Li-Chi Liao
Assistant Professor of Lighting Design and Technology
School of Theatre
Email Address: lcliao@uncg.edu
Education
Chinese Culture University, Taipei, BFA
Ohio University, Athens Ohio, MFA
Biography
Joyce Liao is an award-winning lighting designer and educator. Joyce’s lighting work has been seen both across the US and internationally. She is glad to join the theater department at UNCG to offer her theater experiences and to help young designers to develop the skills that are ready for the challenges and opportunities provided in modern entertainment industry.
Selected Credit: Andy Warhol In Iran (Barrington Theatre Company, Berkie Award nominee) Strings Attached, Chasing Happy (Pulse Ensemble Theater, Theater Row), Sweat (Dallas Theatre Center), Party Face starring Hayley Mills, directed by Amanda Beares (New York City Center Stage II), Hero starring Omari Hardwick (Billie Holiday Theatre) The Pill (La MAMA), Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Cherry Lane Studio Theatre). Soul of Soulin (Broadway, Marquee Theatre), The English Bride, Dead Dog Park (59 E 59), The Glass Menagerie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (47 Street Theater), Breakfast with Mugabe (Theatre Row, Signature Theater. Her lighting design on Brothers from the Bottom was nominated for the Audelco Award. For more information, please visit: www.joyceliaostudio.com
Courses Taught
- Theatre Lighting Design and Technology
Scholarly Creative/Research Activity
Berkie Awards Nomination, Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play or Musical Andy Warhol in Iran, Barrington Stage Company, 2022
Audelco Award Nomination, best lighting design for a play, Brothers from The Bottom, 2015
Peggy Ezekiel Award, Outstanding Achievement Lighting Design, Caucasian Chalk Circle, 2003
Theatre Design & Technology Summer 2004, World Stage Design 2005 Exhibit, Hemsley Portfolio Review finalist 2005