ABOUT
Ben Levie is a queer, trans, and Jewish theater designer from San Francisco, California, currently based in the NYC/NJ area. He graduated from Rutgers University in May 2026 in their lighting design concentration. He is also a knitter, a crocheter, and a visual artist in his spare time. He does it all for his cat, Minerva.
CONTACT
UPCOMING
Good Intentions
Costume Designer & Wardrobe
Dir. Samiksha Thakur
Film Thesis
2026
Carmilla
Costume Designer
Dir. Meg Moynahan
Rutgers Theater Company
April 2026
PRESS
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EDUCATION
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts
2026
Rutgers Conservatory at Shakespeare’s Globe
2024
CV
What Became of Us
Assistant Lighting Designer
LD Christopher Bailey
George St Playhouse
2026
Ruined
Production Electrician
LD Alexandria Chua
Rutgers Theater Company
2026
Hurricane Diane
Lighting Designer
Dir. Lauren Keating
Rutgers Theater Company
2025
The Freak Feast
Costume Designer
Dir. Clay Wild Munley
BKOne Popup Theatre Festival
2025
Carmen
Lighting Designer
Dir. Colm Summers
Rutgers Opera Company
2025
God of Vengeance
Lighting Programmer
LD Jack Creegan
Rutgers Theater Company
2025
Romeo & Juliet
Assistant Lighting Designer
LD Chloe Ditloff
Rutgers Theater Company
2024
The Giant Void in my Soul
Production Electrician
LD Maya Strauss
Rutgers Theater Company
2024
Holy Week
Lighting Designer
Dir. Lilly Cantor-Riopelle
Rutgers Theater Company
2023
King Lear
Lighting Programmer
LD Louis Stone-Collone
Silicon Valley Shakespeare
2023
Life is a Dream
Lighting Programmer
LD Maz Sailer
Rutgers Theater Company
2023
Men on Boats
Assistant Lighting Designer
LD Chloe Ditloff
Rutgers Theater Company
2022
The Tempest
Lighting Designer
Dir. Gary Craig Schoenfeld
Spindrift School of Performing Arts
2022
Legally Blonde
Lighting Designer
Dir. Gary Craig Schoenfeld
Spindrift School of Performing Arts
2022
Chicago
Assistant Lighting Designer
LD Nik Robalino
Spindrift School of Performing Arts
2022