Ray Recht

About

Ray Recht (Scenic Designer) is a Professor of Theatre Arts at Marymount Manhattan College and coordinator of both the Design & Technical Theater and the Producing & Management programs in the Theatre Department. He has designed numerous productions for the MMC mainstage, including scenery for Enemy of the People, View from the Bridge, Dracula, O’Pioneers!, Footloose, Triumph of Love, Ruined, Rags, The Good Soul of Szechuan, Sweet Charity, Geography of a Horse Dreamer, The Bald Soprano, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Our Town, Camille, Approaching the End of Summer-Finding the Sun, Richard II-The Holy Terror, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Adding Machine, The Seagull, and Angels in America. He continues to work professionally on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at numerous regional and international theatres. He designed the world premiere of “Doublewide” for The Florida Repertory Theatre and the American premiere of “Sinners” for the Mirror Theatre Company. Recent designs for the Florida Rep. Theater have included “Always …Patsy Cline”, “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”, “Gin Game”, and “Lobby Hero.” He has designed several feature films, TV specials, numerous TV commercials, and many commercial parodies for Saturday Night Live. He holds a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MFA from Yale University Drama School. Professor Recht is a proud member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of the I.A.T.S.E