Jane Cox

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Lighting designer for theatre, dance and opera. Broadway credits include True West, King Lear, Jitney, Machinal, Amelie, Color Purple. Other recent NYC theatre includes Secret Life of Bees, Assassins and Fefu. Jane has also designed for the Barbican Theater, Sydney Opera House, San Francisco Opera and is a member of the Monica Bill Barnes Dance Company. Jane is a Professor of the Practice and Director of the Theater Program at Princeton University.

Jane Cox Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2024]
Co-Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2023] Cancelled
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2022] [Replacement]
Lighting Design[Replacement]
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Lighting Design
 
[US Tour, 2019]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2018] [Replacement]
Lighting Design[Replacement]
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Lighting Designer
 
[US Tour, 2017]
Lighting Design
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Lighting Design
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Co-Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Lighting Designer
 
[Los Angeles, 2016]
Co-Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016]
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[Broadway, 2015]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Lighting Designer
 
[Los Angeles, 2015]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2015]
Lighting Design
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Lighting Design
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2014]
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[Off-Broadway, 2014]
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[Broadway, 2014]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2013]
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[Broadway, 2013]
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[Off-Broadway, 2012]
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[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
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[Off-Broadway, 2008]
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[Broadway, 2008]
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[Off-Broadway, 2007]
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[Off-Broadway, 2007]
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[Off-Broadway, 2007]
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[Off-Broadway, 2006]
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[Off-Broadway, 2005]
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[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Lighting Designer
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[Off-Broadway, 2005]
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[Off-Broadway, 2005]
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[Broadway, 2004]
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[Off-Broadway, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Associate Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
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[Off-Broadway, 2001]
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[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
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[Off-Broadway, 2000]
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[Broadway, 2000]
Assistant Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
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[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Lighting Designer

Jane Cox Awards and Nominations


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play

Jane Cox, Appropriate


winner
Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jane Cox, Appropriate

Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jane Cox, Macbeth

Drama Desk Awards - 2020 - Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

Jane Cox, The Secret Life of Bees

The Lortels - 2017 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jane Cox, Othello

Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jane Cox, August Wilson's Jitney

Drama Desk Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

Jane Cox, The Color Purple

Drama Desk Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jane Cox, Machinal

Tony Awards - 2014 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jane Cox, Machinal

Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jane Cox, Passion


winner
The Hewes Awards - 2013 - Hewes Design Award

Jane Cox, The Flick

The Lortels - 2013 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jane Cox, The Flick

The Lortels - 2006 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jane Cox, Apparition

Jane Cox Videos

Jane Cox News


Photos: Inside the 2024 Tony Awards Ceremony

Last night, the curtain was raised on the 77th Annual Tony Awards! Take a look inside the CBS broadcasts and Pluto TV pre-show below, including photos of the casts of The Outsiders, Suffs, Hell's Kitchen, The Who's Tommy, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and more.
Photos: Backstage with the 2024 Tony Awards Winners

This morning they were just nominees, but tonight... they're winners! BroadwayWorld is backstage at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the 77th Annual Tony Awards and we're bringing you live photos of tonight's winners.
Video: Jane Cox Celebrates Tony Win for Best Lighting Design of a Play

Earlier tonight at the 77th Annual Tony Awards, Jane Cox took home a Tony Award for 'Best Lighting Design of a Play' for her outstanding work on Appropriate. Watch what happened afterwards in this video!
Backstage at the 2024 Tony Awards

How does it feel to be a Tony winner? What project is up next? Who did they forget to thank? Find out straight from the winners themselves!
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld June 17, 2024 - Tony Awards Roundup!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 17, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the Tony Awards fun you may have missed over the weekend!
How/When/Where to Watch the 2024 Tony Awards

It's almost here! On June 16, The 77th Annual Tony Awards make their debut at Lincoln Center at the David H. Koch Theatre to celebrate the best of Broadway for the 2023/24 theatre season.
Video Roundup: 2024 Tony Winners Share First Impressions

As the 77th Annual Tony Awards continue at the David H. Koch Theatre, winners will be sharing their reactions at the First Impressions Cam, hosted by Erich Bergen. Watch in these videos!
Recap the 2024 Tony Awards Acceptance Speeches

The 77th Annual Tony Awards have officially begun! As winners take the stage this evening, stay tuned to BroadwayWorld as we bring you full text of all of the acceptance speeches; from the emotional to the humorous, and everything in between.
2024 Tony Awards Winners - The Full List

The 77th Annual Tony Awards were a smashing success with The Outsiders and Stereophonic taking home the top prizes of Best Play and Best Musical. Find out who else took home honors with the full list of winners below!
Photos: Backstage with the Drama Desk Awards Winners

Check out photos from backstage with the winners of the 2024 Drama Desk Awards!
2024 Drama Desk Awards Winners- The Full List

The best of Broadway and off-Broadway came together for the 68th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which were held at The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld June 4, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 4, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
APPROPRIATE On Broadway Announces Final Extension

Due to popular demand, the critically-acclaimed Second Stage Theater  production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ APPROPRIATE, directed by Lila Neugebauer and starring Sarah Paulson, has added an additional eight performances only, extending for a third and final time after 26 weeks on Broadway.  
Broadway By Design: APPROPRIATE

BroadwayWorld is shining a spotlight on the stellar designs of this Broadway season, show by show. We continue with the creatives from the eight-time Tony-nominated Appropriate- Scenic Designer dots, Lighting Designer Jane Cox, and Sound Designers Bray Poor and Will Pickens.
2024 Drama Desk Awards Nominations- The Full List!

Nominations for the 2024 Drama Desk Awards have just been. Check out the full list of nominees here for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway during the 2023-2024 season!
2024 Tony Awards Nominations - Show by Show

The nominations are in! Check out how each show fared individually in a full list of nominations by show.
2024 Tony Award Nominations- HELL'S KITCHEN and STEREOPHONIC Lead the Pack!

The 77th Annual Tony Awards nominations were announced this morning by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renee Elise Goldsberry and here they are, celebrating the best of the 2023-24 theatre season. Check out the full list of nominees here!
San Francisco Opera Medal Awarded To Director Michael Cavanagh

San Francisco Opera presented the Opera Medal, the Company's highest honor, to Michael Cavanagh shortly before his death last month. The acclaimed Canadian opera director, who passed away on March 13 from leptomeningeal cancer at the age of 62, was a guiding, creative force behind a number of important new productions for San Francisco Opera over the past decade.
Making Space At The Armory Presents ANTAGONISMS: A GATHERING Symposium Led By Claudia Rankine

Join Claudia Rankine, Anna Deavere Smith, Homi Bhabha, Saidiya Hartman, and others for a series of conversations and performances exploring public and private discourse at the Armory's Antagonisms: A Gathering on June 1.
Photos: See All-New Photos of APPROPRIATE On Broadway, Reopening Tonight

The Broadway production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ APPROPRIATE reopened at the Belasco Theater tonight, Wednesday, April 10. Check out new photos of the production below!

Jane Cox FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Jane Cox been nominated for?

Jane Cox has been nominated for several prestigious awards for her outstanding lighting design work in various Broadway productions. These nominations include Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Appropriate," Best Lighting Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Appropriate" and "Macbeth," Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Secret Life of Bees," Outstanding Lighting Design at The Lortels for "Othello," Best Lighting Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "August Wilson's Jitney" and "Machinal," Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Color Purple," Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for "Machinal," Best Lighting Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Machinal," Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for "Passion," Hewes Design Award at The Hewes Awards for "The Flick," Outstanding Lighting Design at The Lortels for "The Flick," and Outstanding Lighting Design at The Lortels for "Apparition."

What awards has Jane Cox won?

Jane Cox has won the Hewes Design Award (The Hewes Awards) for her work on The Flick.

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