Joey Guthman is a joyously passionate lighting and scenic designer for theater, dance and intimate music performance. Joey’s designs are known for being daringly colorful, emotionally evocative and dramaturgically detailed. His work for Detroit Opera has included Highway 1, USA and Down in the Valley (Associate Lighting Designer). Joey is based in Los Angeles, and his work has been seen at Pasadena Playhouse, REDCAT, Royce Hall at UCLA, Getty Villa, Garry Marshall Theatre, El Portal Theatre, California Theatre, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Atwater Village Theatre, L.A. Dance Project, and many others. As an associate designer, Joey has supported projects with Center Theatre Group, South Coast Repertory, SITI Company, Opera Santa Barbara, and Music Academy of the West. He has been a guest artist at University of La Verne, Occidental College, Pomona College, and California State University, Long Beach. He has taken part in international tours with L.A. Dance Project, Collage Dance Collective, and Kronos Quartet. In 2023, Joey joined the faculty at Pepperdine University. He holds a BFA from Emerson College.