What is Theater Design and Production - Stage Design ? Stage Design is the art, craft and practice of designing and implementing theatrical 3-D environments for drama, opera, musical theatre, dance performance, live concert events, film, video and television productions and themed events and environments. Though superficially similar in some ways to interior or architectural design, stage design goes beyond decoration to visually, spatially and environmentally support and thematically expand a script, screenplay or scenario by facilitating human interaction and/or choreography within the context of a theatrical event.

Career Possibilities Theatrical stage designer; Theatrical stage design studio assistant; Theme Park attraction designer; Film, video, or media production designer or set designer; Exhibit designer: Event designer; Concert set design Undergraduate and graduate Stage Design, Scenic Painting, and Prop Making students of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) have been, or are now currently employed in design, drafting, model making, scenic panting, and prop making, and film, media and television design with The Metropolitan Opera, Playwright’s Horizon, Central City Opera, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, South Coast Repertory, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Wolf Trap Opera, Minnesota Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, The MUNY in Saint Louis, Shakespeare Theater St. Louis, The Denver Theatre Center, Cirque du Soleil, The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Toledo Ballet, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Spoleto Opera Theatre, Chicago Lyric Opera, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Stages St. Louis, American Players Theatre, Santa Fe Opera, The Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, The Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Glimmerglass Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Disney, Broadway, and national tours, as well as Art Direction and Set Design for commercial and independent film companies. Representative titles are: James and the Giant Peach, Angels and Demons, House of Cards, X-Men: First Class, Spider Man 3, Shrek 2, Saving Private Ryan, and Little Voice.