Designer/Director

François-Pierre Couture graduated in 2002 in theatre from Concordia University of Montreal, his home town. He has now completed his graduate studies at UCLA in set and lighting design. As both lighting and set designer at UCLA, he had had the opportunity to work on several plays. His lighting design work at UCLA includes The Balcony by Jean Jeunet and Tartuffe by Molière. His scenic work at UCLA includes Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim, Tartuffe by Molière and the Hot Mikado by David H. Bell and Rob Bowman based on W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s operetta. In an effort to combine his student life with his professional carrier, François-Pierre worked with several companies including the Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble, for whom he previously designed the scenery for the west coast premiere of Neil Labute’s Distance from Here. He also was the lighting designer for Melancholia, presented by the Latino Theatre Company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center Edge Fest and of the world premiere of Tape 39, presented by the Three Chairs company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center Edge Fest.