Carolina Ortiz Herrera

Lighting Designer

Carolina Ortiz Herrera is a Mexican-born and New York-based Lighting Designer for theatre, opera, and dance. Selective credits include: Doubt (Westport Country Playhouse); A Woman of the World, Until the Flood (Merrimack Theatre Repertory); All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); American Mariachi (Arizona Theatre Company); I & You (Bristol Riverside Theatre); The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Northern Stage); Seven Guitars (Yale Repertory Theatre); Yellowman, nominated Best Lighting Design at Audelco’s Awards (Billie Holiday Theatre); Florencia en el Amazonas (Shubert Theatre) and The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera Theatre of Yale). Carolina is the Lighting Director for Calpulli Mexican Dance Company. Memberships: La Gente Network, Wingspace Theatrical Design, and USA Local 829. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama. www.carolinaeortiz.com