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Music by Engelbert Humperdinck; Libretto by Adelheid Wette

Felsenreitschule, Salzburger Landestheater, 2016.

Direction: Johannes Reitmeier

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting: Günther Schöllbauer & Johannes Reitmeier

Photos: Anna-Maria Löffelberger

Virginia Opera, 2022

Music and Libretto: Richard Wagner

President and CEO: Peggy Kriha Dye

Artistic Director and Conductor: Adam Turner

Director and Projections Designer: Joachim Schamberger

Set and Costume Designer: Court Watson

Lighting Designer: Driscoll Otto

Hair and Makeup Designer: James McGough

Scenic Draughtsperson: Andrew Bellomo

Production Photos: Dave Pearson

Virginia Opera, 2023

Music and Libretto: Richard Wagner

President and CEO: Peggy Kriha Dye

Artistic Director and Conductor: Adam Turner

Director and Projections Designer: Joachim Schamberger

Set and Costume Designer: Court Watson

Lighting Designer: Driscoll Otto

Hair and Makeup Designer: James McGough

Scenic Draughtsperson: Andrew Bellomo

Production Photos: Dave Pearson

Music by Camille Sain-Saëns; Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire

Virginia Opera, 2017.

Conductor: Adam Turner

Direction & Choreography: Paul Curran

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting & Projections: Driscoll Otto

Photos: Court Watson & Ben Schill

Un Giorno di Regno, Giuseppe Verdi

Glimmerglass Festival, 2013, Cooperstown, New York. 

Director: Christian Räth

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Robert Wierzel

Translation & Adaptation: Kelley Rourke

Production Photos: Karli Cadel & Jamie Kraus

Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by Dorothy & Herbert Fields

Glimmerglass Festival, 2011, Cooperstown, New York.

Director: Francesca Zambello

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Designer: Mark McCoullough

La bohème: Rodolfo Remembers

Music: Giacomo Puccini. Libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Virginia Opera. 2021.

President and CEO: Peggy Kriha Dye

Artistic Director and Conductor: Adam Turner

Director and Adapter: Keturah Stickann

Set Design and Costume Coordination: Court Watson

Costume Design: Howard Tsvi Kaplan courtesy of Sarasota Opera

Lighting Design: Mary Shabatura

Hair and Makeup Design: James McGough

Scenic Draughtsperson: Andrew Bellomo

Photos: Ben Schill

The Christmas Tree Farm

Adam Szymkowicz

Mile Square Theatre, 2023.

Artistic Director: Kevin R. Free

Direction: Rachel Dart

Scenery: Court Watson

Costumes: Alicia Austin

Lighting: Victoria Bain

Associate Lighting: Aaron Tacy

Sound: DJ Potts

Technical Director: Nate Hamm

Property Design + Scenic Artist: Emmett J. Grosland

Photos: David White

Virginia Opera, 2022

Music: Jake Heggie Libretto: Gene Scheer

Based on Some Christmas Letters by Terrence McNally

President and CEO: Peggy Kriha Dye

Artistic Director and Conductor: Adam Turner

Director: Lawrence Edelson

Set and Costume Designer: Court Watson

Lighting Designer: Josh Epstein

Hair and Makeup Designer: James McGough

Scenic Draughtsperson: Andrew Bellomo

Production Photos: Ben Schill

Gotham Chamber Opera, 2013, New York, New York.

Director: Paul Curran

Conductor: Neal Goren

Co-Set Design: Georg Baselitz & Court Watson

Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Paul Hackenmueller

Video Design: Driscoll Otto

Production Photos: Richard Termine & George Mott 

Music by Richard Rogers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse

Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg, Austria, 2011.

Co-Directors: Andreas Gergen & Christian Struppeck

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Choreographer: Kim Duddy

Richmond Ballet. 2021.

Artistic Director: Stoner Winslett

Choreography: Tom Mattingly

Music: Dr. Goetz Oestlind

Pianist: Dr. Douglas-Jayd Burn

Artwork: Court Watson

Costume Design: Emily Morgan

Lighting Design: Catherine Girardi

Photos: Sarah Ferguson

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Story & Characters by Damon Runyon; Music and Lyrics Frank Loesser; Book Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows

Ford’s Theatre, Washington DC, 2020.

Director: Peter Flynn

Choreographer: Dell Howlett

Scenery: Court Watson

Costumes: Wade Laboissonniere

Lighting: Alan C. Edwards

Sound: David Budries

Projections: Clint Allen

Photos: Carol Rosegg & Court Watson

Music by Giacomo Puccini; Libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa.

Opera Columbus. 2018.

Conductor: Kathleen Kelly

Director: Crystal Manich

Choreographer: Susan Petry

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting & Projection Design: Tláloc López-Watermann

Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman; Music by Alan Menken

Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, 2010. 

Director: Coy Middlebrook

Set Design: Court Watson

Costumes: Wade Laboissonniere

Appalachian Spring

Richmond Ballet, 2022

Choreography: Tara Pelnick

Music: Aaron Copland

Costumes: Emily Morgan

Lighting: Christopher Devlin Hill

Barn Design: Scott Henley

Original Artwork: Court Watson

Sleeping Beauty Suite

Richmond Ballet, 2022

Choreography: Malcolm Burn, Jasmine Grace, Tara Penick, and Marius Petipa

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Costumes: David Heuvel + Emily Morgan

Lighting: Christopher Devlin Hill

Original Artwork: Court Watson

Music, Lyrics, & Book: John du Prez & Eric Idle.

German: Daniel Große Boymann

Salzburger Landestheater, 2016.

Direction: Andreas Gergen.

Choreography: Kim Duddy.

Costume Design: Conny Lüders.

Set Design: Court Watson.

Photos: Anna-Maria Löffelberger

Music & Libretto: Ernst Křenek

Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg, Austria, 2013.

Director: Andreas Gergen

Music Director: Adrian Kelly

Choreography: Peter Breuer

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Regina Schill

Photos: Christina Canaval

Music by Georges Bizet; Libretto by Ludovic Halévy & Henri Meilhac.

Opera Columbus. 2017.

Conductor: Kathleen Kelly

Director: Crystal Manich

Choreographer: Susan Petry

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Erin Rollins

Lighting Design: Tláloc López-Watermann

Photos: Randall L. Schieber

Music: Frances Pollock Libretto: Jessica Murphy Moo

Virginia Opera, 2021

President & CEO: Peggy Kriha Dye

Artistic Director: Adam Turner

Director: Kyle Lang

Producer: Rachel L. Ginzberg

Conductor & Music Director: Brandon Eldredge

Director of Photography: Jason Kypros

Production & Costume Design: Court Watson

Video & Sound Production: JLK Productions Jason Kypros, Alex Kypros, Hunter Chapman, Chip Johnson

Project conceived as an educational tour, canceled due to COVID-19, and adapted to a limited release short film

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, New York, 2019.

Writer & Director: David Schechter

Music: Steven Lutvak

Development: Lori Wilner

Diary Translation: Marta Cohn and Peter Hay

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Izzy Fields

Lighting Design: Vivien Leone

Sound Design: Kenneth Goodwin

Production Photographs: Victor Nechay

Music: Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky & Philip Glass

Salzburger Landestheater, 2014

Intendanz: Dr. Carl Philip von Maldeghem

Choreography: Peter Breuer

Dramaturgy: Maren Zimmermann

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Katja Schindowski

Illusions: Freddie Rutz

Photos: Christina Canaval & Court Watson

Music & Lyrics:  William Finn;  Book:  Rachel Sheinkin

Ford's Theatre, 2014.

Direction:  Peter Flynn

Choreography:  Michael Bobbit

Scenery:  Court Watson

Costumes:  Wade Laboissionniere

Lighting: Nancy Schertler

Photos: Scott Suchman

Music by Zina Goldrich; Book & Lyrics by Marcy Heisler

Nashville Children’s Theatre, 2019.

Direction & Choreography: Ernie Nolan

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting: Scott Leathers

Sound: David Wright

Photos: Reed Hummell & Court Watson

• Winner Outstanding Scenic Design, 2019 Nashville First Night Honors

Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Book by Peter Parnell

Texas State University, 2019.

Director: Kaitlin Hopkins

Choreographer: Cassandra Abate

Set Designer: Court Watson

Costume Designer: Brandon McWilliams

Lighting Designer: Andrew McIntyre

Sound Designer: Bailey Nance

Richard Bean; Songs: Grant Olding. 

ZACH Theatre, 2016. Austin, Texas.

Director: Abe Reybold

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Susan Branch Towne

Lighting Design: Michelle Habeck

Hair & Makeup Design: Serret Jensen

Sound Design: Craig M. Brock

Production Photos: Kirk Tuck

Ronald Harwood

Bristol Riverside Theatre. Bristol, Pennsylvania, 2017.

Director: Susan Atkinson

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Linda Bee Stockton

Lighting Design: Karen Spahn

Sound Design: Liz Atkinson

Production Photos: Court Watson

Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice. Book by Linda Woolverton.

ZACH Theatre, 2018. Austin, Texas.

Director: Abe Reybold

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Susan Branch Towne

Lighting Design: Michelle Habeck

Hair & Makeup Design: Serret Jensen

Sound Design: Craig M. Brock

Production Photos: Court Watson & Kirk Tuck

Music by Michael Weiner; Lyrics by Adam Abraham; Book by Marc Madnick, Eric R. Cohen, and Adam Abraham

Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, 2011.

Director: Matt August

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Wade Laboissoinniere

Lighting Design: Philip Rosenberg

Music & Lyrics by Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, & Lew Brown; Revised Book by Jeremy Desmon

Goodspeed Musicals, East Haddam, CT, 2013.

Director & Choreographer: Vince Pesce

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Tracy Christiensen

Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Book & Additional Lyrics by Tim McDonald. Additional Arrangements & Incidental Music Daniel J. Mertzluft.

Nashville Children’s Theatre, 2020.

Direction: Rosemary Newcott

Choreography: David Rosetti

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting: Scott Leathers

Sound & Music Direction: David Weinstein

Photos: Court Watson & Reed Hummell

Music By Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Martin Charnin; Book by Thomas Meehan; German Lyrics by Holger Hauer; German Book by Jürgen Hartmann.

Salzburger Landestheater, 2015.

Direction & Choreography: Kim Duddy.

Costume Design: Monika Buttinger.

Set Design: Court Watson.

Photos: Anna-Maria Löffelberger

Dale Wasserman; Lyrics Joe Darion; Music Mitch Leigh

Central City Opera, 2015, Central City, Colorado.

Conductor: Adam Turner

Director: Paul Curran

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: David Jacques

Hair / Makeup Design: Dave Bova

Production Photos: Kira Horvath

Music: Chris Miller; Lyrics Nathan Tysen; Book: Claudia Shear and Tim Federle; Based on the novel by Natalie Babbitt

Nashville Children's Theatre, 2018. 

Director: Ernie Nolan

Music Director: David Weinstein

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: A.T. Jones & Sons

Lighting Design: Scott Leathers

Sound Design: Joanna Lynn-Staub

Production Photos courtesy of the Nashville Children’s Theatre

Julie Jensen. Novel by Kathryn Erskine.

Nashville Children's Theatre, 2018. 

Director: Ernie Nolan

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Patricia Taber

Lighting Design: Scott Leathers

Projection Design: Maranda DeBusk

Sound Design: Joanna Lynn-Staub

Production Photos: Court Watson & N.N.

Musik: Johann Strauss II; Libretto Karl Haffner & Richard Genée

Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg, Austria, 2012.

Director: Andreas Gergen

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Regina Schill

Original Book & Illustrations: Anna Dewdney

Book, Music, & Lyrics: Austin Zumbro

Bay Area Children’s Theatre & International Tour, 2019.

Director: Marty Johnson

Choreographer: Nicole McGann

Set Designer: Court Watson

Costume Designer: Bethany Deal

Lighting Designer: Kevin Landesman

Sound Designer: Michael Kelly

Production Photos: Court Watson & Alessandra Mello

Music & Lyrics by Leonard Bernstein; Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; Idea by Jerome Robbins.

Olney Theatre Center, 2018, Olney, Maryland.

Director: Jason Loewith

Choreographer: Tara Jeanne Vallee

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Rosemary Pardee

Lighting Design: Colin K. Bills

Production Photos: Court Watson & Stan Barouh

Maltz Jupiter Theatre. 2016

Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter; Book: Bella & Sam Spewack

Director: Peter Flynn. Choreography: Marcos Santana

Scenery: Court Watson

Costumes: Jen Caprio

Lighting: Brian Monahan

Production Photos by Jen Vasbinder & Sunman

Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx; Book by Jeff Whitty.

Olney Theatre Center, 2014, Olney, Maryland.

Director: Jason Loewith

Choreographer: Bobby Smith

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Rosemary Pardee

Lighting Design: Andrew Griffin

Adaptation and Original Lyrics: Lee Breuer; Adapted Lyrics and Music: Bob Telson

ZACH Theatre, 2014. Austin, Texas.

Director: Dave Steakley

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Michelle Habeck 

Photos: Kirk Tuck

Émile Zola & Astrid Großgasteiger

Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg, Austria, 2012.

Co-Directors: Astrid Großgasteiger & Carl Philip von Maldeghem

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Music: Marc Shaiman, Lyrics: Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman , Book: Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan

Deutschestheater, Munich / Zeltpalast Merzig, Germany, 2012

Director: Andreas Gergen

Set Design: Court Watson

Shakespeare

Shakespeare Theater, Washington, DC, 2010.

Director: Michael Kahn

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Robert Perdziola

Music: Elton John; Lyrics: Tim Rice; Book: Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, & David Henry Hwang

Musical Sommer - Amstetten, Austria, 2008.

Director & Choreographer: Kim Duddy

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Robert Schwaighofer

Lighting Design: Andy Voller

Book & Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; Music by Frank Wildhorn; Deutsch by Susanne Dengler & Eberhard Storz

Theater Magdeburg, Germany, 2009.

 Co-Directors: Christian Struppeck & Andreas Gergen

Choreographer: Kim Duddy

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Regina Schill

Peter Handke, Richard Reitinger, Wim Wenders

Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg, Austria, 2010.

Director: Dr. Carl Philip von Maldeghem

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Alois Dollhaeubl

Music: Leonard Bernstein; Book: Arthur Laurents; Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

Theater Magdeburg, Germany, 2010.

Co-Directors: Andreas Gergen & Christian Struppeck

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Regina Schill

Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter; Book: Bella & Sam Spewack

Barter Theatre, Virginia, 2013.

Director: John Briggs

Choreographer: Amada Aldridge

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Production Photos courtesy of the Barter Theatre

Music: Paul Lincke; Libretto: Heinz Bolten-Baeckers

Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg,  Austria, 2009.

Co-Directors: Christian Struppeck & Andreas Gergen

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Regina Schill

Book & Lyrics by Kim Duddy, Martin Gellner, & Werner Stranka; Music by Martin Gellner & Werner Stranka; Deutch by Ruth Deny

Musical Sommer - Amstetten, Austria / Deutsches Theater - Munich, Germany, 2009.

Director & Choreographer: Kim Duddy

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Robert Schwaighofer

Lighting Design: Andy Voller

Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater; Book by Doug Wright

Nashville Children’s Theatre, 2018.

Director: Ernie Nolan

Music Director: David Weinstein

Set Designer: Court Watson

Costume Designer: Robin McGee

Lighting Designer: Scott Leathers

Sound Designer: Johanna Staub

Puppet Designer: Brian Hull

Production Photos: Michael Scott Evans & Court Watson

Musik: Udo Zimmerman Texten: Wolfgang Willaschek / Lillian Groag

Camerata Nuovo e.V. - Europäischer Opernregie - Preis, 2014.

Director: Crystal Manich

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Kenny Solms

Off-Broadway, Peter Jay Sharp Theater , New York, 2010.

Director: Dan Kutner

Choreographer: Wendy Seyb

Set Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Joel Silver

Book, Music, & Lyrics by Joan Cushing

Based on the book by Mike Artell. Illustrated by Jim Harris

Adventure Theatre, Washington DC, 2015.

Director & Choreographer: Michael J. Bobbitt

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Designer: Kendra Rai

Lighting Designer: Jason Arnold

Ray Cooney

John W. Engeman Theater, Northport, New York, 2010.

Director: BT McNicholl

Set Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Joel Silver

Pietro Masagni / Ruggero Leoncavallo

Camerata Nuovo e.V. - Europäischer Opernregie - Preis, 2012.

Director: Michael Rau

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Book by Joseph Stein; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Music by Jerry Bock

John W. Engeman Theater, Northport, New York, 2010.

Director: BT McNicholl

Set Design: Court Watson

Larry Shue

John W. Engeman Theater, Northport, New York, 2009.

Director: BT McNicholl

Set Design: Court Watson

The National World War II Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2009

Director: Blake Coheley

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Paul Hackenmueller

Adapted & Directed by Olympia Dukakis, Margo Whitcomb, & Gregory Hoffman

Alpine Theatre Project, Montana, 2008.

Co-Directors: Olympia Dukakis, Margo Whitcomb, & Gregory Hoffman

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman; Music by Alan Menken

John W. Engeman Theater, Northport, New York, 2008.

Director: Stephen DeAngelis

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Tricia Barsamian

Lighting Design: Joel Silver

Music: Zina Goldrich; Book & Lyrics: Marcy Heisler

DR2 - Off Broadway, New York, 2008.

Producer: Daryl Roth

Director: Tim McDonald

Choreographer: Steven Kennedy

Set Design: Court Watson

Jerry Sterner

John W. Engeman Theater, Northport, New York, 2008.

Director: Michael Licata

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Michael Zecker

Lighting Design: Jen Schriever

Ken Ludwig

John W. Engeman Theater, Northport, New York, 2008.

Director: BT McNicholl

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Robin McGee

Lighting Design: Jen Schriever

Carlo Gozzi; Translation Albert Bermel & Ted Emery

New York University , 2006.

Director: Emma Griffin

Set Design: Court Watson

Costume Design: Tricia Barsamian

Lighting Design: Chris Weston

Oliver Mayer

Baruch College, New York, New York, 2006.

Director: Thom Garvey

Set Design: Court Watson

Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg; Words: Alain Boublil & Stephen Clark

New York University, 2006.

Thesis Advisors: Paul Steinberg / Constance Hoffman

Set and Costume Design: Court Watson