Aaron Lichamer

Lighting Supervisor (2025)

About

Aaron Lichamer (he/him) is a Chicago-based lighting designer, supervisor, and technician.

He is the current lighting supervisor for Lookingglass, and is an adjunct professor of lighting technology at DePaul University. He has worked extensively in the Midwest, including as Lighting & Video director for Milwaukee Repertory Theater; lighting supervisor for Chicago Opera Theater and Haymarket Opera Company; and as a project manager with Upstaging. Recent design credits include Anthony Rapp: Home for the Holidays! (Lookingglass); Viva La Mamma!, Songbird (Florentine Opera Company); The Cook Off (Chicago Opera Theater); Women of Rock, Country Sunshine, Unforgettable: John-Mark McGaha Sings Nat King Cole, PianoMen, and Get Happy (Milwaukee Rep). He holds a BFA in Lighting Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.