Resume — Jefferson Ridenour, Scenic Designer

Selected Design Credits

Current & Upcoming Design marked with *
* Slow Dusk / Markheim
University of Houston - Moores Opera
Director - Kathleen Belcher
Hobson’s Choice (World Premiere)
University of Houston - Moores Opera
Director - Kathleen Belcher
Suor Angelica / Gianni Schicchi
University of Houston - Moores Opera
Director - Kathleen Belcher
The Juliet Letters
Portland Opera - Papermoon
Director - Fenlon Lamb
The Turn of the Screw
Opera Roanoke
Director - Dean Anthony
The Girl of the Golden West
Central City Opera - Papermoon
Director - Fenlon Lamb
The Pirates of Penzance
Central City Opera - Papermoon
Director - Kyle Lang
Rigoletto
Opera Delaware / Opera Baltimore
Director - Kristen Barrett
The Turn of the Screw
Janiec Opera Company (Brevard Festival)
Director - Dean Anthony
Tosca
Charlottesville Opera
Director - Alek Shrader
Guys & Dolls
Charlottesville Opera
Director - Linda Brovsky
Werther
William Jewell College Opera - Papermoon
Director - Ian Silverman
The Diary of Anne Frank
Holmdel Theatre Company
Director - Amy E. Jones
La Traviata
Opera Delaware / Opera Baltimore
Director - Kaley Karis Smith
Ariadne auf Naxos
Arizona Opera
Director - Chuck Hudson
The Merry Widow
Knoxville Opera
Director - Dean Anthony
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Amarillo Opera - Papermoon
Director - Fenlon Lamb, Ian Silverman
Coraline (US Premiere)
West Edge Opera - Papermoon
Director - Tara Branham
Le Nozze di Figaro
Opera Delaware
Director - Dean Anthony
Sister Act the Musical
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
Director - Amy E. Jones
Lights on the Radio Tower
Five Ohm Prod. - Digital Film Project (NYC)
Director - Gabriel Barre
Don Giovanni
Pensacola Opera - Papermoon
Director - Fenlon Lamb
Hänsel und Gretel
Palm Beach Opera - Papermoon
Director - Fenlon Lamb
Duck (World Premiere)
IRT Theater - Off-Off Bway
Director - Katrin Hilbe
Madama Butterfly
Inland Northwest Opera - Papermoon
Director - Fenlon Lamb
Scalia / Ginsburg
Opera Delaware
Director - Fenlon Lamb
Dead Man Walking
Opera Delaware
Director - Octavio Cardenas
Carmen
Annapolis Opera - Papermoon
Director - Fenlon Lamb
La Finta Giardiniera
UMKC Conservatory of Music
Director - Rachel Harris
Die Fledermaus
Finger Lakes Opera
Director - Gary John La Rosa
La Voix Humaine
UMKC Conservatory - Papermoon
Director - Fenlon Lamb
Party Face (Premiere Off-Bway)
City Center Theatre - Stage II
Director - Amanda Bearse
Tosca
Finger Lakes Opera
Director - Fenlon Lamb
The Juliet Letters
Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Papermoon
Director - Fenlon Lamb
Cabaret
Austin College Theatre - Alumni Prod.
Director - Casey McClellan
Die Zauberflöte
UMKC Conservatory of Music
Director - Fenlon Lamb

Related Experience

Tower Protocol: Resurrection
Production Designer / Art Director
Short Film Directed by Peter Giakoumis
The Mischievous Maestro Podcast
Art Director (2 Seasons)
Host - Maestro Andy Anderson
The Sleeping Beauty
Asst. Set Designer
Des. Alain Vaes - Ballet West
The Nutcracker
Asst. Set Designer
Des. Alain Vaes - Richmond Ballet
Last Night (art show)
Art Director / Exhibit Designer
Artist Tony Motta - Sahag Workshop NYC
The Nutcracker
Asst. Set Designer
Des. Alain Vaes - Kansas City Ballet
Sochi Olympics Exhibition - Moscow
Studio Asst. - Model Builder
George Tsypin Opera Factory
Manon Lescaut
Studio Asst. - Model & Rendering
George Tsypin Opera Factory

Awards

2026
Best Production Design - Tower Protocol: Resurrection
INSPIRE Cinema Fest
2025
1st Place - Div. VII - Opera Prod. Award - Suor / Schicchi
National Opera Association (NOA)
2018
1st Place - Div. V - Opera Prod. Award - La Voix Humaine
National Opera Association (NOA)
2018
Best Production - Party Face
Origin’s 1st Irish Theatre Festival - NYC
2010
Emerson Young Artist Scholar
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Affiliations & Education

Current
United Scenic Artists Local 829
2014
University of Missouri - Kansas City
M.F.A. Scenic Design & Technology
2011
Austin College
B.A. Theatre & Political Science (Double Major)