Jeffrey M. Cordell
(Designer / Scenic Artist / Theatre Technician)

Jeff.Cordell@marietta.edu

Scenic Design:

If Condition by Aaron Carter; directed by Melissa Hill Grande – 2005, Ohio University, School of Theatre Workshop production: Seabury Quinn Jr. Playwrights’ Festival
The Boundary by Tammy Ryan; directed by Melanie Dreyer – 2005, Pitt Rep Mainstage
bash: latterday plays by Neil Labute; also directed – 2003, barebones productions
"Childhood" by Thronton Wilder; directed by Bryn Jameson – 2003, Pitt Rep
Levitation by Timothy Mason; also directed – 2003, Pitt Rep
Faeries, Mortals & Magic:A Midsummer Celebration after Shakespeare; also directed – 2002, Avalon Productions
Princess Ida by Gilbert & Sullivan; directed by Matthew J. Kopans – 2002, Pittsburgh Savoyards
The Serpent by Jean-Claude Van Itallie; directed by David Himmelreich – 2002, Pitt Rep
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams; also directed – 2000, Marietta College

Scene Painting:

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde – 2006, Marietta College – Charge Artist
Heartbreak House, G. B. Shaw – 2005, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre – Charge Artist
The Boundary, Tammy Ryan – 2005, University of Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre – Charge Artist
Rashomon, Fay & Michael Kanin – 2005, University of Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre – Scenic Artist
August in April, scenes from August Wilson – 2005, Pittsburgh Playwright’s Theatre Company – Scenic Artist
Dorothy 6, James McManus – 2004, Pittsburgh Playwright’s Theatre Company – Charge Artist
Fences, August Wilson – 2004, Pittsburgh Playwright’s Theatre Company – Charge Artist
Fiddlesticks! – 2003, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Youth Program – Scenic Artist
Copenhagen, Michael Frayn – 2003, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre – Charge Artist, Consultant on remount
Major Barbara, G. B. Shaw – 2003, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre (Pittsburgh production and Ireland Tour to Galway Arts Festival, Druid Theatre; Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire) – Charge Artist
Hamlet, Shakespeare – 2003, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre – Scenic Artist
The Gigli Concert, Tom Murphy – 2002, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre – Scenic Artist


Charge Artist for the 2001-2002 Season – University of Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre
Season Included: The Learned Ladies, The Real Thing, The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria, Coyote on a Fence, Canterbury Tales: A Musical, Waiting for Godot

Charge Artist for the 2001 Summer Season – Weathervane Playhouse, Newark, OH
Season Included: Evita, The Woman in Black, Little Shop of Horrors, Broadway Bound, Nunsense, A-Men!

Production Management:

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, 2005 season
- Managed technical, personnel, budgetary, and scheduling needs for three professional productions: Stones in His Pockets (including tour to Barrow Civic Theater in Franklin, PA), The False Servant (U.S. premier), and Henry (world
premier adaptation by Thomas Kilroy of Pirandello’s Enrico IV)

Stage Management:

Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare – 2002, Unseam’d Shakespeare Company
"Pittsburgh Theater in the 1930’s: A Lecture/Demonstration" by Dr. Lynne Conner – 2002, Pittsburgh Public Theater (Mondays with the Public lecture series)

Properties:

Properties Assistant – Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, 2005
Productions: Stones in His Pockets, The False Servant, Henry (after Pirandello)


Properties Coordinator – Weathervane Playhouse, Newark, OH, 2001 Summer Season
Designed, constructed, and acquired properties for Evita, The Woman in Black, Little Shop of Horrors, Broadway Bound, and Nunsense, A-Men! Also reorganized of properties storage and workshop areas and created complete inventory.