ROBERT KLINGELHOEFER
425 College Ave. Lancaster, PA. 17603
Email: rksetdes @aol.com or Robert.Klingelhoefer@mail.wvu.edu
Website: www.robertklingelhoefer.com
SCENIC DESIGNER - United Scenic Artists, Local 829
The Fulton Opera House Lancaster, PA www.fultontheatre.org
Resident Designer 1988-Present
0ver 100 Productions notably including:
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT”S WOMAN (World Premiere) 2003
Adapted by Mark Healey from the novel by John Fowles
Directed by Kate Saxon from London’s Shared Experience Theatre Company
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (World Premiere adaptation) 2001
Music by Ron Barnett Book by Barry Kornhouser
Directed by Eric Johnson
CYRANO (World Premiere adaptation) 2000
Adapted by Barry Kornhouser
Directed by Michael Mitchell
Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre New York www.jeancocteaurep.org
Resident Designer 1997-2004
Over 15 Productions notably including:
MOTHER COURAGE World Premiere 1997
Directed by Robert Hupp
World Premiere of Eric Bentley version with Darius Milhaud score
THE CURE AT TROY New York Premiere 1997
By Nobel Poet Seamus Heaney
Directed by Robert Hupp
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre New York www.panasianrep.org
Resident Designer 1993-1997
11 Productions including:
CAMBODIA AGONISTES World Premiere 1992 (also designed projections)
Book by Ernest Abuba Music by Louis Stewart
Directed By Tisa Chang
This Musical Theatre Epic about the Cambodian Holocaust toured the United States extensively
including extended runs in Philadelphia and Boston, was invited to the International Festival of
Experimental Theatre in Cairo, Egypt, and played at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg., South Africa.
OTHER NEW YORK CREDITS
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Westside Theatre
THE BEST OF FRIENDS dir: William Partlan 1993
Transferred to Off-Broadway from Minneapolis’ Cricket Theatre
The Acting Company
LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST dir: Paul Giovanni 1989
Redesigned with director from Shakespeare Theatre production for the Acting Company Tour
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
8 Productions including
OTHER REGIONAL CREDITS
Capital Repertory Theatre Albany, NY
THE UNDERPANTS dir: Michael Haney 2006
New York State Theatre Institute Troy, NY
Asolo Theatre Company Sarasota, FL
Texas Shakespeare Festival Kilgore, TX
1999 & 2000 Seasons 4 productions in repertory per season
Directors: Eve Adamson, Tom Whitaker, David Fuller, Tom Arthur, Paul Gaffney, Joe Graves, Stephen Terrell
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Waterford, CT
National Playwright's Conference 1997 Scenic Designer (Renderer)
Conceptual discussion with playwrights and created visualization of 15 new plays.
Cricket Theatre Minneapolis, MN
Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger Washington, DC
LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST dir: Paul Giovanni 1987
THEATRE FOR YOUTH
Childsplay Phoenix, AZ
Imagination Stage Bethesda, MD
OPERA
Yale School of Music New Haven, CT
BURNING BRIGHT (World Premiere) dir: Nick Mangano 1993
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, CA
WUORNOS (World Premiere) dir: Joe Graves 2002
INDUSTRIAL
Armstrong World Industries FLOOR CONVENTION Orlando, FL 1992
Amish Country Enterprises AMISH EXPERIENCE THEATRE Bird-in-Hand,PA 1995
UNIVERSITY LEVEL DESIGN AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Scenic Design
Director of the Design & Technology Program
Division of Theatre & Dance
West Virginia University
Courses taught:
THET 255 Introduction to Stage Design
THET 327 Historic Costume & Décor I
THET 328 Historic Costume & Décor II
THET 322/622 Scene Design I
THET 323/623 Scene Design II
THET 320 Stage Properties
THET 330/630 Rendering Techniques
THET 430 Modelbuilding
Designs:
MEASURE FOR MEASURE dir: Nona Gerard 2005
A FLEA IN HER EAR dir: Phillip Beck 2007
DYING CITY dir: Phillip Beck 2008
URINETOWN dir: Lee Blair 2009
Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA Adjunct Professor
Taught Spring Semester Course 2001
Washington College Chestertown, MD Adjunct Professor
Taught Spring Semester Course 1998
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA Guest Artist
8 productions including:
THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE dir: Karen Lordi 2004
JULIUS CAESAR dir: Karen Lordi 2003
HAMLET dir: Karen Lordi 2002
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV Guest Artist
“A PIECE OF MY HEART” dir: Theresa Davis 1998
University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN Guest Artist
“THE MATCHMAKER” dir: Michael Fontaine 1998
Montclair State College Montclair, NJ Guest Artist
ANTIGONE dir: Jeffrey Newman 1990
University of South Carolina Columbia, SC Guest Artist/Adjunct Professor
5 productions including:
HAMLET dir: Paul Giovanni 1988
425 College Ave. Lancaster, PA. 17603
Email: rksetdes @aol.com or Robert.Klingelhoefer@mail.wvu.edu
Website: www.robertklingelhoefer.com
SCENIC DESIGNER - United Scenic Artists, Local 829
The Fulton Opera House Lancaster, PA www.fultontheatre.org
Resident Designer 1988-Present
0ver 100 Productions notably including:
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT”S WOMAN (World Premiere) 2003
Adapted by Mark Healey from the novel by John Fowles
Directed by Kate Saxon from London’s Shared Experience Theatre Company
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (World Premiere adaptation) 2001
Music by Ron Barnett Book by Barry Kornhouser
Directed by Eric Johnson
CYRANO (World Premiere adaptation) 2000
Adapted by Barry Kornhouser
Directed by Michael Mitchell
Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre New York www.jeancocteaurep.org
Resident Designer 1997-2004
Over 15 Productions notably including:
MOTHER COURAGE World Premiere 1997
Directed by Robert Hupp
World Premiere of Eric Bentley version with Darius Milhaud score
THE CURE AT TROY New York Premiere 1997
By Nobel Poet Seamus Heaney
Directed by Robert Hupp
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre New York www.panasianrep.org
Resident Designer 1993-1997
11 Productions including:
CAMBODIA AGONISTES World Premiere 1992 (also designed projections)
Book by Ernest Abuba Music by Louis Stewart
Directed By Tisa Chang
This Musical Theatre Epic about the Cambodian Holocaust toured the United States extensively
including extended runs in Philadelphia and Boston, was invited to the International Festival of
Experimental Theatre in Cairo, Egypt, and played at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg., South Africa.
OTHER NEW YORK CREDITS
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Westside Theatre
THE BEST OF FRIENDS dir: William Partlan 1993
Transferred to Off-Broadway from Minneapolis’ Cricket Theatre
The Acting Company
LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST dir: Paul Giovanni 1989
Redesigned with director from Shakespeare Theatre production for the Acting Company Tour
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
8 Productions including
OTHER REGIONAL CREDITS
Capital Repertory Theatre Albany, NY
THE UNDERPANTS dir: Michael Haney 2006
New York State Theatre Institute Troy, NY
Asolo Theatre Company Sarasota, FL
Texas Shakespeare Festival Kilgore, TX
1999 & 2000 Seasons 4 productions in repertory per season
Directors: Eve Adamson, Tom Whitaker, David Fuller, Tom Arthur, Paul Gaffney, Joe Graves, Stephen Terrell
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Waterford, CT
National Playwright's Conference 1997 Scenic Designer (Renderer)
Conceptual discussion with playwrights and created visualization of 15 new plays.
Cricket Theatre Minneapolis, MN
Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger Washington, DC
LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST dir: Paul Giovanni 1987
THEATRE FOR YOUTH
Childsplay Phoenix, AZ
Imagination Stage Bethesda, MD
OPERA
Yale School of Music New Haven, CT
BURNING BRIGHT (World Premiere) dir: Nick Mangano 1993
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, CA
WUORNOS (World Premiere) dir: Joe Graves 2002
INDUSTRIAL
Armstrong World Industries FLOOR CONVENTION Orlando, FL 1992
Amish Country Enterprises AMISH EXPERIENCE THEATRE Bird-in-Hand,PA 1995
UNIVERSITY LEVEL DESIGN AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Scenic Design
Director of the Design & Technology Program
Division of Theatre & Dance
West Virginia University
Courses taught:
THET 255 Introduction to Stage Design
THET 327 Historic Costume & Décor I
THET 328 Historic Costume & Décor II
THET 322/622 Scene Design I
THET 323/623 Scene Design II
THET 320 Stage Properties
THET 330/630 Rendering Techniques
THET 430 Modelbuilding
Designs:
MEASURE FOR MEASURE dir: Nona Gerard 2005
A FLEA IN HER EAR dir: Phillip Beck 2007
DYING CITY dir: Phillip Beck 2008
URINETOWN dir: Lee Blair 2009
Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA Adjunct Professor
Taught Spring Semester Course 2001
Washington College Chestertown, MD Adjunct Professor
Taught Spring Semester Course 1998
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA Guest Artist
8 productions including:
THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE dir: Karen Lordi 2004
JULIUS CAESAR dir: Karen Lordi 2003
HAMLET dir: Karen Lordi 2002
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV Guest Artist
“A PIECE OF MY HEART” dir: Theresa Davis 1998
University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN Guest Artist
“THE MATCHMAKER” dir: Michael Fontaine 1998
Montclair State College Montclair, NJ Guest Artist
ANTIGONE dir: Jeffrey Newman 1990
University of South Carolina Columbia, SC Guest Artist/Adjunct Professor
5 productions including:
HAMLET dir: Paul Giovanni 1988
RESUME
SECRET GARDEN
RAGTIME
THE HOT MIKADO
TAPDANCER
A SHAYNA MAIDEL
MISS EVER'S BOYS
RAGTIME
THE HOT MIKADO
TAPDANCER
A SHAYNA MAIDEL
MISS EVER'S BOYS
dir: Michael Mitchell
dir: Robin McKercher
dir: Marc Robin
dir: Kathleen Collins
dir: Margaret Booker
dir: Ron Nakahara
dir: Robin McKercher
dir: Marc Robin
dir: Kathleen Collins
dir: Margaret Booker
dir: Ron Nakahara
2004
2004
2004
1994
1992
1993
2004
2004
1994
1992
1993
dir: Eve Adamson
dir: Eve Adamson
dir: Karen Lordi
dir: Eve Adamson
dir: Robert Hupp
dir: Eve Adamson
dir: Karen Lordi
dir: Eve Adamson
dir: Robert Hupp
2003
2000
2000
1999
1998
2000
2000
1999
1998
THE WILD DUCK
MEDEA
EDWARD II
THE BALCONY
CAESAR & CLEOPATRA
MEDEA
EDWARD II
THE BALCONY
CAESAR & CLEOPATRA
2000
997
1995
1994
1994
1989
997
1995
1994
1994
1989
dir: Ron Nakahara
dir: Tisa Chang
dir: Ron Nakahara
dir: Andrew Tsao
dir: Lilli Liang
dir: Kati Kuroda
dir: Tisa Chang
dir: Ron Nakahara
dir: Andrew Tsao
dir: Lilli Liang
dir: Kati Kuroda
TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON
SHANGHAI LIL'S
PRIVATE LIVES
YELLOW FEVER
WILDERNESS
AND THE SOUL SHALL DANCE
SHANGHAI LIL'S
PRIVATE LIVES
YELLOW FEVER
WILDERNESS
AND THE SOUL SHALL DANCE
MR. WILLIAMS AND MISS WOOD
THE BEST OF FRIENDS American Premiere
READY FOR THE RIVER
MARVIN'S ROOM
THE BEST OF FRIENDS American Premiere
READY FOR THE RIVER
MARVIN'S ROOM
dir: William Partlan
dir: William Partlan
dir: William Partlan
dir: William Partlan
dir: William Partlan
dir: William Partlan
dir: William Partlan
1992
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
WOLFPIT
THE TRIAL
THE TRIAL
dir: Robert Hupp
dir: Eve Adamson
dir: Eve Adamson
2006
2005
2005
SENORA CARRAR'S RIFLES
CHINESE CHARADE
CONVERSATION AMONG THE RUINS
CHINESE CHARADE
CONVERSATION AMONG THE RUINS
dir: Alejandro Quintana, a member of the Berliner Ensemble
dir: Suzanna Tubert
dir: Alejandra Guitterez
dir: Suzanna Tubert
dir: Alejandra Guitterez
1988
1989
1988
1989
1988
SHERLOCK'S SECRET LIFE
HEIDI
DRAGONWINGS
HEIDI
DRAGONWINGS
dir: Clinton Atkinson
dir: Ron Nakahara
dir: Ron Nakahara
dir: Ron Nakahara
dir: Ron Nakahara
1997
1993
1998
1993
1998
dir: Pamela Berlin
dir: Terence Lamude
dir: Chris Coleman
dir: Terence Lamude
dir: Chris Coleman
1993
1992
1991
1992
1991
LOVE LETTERS
REMEMBRANCE
MACBETH
REMEMBRANCE
MACBETH
THE NEVERENDING STORY
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL
CYRANO (Co-production with Arizona State University)
POWER PLAY (Remount of Fulton Opera House production)
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL
CYRANO (Co-production with Arizona State University)
POWER PLAY (Remount of Fulton Opera House production)
dir: Anthony Runfola
dir: David Saar
dir: David Saar
dir: David Saar
dir: Eric Johnson
dir: David Saar
dir: David Saar
dir: David Saar
dir: Eric Johnson
2009
2007
2004
2002
2003
2007
2004
2002
2003
dir: Eric Johnson
dir: Michael Bobbit
dir: Eric Johnson
dir: Michael Bobbit
dir: Eric Johnson
CALISTO 5
PETITE ROUGE
LIANG AND THE MAGIC PAINTBRUSH
PETITE ROUGE
LIANG AND THE MAGIC PAINTBRUSH
2005
2005
2004
2005
2004
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