Biography

Shane Erickson is a designer for theatre and opera based in Cardiff, Wales and New Jersey, USA.

With a developed approach to collaboration and instincts rooted in experience as an assistant scenic designer, now enhanced by work in costume, Shane is constantly seeking what is most essentially needed to best tell a story. Drafting, model making and digital graphics convey ideas grown from thorough research, unlocking the potential of text, design, and staging to culminate in electrifying and authentic performances.

Set Design credits with the Rutgers Theater Company: Masculinity Max, Antigone, Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play and The Rehearsal. Credits with the David Seligman Opera School: Dialogues of the Carmelites (costume) and Die Fledermaus (Set).

Shane has assisted Michael Pavelka (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Zoë Hurwitz (Park Theatre, Mercury Theatre, Sheffield Theatres), TK Hay (Arcola Theatre, Royal Exchange Theatre), Alys Whitehead (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre) and Bret Banakis (The Transport Group).