Lookingglass Theatre Company
Brian Sidney Bembridge is an experienced production and scenic designer with a diverse portfolio spanning over two decades. Currently serving as a Production Designer at Tastylive and Live Bash since 2022 and 2020 respectively, Bembridge has also worked extensively in theater as a scenic and lighting designer for several prestigious organizations including ACT Theatre, Teatro Vista, Alliance Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, TimeLine Theatre Company, and Lookingglass Theatre Company. A graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Brian holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Scenic and Lighting Design, earned between 1993 and 1997.
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Founded in 1988 by graduates of Northwestern University, Lookingglass Theatre Company is a nationwide leader in the creation and presentation of new, cutting-edge theatrical works and in sharing its ensemble-based theatrical techniques with Chicago-area students and teachers through Education and Community Programs. Guided by an artistic vision centered on the core values of collaboration, transformation, and invention, Lookingglass seeks to capture audiences’ imaginations leaving them changed, charged and empowered. In 2003, Lookingglass Theatre opened in Chicago’s landmark Water Tower Water Works on Michigan Avenue. In 2011, Lookingglass received the American Theatre Wing’s Tony Award® for Outstanding Regional Theatre. In 2016, Lookingglass received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions and in 2017, was the recipient of the League of Chicago Theatres’ Artistic Achievement Award.