Aaron Benson

Aaron Benson

bensontheatrical@gmail.com

Website: http://www.bensontheatrical.com

   219 West Street, Berea, OH, 44017

Aaron is a freelance Scenic Designer whose most recent designs include Cleveland Public Theater’s American Falls, Teatro Publico de Cleveland’s La Gringa, y En el Tiempo de las Mariposas, The Beck Center’s productions of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Waiting for Godot, Dobama’s Peter and the Starcatcher, Superior Donuts and The Aliens, and Playhouse Square’s The Santaland Diaries. He also designed Cleveland State University’s productions of Miss Julie, Bus Stop, The Emperor’s New Clothes, and five others.

Prior to arriving in Northeast Ohio, Aaron was the Faculty Scenic Designer and Technical Director for Fullerton College in Fullerton, California for three years. His designs for Fullerton included Julius Caesar, Hair and Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as many others. He also worked at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in many capacities, from Assistant Scenic Designer to Technical Director, between the 2004-2009 seasons.

Aaron holds his M.F.A. in Scenic Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.