Bio:

Ayumu Poe Saegusa is a NYC-based lighting designer born and raised in Tokyo, Japan.

Through his work with Master Inokuchi Shin, he learned lighting design through the traditional Japanese apprenticeship culture. Since arriving in NYC in 2005, Ayumu has developed his lighting craft through a non-traditional path of multicultural multimedia exploration, puppetry, and opera.

Through his work with HERE Arts Center, he established a long-term collaboration with the puppet artist Basil Twist and many unique artists.

In particular, Puppets and opera took his work from the US to Europe, South America, and East Asia.

His US credits include Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, St Ann’s Warehouse, Red Cat, La Jolla Playhouse, Spoleto Festival, and the San Francisco Opera. Ayumu’s international credits include performances at the Barbican Center, Royal Danish Theatre, Sadler’s Wells Theatre and the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre.

In 2027 he will debut at the Metropolitan Opera with the much anticipated production, The Monkey King.