C. David Russell Biography

is in his first season with the Festival. Recent credits include FALSETTOS at Barrington Stage Co., SPINNING INTO BUTTER, LOBBY HERO and THE LARAMIE PROJECT with Theatre Works; THE IMMIGRANT, INTO THE WOODS, PIPPIN, THE BOYFRIEND, DIVORCE ME DARLING and HAIR at Cap 21. Other costume credits: FREE FALL at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland; A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM and A QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME at Ohio University. Set and costume design credits: The Little Golden Books National Read-In, an event for 10,000 people at the U.S. Open Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y., directed by Frank Ventura of Cap 21; Tisch Gala hosted by Bill Cosby; and THE PAINS OF YOUTH directed by Barry Edelstein. Set design: IF WE ARE WOMEN, directed by Austin Pendleton at The Williamstown Theater Festival; N.Y.U. productions of A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FILM, THE THREE SISTERS, THE PRINCE OF HAMBURG, ANY WAY YOU DESIRE ME directed by Liviu Ciulei. Assistant design credits: Lyric Opera of Cicago and the Acting Company. In addition to set and costume design work, he has also been a props artisan at the Santa Fe Opera for eight years. Mr. Russell has a M.F.A. from N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts' school of design.