PATRICK RIZZOTTI
We heartily welcome Patrick Rizzotti to the faculty as Assistant Professor of Scenic Design and Production Design/Art Direction!
Presently living in New York City and originally from New Jersey, Patrick Rizzotti is a scenic designer working in theatre, television, and residential interiors. He has a strong interest in new works and highly collaborative projects that blur the traditional lines between the director, designers, performers, and audience members. He is currently exploring the ways in which this type of collaboration enhances the creative process and ultimately the production as a whole.
Select New York Designs Include: The Assignment (A.R.T./NY), Snow Orchid and Money Grubbin’ Whores (Theatre Row), Jasper in Deadland (Prospect Theater), Party In The USA, Victor Frange Presents: Gas (Incubator Arts), Dukus (Target Margin Lab), Dancing Lessons, Sex and Education, The Fabulous Lipitones, Asher Lev (Penguin Rep), Titanic (Westchester Broadway). Additional credits include: Pittsburgh Opera, Flat Rock Playhouse, Florida Repertory, Creede Repertory Theatre, North Carolina Stage Company. Television Design Credits Include: “America’s Got Talent”, “The TODAY Show”, “The Mysteries of Laura” (NBC), “The Dr. Oz Show” (ZoCo Productions), “Sneaky Pete” (Amazon).
Patrick has received the USITT Scenic Design Award, and is a winner of the OPERA America Director-Designer Showcase. His work appears in several notable theatrical design textbooks, and he is an alumnus of the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab.
M.F.A: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Memberships: Wingspace Theatrical Design Collective and USA 829.
www.patrickrizzotti.com
