Masha Tsimring is a NYC-based lighting designer for live performance. She comes from Russia, by way of California, Boston, California, New Haven, and California. She is coastally indecisive, an Aquarius. She speaks English, Russian, and a smattering of French. Tsimring is especially interested in collaborating on work that transcends the boundaries of any particular genre, and finds meaning in abstraction. Always looking for kind people doing strange things. In addition to design, her interests include progress towards pay equity and a more ethical model of making in the American theater. She is a proud member of United Scenic Artists, IATSE Local 829.
Tsimring's work has taken her to theaters across the US and internationally to Russia, Chile, China, Germany, Ecuador, Canada, the Netherlands, and Bolivia. Homes for New York projects include Playwrights Horizons, The Kitchen, Atlantic Theatre Co., Clubbed Thumb, PlayCo, Invisible Dog, Page73, and Bushwick Starr. She received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama.
