Christopher Akerlind

Initiative (2025)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - LuEsther Hall New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

11/4/2025 – 11/30/2025

Pay the Writer (2023)

Pershing Square Signature Center - The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

8/13/2023 – 9/30/2023

Angels in America (2023)

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater Washington, DC

Regional, Play

Lighting Designer

3/23/2023 – 4/23/2023

Clyde's (2021)

Hayes Theater New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

11/23/2021 – 1/16/2022

Sing Street (2019)

New York Theatre Workshop New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Musical

Lighting Designer

11/25/2019 – 1/26/2020

Measure for Measure (2019)

Actors Theatre of Louisville Pamela Brown Auditorium Louisville, KY

Regional, Play

Lighting Designer

10/9/2019 – 10/27/2019

Merrily We Roll Along (2019)

Laura Pels Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Musical

Lighting Designer

1/12/2019 – 4/14/2019

This Flat Earth (2018)

Playwrights Horizons - Judy Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

3/16/2018 – 4/29/2018

Babette's Feast (2018)

Theatre at St. Clement's Church New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Aerial Designer, Lighting Designer

3/14/2018 – 5/13/2018

A Letter To Harvey Milk (2018)

Theatre Row - Theatre Three New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

2/21/2018 – 5/13/2018

Office Hour (2017)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - Martinson Hall New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

10/17/2017 – 12/3/2017

Time and the Conways (2017)

American Airlines Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

9/14/2017 – 11/26/2017

On the Shore of the Wide World (2017)

Linda Gross Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

8/23/2017 – 10/1/2017

Indecent (2017)

Cort Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

4/1/2017 – 8/6/2017

Into the Woods (2016)

Touring

Regional, Musical

Lighting Designer

11/29/2016 – 5/28/2017

Marie and Rosetta (2016)

Linda Gross Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

8/24/2016 – 10/16/2016

Indecent (2016)

Dimson Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

4/27/2016 – 6/19/2016

Waitress (2016)

Brooks Atkinson Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Musical

Lighting Designer

3/25/2016 – 1/5/2020

Othello (2016)

Shakespeare Theatre Company - Sidney Harman Hall Washington, DC

Regional, Play

Lighting Designer

2/23/2016 – 4/2/2016

Angel Reapers (2016)

Pershing Square Signature Center - The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

2/2/2016 – 3/20/2016

Grounded (2015)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - Anspacher Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

4/7/2015 – 5/24/2015

Into the Woods (2014)

Laura Pels Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Musical

Lighting Designer

12/18/2014 – 4/12/2015

The Tempest (2014)

Shakespeare Theatre Company - Sidney Harman Hall Washington, DC

Regional, Play

Lighting Designer

12/2/2014 – 1/18/2015

The Threepenny Opera (2014)

Linda Gross Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Other

Lighting Designer

3/12/2014 – 5/11/2014

Rocky (2014)

Winter Garden Theatre

Broadway, Musical

Lighting Designer, Lighting Designer

2/13/2014 – 8/17/2014

Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (2013)

The National Theatre Washington, DC

Regional, Musical

Lighting Designer

12/25/2013 – 12/29/2013

Cheri (2013)

Pershing Square Signature Center - Irene Diamond Stage New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

11/19/2013 – 12/29/2013

Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (2011)

Richard Rodgers Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Musical

Lighting Designer

12/17/2011 – 9/23/2012

King Lear (2011)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - Newman Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

10/18/2011 – 11/20/2011

Room (2011)

Sallie Bingham Stage New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

3/12/2011 – 3/27/2011

Orlando (Ruhl) (2010)

Classic Stage Company New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

9/8/2010 – 10/17/2010

Lascivious Something (2010)

Sallie Bingham Stage New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

5/2/2010 – 6/6/2010

Orpheus X (2009)

The Duke on 42nd Street New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

12/2/2009 – 12/20/2009

Superior Donuts (2009)

Music Box Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

9/16/2009 – 1/3/2010

Keep Your Pantheon (2009)

Linda Gross Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

9/9/2009 – 11/1/2009

Top Girls (2008)

Biltmore Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 6/29/2008

Garden of Earthly Delights (2008)

Minetta Lane Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Aerial Designer, Lighting Designer

11/8/2008 – 4/5/2009

110 in the Shade (2007)

Studio 54 New York, NY

Broadway, Musical

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 7/29/2007

Talk Radio (2007)

Longacre Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 6/24/2007

Ohio State Murders (2007)

The Duke on 42nd Street New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

10/27/2007 – 11/11/2007

Howard Katz (2007)

Laura Pels Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

2/2/2007 – 4/29/2007

A Spanish Play (2007)

Classic Stage Company New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

1/10/2007 – 3/4/2007

Shining City (2006)

Biltmore Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 7/16/2006

Rabbit Hole (2006)

Biltmore Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 4/9/2006

Awake and Sing! (2006)

Belasco Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 6/25/2006

Well (2006)

Longacre Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 5/14/2006

Kaos (2006)

New York Theatre Workshop New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

11/10/2006 – 12/31/2006

The American Pilot (2006)

New York City Center - Stage II New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

11/2/2006 – 12/31/2006

Wrecks (2006)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - Anspacher Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

9/26/2006 – 11/19/2006

Measure for Pleasure (2006)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - Anspacher Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

2/21/2006 – 3/26/2006

A Touch of the Poet (2005)

Studio 54 New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 1/29/2006

In My Life (2005)

Music Box Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Musical

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 12/11/2005

The Light in the Piazza (2005)

Vivian Beaumont Theater New York, NY

Broadway, Musical

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 7/2/2006

See What I Wanna See (2005)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - Anspacher Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Musical

Lighting Designer

10/11/2005 – 12/4/2005

Score (2005)

New York Theatre Workshop New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

4/26/2005 – 6/9/2005

Reckless (2004)

Biltmore Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 12/19/2004

Belle Epoque (2004)

Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

10/28/2004 – 1/2/2005

Between Us (2004)

New York City Center - Stage I New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

4/1/2004 – 5/30/2004

Well (2004)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - Martinson Hall New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

3/16/2004 – 5/16/2004

Don Juan (2003)

Lucille Lortel Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Aerial Designer, Lighting Designer

3/18/2003 – 4/13/2003

Room (2002)

Classic Stage Company New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 6/16/2002

Cymbeline (2002)

Lucille Lortel Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Aerial Designer, Lighting Designer

N/A  – 3/3/2002

This Thing of Darkness (2002)

Linda Gross Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 6/16/2002

First Love (2001)

New York Theatre Workshop New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 9/23/2001

Everything That Rises Must Converge (2001)

New York Theatre Workshop New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Aerial Designer

N/A  – 11/11/2001

The Butterfly Collection (2000)

Playwrights Horizons - Judy Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 10/15/2000

Waste (2000)

Black Box Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 4/2/2000

King John (2000)

Black Box Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

The Tale Of The Allergist's Wife (2000)

Ethel Barrymore Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 9/15/2002

The Tale Of The Allergist's Wife (2000)

New York City Center - Stage II New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 4/16/2000

Sueno (1999)

MCC Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

Freedomland (1998)

Playwrights Horizons - Judy Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 1/3/1999

The Dying Gaul (1998)

Dimson Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 6/14/1998

Anadarko (1998)

MCC Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 4/18/1998

Therese Raquin (1997)

Classic Stage Company New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

Seven Guitars (1996)

Walter Kerr Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 9/8/1996

Antigone in New York (1996)

Dimson Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

The Skriker (1996)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - Newman Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 5/26/1996

Silence, Cunning, Exile (1995)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - Martinson Hall New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 3/12/1995

Iphigenia (1995)

Classic Stage Company New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 3/5/1995

Troilus & Cressida (1995)

Delacorte Theater New York, NY

Regional, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 9/3/1995

Slavs! (Thinking about the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness) (1994)

New York Theatre Workshop New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 1/29/1995

Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1994)

Criterion Center Stage Right New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 10/22/1994

The Day the Bronx Died (1994)

American Jewish Theatre - Greenwald Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 4/17/1994

Fallen Angel (1994)

Circle In The Square Theatre School New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 5/11/1994

Owners (1993)

New York Theatre Workshop New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 5/23/1993

The Rez Sisters (1993)

New York Theatre Workshop New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 1/9/1994

Blown Sideways Through Life (1993)

Cherry Lane Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 7/17/1994

Traps (1993)

New York Theatre Workshop New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 5/23/1993

Day Standing on Its Head (1993)

New York City Center - Stage II New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 2/13/1994

The Lights (1993)

Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 12/12/1993

Mad Forest (1992)

New York City Center - Stage I New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 11/29/1992

Mad Forest (1991)

Perry Street Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 2/2/1992

Love and Anger (1990)

Perry Street Theatre New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 12/30/1990

August Wilson's The Piano Lesson (1990)

Walter Kerr Theatre New York, NY

Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 1/27/1991

Carnage, A Comedy (1989)

Joseph Papp Public Theater - Susan Stein Shiva Theater New York, NY

Off-Broadway, Play

Lighting Designer

N/A  – 10/8/1989