Xotchil Musser

MFA LIGHTING DESIGN, 2023

Xotchil Musser (they/she) is a multi-skilled scenic and lighting designer who has worked in theater, dance, installations, and other forms of visual + interactive art. A USITT and KCACTF Award winner for lighting design, their work has been featured on stages in NYC and around the United States. 

Xotchil is an advocate for anti-racist theatre and strives to build a community in the industry based on equitable practices and altruism. In collaboration and design, they endeavor to uplift Queer Black voices.

Some of her most notable credits include “Push Party”, “The Sweet Spot” and “The Distance”, all Off- or Off-Off Broadway, scenic and lighting design for “Amm(i)gone”, directed by fellow CMU MFA alum Adil Mansoor, and associate lighting design on “Daphne” at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater.