Amina Gilbert (she/they) is a lighting designer, director, and performer based in Chicago and local to Colorado.
Amina is inspired to reach into the depths of nuanced human experience by guiding her work with joyful freedom, unencumbered expression, queer love, an obsession with challenge. 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. She is a company member at Lazy Susan Theatre Co and Interpolated Theatre Co.
Contact: aminagilbert@gmail.com
Upcoming Work
The Awakenings of Spring - Lazy Susan Theatre - Dir. Matt Masino - Lighting Designer - April 2025
Relatively Speaking - Eclectic Full Contact Theatre - May 2025