Amina Gilbert is a lighting designer, director, and performer based in Chicago. She is inspired to reach into the depths of the human experience by guiding her work with radical freedom, explosive expression, and queer joy.
She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Honors program at Columbia College Chicago in 2023 with a BA in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Directing and a minor in Lighting Design.
Contact: aminagilbert@gmail.com
(303)-818-4770
Lighting Design
Madam and Steve - Lazy Susan Theatre - Dir. Cleo Flores - 2024
Tango Palace - Columbia College Chicago - Dir. Delani Hamilton - 2024
The It - Columbia College Chicago - Dir. Nicolette Hummel - 2023
Uprise of Uncertainty - Columbia College Dance Center - Choreo. Wyatt Sutter - 2023
Fields of Clover - Columbia College Chicago - Lighting Asst. - Dir. Clara Radcliffe - 2022
21 - Columbia College Dance Center- Choreo. Samantha Harris - 2022
Directing
Feathers and Teeth - Columbia College Chicago - 2023
I and You - Columbia College Chicago - Asst. Dir. under Clara Radcliffe - 2023
Fate - Parlando School for the Arts - 2023
Tango Palace - Columbia College Chicago - 2022
Whelmed: a Clown Cabaret - Self Produced - Director, Producer, Performer - 2022
Polly the Musical - Parlando School for the Arts - 2022
Gut Dreams - Columbia College Chicago - Asst. Dir. under Gabriel Wilson - 2022
24 Hour Play Fest - Columbia College Chicago - 2022, 2023
Internship and Assistantship
Little Bear Ridge Road - Steppenwolf Theatre Company- Intern under Heather Gilbert - Dir Joe Mantello - 2024
In Quietness - A Red Orchid Theatre - Associate Lighting Designer under Heather Gilbert - Dir Dado - 2024
James and The Giant Peach Jr - Asst. Dir. under Kristel Jelinek Brown - 2023
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown - Parlando School for the Arts - Asst. Dir. under Kristel Jelinek Brown - 2022
Parlando Ensemble Players: Radical Hope, a devised piece - Asst. Dir. under Kristel Jelinek Brown - 2021
Parlando Elementary Players: Untitled Devised Piece - Asst. Dir.under Kristel Jelinek Brown - 2021
Honk Jr. - Asst. Dir. under Kristel Jelinek Brown - 2019