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Over her twenty five year career, internationally acclaimed scenic designer CAMERON ANDERSON has designed extensively at the world's leading theaters, opera companies, and performance venues. She recently expanded into design for the music industry and designed Charlie Puth’s North American and International tour in 2023 with famed creative director and choreographer JaQuel Knight (Beyoncé, Megan the Stallion) which sold out Radio City Music Hall and venues all over the US and Asia. Other recent credits include work for Glimmerglass Opera, The Seattle Opera, The Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons, LAByrinth, The Roundabout, and The Huntington Theatre.

Cameron was recently named the new resident set designer for the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.

Cameron designed the recent groundbreaking world premiere opera RUR: A Torrent of Light - on the cutting edge of international experimental opera integrating technology, immersive theater, music and video design - and won The Best New Opera in North America Award in 2023. Additional recent opera engagements include The San Francisco Opera, Gotham Chamber Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Minnesota Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Central City Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Boston, and On Site Opera (NYC).

Cameron’s production of The Niceties, directed by Kimberly Senior, a world premiere at the Huntington Theater Company exploring race in academia, transferred to the Manhattan Theater Club in New York City, traveled to the McCarter Theater in New Jersey, and opened at the Geffen Theater in Los Angeles in April 2019.

Cameron recently designed Byhalia, Mississippi, by Evan Linder, which opened at the Kennedy Center in 2019. Also with director Kimberly Senior, Cameron designed Sweat at The Huntington Theater in 2020 and was nominated for an Eliot Design Award.

Internationally, Cameron designed a production of Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, West Side Story for Vancouver Opera, and West Side Story for the Kilden Performing Arts Center in Norway. Cameron has enjoyed many successful collaborations with stage director Ken Cazan with whom she has created productions of Gianni Schicchi, Seven Deadly Sins, Les Mamelles de Tiresias, Three Decembers, and A Little Night Music all at Central City Opera. Other projects with Mr. Cazan include The Barber of Seville at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Das Liebesverbot at the Bing Theatre, USC. Cameron has also collaborated with such noted opera directors as Eric Einhorn, Kevin Newbury, Jose Maria Condemi, Ned Canty, Jeff Buchman, James Marvel, Joshua Major, Sarah Meyers, Eve Summer, and Sandra Bernhard.

Other Theatre credits include work with Playwrights Horizons, LAByrinth, The Roundabout, New Georges, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Ars Nova, Shakespeare and Company, Capitol Rep, and South Coast Rep. Cameron's design for A Midsummer Night's Dream was nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, and she was the subject of a Los Angeles Times feature about her design. The LA Weekly noted "The real star is Cameron Anderson's intense yet functional set," while StageSceneLA noted "Anderson's sets…are such feasts of imagination that the accompanying production stills must take the place of the thousands of words necessary to describe them."

Cameron has collaborated on new works and world premieres with many nationally and internationally celebrated directors and playwrights including: Nicholas Martin, Kate Whoriskey, Blair Brown, Katie Pearl, Melia Bensussen, Jose Rivera, Sarah Treem, Elizabeth Meriwether, Stephen Belber, and Lisa D’Amour.

Cameron's production of The Screwtape Letters received 309 performances at the West Side Theater in NYC and enjoyed runs in Chicago and Washington D.C. as well. The production is still on a National Tour. Cameron began her collaboration with two-time Tony nominated director Alex Timbers (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Rocky, and Peter and the Starcatcher) on the acclaimed experimental production of Heddatron in 2006, which featured robots in the telling of Hedda Gabler. They went on to work many innovative productions together including projects at The Roundabout and BAM.

Other recent theater credits include Emilie for South Coast Rep; A Feminine Ending, directed by Blair Brown for Playwrights Horizons; Underground for David Dorfman Dance at BAM; Massacre (Sing to Your Children), directed by Kate Whoriskey at LAByrinth Theatre Company; Dead City, directed by Daniela Topol for New Georges; and Fault Lines, by Stephen Belber, directed by David Schwimmer. Cameron has also collaborated with famed director Nicholas Martin on a production of My Wonderful Day at Two River Theater Company.

Upcoming projects include the world tour of the opera A Torrent of Light beginning at the PUSH festival/Vancouver Opera), Leonora at the Opera Theater of Chicago, and Les Mamelles de Tirésias and Seven Deadly Sins at The Curtis Institute, and Carmen at The Music Academy of the West directed by Ken Cazan. Cameron received her M.F.A. in scenic design at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and her B.A. at Wesleyan University. She is an Associate Professor at Brandeis University.

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UPCOMING:

SEVEN DEADLY SINS and LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS | The Curtis Institute | Eve Summer

CARMEN | Music Academy of the West | Ken Cazan

RUR: A TORRENT OF LIGHT (world tour)| Tapestry Opera, Toronto, Canada, and PUSH Festival/Vancouver Opera | Michael Mori

INTERNATIONAL:

SIMON BOCCANEGRA | Teatro Colon, Argentina | Jose Maria Condemi

WEST SIDE STORY | Vancouver Opera | Ken Cazan

WEST SIDE STORY | Kilden Performing Arts Center, Norway | Ken Cazan

CLORILLI | NYU Campus, Florence | Eric Nicholson

 OPERA:

THE ELIXER OF LOVE | Curtis Institute | Sarah Meyers

CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN | University of Michigan | Tara Faircloth

RUR: A TORRENT OF LIGHT | Tapestry Opera, Toronto, PUSH Festival/Vancouver Opera | Michael Mori

COSI FAN TUTTE | Curtis Institute of Music | Eve Summer

THE LEOPARD (world premiere) | South Miami Dade Cultural Center | Jeffrey Buchman

DIE WALKURE ( Act 1) | New Orleans Opera | Sarah Meyers

GLORY DENIED | Berkshire Opera Festival | Sarah Meyers

LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT | Opera Saratoga | Lawrence Edelson

MADAME BUTTERFLY | Opera Pacific | Eric Einhorn

THE COSUL, ROCKING HORSE WINNER, VINKENSPORT, THE MERRY WIDOW  |  Opera Saratoga | Lawrence Edelson, Michael Mori, John de los Santos

CLORILLI - World Premiere  |  NYC Florence campus, Italy  |  Eric Nicholson

THE MAGIC FLUTE  |  Opera Naples  |  Jeffrey Buchman

THE GUILTY MOTHER  |  OnSite Opera  |  Eric Einhorn

TURANDOT  |  Opera Naples  |  Jeffrey Buchman

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WANDA JUNE  |  Indianapolis Opera  |  Eric Einhorn

CENDRILLON  |  New England Conservatory  |  Joshua Major

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO  |  OnSite Opera - 623 on Hudson, NYC  |  Eric Einhorn

ALEXANDRE BIS/COMEDY ON THE BRIDGE  |  Gotham Chamber Opera  |  James Marvel

LA TRAVIATA  |  Indiana University Opera & Ballet Theater  |   Jeffrey Buchman

THE TURN OF THE SCREW  |  New England Conservatory  |  Joshua Major

WEST SIDE STORY  |  Vancouver Opera  |  Ken Cazan

WEST SIDE STORY  |  Kilden Performing Arts Center, Norway  |  Ken Cazan

TRIPLE BILL: GIANNI SCHICCHI, SEVEN DEADLY SINS and LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS  |  Central City Opera  |  Ken Cazan

THREE DECEMBERS  |  Central City Opera  |  Ken Cazan

DAS LIEBESVERBOT  |  Bing Theater, USC  |  Ken Cazan

LA CENERENTOLA  |  Gimmerglass Opera  |  Kevin Newbury

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC  |  Central City Opera  |  Ken Cazan

LA BOHÈME - semi-staged production|  Wolf Trap Opera  |  Kevin Newbury

DON PASQUALE  |  Pittsburgh Opera  |  Eric Einhorn

WEST SIDE STORY  |  Central City Opera  |  Ken Cazan

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE  |  Opera Theatre of St. Louis  |  Ken Cazan

MARIA PADILLA  |  Minnesota Opera  |  Jose Maria Condemi

COSI FAN TUTTE  |  Seattle Opera  |   Jose Maria Condemi

GYPSIE SONGS   |  The Morgan Library/Gotham Chamber Opera  |  Eric Einhorn 

LORD BYRON’S LOVE LETTER  |  The Manhattan School of Music   |  Ned Canty

THE VILLAGE SINGER  |  The Manhattan School of Music  |  Ned Canty

THE CONSUL  |  Opera Boston  |  Daniel Gidron

DON GIOVANNI  |   Wolf Trap Opera  |  Ned Canty

ROMEO ET JULIETTE  |  Festival Opera  |  Jose Maria Condemi

LA BOHÈME  |  San Francisco Opera Center  |  Jose Maria Condemi

SUSANNAH   |  Festival Opera  |   Jose Maria Condemi

COSI FAN TUTTE  |  Opera Theatre of Lucca, Italy   |  Sandra Bernhard

NEW YORK THEATRE:

THE NICETIES | Manhattan Theater Club | Kimberly Senior

CITY OF  |  The Playwrights Realm  |  Stephen Brackett

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS  |  Westside Theatre, NYC  |  Jeffrey Fiske

THE LANGUAGE OF TREES  |  Roundabout Theater Underground  |  Alex Timbers

FAULT LINES  |  Naked Angels at the Cherry Lane Theater  |  David Schwimmer

A FEMININE ENDING  |  Plawwrights Horizons  |  Blair Brown

UNDERGROUND  |  BAM  |  David Dorfman Dance

MASSACRE  |  LAByrinth Theatre Company  |  Kate Whoriskey

DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY  |  Are Nova  |  Alex Timbers

ESCAPE FROM BELLEVUE  |   Village Theater  |  Alex Timbers

WIDOWER’S HOUSES  |  Theatre Row — Epic Theater Center  |  Ron Russell

TALL GRASS  |  Theatre Row  |  Nick Corley

DEAD CITY  |  New Georges  |  Daniella Topol

HEDDATRON  |  Le Feres Cobusier  |  Alex Timbers

MARGE  |  Summer Play Festival  |  Alex Timbers

EARTHQUAKE CHICA  |  Summer Play Festival  |  Leah Gardiner

ANNA BELLA EEMA  |  New Georges  |  Katie Pearl

BELLY  |  New Georges  |  Julia Witworth

CAFÉ A GO-GO  |  Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding Space  |  The Heather Brothers

ALL I REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN  |  The Playgroup Theatre  |  Jeff Downing

REGIONAL THEATRE:

THE WINTER’S TALE | Hartford Stage | Melia Bensussen

SWEAT | Huntington Theater Company | Kimberly Senior

PHOTOGRAPH 51 | South Coast Rep | Kimberly Senior

YERMA | Huntington Theater Company | Melia Bensussen

BYHALIA, MISSISSIPPI |The Kennedy Center | Kimberly Senior

THE BACCHAE | Brandeis University | Dmitry Troyanovsky

THE NICETIES | Huntington Theatre Company, The McCarter Theater, and The Geffen Theater | Kimberly Senior

INTO THE BREECHES!  by George Brant |  Trintinty Rep  |  Tyler Dobrowsky (world premiere)

BRAZEN  |  Emerson Stage  |  Melia Bensussen

FEFU AND HER FRIENDS  |  Brandeis Theater Company  |  Adrianne Krstansky

EXIT THE KING  |  Actors Shakespeare Project, Boston  |  Dimitry Troyanovsky

MARTYR  |   Brandeis Theater Company  |  Dmitry Troyanvosky

INTIMATE APPAREL  |  Brandeis Theater Company  |  Jaqcui Parker

FAST COMPANY  |  Lyric Stage Company of Boston  |  M. Bevin O’Gara

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY  |  SpeakEasy Stage Co.  |  M. Bevin O’Gara

CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS  |  Brandeis Theater Company  |  Hafiz Karmali

CABARET  |  Brandeis Theater Company  |  Steven Bogart

BECOMING CUBA  |  Huntington Theater Company  |  M. Bevin O’Gara

MY WONDERFUL DAY  |  Two River Theater Company  |  Nicholas Martin

THE COMPANY WE KEEP  |  Boston Playwrites Theater  |  Elena Arraoz

SIGHT UNSEEN|  South Coast Repertory  |  David Emmes

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM**  |  South Coast Repertory  |  Mark Rucker

EMILIE  |  South Coast Repertory  |  David Emmes

SCREWTAPE LETTERS  |  Lansburgh Theater, Washington DC  |  Jeffrey Fiske

M BUTTERFLY  |  Capitol Rep  |  Nick Mangano

MARTHA MITCHELL SPEAKS  |  Shakespeare and Company  |  Daniela Veron

ICARUS  |  Amphibian Productions  |   JV Mercanti

THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN  |  Dartmouth College  |  Daniela Veron

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST  |  Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey  |  Tamara Harvey

MEASURE FOR MEASURE  |  Garson Theater Company  |  Nick Mangano

REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALI MAKE ME HOT|  Garson Theater Company  |  Nick Mangano

SCAPIN  |  Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey  |  Joe Discher

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING  |  Shakespeare and Company  |  Daniela Veron

THE LARAMIE PROJECT  |  Patricia Corbett Theater, Cons. of Music  |  Nick Mangano

THE TEMPEST  |  Patricia Corbett Theater, Cons. of Music  |  Michael Burnham

MARISOL  |  Studio Theatre, Cons. of Music  |  Jeff Griffin

**Nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award

EDUCATION:

College-Conservatory of Music 1999 - 2002

University of Cincinnati

MFA in Scenic Design

Wesleyan University 1994 - 1998

Middletown, CT

BA in English — High Honors, PHI BETA KAPPA

Temple University Rome

Rome, Italy

Semester abroad — Italian language, art history, fine art, Italian theatre

Fluent Italian speaker