Meet the team

John R. Malinowski

John R. Malinowski, he/him/his (Lighting Designer) has designed lighting for over 40 productions at CST.  In 2024, John received his second Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Lighting for Angels in America, Parts 1 and 2 produced here at CST w/ Bedlam Theatre.   He served as the  Resident Designer at The Nora where he designed Journey to the WestIntimate ExchangesArcadiaSaving KittyEmilie, and Operation Epsilon. Other CST credits include The Crucible (w/ Bedlam Theatre);  HomebodyMatchless and The Happy Prince, Bedlam’s Saint JoanHysteriaSilver SpoonThe Cherry OrchardNot Enough AirThe Caretaker, and Photograph 51 and A Christmas Carol. Elsewhere, he has designed Simon Says (Redgrave Theatre, NYC); Mercury (HERE, NYC); Oceanside (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); RentA Streetcar Named DesireThe Pillowman, Bakersfield Mist (New Repertory Theatre); WorkingCity of AngelsThe ChosenAnimal CrackersThe Play That Goes Wrong(Lyric Stage Co. of Boston); HamletCherry Orchard, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Actor’s Shakespeare Project). He is the resident lighting designer at Harbor Stage Co. Awards and recognitions include Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Lighting (1996), NEA/TCG Fellowship (2000), three IRNE Awards for Lighting, and a Tennessean Award for Lighting Cyrano. John has taught lighting design at Brandeis, Suffolk, and Northeastern Universities.