John B. Wilson Set Designer
RESUME - Teaching and Other Credits
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
BACK STAGE WEST GARLAND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN WEST COAST THEATRE 1998
The Guardsman
BAY AREA CRITICS CIRCLE BARBARA BLADEN PORTER AWARD FOR CONTINUED CREATIVE EXCELLENCE 1998
THEATRE L.A. OVATION AWARD 1995
Man Of La Mancha
BAY AREA THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
The Seafarer2009 Grey Gardens – 2009 Caroline, or Change – 2009
The Who's Tommy - 1997 Man of La Mancha - 1995 The Secret Garden - 1995
Ah, Wilderness! - 1994 The World Goes 'Round - 1994 Breaking the Code1988
BAY AREA THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINATIONS
The Light in the Piazza2010 Sunlight2010 Ragtime - 2003
The Hairy Ape - 2003 The Royal Family - 1997 A Little Night Music - 1996
All In The Timing - 1996 Cabaret - 1996 The Play's the Thing - 1995
Lips Together, Teeth Apart -1994 Three Hotels - 1994 Oh, Kay! - 1994
Les Liaisons Dangereuses -1992 Miami Lights – 1991 Jacques and His Master - 1990
Hedda Gabler - 1989 The Birthday Party - 1987 Scar - 1985
Mary Barnes - 1981 All Night Long - 1980 The Red Snake - 1979
HOLLYWOOD DRAMA-LOGUE CRITICS' AWARDS
Crazy For You - 1996 The Play's the Thing - 1995 Wilder! Wilder! Wilder! - 1994
Ah, Wilderness! - 1994 Breaking the Code - 1988
DEAN GOODMAN CHOICE AWARDS 1999, 2002
Ragtime The Joy Luck Club
     
     
EXHIBIT
GENSLER AND ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS (S. F.) Art Series XIII, Theatre Design 1986
     
     
PUBLICATIONS
ALLYN & BACON 2006
Theatre: Collaborative Acts, by Ronald Wainscott & Kathy Fletcher
Set design for Waiting for Godot, American Conservatory Theatre, production photograph p. 237
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 2002
The Play of Space: Spatial Transformation in Greek Tragedy, by Dr. Rush Rehm
Set, Costumes, and Projections for Euripides' Suppliant Women, cover photograph
HOWARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1996
Ancient Songs Set Ablaze: The Theatre of Femi Osofisan, by Dr. Sandra L. Richards
Set and costume designs for Farewell to A Cannibal Rage, fig. 7-12
     
     
EDUCATION
MFA, Scenic Design Carnegie-Mellon University 1982
MA, Theatre Arts San Francisco State University 1979
BFA, Drama Illinois Wesleyan University School of Drama 1975
     
     
TEACHING
Professor, Set Design, Period Style San Francisco State University 1997- present
Lecturer, Stagecraft, Period Style San Francisco State University 1993-1997
Lecturer, Set & Costume Design Stanford University 1995
Lecturer, Scenic Design, Period Style San José State University 1992-1993
Assistant Professor, Set & Costume Design Stanford University 1983-1992
Lecturer, Scenic Design City College of San Francisco 1982
Lecturer, Stage Properties San Francisco State University 1979-1982
Lecturer, Scenic Design Santa Rosa Junior College 1979
     
     
TEACHING AWARDS
CELEBRATION OF SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES HONOREE 1996
San Francisco State University
DEAN'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING 1986-1987
Stanford University
     
     
DESIGNS FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY THEATRES
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY 1998-2010
Vinegar Tom A Streetcar Named Desire Julius Caesar
M. Butterfly The Miser The Rover
SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY 1992
The Gospel at Colonus (Set & Costumes)
STANFORD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA 1983-1992
Set and/or Costumes for over 30 productions, including (partial list):
Suppliant Women The Changeling The Normal Heart
The Taming of the Shrew Tartuffe The Colored Museum
All's Well that Ends Well The School for Women Farewell to a Cannibal Rage
Macbeth The Seagull Sweeney Agonistes
The Tempest Trelawny of the "Wells” The Melody that Got Lost
Twelfth Night La Ronde The Illusion
As You Like It Balm in Gilead Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Arden of Faversham Jacques and His Master The Maids
PCPA THEATREFEST (Solvang/Santa Maria, CA) 1985
Painting Churches Gypsy
THE WESTERN STAGE (Salinas, CA) 1983-1984
Foxfire The Hostage The Importance of Being Earnest
The Time of Your Life Romeo and Juliet As You Like It
Broadway Annie The Sound of Music
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONSERVATORY THEATRE (Cerritos/La Mirada) 1981-1982
Working West Side Story
SUMMER REPERTORY THEATRE (Santa Rosa, CA) 1979
A Streetcar Named Desire Witness for the Prosecution
     
     
COLOR CONSULTING
GERSHWIN THEATRE (INTERIOR) S. F. Shakespeare Festival / University of San Francisco 1996
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL VICTORIAN EXTERIORS (San Francisco) 1983-present
     
     
SET RENTALS
THROUGH THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE OF SAN JOSÉ 1995-2003
Papermill Playhouse (NJ) N. Carolina Musical Theatre (Raleigh) Fifth Avenue Theatre (Seattle)
Long Beach Civic Light Opera Theatre Under the Stars (Houston) McCoy-Rigby Entertainment
Music Theatre of Wichita Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera Bass Performance Hall (Dallas)
Music Theatre of Southern Calif. Aladdin Theatre (Las Vegas)
THROUGH THEATREWORKS 2003
Walnut Creek Light Opera