RESUME CONTACT CALEB WERTENBAKER

PLAYS

Pericles
Katherine's Colored Lieutenant
Next to Normal
Basetrack
Pericles
Platonov
The Rivals
Cyrano


OPERAS

Don Pasquale
Burke & Hare
Cracked Orlando
Hydrogen Jukebox
Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Rinaldo
Amistad
L’Egisto
Cendrillon
Psyché
Mahagonny



ThumbnailThumbnailThumbnailThumbnail
roll over thumbnail to see larger image
RINALDO
by George Frideric Handel
Central City Opera - 2009
DIRECTOR:Marc Astafan
SET DESIGN:Caleb Wertenbaker
COSTUME DESIGN:Sara Jean Tosetti
LIGHTING DESIGN: David Jaques
Production Photo

'one of the company's best all-around productions of the past five years or more...
[Marc Astafan] and scenic designer Caleb Wertenbaker wisely stick to simple scenery, relying on a few select set pieces and a moveable platform, with stairs on each side, that is reused in multiple configurations. Even for the more theatrically complicated moments, the two successfully stick with uncomplicated means. In the sea scene, for example, they employ three translucent panels and strips of blue fabric, which are all manipulated offstage to convey the movement of the water.'
-Kyle MacMillan, The Denver Post

'Enchantments and clashes were staged with equal intelligence, and the show looked wonderful. Caleb Wertenbaker (sets) and Sara Jean Tosetti (costumes) created a detailed, colorful, Prince-Valiant-meets-Buck-Rogers aesthetic that was well suited to the action and music.'
-David Shengold, Opera News

Copyright © 2011-2017 Caleb Wertenbaker