Robert Wierzel

Mr. Wierzel has worked with artists and directors from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, in opera, theatre, dance, museums and contemporary music, on stages throughout the country and abroad. His NYC Broadway productions include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, the musical FELA! (Tony Award nomination) and David Copperfield’s Dreams and Nightmares. Mr. Wierzel has designed productions with opera companies in New York (Glimmerglass Festival, NYCO), Paris, Tokyo, Norway, Toronto, Vancouver, Wexford, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Houston, Dallas, Portland, Denver (Opera Colorado), Washington D.C; Minneaplois and Chicago (Lyric Opera & Opera Theatre) among others. Wierzel’s dance work includes over 35 years with Bill T. Jones and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company. He has designed at most regional theaters across the country, including The Alliance Theatre (Atlanta); A.C.T; Shakespeare Theatre (Washington DC); Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Guthrie Theater; Goodman Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum, among many others. Future projects include a new musical A Walk On The Moon. Mr. Wierzel is a creative partner at Spark Design Collaborative and is on the faculty of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Design For Stage & Film.

Robert Wierzel at The Dallas Opera:

Les contes d’ Hoffmann (2005/2006, debut)
La bohéme (2018/2019)
Rigoletto (2022/2023)