J.S. Peterson | Theatrical Design
The Tempest (In Progress)
Puppets Builder and Movement Coach
Caine College of the Arts
2024. Coming soon
The Tempest (In Progress)
Scenic Designer
Caine College of the Arts
2024. This is the biggest show I have designed to date in many ways with my senior capstone being the largest show and budget I have had while in university. I have learned a lot about in the process and am currently waiting for the show to be built.
Light in the Piazza (Coming Soon)
Theoretical Scenic Design
Caine College of the Arts
2023. This is an unfinished project from my design classes. It is my most ambitious design driving into hyper realism of the Florence streets of Light in The Piazza. This Project was the straw that broke the camels back with my burn out. This design took the length I usually spent on a project but I only got as far and creating a white model. I am planning to continue to finish this model when I have more time, am rested, and can do it justice.
Anastasia
Assistant Projection Design
Utah State University Opera Department
2023. This show was my first crack at projection designing. I was an assistant designer and created several scenes for the show using Ai generated images that where then bashed together and edited using photo shop. It wasn't a great process to be honest and I believe I wouldn't do projections this way again.
Over the Garden Wall
Cosplay Costume Design
FanX Convention
2023. This project was my first crack at costume design. It was for a cosplay for the Salt Lake City Comic Con. From the show Over the Garden Wall
Death Trap
Theoretical Scenic Design
Caine College of the Arts
2023. This was my first theoretical design for my graduate level design class. This was one of my favorite designs to date filled with detail and where focused on several elements of design
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Puppet and Lighting Design
Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre
2023. This show was a challenging project. I was hired to build two puppets with an incredibly tight budget of only 200 dollars. I used recycled materials from UFOMTs shop to build a Minotaur head and Fury wings
It's All in the Family
Scenic Designer
Utah State University Eastern
2023. This was my first set that was built to actualization. It was a huge opportunity for me to finally get my work to be part of an actual show. I learned a lot about learning to communicate visions and the right/wrong way to create paperwork.
The Blue Room
Theoretical Scenic Design
Caine College of the Arts
2022. This was the most detailed model I attempted for my final of my scenic design class. I learned a lot of do's and dont's. I would never day it's my favorite design I made but at the ned of the day its the most complete model I have completed with my concept and paperwork.
Spring Awakening (Play)
Theoretical Scenic Design
Caine College of the Arts
2022. The first paper show of my junior year presented itself with a lot of challenges. The first of which is designing for a nontraditional there space. being an old gym. It also was good for me to continue learning to render digital art.
A Christmas Carol
Puppet Restoration and Design
Lyric Rep. (Logan UT)
2022. This show was a remounting of the previous year's performance of this show. I was tasked with restoring the puppets designed by Dennis Hassan from last year. With the three puppets, I reimagined The appearance of Christmas Past, Restored parts of Present, and completely redesigned Future. It was the first time I designed a whole puppet myself from concept to stage
The Magic Flute
Puppet Builder
Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre
2022. This was one of the best theatre opportunities I have ever worked on in my career. Along with it was my first long-term professional contract. At the beginning of the summer, my friend Taylor and I were tasked to build an 80ft giant snake puppet designed by Dennis Hassan. It took weeks of hard work to figure out how to make the structure of the puppet, how it moved, and how to maintain it over the show's long run. Along with this giant snake, we also constructed 3 giant woodland animals as well.
9to5: The Musical
Props Designer
Caine College of Arts
2022. The Creation, Collection, and Curation properties for the musical 9to5 with the Utah State Theatre Department. I created prop lists, thrifted props from stores, balanced my budget, and fabricated several props from scratch. During workshop hours I lead small groups in pulling props from storage and in small builds to ensure the completion of what was needed in a timely manner.
Macbeth
Theoretical Scene Design
Caine College of Arts
2022. A Paper show was created in scene design class. From sketch to a full-color model of the design. This project really tested my modeling skills and also how quickly I could put it all together in a short amount of time.
Paradise Blue
Theoretical Project Scene Design
Caine College of Arts
2022. In scene design class we took the show Paradise Blue from thumbnails concept to rendering. This was my first fully fleshed-out design from start to finish.
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