Resume — Jefferson Ridenour, Scenic Designer

Selected Scenic Design

* World Premiere   + US Premiere   ^ Current/Upcoming   — Rental Production


Off-Broadway / NYC

Spirit of the Game: The Ultimate Musical (NYC Premiere) ^
Liz Piccoli
Asylum NYC
The Pastry Prince (NYC Premiere) ^
Alyssa Weathersby
Light Opera Lab - Connelly Theatre
Party Face + (Award Below)
Amanda Bearse
City Center Theatre - Stage II
Duck *
Katrin Hilbe
IRT Theater (Off-Off Bway)


Regional Opera + Theatre

Ariadne auf Naxos
Chuck Hudson
Arizona Opera
Scalia/Ginsburg
Fenlon Lamb
Opera Delaware
The Marriage of Figaro
Dean Anthony
Opera Delaware / Opera Columbus / Knoxville Opera / Annapolis Opera
Dead Man Walking
Octavio Cardenas
Opera Delaware
La Traviata
Kaley Karis Smith
Opera Delaware / Opera Baltimore / Annapolis Opera / Janiec Opera Co.
Rigoletto
Kristen Barrett
Opera Delaware / Opera Baltimore
The Turn of the Screw
Dean Anthony
Opera Roanoke / Opera Tampa / Janiec Opera Co.
Tosca
Alek Shrader
Charlottesville Opera
Guys & Dolls
Linda Brovsky
Charlottesville Opera
La Traviata
Fenlon Lamb
Finger Lakes Opera
Die Fledermaus
Gary John La Rosa
Finger Lakes Opera
Tosca
Fenlon Lamb
Finger Lakes Opera
Sister Act the Musical
Amy E. Jones
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
The Diary of Anne Frank
Amy E. Jones
Holmdel Theatre Company
Hobson’s Choice *
Kathleen Belcher
University of Houston - Moores Opera
The Magic Flute
Frances Rabalais
University of Houston - Moores Opera
Slow Dusk / Markheim (Houston Premiere)
Kathleen Belcher
University of Houston - Moores Opera
La Finta Giardiniera
Rachel Harris
UMKC Conservatory of Music - Opera
Cabaret (Alumni Produced)
Casey McClellan
Austin College Theatre


Papermoon Opera Productions

The Juliet Letters
Fenlon Lamb
Lyric Opera of KC / Portland Opera
Hansel & Gretel
Fenlon Lamb
Palm Beach Opera / UMKC Opera
The Pirates of Penzance
Kyle Lang
Central City Opera
La Fanciulla del West
Fenlon Lamb
Central City Opera
Coraline +
Tara Branham
West Edge Opera
Carmen
Fenlon Lamb
Annapolis Opera / Pensacola Opera
The Barber of Seville
F. Lamb / Ian Silverman
Amarillo Opera / Opera Delaware
Madama Butterfly
Fenlon Lamb
Inland Northwest Opera
Don Giovanni
Fenlon Lamb
Pensacola Opera
La Voix Humaine (Award Below)
Fenlon Lamb
UMKC Conservatory of Music - Opera

Film Production Design + Costume Design

Lights on the Radio Tower (Limited Streaming Musical)
Gabriel Barre
Five Ohm Prod. & Indie Theatrical
Tower Protocol: Resurrection (Short) (Awards Below)
Peter Giakoumis
Tipsy Toaster Prod. & Omega X Prod.

Associate Set Design

The Nutcracker
Alain Vaes
Kansas City Ballet
The Nutcracker
Alain Vaes
Richmond Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty
Alain Vaes
Ballet West

Awards

2018
Best Production - Party Face (Off-Bway)
Origin’s 1st Irish Theatre Festival (NYC)
2025
Best Production Design - Tower Protocol: Resurrection
INSPIRE Cinema Fest (CAN)
2025
Best Sci-Fi World Building - Tower Protocol: Resurrection
Wolf Media Festival (US)
2025
1st Place Production - Div. VII - Suor / Schicchi (UH-Moores Opera)
National Opera Assoc.: Prod. Awards
2018
1st Place Production - Div. V - La Voix Humaine (UMKC Opera)
National Opera Assoc.: Prod. Awards
2010
Emerson Young Artist Scholar
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Affiliations & Education

Current
United Scenic Artists Local 829
2014
University of Missouri - Kansas City
M.F.A. Scenic Design & Technology
2011
Austin College
B.A. Theatre & Political Science