Chicago-born Lighting Designer

Book cover

His book “The Morse Code: Decoding the Career of Iconic Lighting Designer Peter Morse” is published in May 2025

Agent: Brooklyn Management

2022 Parnelli Visionary Award Honoree: https://plsn.com/archives/april-2022/peter-morse-parnelli-visionary-award-honoree/

2018 Caught in the Act interview: https://www.livedesignonline.com/business-people-news/caught-act-peter-morse-episode-5

2016 Chauvet News interview: https://www.chauvetprofessional.com/news/peter-morse-supporting-light/

2012 PLSN Interview: https://plsn.com/articles/plsn-interview/peter-morse-lighting-designer/

Selected Designs:

  • Loretta Lynn Las Vegas show (1974?)
  • Kim Carnes, Mistaken Identity Tour (1981)
  • Lionel Ritchie, Dancing on the Ceiling Tour (1986) [Lighting: Morpheus Lights]
  • Madonna, Who’s That Girl tour (1987)
  • Madonna, Blond Ambition (1990) [all Morpheus Lights – PanaBeams & PanaSpots and Telescans]
  • Michael Jackson, Dangerous Tour (1992-3) – one of the first tours to featured moving fixtures, although 80% of the rig was conventional lighting
  • Madonna, Girlie Show (1993)
  • Bette Midler, Experience the Divine (1993)
  • Tina Turner World Tour (1993/94)
  • Barbra Streisand (1994)
  • Reba McEntire (1995)
  • Bette Midler, Diva Las Vegas (1997)
  • Madonna, Drowned World (2001) [Madonna lighting interview]
  • AR Rahman, Jai Ho Tour (2010)
  • Bette Midler, Divine Intervention Tour (2015)