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)
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
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
