Northern Illinois University

School of Theatre and Dance

Benny Gomes

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Lighting Design

Education: M.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office: SB 219
Phone: 815-753-8260
E-mail: bgomes@niu.edu


Benny Gomes is a member of the United Scenic Artists and has lit over 300 productions in varied places such as Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and Germany.

His U.S. regional credits include designs at the McCarter Theatre Center in New Jersey and the Goodman in Chicago. Included in his work are nine premiers of Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott’s plays.