. Other work includes an on-going tour of Lookingglass Alice.  Ms. Binder has received 2 Jeff Citations for her work with Redmoon Theatre, (Frankenstein and Frankie and Johnny) and has been nominated for Jeff Awards for her work with the Court Theatre and Lookingglass Theatre Company.  She is the Head of Lighting for The Theatre School at DePaul University and resides in Oak Park, Illinois with her husband Claude and son Cody.