Mextly Couzin

JOB by Max Wolf Friedlich

The Hayes Theatre, Broadway

Direction — Michael Herwitz

Scenic — Scott Penner
Costumes — Michelle Li
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Cody Spencer

Photos by Emilio Madrid

MEXODUS by Brian Quijada & Nygel D. Robinson

West Coast Premiere

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Direction — David Mendizábal

Scenic — Riw Rakkulchon
Costumes — David Mendizábal
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Mikhail Fiksel
Video — Rasean Davonté Johnson

Photos by Ben Krantz Studio

N/A by Mario Correa

World Premiere

Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center Theater

Direction — Diane Paulus

Scenic & Costumes — Myung Hee Cho
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Sunny Kil & Germán Martínez
Video — Lisa Renkel / POSSIBLE

Photos by Daniel Rader

Empty Ride by Keiko Green

Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, The Old Globe

World Premiere

Direction — Sivan Battat

Scenic — Adam Rigg
Costumes — Izumi Inaba
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Original Music & Sound — Avi Amon

Photos by Rich Soublet II

Straight Line Crazy by David Hare

Direction — Nicholas Hytner & Jamie Armitage

Scenic & Costumes — Bob Crowley
Original Lighting — Jessica Hung Han Yun
Lighting for the Shed Production — Mextly Couzin
Sound — George Dennis
Music Composition — George Fenton

The Shed
London Theatre Company

Photos by Kate Glicksberg

“Mextly Couzin’s subtle lighting for The Shed production never draws attention to itself but focuses attention on just the right location in each scene.”
- Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief of TheatreScene.net

HENRY 6 ONE: Flowers & France

World Premiere Adaptation

By: William Shakespeare

The Old Globe

Adaption & Direction — Barry Edelstein

Scenic — Lawrence E. Moten III
Costumes — David Israel Reynoso
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Original Music — Julián Mesri
Sound — Melanie Chen Cole
Video — Caite Hevner

Photos by Lawrence Moten

HENRY 6 TWO: Riot & Reckoning

World Premiere Adaptation

By: Williams Shakespeare

The Old Globe

Adaption & Direction — Barry Edelstein

Scenic — Lawrence E. Moten III
Costumes — David Israel Reynoso
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Original Music — Julián Mesri
Sound — Melanie Chen Cole
Video — Caite Hevner

Photos by Lawrence Moten

West Side Story

Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré - Puerto Rico

Direction — Marcos Santana

Scenic — José Manuel Díaz
Costumes — Alba Elvira
Lighting — Mextly Couzin

Photos by Stephanie Rojas

Das Rheingold

Seattle Opera, McCaw Hall

Conductor — Ludovic Morlot

Direction& Concept Designer — Brian Staufenbiel

Costumes — Mathew Lefebvre
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Robertson Witmer
Projection — David Murakami

Photos by Sunny Martini, Philip Newton

A GOOD DAY TO ME NOT TO YOU by Lameece Issaq

World Premiere

Waterwell x Plate Spinner Productions

The Connelly Theatre

Direction — Lee Sunday Evans

Scenic — Peiyi Wong
Costumes — Jian Jung
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound & Music — Avi Amon

Photos by Maria Baranova

“The weathered sanctuary set shifts locales under Mextly Couzin’s dynamic lighting.”
-Naveen Kumar, New York Times

Cat Sitter, a short film by

Writer & Director — Dave Harris

Director of Photography — Mextly Couzin
Editor — Julianna Bigham
1st Assistant Director — Jacob Russell
Production Assistant — Marcos Duran

Starring — Amara Granderson & Marcel Logan

Watch full short here: CAT SITTER

La Belle et la Bête by Philip Glass

Conductor — Nicole Paiement
Direction — Brian Staufenbiel
Costumes — Natalie Barshow
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Projection & Director of Photography — David Murakami

Opera Parallèle

SF Jazz

Photos by Cory Weaver, Richard Gelfand

peerless by Jiehae Park

Direction — Margot Bordelon

Scenic — Kristen Robinson
Costumes — Amanda Gladu
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound & Composition — Palmer Hefferan

Primary Stages x 59E59 Theaters

“Mextly Couzin’s flashing, deep-hued lights nudge the environment toward the uncanny.”
- Alexis Soloski, New York Times

Miscellanea, a sensory immersive dance experience by MinuteZero

Director & Choreographer — Kristin Yancy
Choreographer — Mayte Natalio
Choreographer — Chris Grant and Lauren Yalango-Grant
Choreographer — Clinton Edward

Lighting — Mextly Couzin

Photos by Laura Fuchs

Quince by One Whale’s Tale

Writer & Co-creator — Camilo Quiroz-Vázquez
Co-creator & Director — Ellpetha Tsivicos

Scenic —Tanya Orellana
Lighting —Mextly Couzin
Costumes — Scarlet Moreno

The Bushwick Starr

Photos by Maria Baranova

“Sets scattered throughout, it is a good-looking production, beguilingly lit by Mextly Couzin”
- Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times

Tambo & Bones by Dave Harris

World Premiere

Direction — Taylor Reynolds

Scenic —Stephanie Osin Cohen
Costumes — Dominique Fawn Hill
Lighting — Amith Chandrashaker & Mextly Couzin
Sound — Mikhail Fiksel
Music — Justin Ellington

Co-Production with Playwrights Horizons & Center Theatre Group

Photos by Marc J. Franklin and Craig Schwartz

“The costumes (by Dominique Fawn Hill) and lighting (by Amith Chandrashaker and Mextly Couzin) have a clear execution and purpose, as the show shifts from the affected sunniness of the minstrel setting to the aggressive reds and roving spotlights of the concert.”
- Maya Phillips, New York Times

Fiasco Theater’s PERICLES

Classic Stage Company

Direction — Ben Steinfeld

Costumes — Ashley Rose Horton
Lighting — Mextly Couzin

Photos by Austin Ruffer

INCENDIARY by Dave Harris

World Premiere

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Direction — Monty Cole

Scenic — Andrew Boyce
Costumes — Samantha Jones
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Tosin Olufolabi
Composition — Navi

Photos by Teresa Castracane

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Old Globe, Festival Stage

Direction — James Vásquez

Scenic — Diggle
Costumes — Lex Liang
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Melanie Chen Cole

Photos by Rich Soublet II

MEXODUS by Brian Quijada & Nygel D. Robinson

World Premiere

Baltimore Center Stage & Mosaic Theatre Company

Direction — David Mendizábal

Scenic — Riw Rakkulchon
Costumes — David Mendizábal
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Mikhail Fiksel

Photos by J Fannon Photography, Chris Banks

JOB by Max Wolf Friedlich

World Premiere

SoHo Playhouse, Connelly Theater

Direction — Michael Herwitz

Scenic — Scott Penne
Costumes — Michelle Li
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Jessie Char & Maxwell Neely-Cohen

Photos by Emilio Madrid

Animals Out Of Paper by Rajiv Joseph

Direction — Lamar Perry
Scenic — Nick Ponting
Costumes — Dominique Fawn Hill
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Andrew Vargas

Chautauqua Theatre Company

Photos by Dave Munch

Which Way to the Stage by Ana Nogueira

World Premiere

Direction — Mike Donahue
Choreography — Paul McGill
Scenic — Adam Rigg
Costumes — Enver Chakartash
Lighting — Jen Schriever & Mextly Couzin
Sound — Sinan Refik Zafar

The Robert W. Wilson
MCC Theater Space

Photos by Richard Termine and Daniel J. Vasquez

“Adam Rigg’s set smoothly segues between the stagedoor of a Broadway theater, to the hallway outside an audition room, to a drag club, and, with the help and equally gifted collaboration of Jen Schriever and Mextly Couzin‘s lights, the play’s journey returns diligently between these locations. Just when you think you know where the play’s going, there’s a design-turn that surprises and titillates…”
- Gregory Bernard, Stage and Cinema

53% Of by Steph Del Rosso

World Premiere

Direction — Tiffany Nicole Greene
Scenic — Emmie Finckel
Costumes — Lux Haac
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Jane Shaw

Second Stage Uptown

“Emmie Finckel's astute scenic design and Mextly Couzin's atmospheric lighting are spot-on throughout.”
- James Wilson, Talkin’ Broadway

El Borracho by Tony Meneses

World Premiere

Direction — Edward Torres

Scenic & Costumes —David Israel Reynoso
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Music & Sound — David R. Molina

The Old Globe - Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre

Photos by Jim Cox

Indecent by Paula Vogel

Direction — Maggie Burrows

Scenic —Kristen Robinson
Costumes — Alicia J. Austin
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Fabian Obispo
Video — Katerina Vitaly

The Juilliard School

Photos by T Charles Erickson

The Gradient, by Steph Del Rosso

World Premiere

Direction — Amelia Acosta Powell
Scenic —Carolyn Mraz
Costumes — Raquel Barreto
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Sadah Espii Proctor
Video — Kaitlyn Pietras & Jason Thompson

Repertory Theater of St Louis
Catherine B. Berges Theatre at COCA

Photos by Phil Hamer

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Direction — Tlaloc Rivas

Scenic — Marcus Stephens
Costumes — Lynn Hallbrook
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Composition — Scotty Arnold
Sound — Jennifer Kazmierczak

Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival

Photos by Peter Ringenberg

Orestes 2.0 by Charles Mee

Direction — Joseph Hendel

Scenic — Miranda Friel
Costumes — Natalie Barshow
Lighting — Mextly Couzin
Sound — Stephen Jensen
Video — Elizabeth Barrett

UC, San Diego
Sheila & Hughes Potiker Theatre

by Lanford Wilson

Direction — Kim Rubinstein

Scenic — HsiAn Chen
Costumes — Christopher Flagstad

UC, San Diego
Mandell Weiss Forum Theatre

by Dave Harris

Direction — Steve H. Broadnax III

Scenic & Video — Yi-Chien Lee
Costumes — Dominique Fawn Hill
Sound — Stephen Jensen

UC, San Diego
Sheila & Hughes Potiker Theatre

by Luis Alfaro

Direction — Rebecca Martinez

Scenic — Mariana Sanchez
Costumes — Carolyn Mazuca
Lighting — María-Cristina Fusté
Associate — Mextly Couzin
Composer & Sound — David R. Molina

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

Photo by Cory Weaver

By Ave Geyer

Direction — Dylan Key

Scenic — Samuel Keamy-Minor
Costumes — Christopher Flagstad
Sound — MaeAnn Ross

Wagner New Play Festival ‘18
UC, San Diego
Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre

By Kate Benson

Direction — Vanessa Stalling

Scenic — Hsi-An Chen
Costumes — Christopher Flagstad
Sound — MaeAnn Ross

UC, San Diego
Theodore & Adele Shank Theatre

Choreographer — Alison Smith, Centehua Sage

Choreographer —Heather Glabe

Choreographer — Yolande Snaith

Photos by Jim Carmody

by Janine Salinas Schoenberg

Playwrights’ Arena
Atwater Village Theatre, Los Angeles

Direction — Diane Rodriguez

Scenic — Tanya Orellana
Costumes — Mylette Nora
Video — Yee Eun Nam

Photos by Kelly Stuart

“Mextly Couzin’s lighting design is a standout”

-F .Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times

UC, San Diego

Choreographer: Marcos Duran

By Lauren Yee

Direction — Nicholas Avila

Scenic — Samuel Keamy-Minor
Costumes — Jenny Clark
Sound — Jeff Sherwood

New Play Workshop #1
Chautauqua Theatre Company
Bratton Theatre

Adapted by Lilian White
from the novel by J.M Barrie

Direction — Lilian White

Scenic — Elizabeth Newton
Costumes — Katy Werlin

Burning Coal Theatre Company

The Ride

Choreographer — John Malashock

Lycceum Theatre

Photos by Jim Carmody

San Diego Symphony

Lux Boreal Dances

Conductor — Steven Schick

Mandeville Auditorium

By Howard Barker

Direction — Jon Riemer

Scenic — Humming Sang
Costumes — Evan Kwong
Sound — Dylan Nielsen

UC, San Diego
Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre

Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre

UC, San Diego

Photos by Jim Carmody