Professor of Theatre Bruce Auerbach is the co-editor of the second edition of Practical Projects for Teaching Lighting Design: A Compendium, Volume 2, published by The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) in 2016. The book, a collection of practical lab projects that can be used in a lighting class, was edited with Anne E. McMills and is a project of the USITT Lighting Design & Technology Commission. Auerbach was the sole editor of the first edition of the book, which was published in 1990.
Since 1982, Auerbach has created stage designs for more than two hundred regional theatre and university productions for both theatre and dance. His recent work includes the lighting design for the Children's Theatre of Charlotte production of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane in January 2016.