Award-Winning Projection & Media Designer
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Inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets amidst the throes of the Arab Spring, We Live in Cairo follows six student activists using their street art, photography and song to overthrow a regime older than they are. Winner of the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater, this soaring new musical from Jonathan Larson Grant winners and NYTW Usual Suspects Daniel & Patrick Lazour journeys from the jubilation of the Tahrir Square protests through the aftermath of the years that followed. As escalating division and violence lead to a military crackdown, the young revolutionaries of Cairo must weigh the cost of how—or even whether—to keep their dreams of change alive. Obie Award winner and NYTW Usual Suspect Taibi Magar (The Half-God of Rainfall) directs.
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Water for Elephants
Imperial Theatre
Book by Rick Elice
Music & Lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co.
Director: Jessica Stone
Choreography: Jesse Robb & Shana Carroll
Set Design: Takeshi Kata
Costume Design: David Israel Reynoso
Lighting Design: Bradley King
Sound Design: Walter Trarbach
Projection Design: David Bengali
Hair & Wig Design: Campbell Young AssociatesTony Award Nomination
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Van Gogh's Ear
Signature Theatre — Ensemble for the Romantic Century
Set and Costume Design: Vanessa James
Lighting Design: Beverly Emmons
Projection Design: David BengaliDrama Desk Nomination
Outstanding Projection Design -
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Einstein's Dreams
Prospect Theatre / 59E59
Book and Lyrics: Joanne Sydney Lessner
Music and Lyrics: Joshua Rosenblum
Director: Cara Reichel
Projection Design: David Bengali
Set Design: Isabel Mengyuan Le
Lighting Design: Herrick Goldman
Sound Design: Kevin Heard
Props Design: Sean FrankDrama Desk Nomination
Outstanding Projection Design -
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We Live in Cairo
American Repertory Theatre
Book, Music & Lyrics by Daniel & Patrick Lazour
Director: Taibi Magar
Choreographer: Samar Haddad King
Music Supervisor: Michael Starobin
Music Director: Madeline Smith
Scenic & Costume Designer: Tilly Grimes
Lighting Designer: Bradley King
Sound Designer: Kai Harada
Projection & Video Designer: David Bengali -
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Ring of Fire
Endstation Theatre Company
Director: Jimmy Maize
Projection Design: David Bengali
Set Design: Krista Franco
Lighting Design: John Kiselica
Costume Design: Leslie Cook-Day
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Anna Akhmatova
BAM / Ensemble for the Romantic Century
Written by Eve Wolf
Director: Donald T. Sanders
Projection Design: David Bengali
Set & Costume Design: Vanessa James
Lighting Design: Beverly Emmons
Photos: Joan Marcus -
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The Sensational Josephine Baker
Theatre Row — Emerging Artists Theater
Written and Performed by Cheryl Howard
Music by Loren van Brenk
Director: Ian Streicher
Projection Design: David Bengali
Set Design: Tim McMath
Lighting Design: G. Ben Swope
Costume Design: Nicole Wee -
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R/Evolution
Robert Moss Theater
Written and Choreographed by William Moulton
Director: Richard St. George
Projection Design: David Bengali
Set Design: Scott Dahl
Lighting Design: Amith Chandrashaker
Costume Design: Ari Fulton
Sound Design: Emerson Daly -
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A Single Ride
Dixon Place
Choreographer: Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie
Composer: Marty Beller
Projection Design: David Bengali
Lighting Design: Tim Cryan -
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Rockin' Road to Dublin
National Tour
Director: Jeff Whiting
Projection Design: David Bengali
Set Design: Jason Ardizzone-West
Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong
Costume Design: Sarah Cubbage -
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The Temple Bombing
Alliance Theatre
Written and Directed by Jimmy Maize
Set Design: Meredith Ries
Lighting Design: Jake DeGroot
Costume Design: Sydney Roberts
Sound Design: Kendall Simpson
Projection Design: David Bengali -
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Frankenstein
Dallas Theater Center
Written by Nick Dear
Director: Joell Ferrell
Projection Design: David Bengali
Set Design: Amelia Baransky
Lighting Design: Tyler Micoleau
Sound Design: Ryan Rumery
Wigs and Makeup: Leah Loukas
Photos: Karen Almond -
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Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon
BAM / Ensemble for the Romantic Century
Written by Eve Wolf
Director: Donald T. Sanders
Projection Design: David Bengali
Set and Costume Design: Vanessa James
Lighting Design: Beverly Emmons
Photos: Joan Marcus -
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Uncommon Sense
Tectonic Theater Project
Written by Anushka Paris-Carter and Andy Paris
Director: Andy Paris
Artistic Director: Moisés Kaufman
Set Design: John Coyne
Costume Design: Jacob Climer
Lighting Design: Paul Miller
Sound Design: Stephanie Robinson
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The Tempest
Classic Stage Company
Director: Jimmy Maize
Choreography: Jon Cooper
Lighting & Projection Design: David Bengali
Set Design: Amanda Rehbein & Sara C. Walsh
Costume Design: Abby Hahn
Sound Design: Andy Sowers -
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Marie Christine
3LD
Written by Michael John LaChiusa
Director: Raymond Zilberberg
Projection Design: David Bengali
Set Design: Jung Griffin
Lighting Design: Christina Watanabe
Costume Design: Rebecca Welles
David Bengali is an award-winning projection, media, and lighting designer based in NYC.
Broadway credits include Water for Elephants (2024 Tony Award Nominee), The Thanksgiving Play, and 1776. Off-Broadway credits include Twilight: LA 1992 (Henry Hewes Award, Drama Desk Nomination); Anthony Rapp’s Without You, The Visitor (Lucille Lortel Award Nominee); Circle Jerk (Obie Award, Drama League Nomination); Einstein’s Dreams (Drama Desk Nomination); Van Gogh’s Ear (Drama Desk Nomination); and The Great Leap.
He was a 2017-2019 Arts Fellow at the Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts and received his M.F.A. at New York University.
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