2020 Po`okela Award for Excellence in Lighting Design, Hawai‘i State Theatre Council
2018 Po`okela Award for Excellence in Lighting Design, Hawai‘i State Theatre Council
2020 Po`okela Award for Overall Production of a Play, as Lighting Designer
2018 Po`okela Award for Overall Production of a Musical, as Lighting Designer
2022 Special Achievement in Lighting Design, KCACTF National Awards
2021 Honorable Mention in Regional Lighting Design from KCACTF Region VIII
2022 Meritorious Achievement Award (Lighting Design) from KCACTF Region VIII
2019 Meritorious Achievement Award (Lighting Design) from KCACTF Region VII
2020 Meritorious Achievement Award (Dramaturgy) from KCACTF Region VII
2021 Joel Trapido Award for Excellence in Design or Technical Theatre, UHM Dep. T&D
2020 Broadway World Regional Awards, Hawaii: Production Of A Play Of The Decade
2019 Broadway World Regional Awards, Hawaii: Best Play (non-professional)
BIOGRAPHY
Jonah Bobilin is a theatrical designer originally from Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi and currently based in Manhattan.
Jonah is fascinated by the spectator/performer encounter and the way that scenographic gestures can support and flavor this interaction. In particular, they enjoy working on productions which examine the important issues and contradictions of our society, and which induce the audience to enact meaningful change after leaving the theatre.
Since 2021, Jonah has proudly served on the Executive Board of Design Action, an intergenerational coalition of BIPOC and white designers working to end racial inequities in the North American Theater.
Some of the places Jonah has worked include the Hawaii Theatre Center, Queens Theatre, Seattle Rep, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, New York Stage and Film, Mānoa Valley Theatre, the Kennedy Theatre (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Atlantic Theatre Company (as Lighting Programmer), Chaminade University of Honolulu, and the ARTS at Marks Garage.
Jonah enjoys cooking, reading, visiting the cinema and museums, street/protest photography, and being a politically active citizen.