Artists

Masako Tobaru Technical Director

Artist Profile

Masako Tobaru has been with the Chance since 2003, and also serves as a resident stage manager and lighting designer. Her Chance Theater credits include Parade, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, and Evita, among others. Her credits outside the Chance include Ganga. . . Life as a River, Much Ado About Nothing, Cabaret, Medea, Patient A and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Masako received her BA in Theater and Communications from Concordia University, Irvine.

 

Productions at Chance Theater

Production Date Role
Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas (2025) December 2025 Lighting Designer
Scrooge!: The Musical November 2025 Scenic & Lighting Designer
The Chinese Lady May 2025 Lighting Designer
Fancy Nancy, The Musical March 2025 Lighting Designer
Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas (2024) December 2024 Lighting/Sound Designer
Jane Austen’s Emma, The Musical November 2024 Scenic & Lighting Designer
Fancy Nancy, The Musical (2024) May 2024 Lighting Designer
Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas (2023) December 2023 Lighting and Sound Designer
The Secret Garden, the Musical November 2023 Production Designer
Fancy Nancy, The Musical (2023) May 2023 Lighting / Sound Designer
Ride the Cyclone January 2023 Lighting Designer
Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas (2022) December 2022 Lighting & Sound Designer
Little Women – The Broadway Musical November 2022 Production Designer
Fancy Nancy, The Musical (2022) May 2022 Lighting Designer
A Charlie Brown Christmas December 2021 Production Designer/Props Master
Striking 12 November 2021 Production Designer
Sweat June 2021 Lighting Designer
The Story of My Life April 2021 Lighting Designer
A Very, Very Chance Holiday Cabaret December 2020 Technical Director
A Charlie Brown Christmas (2019) December 2019 Production Designer
Anne of Green Gables November 2019 Production Designer
Goosebumps the Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium October 2019 Lighting Designer
A Charlie Brown Christmas (2018) December 2018 Production Designer
Jane Austen’s EMMA, The Musical (2018) November 2018 Production Designer
Fancy Nancy, the Musical: 2018 October 2018 Props Master
Big Fish June 2018 Lighting Designer
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (2017) December 2017 Production Designer
The Secret Garden, The Musical (2017) November 2017 Associate Production Designer
in a word September 2017 Prop Master
Parade June 2017 Lighting Design
Claudio Quest January 2017 Props Master
Little Women – The Broadway Musical: 2016 November 2016 Scenic / Lighting Designer
Anne of Green Gables (2015) November 2015 Scenic/Lighting Designer
Muckrakers: On The Radar Series October 2015 Technical Director
The Dragon Play July 2015 Props Designer
Hairspray July 2015 Props Designer
Fancy Nancy, The Musical: 2015 May 2015 Props Designer
Mary Marie, a new musical: On The Radar May 2015 Technical Director
A Celtic Holiday with Craic in the Stone December 2014 Lighting Designer
On The Radar: Important Hats of the Twentieth Century October 2014 Tech Director
On The Radar: After All The Terrible Things I Do July 2014 Production Manager/Technical Director
On The Radar: Loch Ness May 2014 Tech Director
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (2013) December 2013 Production Designer
The Secret Garden, The Musical (2013) November 2013 Associate Production Designer
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (2012) November 2012 Production Designer
Little Women – The Broadway Musical 2012 November 2012 Production Designer
Up September 2012 Prop Master
Overlooked September 2012 Props Designer
Anne of Green Gables (2011) November 2011 Production Designer
Jerry Springer: The Opera July 2011 Backstage Crew
The Superheroine Monologues April 2011 Scenic & Lighting Designer
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (2010) November 2010 Scenic & Lighting Designer
Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? September 2010 Production Stage Manager
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (2009) December 2009 Lighting Designer
Little Women (The Broadway Musical) November 2009 Lighting Designer
The Girl, The Grouch, 
and The Goat April 2009 Production Stage Manager
Anne of Green Gables – The Musical December 2008 Lighting & Projection Designer
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues – 5th Anniversary! December 2008 Scenic & Lighting Designer
Evita August 2008 Lighting Designer
Rabbit Hole May 2008 Scenic Designer, Stage Manager
The Brain From Planet X May 2008 Scenic Designer
Assassins February 2008 Stage Manager
Variations on a Theme: The Best November 2007 Lighting Designer
Anne of Green Gables, The Musical November 2007 Lighting Designer / Co-Projection Designer / Stage Manager
Sunday In The Park With George September 2007 Lighting Designer
Shakespeare’s R & J August 2007 Lighting Designer
Frozen May 2007 Scenic Designer, Stage Manager
Biloxi Blues May 2007 Scenic Designer
Inventing Van Gogh February 2007 Scenic Designer
I Love You, You’re Perfect, 
Now Change January 2007 Scenic Designer
The Lying Kind November 2006 Scenic Designer
Anaheim Home Companion November 2006 Scenic Designer
Into the Woods July 2006 Stage Manager
Never In My Lifetime May 2006 Scenic Designer / Props Master
with their eyes – September 11th – The View from a High School at Ground Zero April 2006 Scenic Designer
The Last 5 Years January 2006 Stage Manager
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (2005) November 2005 Lighting Designer / Stage Manager
A Christmas Story November 2005 Lighting Designer
Cabaret June 2005 Stage Manager
The Rover January 2005 Lighting Designer
Closer than Ever January 2005 Lighting Designer
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (2004) November 2004 Lighting Designer / Stage Manager
Its A Wonderful Life — The Musical November 2004 Lighting Designer
Tape September 2004 Assistant Lighting Designer
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing July 2004 Lighting Designer