Stan Pressner:  

CLASS OF 1975
Skokie, IL
Skokie, IL
Skokie, IL
Skokie, IL

Stan's Story

Life Greetings to all! I moved to New York in 1980 to seek my fortune in the theatre. All has gone very well. I design scenery and lighting on and off Broadway, and for a lot of ballet and opera internationally. I frequently work as a consultant on cultural policy and theatre planning as well. Of greatest import though, I am the delighted father of a seven year old named Eli Aaron, and happily married to Maggie Gerrity. Workplace STAN PRESSNER has created the lighting for dance, theatre, opera and music events on five continents. His work can be found in the repertoires of, among others: The New York City Ballet, The Lyon Opera Ballet, Geneva Opera Ballet, Bill T.Jones/Arnie Zane, Bayerische Staadtsballet, The Boston Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Stephen Petronio and Dancers and The Netherlands Dance Theatre. His recent work includes:Twelfth Night for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, La Clemenza de Tito, The Abd...Expand for more
uction From The Seraglio and The Rake’s Progress for the Munich Staadtsoper, Mikhail Baryshnikov’s solo concert Dances with Piano…, Giant Empty for John Jasperse and Jean Genet’s The Blacks for The Market Theatre of Johannesburg. He has taught at UCLA and The Tisch School and is currently on faculty at the Juilliard School. He serves as the resident lighting czar of the Lincoln Center Festival. Television credits include: Bravo’s Inside the Actor’s Studio, Two Moon July for the Kitchen and PBS and Airdance for Live from Off-Center. As a theatre consultant, he works with Theatre Projects Consultants, currently on the development of the Art’s District in Dallas and the redevelopment of Lincoln Center. Mr. Pressner is the recipient of a 1988 New York Dance and Performance Award ("Bessie") for cumulative achievement, a 1997 Cable Ace Award for Bravo’s Inside the Actor’s Studio and a 1988, 1991 and 1994 American Theatre Wing Design Award nomination.
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