Jeff Forbes

is a Portland based lighting designer working primarily in theatre and dance. He is a 10 time winner of the Willie and Drammy Awards for theatre for such companies as Artists Repertory Theatre, Broadway Rose, Imago Theatre, the Musical Theatre Company, Storefront Theatre, and Tygres Heart Shakespeare Co.
He has also designed for American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, Mass), the New Rose Theatre, Portland Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage,  Portland Actors Conservatory, and many others.

He tours nationally and internationally with Imago Theatre, the Deborah Hay Dance Company and Antony and the Johnsons. His work in Dance and Performance includes frequent collaborations with choreographers such as Linda Austin, Tahni Holt, Linda K Johnson, Josie Moseley, Mary Oslund, Sally Silvers,and Cydney Wilkes, as well as ten years as resident designer for the Boris and Natasha Dancers. For the NorthWest Dance Project, he has worked with choreographers such as James Canfield, Lucas Crandall, Andrea Miller, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Didy Veldman, and Patrick Delcroix.

He is currently the Technical Manager for White Bird Dance, a presenting organization based in Portland, and has served as a technical director for PICA’s TBA Festival since its beginning in 2003.

He is a co-founder, with Linda Austin, of Performance Works NorthWest, for which he also serves as technical director.

A resume and online portfolio is available here.

Performance Works NorthWest 4625 SE 67th Ave Portland OR 97206 (503) 777-1907 info@performanceworksnw.org