Marcus Dilliard

Marcus has designed for theatre, opera, and dance across North America and in Europe; including numerous productions for Minnesota Opera, the Guthrie Theater , Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Theater Latté Da, Minnesota Orchestra, Children’s Theatre Company, Ordway Music Theater, Penumbra Theatre, Minnesota Dance Theatre, Black Label Movement, American Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre and Actors Theatre of Louisville, He has also designed for the Spoleto Festival (Italy); the Athens Festival, Portland Opera, San Diego Opera, Flanders Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Opera Pacific, Pittsburgh Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Vancouver Opera, Le Opera de Montreal, Canadian Opera Company, Chicago Opera Theater and Boston Lyric Opera. Marcus is the recipient of an Ivey Award, a Sage Award, and two McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships. He is the Chair of the department of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota and is a graduate of Boston University’s School for the Arts.