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​Chelsie McPhilimy is a lighting and media designer, crafting imaginative environments with vivid color and texture for the stage. She received her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and MFA from the Ohio State University. McPhilimy’s work has been seen from Toronto to Abu Dhabi, and she has been privileged to work with esteemed establishments such as NYUAD, New Victory Theater, Bates Dance Festival, Detroit Opera, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Flint Repertory Theatre, Constellation Stage & Screen, MOPDC, inDance, and the Santa Fe Opera. Her work on Rush (Paradise Factory, NYC) earned her a New York Innovative Theater Award nomination and her lighting designs for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Spring Awakening  (Flint Repertory Theatre) have earned regional Wilde Awards. 

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McPhilimy currently splits her time between the Midwest and the East Coast. She is an Associate Artist at Flint Repertory Theatre, part of the vibrant artistic community in mid-Michigan that helped to nurture her passion for the arts as a child.  McPhilimy is also the resident lighting designer and an Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Dance Department at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. 

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