Director of Theater
Professor of Theater, Lighting Designer
Office: 118 Hopkins Center
Office Phone: (603)646-2030
E-mail: Dan.Kotlowitz@Dartmouth.edu
Dan Kotlowitz joined the Dartmouth faculty in the winter of 1995 as the Lighting Designer for the Theater Department. He was just awarded the John M. Manley Huntington Memorial Award for outstanding teaching and research. Mr. Kotlowitz has designed over 200 professional productions, his work has been seen in New York at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Julliard Theatre, Primary Stages, Playwrights Horizons, The Astor Place, The Promenade Theatre, The Joyce Theatre, Serious Fun! Festival at Lincoln Center, New Federal Theatre, Soho Rep and AMAS Rep. He has designed in LORT theaters all over the country including: Centerstage, Hartford Stage, The Long Wharf, Huntington Theatre, Trinity Repertory, LaJolla Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Capitol Repertory, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Shakespeare and Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Connecticut Rep Theater, and the George Street Playhouse. He most recently designed AH WILDERNESS at Centerstage in Baltimore, and is currently working on MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, THE PLAY'S THE THING for Asolo Repertory Theatre in Florida, and 12 ANGRY MEN at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. His design work for performance artist Diamanda Gala's PLAGUE MASS, INSEKTA, TICKETS and THE SPORTING LIFE have been seen nationally and internationally in Paris, London, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Norway and Greece. He is a member of United Scenic Artist, Local 829, and received his B.A. from Grinnell College, and an M.F.A. in lighting design from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Professor Kotlowitz teaches lighting design and composition for the theater, and designs main stage productions.
