Theatre |
ERICA ZAFFARANO
Phone: 612·232·8333
Email: ezaffarano@gmail.com
I started my theatrical career as a puppeteer...which led to mime...which led to acting in a touring theater company. After a few years on stage, I realized that my passion was design and creating worlds for actors, directors and audience members. I like to promote the idea that a set doesn't take life until there are actors using it. The thrill of opening night is only eclipsed when a production is unified and becomes a "theatrical experience"...something we all strive for.
SET DESIGN |
PROP DESIGN |
SCENIC ART |
MIDWEST
DESIGN AND MURALS |
SOAP FACTORY’S HAUNTED BASEMENT-Production Designer
2013-15 EDEN PRAIRIE WATER TREATMENT MUSEUM—Des./Sculptor/Painter for exibits and mural—’98 LYRIC THEATRE —Set Designer '93—'96, ‘99 MCQUAY Tradeshow Exhibit — Sculpting and painting for Vertex Exhibits '96 WAYZATA NURSERY SCHOOL — Mural '96 DOGS AND CATS STORE— Mural and Scenic for Shea Arch. '95 at the Mall of America DAIRY INDUSTRY BUILDING at Minnesota State Fair — Murals for Shea Arch. and Vertex Exhibits '94 and '95 UPTOWN NUVO Hair Salon — Remodel '95 ERTL Tradeshow Exhibit — Mural for Vertex Exhibits '95 MCQUAY Lobby — Mural for Vertex Exhibits '95 SCOTTSMAN Tradeshow Exhibit — Murals for Vertex Exhibits '93, '94, '95 CHAUTAQUA—ON—THE—RIVER — Design of Bridge Arch and Ticket Booth '95 HONEYWELL Tradeshow Exhibit — Sky Mural for Vertex Exhibits '94 UPTOWN NUVO Hair Salon — Mural '93 THE DISTRICT on 50th, Mpls, MN NUTCRACKER SUITE BALLET — C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, Ames, IA Set Design and painting '94 |
REPRESENTATIVE DESIGN CREDITS Television/Film |
CAN-CAN CAFÉ—Children's Hospitals, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN |
Theatre
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Circa 21 Playhouse-Rock Island, IL |
RELATED EXPERIENCE Artist-in-Residence: |
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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Scenic
Artist: |
MN Opera, Twin Cities, MN Guthrie Theater, MN Lincoln Exhibits, St. Paul, MN Vertex Exhibits, Minneapolis, MN Burbank Scenery, Burbank, CA Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl Grammy Awards 1982—85 (René Lagler -Art Director) Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts, Santa Maria, CA Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA Universal Studios R.J. Showtime, LA Cheryl Ladd Special, LA (René Lagler -Art Director) Berkofsky, Smillie, Barrett Prods., LA, CA NBC — Burbank, California Cherry—Mellon and Assoc., LA Heartbeat of America commercial McDonald Corp, LA-Commercial Uptown Nuvo, MN Seattle Repertory Theater, Seattle, WA (Scenic Artist and Asst. Designer) |
Graphic
and Web Sites: |
King's Singers Newsletter and web site Bob Chilcott Web design Pax Christi Catholic Community Newsletter Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Brochure Netwell Noise Control ads and catalogue Classic Elegance Corporate Gifts brochure design Tim Stegall Carpets brochure design USA Karate, web design |
Other |
Artist/Educator—Gifted and Talented Conference, University of St. Thomas, MN |
EDUCATION |
MFA—Theatre Design (Sets, Lights, Costumes), University of Washington, Seattle, WA |