Jean-François Revon

Tel: 510.917.4009 e-mail: [email protected]

Production Design Chair – Oakland School for the Arts Teaching since 2008

Union set designer: USA-829 since 2007

Set Design – IN PROGRESS – 2019-2020 A Florentine Tragedy & Gianni Schicchi - Livermore Valley Opera Sleeping Beauty – State Street Ballet

Set Design – 2019 The Nutcracke – Valley Dance Theatre Nabucco – West Bay Opera Kehlani “Butterfly” Music Video Eugene Onegin - Livermore Valley Opera The Barber of Seville - Livermore Valley Opera Time Sensistive – Ragged Wing Ensemble

Set Design – 2018 The abduction from the Seraglio - Livermore Valley Opera Die Fledermaus – San Jose State University Three Decembers - Livermore Valley Opera Romeo and Juliet - State Street Ballet Un Ballo in Maschera - Livermore Valley Opera

Set Design – 2017 Trilogy: Frankenstein, Hamlet,The Chastity Tree - West Edge Opera Dido and Aeneas - San Francisco Conservatory of Music Mavra - San Francisco Conservatory of Music Don Pasquale - Livermore Valley Opera Norma - West Bay Opera Le Nozze di Figaro - Livermore Valley Opera

Set Design – 2016 The Italian girl in Algiers - Livermore Valley Opera Alcina - Oberlin Conservatory of Music Rigoletto - West Bay Opera The Flying Dutchman - Livermore Valley Opera Le Nozze di Figaro - West Bay Opera Madame Butterfly - Livermore Valley Opera Cavalleria Rusticana – Opera San Luis Obispo Pagliacci – Opera San Luis Obispo

Set Design – 2015 The Italian Girl in Algiers - Livermore Valley Opera The Abduction from the Seraglio - West Bay Opera

JF Revon Resume 2/18/20 Page 1 Rigoletto - West Bay Opera Lucia - Virago Theatre MaLucia - Livermore Valley Opera Noye’s Fludde – Fremont Opera

Set Design – 2014 Tawawa House - Townsend Opera - World premier The Full Monty – Experiental Theater Co. Aida – Opera San Luis Obispo The Magic Flute - West Bay Opera Il Travatore – Virago Theatre La Cenerentola - Livermore Valley Opera La Boheme – Townsend Opera Il Travatore – West Bay Opera Rigoleto - Livermore Valley Opera

Set Design – 2013 La Traviata - Livermore Valley Opera Tosca - West Bay Opera Cabaret - Sonoma Theatre Alliance Festival Carmen – Livermore Valley Opera The Mariage of Figaro – San Jose State University The Little Mermaid Factory – SmARTSunlimited Children theatre La Traviata – Townsend Opera Otello - West Bay Opera La Cenerantola - Townsend Opera La Traviata - University of Northern Colorado

Set Design – 2012 The tales of Hofman – West Bay Opera Tosca - Livermore Valley Opera Aida – West Bay Opera Il Mondo della Luna – Oberlin Conservatory of Music La Boheme - Livermore Valley Opera La Traviata – Townsend Opera Lucia – West Bay Opera Orpheus and Euryduce – Opera Santa Barbara La Traviata – Livermore Valley Opera Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – SmARTSunlimited Children theatre

Set Design – 2011 Machine– The Crucible Oakland - World premier Samson and Dalila – West Bay Opera Beauty and the Beast – SmARTSunlimited Children theatre Don Giovanni – West Bay Opera Romeo and Juliet - Livermore Valley Opera Dido and Aeneas & La vida breve – West Bay Opera Madama Butterfly - Livermore Valley Opera

Set Design – 2010 La Traviata – West Bay Opera Pagliach Calvaria - Livermore Valley Opera La forza del destino – West Bay Opera Die Fledermaus – Livermore Valley Opera

JF Revon Resume 2/18/20 Page 2 Hairspray – Children Musical Theatre, San Jose Der Freischutz – West Bay OPera Alice in Wonderland - SmARTSunlimited Children theatre Livermore Don Giovanni - Livermore Valley Opera

Set Design – 2009 Mignon – Music Academy of the West Cavaleria Rusticana & Pagliacci – West Bay Opera Orfeo ed Euridice – West Bay Opera La Boheme – West Bay OPera The Daughter of the regiment – West Bay Opera Don Giovanni - San-Francisco Lyric Opera The Jungle Book – State Street Ballet

Set Design – 2008 ONCE UPON A BALLROOM – Diablo Ballet, Walnut Creek 12th NIGHT – St Mary’s College, Moraga CAVALERIA RUSTICANA, PAGLIACCI, THE ELIXIR OF LOVE - Opera Santa Barbara ONCE UPON A BALLROOM – Diablo Ballet, Walnut Creek GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST, THE ELIXIR OF LOVE – Rimrock Opera CAVALERIA RUSTICANA, PAGLIACCI – West Bay Opera LA BOHEME - Livermore Valley Opera THE SECRET GARDEN - Lamplighters, San Francisco COSI FAN TUTTI – West Bay Opera CARMEN - Livermore Valley Opera

Set Design – 2007 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – San Francisco Conservatory of Music A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC – Notre Dame College - belmont LA BOHEME – Berkshire Opera LA BOHEME – Music Academy of the West EUGENE ONEGIN– North Bay Opera LUCIA, ROMEO AND JULIET- San-Francisco Lyric Opera THE MERRY WIDOW - Lamplighters, San Francisco THE MIKADO - Livermore Valley Opera THE VILLAGER , ROMAN FEVER – San Jose State University THE MERRY WIDOW - West Bay Opera, Palo Alto LA CAGE AUX FOLLES – Pacific Repertory Theatre MILLIE, THE LEADER OF THE PACK – Children Theatre of San Jose THE MAGIC FLUTE – San Francisco Opera Guild HANSEL AND GRETEL - OITS, West Bay Opera, Palo Alto OPERA SANTA BARBARA – Verdi Festival (Set designer consultant) SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ, GUYS AND DOLLS – American Musical Theatre (Set designer consultant) SUDS – Crossroads Theater, Walnut Creek THE BEST ME – Kaiser outreach program

Set Design – 2006 TOSCA – Festival Opera, Walnut Creek 1776, the musical – Willows Theatre Company, Concord MACBETH, THE RAKE’S PROGRESS – West Bay Opera, Palo Alto

JF Revon Resume 2/18/20 Page 3 EARTHQUAKE (world premiere)– Diablo Ballet, Walnut Creek COSI FAN TUTTE – BASOTI, San Francisco THE MERRY WIDOW - Livermore Valley Opera CINDERELLA – Diablo Ballet, Walnut Creek THE KING AND I – Pleasanton Playhouse THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA – San-Francisco Lyric Opera, Resident set designer TOSCA, SUOR ANGELICA, GIANNI SCHICCHI – Opera Santa Barbara, Resident set designer THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT - OITS, West Bay Opera, Palo Alto THE MAGIC FLUTE - Livermore Valley Opera THE MAGIC FLUTE – Mission City Opera, Santa Clara TOSCA, THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA, IL TRAVATORE, THE MAGIC FLUTE - San-Francisco Lyric Opera SHE LOVES ME, QUADRILLE (world premiere), FOOTLOOSE – Crossroads Theater, Walnut Creek OF MICE AND MEN – Douglas Morrisson Theatre, Hayward

Set Design – 2005 THE MAGIC FLUTE (50th season opening production)– West Bay Opera, Palo Alto CARMEN – San-Francisco Lyric Opera, Resident set designer IL TRITTICO - Berkeley Opera THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – Cleveland Lyric Opera, Ohio THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO – San-Francisco Lyric Opera, Resident set designer MOON RIVER – Crossroads Theater, Resident set designer OWNERS – Shotgun Players CAMELOT– Pleasanton Playhouse JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG – Willows Theatre Company, Concord MADAMA BUTTERFLY – San-Francisco Lyric Opera, Resident set designer LITTLE WOMEN (The Musical) – Crossroads Theater, Resident set designer THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS – Opera Santa Barbara, Resident set designer UN BALLO IN MASCHERA - San-Francisco Lyric Opera, Resident set designer LA TRAVIATA - Livermore Valley Opera LUCIA - West Bay Opera, Palo Alto LA CENERENTOLA - San-Francisco Lyric Opera, Resident set designer SOUTH PACIFIC – Contra Costa Musical Theater, Walnut Creek INTO THE WOODS – Pleasanton Playhouse THE MAGIC FLUTE – OITS, West Bay Opera, Palo Alto THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT – OITS, West Bay Opera, Palo Alto THE ELIXIR F LOVE - OITS, West Bay Opera, Palo Alto

Set Design – 2004 CINDERELLA – State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara BUDDY – Post Street Theater, San Francisco FUNNY GIRL – Broadway by the Bay COSI FAN TUTTI – Opera Santa Barbara, Resident set designer ELIXIR OF LOVE, MADAMA BUTTERFLY – Livermore Valley Opera BARBER OF SEVILLE - West Bay Opera, Palo Alto RIGOLLETO, LA CENERENTOLA - San-Francisco Lyric Opera GYPSY - Willows Theatre, Concord CABARET, CAROUSEL, SINGING IN THE RAIN - Pleasanton Playhouse YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Menlo Drama Dept., Menlo Park SEUSSICAL, CHRISTMAS MY WAY, I DO I DO , MY FAIR LADY– Crossroads Theater 12TH NIGHT – PacificRep, Carmel-by-the-Sea

Set Design - 2003

JF Revon Resume 2/18/20 Page 4 MADAMA BUTTERFLY – Opera Santa Barbara UN BALLO IN MASCHERA – West Bay Opera IOLANTHE - Lamplighters, San Francisco MADAMA BUTTERFLY – Livermore Opera MY WAY, OUR TOWN, MY FAIR LADY, and CINDERELLA - Crossroads Theatre, Walnut Creek MEDEA - PacificRep Theater, Carmel WEST SIDE STORY, THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Pleasanton Playhouse AMADEUS – Diablo Ballet, Walnut Creek THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC - Willows Theatre, Concord FUNNY GIRL - Broadway By the Bay THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – San Francisco Opera Guild Kidistory – (pilot) PBS Children’s Program

Set Design - 2002 A MASKED BALL, TOSCA, and LA BOHEME - West Bay Opera, Palo Alto LA BOHEME - Opera Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara TAMING OF THE SHREW - State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara MEDEA, OLIVER, and MERCHANT OF VENICE - PacRep Theatre, Carmel (directed by Joseph Chaikin) DAMN YANKEES, THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Winner, Shellie Award for Set Design) - Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Walnut Creek YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, THE TEA HOUSE OF AUGUST MOON - Willows Theatre, Concord MAN OF LA MANCHA - Pleasanton Playhouse, Pleasanton MOON OVER BUFFALO - Crossroads Theatre, Walnut Creek TWO PRECIOUS MAIDENS - Vector Theatre, Marin MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Menlo Drama Dept., Menlo Park SWEENY TODD – San Carlos Drama Dept. OLIVER – (outdoor) Pacific Repertory Theatre

Set Design/Construction - Trade Show Exhibits - 2002 THAI KITCHEN BATHOLOGY

Set Design – 2001 THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, FAUST - West Bay Opera, Palo Alto LUCIA - Opera Santa Barbara MAGIC FLUTE - Stanford University THE CHERRY ORCHARD- Pacific Repertory Theater, Carmel (Featuring: Olympia Dukakis) DIE FLEDERMAUS – Bay-shore Lyric Opera ANNIE - Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Walnut Creek VIEQUES - Teatro Vision, San Jose VINEGAR TOM - Mills College, Oakland TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Willows Theatre, Concord HIGHT SOCIETY - Diablo Light Opera Company, Walnut Creek WEST SIDE STORY - Center Stage Theater Company, Walnut Creek HONK - Children’s Theatre of Palo Alto (USA premiere) THE CRUCIBLE - Menlo Drama Dept., Menlo Park FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – Saratoga HS, Saratoga TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Willows Theatre, Concord BODECIA – Mills College OKLAHOMA - Menlo Drama Dept., Menlo Park LA CENERENTOLA – West Bay Opera in the school program GREASE – Mills High School A CHRISMAS CAROL – Menlo High School MILLS COLLEGE – Set Design Instructor

JF Revon Resume 2/18/20 Page 5 Set Design - 2000 MADAMA BUTTERFLY - Monterey Opera THE BARBER OF SEVILLE - Festival Opera, Walnut Creek COSI FAN TUTTI - West Bay Opera, Palo Alto ANYTHING GOES - Contra Costa Musical Theater, Walnut Creek LES MISERABLES - Children’s Theatre of Palo Alto (Children vertion premiere) HIGH SOCIETY - Diablo Light Opera, Walnut Creek 1776 - Willows Theatre, Concord (Honored by the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Musical of 2000) SWEENY TODD – San Mateo High School KISS ME KATE – (outdoor) Menlo Drama Dept., Menlo Park

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Set Design – 1999 THE NUTCRACKER- Opera San Jose, (World Premiere) LA BOHEME - North Bay Opera, Fairfield THE CONSUL, CARMEN- West Bay Opera, Palo Alto ANNIE GET YOUR GUN - Menlo Drama Dept, Menlo Park JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAM COAT - CCMT, Walnut Creek CABARET- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park GREASE – Gun high school INHERIT THE WIND - Willows Theatre, Concord THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA – Menlo School THE PAJAMA GAME – Contra Costa Jewish Community Center

Teaching -1999 Gun High School: Designing the production of “Grease” with students Sonoma State University: Introduction to Set Design

Set Design - 1998 DON GIOVANNI - North Bay Opera, Fairfield, (Winner of the 1998 The Artys Award for Scenic Design) MADAME GEORGETOWN’S DAUGHTER (world premiere) - Berkeley Opera LUISA MILLER - Berkeley Opera THE TURN OF THE SCREW - West Bay Opera, Palo Alto THE KING AND I, RADIO GALS, FOXFIRE - Willows Theatre, Concord THE PAJAMA GAME, EVITA, WESTSIDE STORY - Children’s Theatre of Palo Alto HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING - Menlo Drama Dept, Menlo Park

Teaching -1998 Menlo High School: Introduction to Set Design

Set Design 1997 NIGHT MUST FALL - Chamber Theatre, San Francisco (1997 Winner: Drama-Logue Critics Award for Scenic Design) LUISA MILLER - Berkeley Opera DON PASQUALE - West Bay Opera, Palo Alto NAUGHTY MARIETTA - Gilbert & Sullivan Society, San Jose CA ANIMAL CRACKERS, THE WIZARD OF OZ, DAMN YANKEES -PIRATES OF PENZANCE, TIN PAN ALI, THE SNOW QUEEN & THE GOBLIN, HAWK, and A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY… - Children’s Theatre of Palo Alto TWELFTH NIGHT, ALL MY SONS, CHARLEY’S AUNT and THE KING & I - Menlo Drama Dept, Menlo Park RUMOR - Los Altos High School GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE, THE ROTHSCHILD, AUNTIE MAME - Willows Theatre, Concord

JF Revon Resume 2/18/20 Page 6 Set Design 1996 TOSCA, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE - West Bay Opera, Palo Alto DAMN YANKEES - Penninsula Center Stage, Redwood City MACK & MABEL - Palo Alto Players, Palo Alto NAUGHTY MARIETTA, THE MERRY WIDOW - Gilbert & Sullivan Society, San Jose THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET - Phoenix Company, San Francisco NIGHT MUST FALL - Chamber Theatre, San Francisco WAIT UNTIL DARK, LATER LIFE - Bus Barn Theatre, Los Altos THE ODD COUPLE - Willows Theatre, Concord THE GOOD TIMES ARE KILLING ME - Peninsula Center Stage, Redwood City PARADISE IS FOR ANGELS (debut), EDGE OF THE WORLD (debut) - Theatre Artists of Marin, San Rafael INTO THE WOODS LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, MAGIC FISH BONE, TOM SAWYER, JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BABES IN TOYLAND, SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE - THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW, PEACH BOY, A DAY IN HOLLY WOOD, A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE - Children’s Theatre of Palo Alto BYE BYE BIRDIE - Saint Mark’s Drama Dept., Sausalito YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, A DAY IN HOLLY WOOD, A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, ME & MY GIRL - Menlo Drama Dept, Menlo Park

Set Design 1995 LA BOHEME - West Bay Opera, Palo Alto CAROUSEL - Cappuccino Theater, San Bruno THE AFFIDAVIT, SUCCESS - College of Notre Dame, Belmont MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE WHITE ROSE, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Menlo Drama Dept, Menlo Park

Set Design 1994 CABARET - Hillbarn Theatre, Foster City GYSPY - Peninsula Center Stage, Redwood City BLUES IN THE NIGHT - Palo Alto Players, Palo Alto PIRATES OF PENZANCE, BEDROOM FARCE, A CHRISMAS CAROL - College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA THE WHITE ROSE, MY FAVORITE YEAR - Menlo Drama Dept., Menlo Park

Set Design 1993 CITY OF ANGELS - Palo Alto Players, Redwood City THE CRUCIBLE - Haymarket Theatre, Palo Alto ALADIN & THE WONDERFUL LAMP - Pied Piper Theatre, Los Altos

Set Design 1992 GUYS AND DOLLS - Palo Alto Players, Palo Alto THE WISE WOMEN – Moufetard Theatre, Paris France EN SOURDINE, LES SARDINES (NOISES OFF) - Beaunord Theatre, Paris France PROMETHEUS - National Touring Theatre, France LE BOOMS A DAISY - Mantois Theatre, Mantes-la Jolie, France

Set Design 1991 THE TURN OF THE SCREW - City Theatre, Paris France LA PEUR DES COUPS - Beauvais Theatre, Beauvais, France

Set Design 1990 OLIVER TWIST- Unity Theatre; Brooklyn, NY THE FROZEN DEAD - Parthenon Theatre; Manhattan, NY STAR CROSSED LOVERS - ATA Theatre; New York, NY

Other Experience 1992 - 1987

JF Revon Resume 2/18/20 Page 7 ENTER LAUGHING - Park Theatre; Manhattan, NY SMOTHERING COALS - Theatre for the New City; New York, NY MEPHISTO- 16 mm, Panavision Film, National Opera of Paris; Paris, France FOU MOI LA PAIX - Dechargeur Theatre; Paris, France GALA DES GRANDE ECOLES - Show Under a Big Tent, La Villette; Paris, France BABYSITTING - Dechargeur Theatre; Paris, France TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF N. AMERICAN INDIANS EXHIBIT - Kronenbourg Gallery; Paris, France ASSISTANT SET DESIGNER VIDEO CLIP - By Maury Contes, 91 Studio; Paris France J-L GUILLAIN, ARCHITECTS - Architectual Designer, 5 rue Mazarine, Paris, France THE NUTCRACKER - Ballet - Garden State Ballet Tour; Newark, NJ 36-15 CODE PERE NOEL - Asst. Set Designer: E. Moulard 91 Studio; Paris THE REVOLUTION Asst. Set Designer -E. Moulard Ariane Production, France

EDUCATION ECOLE SUPERIEUR DES ARTS ET TECHNIQUES, PARIS Major: Set Design Diplome de Scenographie:1989 (Equivalent of B.A.)

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