Arizona Opera Cast Members & Creatives

Bretta Gerecke is a lighting, set, costume and projection designer for theatre, circus, opera, film and installation art. Gerecke is the resident designer at Catalyst Theatre in Canada, where she co-creates and tours new work across North America, the UK and Australia. Gerecke also designs for Cirque du Soleil, the RSC, the National Arts Centre in Ontario, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Edmonton Opera, Calgary Opera, Vancouver Opera, The Citadel Theatre in Edmonton and the Grand Theatre in Ontario. Gerecke is the recipient of over 25 awards for her work including Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 under 40, Global Television’s Woman of Vision and Best Emerging Artist. Gerecke represented Canada in Prague at the Scenography Quadrennial and her costume designs have been exhibited in Moscow, Beijing and Taipei. Recent designs include: Richard II (Stratford Festival), Stabat Mater (Edmonton Opera), The Invisible, Grand Acts of Theatre (Catalyst Theatre), Grow (Grand Theatre), american (tele)visions (New York Theatre Workshop), Threads | Woven (RSC), Coming to England, Tartuffe, East is East (Birmingham Rep), Lady in the Dark (Opera Zuid).