Dawn Chiang elected Vice President of the board of directors of Theatre Communications Group

Dawn Chiang, TPC Senior Consultant, has been elected Vice President of the board of directors of Theatre Communications Group (TCG). Dawn has been a board member of TCG since 2005 and has also served on grant award panels for TCG and the National Endowment for the Arts.

An accomplished theatrical lighting designer, Dawn has been associated with Theatre Projects since 1990 as a senior lighting design associate and most recently as a project manager for City of Dreams Theater in Macau, China. She recently completed a residency with the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts as a lighting designer and guest lecturer.

Her lighting design credits include Zoot Suit on Broadway and regional theatre and Off-Broadway productions for numerous companies including Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theater, Guthrie Theater, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. As the resident lighting designer for New York City Opera for the 1989 and 1990 season, her designs included A Little Night Music, which was broadcast on PBS' Live from Lincoln Center. Dawn was also the associate lighting designer for the Broadway productions of Show Boat, La Cage Aux Folles, and Sophisticated Ladies.

She is a member of the United Scenic Artists/Local 829 in lighting and set design.

Over the last 45 years, TCG's constituency has grown from a tiny network of groundbreaking theatres to over 460 members across the country, as well as over 17,000 individuals nationwide. Today, their programs further their core values of fostering connection, embracing diversity and supporting artistry in the American theatre. In all their endeavors, TCG seeks to increase the organizational efficiency of its member theatres, cultivate and celebrate the artistic talent and achievements of the field, and promote a larger public understanding of and appreciation for the theatre. TCG is led by executive director Teresa Eyring and is governed by a national board of directors representing the theatre field.