About
Emily Leong holds a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Puget Sound. She is a Seattle-based freelance lighting designer, and is on staff at Theatre Off Jackson as the technical liaison and a resident lighting designer. She has experience working in various fields of performance including burlesque, solo performance, stand up, drag, and traditional theatre. Emily has also worked with many other theatre companies around Seattle including Annex Theatre, Youth Theatre Northwest, The Pocket Theater, and Cafe Nordo. In 2015, Emily received The Gregory Awards Melissa Hines Annual Impact Award for her work as a theatre practitioner.
Photo Credit: Carol Harrold Photography
Emily W. Leong has been designing in and around Seattle for the better part of a decade. Her mission is to create inclusive, collaborative spaces, and she believes that all forms of performance are deserving of the respect of thoughtful design. Emily has designed for theatre, musicals, burlesque, cabaret, solo performance, stand up, and drag. In 2015 - with many thanks to her collaborators in the vibrant Seattle burlesque community - Emily was nominated for, and won, the The Gregory Awards Melissa Hines Annual Impact Award.
While currently on sabbatical to focus on her young family, Emily endeavors keep a toe in the theatre waters by occasionally taking designs when her schedules allows. Her most recent design (winter 2022), Homicide for the Holidays written by Seattle treasure Scot Augustson, was the farewell show of the Pioneer Square dinner theatre space, Nordo’s Culinarium. Emily’s bold use of color and love of stark contrasts has followed her into other art mediums where she dabbles as a novice visual artist.