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YI-CHUNG CHEN
​陳怡仲
​LIGHTING DESIGN

CAVE

​Choreographed by Hofesh Shechter
Martha Graham Dance Company, April 2022

"Yi-Chung Chen's lighting added to the work's dramatic feeling of anticipation and ecstatic release."
Sheila Regan - StarTribune

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The Auditions

​Choreographed by Troy Schumacher. Composed by Augusta Read Thomas
Martha Graham Dance Company, November 2019

​"The work begins in a murky netherworld (lighting by Yi-Chung Chen), in which an angelic figure, a woman dressed in a gauzy, cloud-like garment (designs by Karen Young) stands in arabesque."
Marina Harss - DanceTabs

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"... glowing in contrast to lighting designer Yi-Chung Chen’s softly aquamarine-lit cyclorama backdrop."
Elaine Molinaro - Montclair Local

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"Effective lighting by Yi-Chung Chen, costumes by Karen Young, and nice articulation by the omnipresent musicians of the International Contemporary Ensemble made the story so effective that an engrossed toddler processed every point out loud—something I thought was wonderful, and proof of solid construction."
Lana Norris - National Sawdust

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The Virtuous Fall of The Girls From Our Lady of Sorrows

Spicy Witch Productions, May 2019

"Further highlighted by the rockstar tumultuous lighting design of Yi-Chung Chen..."
Natalie Rine - Onstage Blog

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DEO

Choreographed by Maxine Doyle and Bobbi Jene Smith
​Martha Graham Dance Company, April 2019

"Lights flash on and off, showcasing the women in a change of mood, motion, and motif... Karen Young's costumes and Yi-Chung Chen's lighting were exquisite."
Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower - Roberta on the Arts

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Your Invisible Corset

Hunger & Thirst Theatre, October 2018

"The compelling story, direction, and performances are supported by an eerie and effective design, with a haunting soundscape by Randall Benichak and dramatic lighting by Yi-Chung Chen that signal the shifts of scenes from Mina's dark and bloody recollections to her well-lit room in the hospital."
Deb Miller - DC Metro Theater Arts

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"Additionally, the marriage of Yi-Chung Chen's lighting and Randall Benichak's sound designs are both hypnotic and unnerving, ever dancing across the line between reality and nightmare."
Zelda Knapp - A work unfinishing

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"Your Invisible Corset thrusts us into world with jarring speed and rapid scenic shifts, embellished by lighting designer Yi-Chung Chen's ominous reds, dreamlike washes, and dramatic strobes and blackouts.
Emily Cordes - Theatre Is Easy

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"It is not easy to pull off horror onstage, but this production, aided by effective lighting and sound design, succeeds in maintaining an atmosphere of tension and intensity, as well as, significantly, in having the audience experience some of same sense of disorientation that Mina is feeling.
Leah Richards & John Ziegler - Culture Catch

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"The sound, lighting, and set design of Your Invisible Corset are all simple and sharp yet astonishingly effective. As a result, the intimate space of the Flamboyan Theatre has never looked better or more utilized."
Jed Ryan - Lavender After Dark media

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Life Is But a Dream

Spicy Witch Productions, April 2018

"Yi-Chung Chen's lighting design helps with the central themes about dreams."
​Michael Block - Theater in the Now

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Histoire

Choreographed by Lucinda Childs
​Martha Graham Dance Company, April 2018

"The score - imaginatively featuring the harpsichord - and the fine lighting accentuate the airy sense of happiness."
Oberon - Oberon's Grove

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​Ripcord

Shadowland Stages, September 2017

​"It's a journey augmented by the less-is-more, action-packed staging of director Brendan Burke, which includes such imaginative touches (by set designer Joah Christensen and lighting designer Yi-Chung Chen) as using a shimmering white curtain and dim and bright lighting to modulate moods and scenes."

​Steve Israel - Times Herald-Record

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"Ripcord is a visual delight with an impressive set by Josh Christensen, lighting by Yi-Chung Chen, and costumes by Eleanor Wolfe and Holly Lewis Budd."
Carol Montana - Sullivan County Democrat
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New York Lounge Interview
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Sinovision, August 2017
​美國中文網

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The Blind

The Living Theatre, April 2017

"... under Yi-Chung Chen's dreamlike lighting."
Ran Xia - Theatre Is Easy

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Cliff 

Hazard Rep
The New York International Fringe Festival, August 2015

"Yi-Chung Chen successfully crafts environments that flow from a stormy night, to a calm yet foreboding morning."
Keith Paul Medelis - Theatre Is Easy

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Behind the Mask

Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America, June 2015

"... a gorgeous lighting design by Yi-Chung Chen, signifies the transition between the two story lines."
Heather Chamberlain - Stage Buddy Review

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I Am A Moon

The New York International Fringe Festival, August 2013
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"... Yi-Chung Chen's lighting design is crisp."
Cory Conley - nytheatre.com

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The Chautauquan Daily Interview

Chautauqua Theater Company, August 2012
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Dialogues of the Carmelites

BU Opera Institute, April 2012
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"... the evocative lighting by Yi-Chung Chen."
Thomas Garvey - The Hub Review

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