Seth Reiser
WebsiteSeth Reiser (Set and Lighting Designer) Seth is a New York based designer who works in theatre, opera, dance, and music. Seth’s work has been seen throughout the United States and internationally. Recent work in opera includes Handel’s Aci Galatea é Polifemo with the Philharmonia Baroque Opera in San Francisco directed by Christopher Alden; Henze’s El Cimarrón at Festival Impulso in Mexico City directed by Robert Castro; the set and lighting design for Bernstein’s MASS at the LA Philharmonic and NY Philharmonic, directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer; JS Bach’s Matthew Passion (Berlin Philharmonic) at the Park Avenue Armory directed by Peter Sellars; John Adam’s Gospel According to the Other Mary at the San Francisco Symphony directed by Elkhannah Pulitzer; Sufjan Stevens’ Round Up at BAM; Messiaen’s Des Canyon Aux Etoiles with the St. Louis Symphony, directed by Deb O’Grady, which was seen throughout the United States, at the Sydney Opera House and the Barbican; The Indian Queen in Concert with MusicAeterna, directed by Robert Castro which toured Germany; Seth also regularly designs lighting for SF Symphony’s Sound Box concerts.
Regional theatre highlights include designs for, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Theatre DC, Dallas Theatre Center, Two River Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Trinity Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory, The Denver Center Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth, American Repertory Theatre, and Playmakers Repertory.
Seth lives in Rochester, NY with his wife Mary and their two children Marion and Wyatt. He received his Bachelors Degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and MFA from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts.