Tyler Micoleau

Tyler Micoleau
Born
Portland, Maine
Known forLighting design
AwardsTony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Websitetylermicoleau.com

Tyler Micoleau is an American lighting designer, known for his work on Broadway musicals such as his Tony-nominated lighting designs for The Band's Visit,[1] for which he won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical,[2] and Buena Vista Social Club.[3]

Early life

Micoleau is from Portland, Maine, where he atteded Deering High School graduating in 1987.[4] After high school, Micoleau enrolled in Bowdoin College with a self-designed major in theatre with an emphasis on stage design in 1987. While there, he worked as a production facilities caretaker at the college, where he found a passion for lighting and first worked with Maine State Music Theatre.[5] He ventured out west to live with his artist uncle in 1989, where he was further inspired to pursue a career in the arts. He graduated with a Bachelor's of Arts in 1991.[6] That summer, he began as an Assistant Master Electrician to MSMT, before receiving his first professional contract the following summer. [7][8]

Next, he worked for several years as a lighting designer at theatres such as Portland Stage and Mad Horse Theatre in Maine. There, he met lighting designer Scott Zelinski, who invited him to come on as an assistant lighting designer at The Public Theatre, which began his career in New York City.[9]

Career

Micoleau has designed lighting for both Off-Broadway and Broadway productions. He got his Broadway debut in 1996 as assistant lighting designer for Juan Darien at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.[10] He would return to Broadway in 2018 as lighting designer for The Band's Visit, a musical adaptation of the 2007 Israeli musical of the same name. For his work, he won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical.[11][12][13]

His work was also seen on Broadway in 2019's Be More Chill,[14] 2022's American Buffalo[15] and Into the Woods,[16] along with 2025's Buena Vista Social Club, for which he received his second Tony Award nomination.[17][18]

He has also designed lighting for notable Off-Broadway productions. He designed lighting for plays such as Jordan Harrison's The Antiquities in 2025,[19] which netted him a Drama Desk Award nomination and Lucille Lortel Award, and Samuel D. Hunter's A Case for the Existence of God in 2022,[20] for which he was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award. Other productions featuring his work include Good Person of Szechwan in 2013,[21] The Antipodes in 2017[22] and Miss You Like Hell in 2018.[23]

He has served on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College, and been a visiting artist at Dartmouth College, Yale University, Bates College and his alma mater.[24]

Personal life

Micoleau currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with his husband.[25]

Selected stage credits

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1996 Juan Darién Assistant Lighting Designer Broadway, Vivian Beaumont Theatre [26][27]
1997 Mojo Lighting Designer Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company
1999 Refuge Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons
2001 Underneath the Lintel Off-Broadway, SoHo Playhouse
2003 Dublin Carol Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company
Ladies of the Corridor Off-Off-Broadway, 13th Street Theatre
2004 Bug Off-Broadway, Barrow Street Theatre
Eat the Taste
2005 The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company
2006 The God Committee Off-Broadway, Lamb's Theatre
Gutenberg! The Musical! Off-Broadway, 59E59
2007 Anon(ymous) Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company
A Very Common Procedure Off-Broadway, MCC Theater
2008 God's Ear Off-Broadway, Vineyard Theatre
Blasted Off-Broadway, SoHo Rep
2009 Oohrah! Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company
2010 When the Rain Stops Falling Off-Broadway, Lincoln Center Theatre
That Face Off-Broadway, Manhattan Theatre Club
2012 A Midsummer Night's Dream Off-Broadway, Classic Stage Company
Disgraced Off-Broadway, Lincoln Center Theater
2013 Good Person of Szechwan Off-Broadway, The Public Theater
The Tempest Off-Broadway, Delacorte Theatre/The Public Theater
2015 The Invisible Hand Off-Broadway, New York Theatre Workshop
Be More Chill Regional, Two River Theater Company
First Daughter Suite Off-Broadway, The Public Theater
2016 Familiar Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons
Miss You Like Hell Regional, La Jolla Playhouse
The Band's Visit Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company
Antlia Pneumatica Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons
2017 The Antipodes Off-Broadway, Signature Theatre Company
A Midsummer Night's Dream Off-Broadway, Delacorte Theatre/The Public Theater
The Band's Visit Broadway, Ethel Barrymore Theatre
2018 Miss You Like Hell Off-Broadway, The Public Theater
Be More Chill Off-Broadway, Pershing Square Signature Center
2019 Broadway, Lyceum Theatre
Socrates Off-Broadway, The Public Theater
Hercules
2020 Be More Chill West End, The Other Palace
2021 West End, Shaftesbury Theatre
2022 American Buffalo Broadway, Circle in the Square Theatre
A Case for the Existence of God Off-Broadway, Signature Theatre Company
Into the Woods Off-Broadway, New York City Center Encores!
Broadway, St. James Theatre
Camp Siegfried Off-Broadway, Second Stage Theatre
2023 Buena Vista Social Club Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company
2024 Hold on to Me Darling Off-Broadway, Lucille Lortel Theatre
Ragtime Regional, Signature Theatre
2025 The Antiquities Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons
Buena Vista Social Club Broadway, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
The Antiquities Regional, Goodman Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2004 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Lighting Design Bug Won [28]
2009 Jeff Award Outstanding Lighting Design - Midsize Blasted Won [29]
2010 Obie Award Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design Won [30]
Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Lighting Design When the Rain Stops Falling Won [31][32]
2015 The Invisible Hand Nominated [33]
2016 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play Antlia Pneumatica Nominated [34][35]
2018 Tony Award Best Lighting Design of a Musical The Band's Visit Won [36]
2020 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Lighting Design Socrates Nominated [37]
2023 A Case for the Existence of God Nominated [38]
2024 Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Lighting Design, Hayes Production Ragtime Nominated [39]
2025 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Lighting Design The Antiquities Won [40]
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play Nominated [41]
Tony Award Best Lighting Design of a Musical Buena Vista Social Club Nominated [42]

References

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  2. ^ "Tony Award Winners 2018: The Complete List". The New York Times. 2018-06-10. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
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  6. ^ "Tyler Micoleau". Studio School of Design. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  7. ^ "BWW Interview: Tyler Micoleau - Bringing Broadway to Brunswick and Back". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
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  10. ^ "Juan Darien (Broadway, Vivian Beaumont Theatre)". Playbill. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
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  13. ^ "The Band's Visit is a musical of languid, gentle beauty". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  14. ^ "Broadway By Design: Beowulf Boritt, Tyler Micoleau, Alex Basco Koch & Ryan Rumery Bring BE MORE CHILL from Page to Stage". BroadwayWorld. April 24, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
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  21. ^ "The Foundry's Good Person of Szechwan, Starring Taylor Mac, Extends at the Public Theater". Playbill. November 4, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  22. ^ "World Premiere of Annie Baker's The Antipodes Opens Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
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