Jared Rutherford

Currently working on designs for a series of children's libraries for BOOKS FOR KIDS.  Design work includes 3-D Sketch up modeling, Auto-CAD drafting and Photoshop graphics package.  Items designed include custom furniture and interior graphics.

For more on the BOOKS FOR KIDS program, visit their website at www.booksforkids.org/ 

I was the Technical Director for SUNY New Paltz's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in the McKenna Theatre.

At City of Maples Rep, I am the Scenic Designer for Murder by the Book. I am also seriving as Assistant Technical Director for their 2009 summer seaon.

I am also designing their 2009 holiday show, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some).

I am designing Clue the Musical for their 2010 Season.

The Foreigner, George Washington Slept Here, The Pirates of Penzance Summer 2011

The Andrews Brothers Fall 2011

I was the scenic designer for Anything Goes in the McKenna Theatre at SUNY New Paltz in 2005. The design was nomminated for a Barbizon Award and won a Region 2 KCACTF Set design award for that year.

I am the Scenic Designer for SIU Carbondale's 2010 production of The Drowsy Chaperone.

As the Assistant Scenic Designer for the 2010 Drama Desk Awards I was responsible for supervising the installation of the set for the awards show and working with the director, producers, designers and management team to prepare the space for that evening's ceremony.

Scenic Designer for Dancing at Lughnasa and The Drowsy Chaperone

Scenic Designer for The Timing of a Day at NY International Fringe Festival 2010 http://www.fringenyc.org/.

Scenic Designer for42nd Street (2011) The King and I (2012)

Assistant Scenic Designer for USF 2011 season in the Jones Theatre.  Shows include The Music Man, The Glass Menagerie, Noises Off, The Winter's Tale, and Dial M for Murder.  Designs by Jo Winiarski.

A Murder is Announced,  August 2011

Scenic Designer for FRIGHT FEST 2010 performances at Elitch Gardens, Idlewild,  Wild Waves, and Frontier City Theme Parks.  Show designs include Trick, Treat and Dance-A-Long starring Bob the Builder, DJ Ghoul and the Gang, Reuinion of Souls, and Hyde School Musical.

RWS and Associates is an Emmy Award winning Entertainment firm specializing in events and live performances at theme parks, cruise ships, resorts and conventions.

As the Assistant Scenic Designer and  Intern at RWS and Associates, I assist with the rendering, drafting, and preproduction design work in the Times Square Office, as well as organizing and maintaining office files and documents.

You can learn more about the company by visiting their website: http://www.rwsandassociates.com/ 

While attending Indiana University, I served as the scenic designer on four productions.  Productions include Big Love, Measure for Measure, Dead Man Walking, and Oklahoma!. 

As a Graduate Assistant I work in the scenic studio 5 days a week supervising intro level lab students. Duties include scenic carpentry and painting. I also have served as props master and scenic artist on various productions.

At the Brown County Playhouse, I served as Senic Designer for The Boys Next Door and assistant designer on SUDS: The Rocking 60's Musical. I have also been serving as the Scenic Artist for the entire season, which also includes How the Other Half Loves and Same Time Next Year.

I served as one of 2 scenic designers for the Monomoy Theatre's 50th summer season. Shows designed include My Fair Lady, The Dresser, Irma la Douce, and Anna Christie, as well as co-designing their one night Gala anniversary celebration. Other responsibilities included designing roadside advertisement and being the scenic artist for the other designer.

I worked in the Hangar Theatre scene shop during their 2004 and 2005 summer seasons. 

MichaelJohn directed the productions of My Fair Lady and Anna Christie that I designed at the Monomoy Theatre in 2007

Jack was my professor and undergraduate advisor at SUNY New Paltz.  I was Jack's TA for his Theatre History and 20th Century Design classes.  Jack also helped over see my work as TD for A Midsummer Night's Dream and  Scenic Designer for Anything Goes.

I worked with Rob on a production of Twelfth Night at Indiana University in 2007, and later assisted him on a production of St. Joan at St. Louis Repertory Theatre during an internship in 2009.

Fred was my MFA advisor at Indiana University and over saw all of my course work and production design for the Department of Theatre and Drama.  I have also assisted Fred, first on It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues  at Theatre Aspen and again on SUDS at the Brown County Playhouse.