LONDON – Patrick Rizzotti will give a presentation on his set designs at USITT’s PLASA booth at London’s ExCeL Center, Stand R42, on Oct. 6. Rizzotti won USITT’s 2014 Scene Design Award, which is sponsored by Rose Brand. USITT Executive Director David Grindle and several USITT officers and staff also will be at the show promoting USITT programs and the Annual Conference & Stage Expo. Rizzotti was among 11 Young Designers & Technicians honored at USITT 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas, last March.
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Theatre Mania called Rizzotti’s set for last spring’s Prospect Theatre Company musical Jasper in Deadland “simply designed yet surprisingly ornate.” The New York Times wrote of his work on the New York premiere of Sex and Education, “Patrick Rizzotti’s set design is striking, with the linoleum-ugly green-and-white classroom floor curling up and taking off majestically at the upstate end to turn into giant book pages.”
Rizzotti was among 11 Young Designers & Technicians honored at USITT 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas, last March. In 2013, his set design for Elmer Gantry was a finalist in the OPERA America Director-Designer Showcase. He received his MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2012.
Rizzotti’s featured session will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6 at the Theatres Trust Stage, Stand R40 at the ExCeL Center.
