Stage Designer, Scenic Designer, Art Director Mark Fitzgibbons’ selected projects for theater design, dance design, opera design and television design are profiled on this site with commentary on the process of designing those projects. Mark Fitzgibbons has designed for numerous theater companies in and around New York City and has worked on Broadway, at the Metropolitan Opera, for network television, and on numerous feature films. He is a member of the United Scenic Artists Local 829. The stage productions highlighted on this site are the ballet The Nutcracker based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the King of the Mice, Anouilh’s Antigone, Larry Shue’s The Foreigner, Terrence McNally’s Master Class, Marc Blitzstein’s musical The Cradle Will Rock, George Kaufman’s The Butter and Egg Man, Beaumarchais’s The Marriage of Figaro, The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn for CBS-TV and the World Trade Center Memorial. He discusses the evolution of those designs and their success despite stage production budgetary and stage space constraints. Other designs for the stage by Mark Fitzgibbons mentioned here are the ballet Swing Serenade at The Ballet Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Portugal, The Merry Wives of Windsor at The Pearl Theater Company in New York City, Eulogy for Mister Hamm by Michael John LaChiusa at The Ensemble Studio Theater also in NYC, Samuel Beckett’s Play directed by Alan Schneider and The Cradle Will Rock directed by John Houseman for The Acting Company in New York City. Mark Fitzgibbons’ adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is published by Samuel French’s subsidiary Baker’s Plays. Mr. Fitzgibbons' company Designer Plus designs corporate interiors, restaurants and exhibits. His design for the “Inside the Apple” kiosk was a fixture in Duffy Square, New York City for many years. Mr. Fitzgibbons’ methods for visualizing his designs have evolved. The most recent has been the introduction of 3d computer rendering. Examples of his 3d computer renderings using Autodesk’s 3ds Max can be seen throughout this website. His recent renderings have proven to be an invaluable tool for presenting his ideas to directors, choreographers and producers. It surpasses the often used scaled stage model by adding stage lighting, effects and atmosphere. The complete stage picture can then be viewed by directors and choreographers from multiple audience vantage points. In addition, computer rendering has become a liberating creative tool for developing Mr. Fitzgibbons’ ideas. Directors, choreographers, and producers interested in discussing their project needs may contact Mark using the contact form.
