7 March 2012
Boston Lyric Opera recently announced their 2012-2013 season. Clemency, a BLO co-commissioned opera, performs February 2013, with lighting design by Carl Wiemann, set by Julia Noulin-Merat, and stage direction by Andrew Eggert.

3 February 2012
The reviews are in, and These Seven Sicknesses scores big. It’s a NYT Critic’s Pick! Check ‘em out:
The New York Times
The Huffington Post
backstage.com
theatermania.com
The Faster Times

30 January 2012
MA3 Agency has asked Carl to design a touring exhibition for Audemars Piguet. The exhibit launches on March 21 in the drill hall of NYC’s historic Park Avenue Armory, then travels to Milan, Paris, Beijing, Singapore, and Dubai.

13 January 2012
Check out this weekend’s feature Sunday New York Times article about Carl’s current project, These Seven Sicknesses at The Flea. Preview performances begin January 18th. Opening night is the 29th.

12 November 2011
ROCKED FlyerThe Brooklyn Guild has asked Carl to join them in creating ROCKED, the New York edition of Symmetry Live, a multi-city series of performances produced by W Hotels. Carl is lighting designer for the event, which doubles as both a Symmetry Live concert and opening night celebration for Mick Rock’s exclusive new photo exhibition. Hosted at the recently opened W Downtown hotel, the evening will feature performances by Phantogram and Mark Ronson and appearances by Mick Rock and his subjects. The exhibition runs through December, open to the public at W Downtown’s fifth floor reception lounge.

5 October 2011
Carl has accepted an invitation to join the Board of Directors of the Designers Lighting Forum of New York. The organization is committed to exploring and presenting the power of lighting in design. It supports formal lighting education through financial contributions, and hosts seminars, project tours, exhibitions, and other events for the NYC design community.

28 September 2011
The Flea Theater is producing Sean Graney’s These Seven Sicknesses, originally developed at Exit, Pursued by a Bear. Carl is resident lighting designer at EPBB, as well as lighting designer for The Flea’s staging. Performances begin in January 2012.

25 September 2011
Carl recently lit video artist Janet Biggs‘ multimedia performance Wet Exit, commissioned by Brooklyn’s Smack Mellon gallery and featured at the 2011 DUMBO Arts Festival. The performance, held outdoors on the shore of DUMBO’s Brooklyn Bridge Park, combined Biggs’ video art with a live band, vocalist, and choreographed synchronized Kayak performances in the East River.

18 August 2011
Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister, photographer Tom Powell, and producer Christopher Hoover are collaborating with Carl on seen/unseen, a large-scale overview of the work of concept artist Tavares Strachan. seen/unseen will be on view at an undisclosed New York City location.

3 August 2011
Carl recently lit Carmen at the Buck Hill-Skytop Music Festival in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. Directed by Eric Einhorn with music direction by Peter Mark and design by Noulin-Merat Studio, this “jewel box” production of the famed opera was the centerpiece of the festival.

15 July 2011
Arok of Java Flyer Exit, Pursued by a Bear’s Lab 5: Arok of Java opens tonight for a three week run. Arok closes out a five show EPBB season that began last October. Find more information at epbb.org, and reserve seats at epbb.org/rsvp.

1 July 2011
Exit, Pursued by a Bear recently closed our Lab 4: King Lear, starring Billy Porter. Check back soon for photos.

20 June 2011
Carl recently lit Vangeline Dance Theater’s new work Hereafter at The Wild Project. The evening featured an original Butoh dance number as well as pieces by three visiting choreographers from Japan and Portland, including former Sankai Juku dancer Taketeru Kudo. Photos coming soon.

27 May 2011
Google Wallet Event Stage PictureCarl was the lighting designer for yesterday’s public launch of the new Google Wallet platform. The tech giant’s latest offering allows for mobile payments with a tap of your cell phone. This press and partner event was held at Google’s New York offices.

22 May 2011
Carl is designing a lighting scheme for the upcoming launch of Dior’s XIII line of watches. On June 8th, the private launch event will transform Soho’s Dietch Gallery into an upscale lounge environment.

17 May 2011
Lincoln Center Theater has asked Carl to join their Directors Lab workshop as a consulting lighting designer. The lab takes place June 27 through July 16.

2 May 2011
Summer is quickly becoming booked. Carl recently agreed to design lights for Eric Einhorn’s new adaptation of Carmen at the Buck Hill-Skytop Music festival in July.

1 May 2011
Carl will be a presenter at the Opera America Conference in Boston on Tuesday, May 10, discussing a design for Dead Man Walking with creative collaborators Justin Johnson, Haley Lieberman, and Damon Pelletier. He will also light a New Works Sampler co-produced by A.R.T. and the Opera America Conference to perform Monday, May 9 at A.R.T.’s Oberon venue.

14 April 2011
Lesser Mercies Flyer Reservations are now being accepted for EPBB’s Lab 3: Lesser Mercies. Find more information at epbb.org, and reserve seats at epbb.org/rsvp.

Our Lab 4: The House of Lear, starring Billy Porter, begins rehearsal on May 10.

7 April 2011
Carl recently opened Sandy and Soil at the Brooklyn Lyceum, produced by Them Hands. Emily Rea directed this new play by Rachel Radenburg.

Carl is a lighting designer working in theater, dance, opera, architecture, and television. Among other freelance affiliations, Carl was a designer in the 2011 Lincoln Center Directors Lab, he is resident lighting designer at Ed Iskandar's creative collective Exit, Pursued by a Bear, and he is lighting director for Chase Brock's concert dance company The Chase Brock Experience. Carl works among many lighting disciplines, and in 2009 founded Sense Lighting Design, a consulting design firm for architectural clients in the high-end retail, residential, institutional, hospitality, and public realms. His architectural experience dates to 2004, when he began a series of relationships with firms including Speirs+Major, Fisher Marantz Stone, and Focus Lighting.

Selected New York credits: as designer, These Seven Sicknesses dir. Ed Iskandar (The Flea), Arok of Java, King Lear, Lesser Mercies, These Seven Sicknesses and Restoration Comedy dir. Ed Iskandar (Exit, Pursued by a Bear); Machinal dir. Jess Smith (Columbia Stages); "Quick and Dirties" Workshop Series dir. Nick Leavens (The Claque); Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream dir. Steve Stout (New York Neo-Classical Ensemble); My Life: Today (Rosie’s Broadway Kids, for NYMF), amongst others. Regional: as designer, Carmen dir. Eric Einhorn (Buck Hill-Skytop Music Festival); The Oresteia Project (Pittsburgh), Marisol (Carnegie Mellon), Brand dir. Ed Iskandar (Carnegie Mellon). Television: Geoff Russell Is A Total Douchebag dir. Kathleen Amshoff; It’s On With Alexa Chung (MTV, assistant lighting designer); That Metal Show (VH1, assistant lighting designer).

For more information about Carl's architectural projects visit www.senselighting.com.

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Carl Wiemann
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New York, NY 10009
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