| julia noulin.mérat is a triple American, Canadian and French citizen. Her design studio is in the heart of Manhattan, by Columbus Circle. Ms Noulin-Mérat is the Director of design and production for the Boston based, Guerilla Opera, and is the resident set designer for the New York based, Attic Theatre and Exit, Pursued By A Bear. Ms Noulin- Mérat has designed over 25 operas and 100 productions. Select opera credits: Madama Butterfly (Opera New Jersey, El Paso Opera); Xerxes (Connecticut Early Music Festival, Northampton Academy of Music); Lucia di Lammermoor, Cosi Fan Tutte (Commonwealth Opera); Carmen (Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival); Loose Wet Perforated, Heart of a Dog, Say it Ain't So, Joe (Guerilla Opera), The Barber of Seville (Opera Institute), The Elixir of Love (Sugarcreek Festival), Little Red Riding Hood and The Telephone (Opera Boston). Select theatre work: Rocky Horror Show, Penelope of Ithaca, November (Hangar Theatre), Dark Rapture, Moonchildren, The Argument (Attic Theatre), These Seven Sicknesses, Lesser Mercies, King Lear, Arok of Java (Exit, Pursued By A Bear); Haunted House (Audax Theatre- Irish Art Centre), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot , Sweeney Todd (Gerald Lynch Theatre- LCT), Dark Play or Stories for Boys, Memory House and The Firebugs (Apollinaire Theatre); Neighbors (Company One). TV: Guiding Light (CBS), Inside The Actors Studio: Jim Carrey (Bravo). Ms Noulin-Mérat has resently designed the haunted experience "Boo at the Zoo" for the Bronx Zoo and the NY Aquarium. Ms Noulin-Mérat was the assistant scenic designer for Opera Boston on numerous productions including; Ainadamar directed by Peter Sellars and La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein directed by David Kneuss. She also had the pleasure to work at Derek McLane’s studio for a couple years on such shows as Ruined, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, 33 variations, Ragtime, Million Dollar Quartet, Mourning Becomes Electra, The Retributionists. Ms Noulin-Mérat was recently nominated for the Rising Star Award in design. She was selected to participate at the USITT Young Designers’ Forum in Houston, Texas. She won the honorable mention/ Barbizon Award for her design of the production First Blush and she was selected to participate at the First Word Stage Design Exhibition in Toronto. Ms Noulin-Mérat also had the privilege of being a lab company designer for the Hangar Theatre and has been a returning mainstage designer since. She has been the set designer for NYC The Drama League for the past 3 years. In April 2011, Ms Noulin-Mérat launched the Noulin-Merat Studio App. It is the first set design studio portfolio app created. Ms Noulin-Mérat has a BFA from Concordia University, Montreal, in Design for the Theatre, a MSc in Arts Administration for Performing Arts from Boston University; and an MFA in Scenic Design from Boston University. |
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for Julia's design résumé click here
jennifer woo . studio manager.
Jenn and Julia's collaboration began many years ago while being fellow students at Concordia University. Jenn is now
New York based originally from Montreal, Quebec. She has assisted Julia on many productions including Haunted
House, Ask Someone Else, God, The Lady is Not For Burning. Recent props master credit include Drama League
2009, Moonchildren, Wonderful World. Design credit include: the Montreal’s Urban Mythology and No Cycle.
Jenn has a BFA in Design for the Theatre from Concordia University in Montreal.
Jenn and Julia's collaboration began many years ago while being fellow students at Concordia University. Jenn is now
New York based originally from Montreal, Quebec. She has assisted Julia on many productions including Haunted
House, Ask Someone Else, God, The Lady is Not For Burning. Recent props master credit include Drama League
2009, Moonchildren, Wonderful World. Design credit include: the Montreal’s Urban Mythology and No Cycle.
Jenn has a BFA in Design for the Theatre from Concordia University in Montreal.
mark digiovanni . technical director/ technical consultant .
Mark and Julia's collaboration began a few years ago while working on Memory House and they worked on over 25
shows since. Mark's technical directing credit include Dark Rapture, Kenny and the Virgin Mary, Cosi fan Tutte, Lucia
di Lammermoor, Xerxes, Carmen, A Little Night Music, Alcina, Carmen, The Visit, The Lady is not for Burning,
Moonchildren, Haunted House, The Thugs, The Real Inspector Hound, Holy Ghosts.
Mark has a MSME from Penn State and a BSME from Maine.
Mark and Julia's collaboration began a few years ago while working on Memory House and they worked on over 25
shows since. Mark's technical directing credit include Dark Rapture, Kenny and the Virgin Mary, Cosi fan Tutte, Lucia
di Lammermoor, Xerxes, Carmen, A Little Night Music, Alcina, Carmen, The Visit, The Lady is not for Burning,
Moonchildren, Haunted House, The Thugs, The Real Inspector Hound, Holy Ghosts.
Mark has a MSME from Penn State and a BSME from Maine.
john jalandoni . assistant scenic designer. projections designer.
Is a native New Yorker. He is currently an associate designer for Noulin-Merat Studio and has worked on over 45
different productions with Julia including Wonderful World, Sweeney Todd, Tender, Penelope of Ithaca, Elixir of Love,
Neighbors. Set design credits include: Bash, Little Women, The Rock Garden, Shooting Gallery and the acclaimed
Bintou. Projections design credits include: Madame Bovary (3LD, The Other Mirror), Avenue of the Americas (The
Tank), and The Rocky Horror Show (Hangar Theatre Mainstage). John was the associate designer on "Inside the
Actors Studio: Jim Carrey". BFA in Drama with a focus in Scenic Design at New York University.
Is a native New Yorker. He is currently an associate designer for Noulin-Merat Studio and has worked on over 45
different productions with Julia including Wonderful World, Sweeney Todd, Tender, Penelope of Ithaca, Elixir of Love,
Neighbors. Set design credits include: Bash, Little Women, The Rock Garden, Shooting Gallery and the acclaimed
Bintou. Projections design credits include: Madame Bovary (3LD, The Other Mirror), Avenue of the Americas (The
Tank), and The Rocky Horror Show (Hangar Theatre Mainstage). John was the associate designer on "Inside the
Actors Studio: Jim Carrey". BFA in Drama with a focus in Scenic Design at New York University.
noulin.mérat studio.
NYC production design firm that specializes in Theater, Film & TV, with an emphasis in Opera and immersive
theatre. You can follow our blog to get a behind the scenes look at the Noulin-Merat Studio.
aesthetic philosophy: conceptual essentialim
NYC production design firm that specializes in Theater, Film & TV, with an emphasis in Opera and immersive
theatre. You can follow our blog to get a behind the scenes look at the Noulin-Merat Studio.
aesthetic philosophy: conceptual essentialim
laura hoffman . studio intern.
Laura is orginally from North Carolina and is currently completing her undergrad degree from Denison University in
Ohio. She is joining the Noulin-Merat Studio for her Fall semester internship in New York City through the New York
Arts Program. She is currently working with us on the Bronx Zoo- Boo at the Zoo project, The NYC Aquarium
experience and various operas and plays.
Laura is orginally from North Carolina and is currently completing her undergrad degree from Denison University in
Ohio. She is joining the Noulin-Merat Studio for her Fall semester internship in New York City through the New York
Arts Program. She is currently working with us on the Bronx Zoo- Boo at the Zoo project, The NYC Aquarium
experience and various operas and plays.
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Center for Contemporary
Opera-
Double Bill