Luke Hegel-Cantarella works primarily as a theatrical stage designer. He has designed over fifty productions including work for the theater, opera and ballet. Theaters he has worked at include the Pittsburgh Public Theater, Prince Music Theater, Wolftrap Opera Company, TheaterWorks, Barrington Stage Company, Hartford Ballet, Adirondack Theater Festival, Curtis Institute of Music, and the Yale Repertory Theater. Recent work includes, Noir, a site-specific dance project for the 2004 Whitney Biennial, Cam Jansen at the Lamb’s Theater (off-Broadway) and Junie B. Jones, 2005 Lucille Lortel Award nominee for best musical. In addition, Luke was the associate designer for the recent Broadway production of Dracula, designed by Heidi Ettinger. Other associate design credits include work for Teatro Argentino, Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Nat’l Tour), Alliance Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, Opera Carolina, and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.
Luke’s paintings have been exhibited at the Around the Coyote Festival (Chicago) and the Union League Gallery (Chicago) which presented his series of paintings, the Potsdam Project. Next year, his series entitled Picturing Port Said will be exhibited at the Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo.
He received his M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. He received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University. In addition Luke has studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Students League, and The Drawing Center.
Awards include a Joseph Jefferson Award (Best Set Design – Stalag 17),Donald S. Oenslager Award for Excellence in Set Design and the Oenslager Fellowship. Luke was finalist for the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers.
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