Eric Southern is a lighting designer working in theater, opera, music, and dance. Recent Chicago projects include) Amadeus (Steppenwolf Theater), Waitress (Paramount Theater Swing State (Goodman Theater); The King and I (Drury Lane Theater) Pipeline (Victory Gardens); Buyer and Cellar (Broadway Playhouse). He has designed many world premier plays at numerous theater theater companies including Lincoln Center, The Goodman, BAM, MTC, The New Group, Rattlestick Theater, Primary Stages, La Mama, Atlantic Theater Company, Center Theater Group, and The Guthrie among others. He is a longtime collaborator with the theater group 600 HIGHWAYMEN where he has collaborate on many projects that have extensively toured throughout the US and internationally. He received both his BFA and MFA at NYU and teaches in the MFA Stage Design Program at Northwestern University. www.ericsouthern.com
[Bio as of October 2025]