Frank Oliva

Set Design

FRANK J OLIVA (b.1992, Miami) is a Cuban-American Stage Designer.

Recent Designs include productions of BERNSTEIN'S MASS (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra); A DEAL & DOGS OF RWANDA (Urban Stages); THE LONELIEST NUMBER (Clemente Theatre); THE OLD SETTLER and AUTUMN (Billie Holiday Theatre); THE ROOMATE and THE MOUNTAINTOP (Kitchen Theatre Company); LOST NOT FOUND (Up Theatre); WE WILL NOT BE SILENT & WELCOME TO FEAR CITY (Contemporary American Theatre Festival); THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Two River Theatre Company) and ANGRY YOUNG MAN (Urban Stages, Guild Hall East Hampton).

As Associate Designer: WEST SIDE STORY (Broadway, des. Jan Versweyveld); OKLAHOMA! (Broadway, des. Laura Jellinek); HANGMEN (Broadway & Atlantic, des. Anna Fleischle-Marriott); SOUNDTRACK OF AMERICA (des. David Rockwell, The Shed Hudson Yards); ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME (Nederlander, des. Anna Fleischle-Marriott); THE WOLVES (Lincoln Center/Playwrights Realm, NYS&F, des. Laura Jellinek); AT HOME AT THE ZOO (Signature, des. Andrew Lieberman), EVERYBODY & THE ANTIPODES (Signature, des. Laura Jellinek), among others.

Frank has taught in the Theatre & Film Programs at NYU, Playwrights Horizons Downtown, Marlboro College and High School for the Performing Arts of Harlem.Visiting Artist: University of Rochester International Theatre Program, Marlboro College and Mannes School of Music.

Frank is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, The United States Institute of Theatre Technology and Wingspace Theatrical Design. He is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Frank received the 2021 Opera America Director/Designer Prize, 2017 Innovative Theatre Award for his design of #LIBERATED and nominated for the 2018 Audelco Award for his design of THE OLD SETTLER. His work has been featured in Visa Magazine Japan and Vulture Magazine. Frank was a featured designer at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design & Space.

Selected Projects

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