Amina Gilbert (she/they) is a lighting designer, director, and performer based in Chicago and local to Colorado.

She is inspired to reach into the depths of nuanced human experience by guiding her work with joyful freedom, unencumbered expression, an obsession with challenge, and queer love. She believes theatre cannot be made without love and risk. She finds inspiration in the ocean, music her parents showed her as a child, and the way her friends dance when they think she’s not paying attention.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Honors program at Columbia College Chicago in 2023 with a BA in Theatre Arts with concentrations in lighting design and directing.

Contact: aminagilbert@gmail.com

(303)-818-4770

Upcoming Work

Not Bitter Nor Sweet - Lazy Susan Theatre - Lighting Designer, Sound Designer - Feb 2025

Astraunat Group 1 - Griffin Theatre Co - Co-Lighting Designer - Feb 2025

The Pillowman - Dir. Ricardo Gamboa - Lighting Designer - March 2025

Retelling of Purim - Dir. Sivan Spector and Annelise Rittberg- Performer/Designer - March 2025

The Awakenings of Spring - Lazy Susan Theatre - Dir. Matt Masino - Lighting Designer - April 2025