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.
Awards & Honors
Nominee
Water for Elephants
Projection Design (Lighting)
Nominee
Good Night and Good Luck
Projection Design (Lighting)
Winner
Circle Jerk
Video Design / Hybrid Production
Nominee
Van Gogh's Ear
Outstanding Projection Design
Nominee
Einstein's Dreams
Outstanding Projection Design
Nominee
Twilight: Los Angeles 1992
Outstanding Projection Design
Nominee
Water for Elephants
Projection Design
Winner
Here There Are Blueberries
Outstanding Projection Design
Nominee
We Live In Cairo
Outstanding Projection Design
Nominee
The Visitor
Outstanding Projection Design
Nominee
Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical
Outstanding Digital Concert Production
Nominee
Circle Jerk
Outstanding Digital Theatre, Individual Production
Nominee
Water For Elephants
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Winner — Helen Hayes Award
Here There Are Blueberries
Video Design
Winner — Suzi Bass Award
Water For Elephants
Projection Design
Princeton Arts Fellowship
2017-2019 Awardee
Burning Man Festival
Honorarium Grant Recipient
Winner — Henry Hewes Award
Here There Are Blueberries
Media Design
Winner — Henry Hewes Award
Twilight: Los Angeles 1992
Media Design
