Rob Sunderman
Rob Sunderman has been the Resident Scenic Designer/Scenographer/Scenic Artist and Associate Professor of Theatre Design at Iowa State University for the past 19 years. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a BFA and MFA in Fine Art. He has designed/painted over 280 shows during his theatre/TV career and has been in over 200 fine art exhibits. Rob has received Iowa Film awards, National Broadcasting Designers awards, and Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival awards for his scenic designs and also many fine art awards. This year he is designing/painting the sets for ISU Theatre’s productions of Climate Change Theatre Action, Anon(ymous) and 9 to 5. This summer he designed/painted the set for Nebraska Wesleyan University’s production of Much Ado About Nothing. Rob's scenic design from a past Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre production was included in the United States Design Exhibition of USA designers at the Prague Quadrennial world event in Prague and his fine art work will be published in the retrospective book on "Chunghi Choo and Students" this fall. He recently has been working on a number of fine art series of work dealing with renewal, fleeting moments, and human intervention of natural cycles in a variety of mediums.
Production Member Credits
Creative Team
- Songs for a New World (2020-2021) - Scenic Designer
- Our Community Carol: A Blueprint for a Play (2020-2021) - Scenic Designer
- CANCELED: 9 to 5 The Musical (2019-2020) - Scenic Designer
- Anon(ymous) (2019-2020) - Scenic Designer
- Climate Change Theatre Action: Lighting the Way (2019-2020) - Scenic Designer
- Sense and Sensibility (2018-2019) - Scenic Designer
- Orpheus in the Underworld (2018-2019) - Scenic Designer
- This Is Not a Pipe Dream (2018-2019) - Scenic Designer
- Oklahoma! (2017-2018) - Scenic Designer
- A Christmas Carol (2017-2018) - Scenic Designer
- Out of the Fire: The Banned Books Monologues (2017-2018) - Scenic Designer
- The Tempest (2016-2017) - Scenic Designer
- Cabaret (2016-2017) - Scenic Designer
- Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play (2016-2017) - Scenic Designer
- The Secret Garden (2015-2016) - Scenic Designer
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2015-2016) - Scenic Designer
- A Christmas Carol (2014-2015) - Scenic Designer
- Crimes of the Heart (2014-2015) - Scenic Designer
- Crimes of the Heart (2014-2015) - Scenic Painter
- Spring Awakening (2014-2015) - Scenic Designer
- Spring Awakening (2014-2015) - Scenic Painter
- Amadeus (2013-2014) - Scenic Designer
- Amadeus (2013-2014) - Scenic Artists
- The Seagull (2013-2014) - Scenic Designer
- A Streetcar Named Desire (2012-2013) - Scenic Designer
- A Streetcar Named Desire (2012-2013) - Scenic Artists
- A Streetcar Named Desire (2012-2013) - Murals and Signs
- The Three Musketeers (2012-2013) - Scenic Designer
- The Three Musketeers (2012-2013) - Scenic Artists
- Candide (2012-2013) - Scenic Designer
- Noises Off (2012-2013) - Scenic Director
- Rent (2011-2012) - Scenic Designer
- Rent (2011-2012) - Scenic Artist
- To Kill a Mockingbird (2011-2012) - Scenic Director
- Chekhov Short Stories (2011-2012) - Scenic Advisor
- A Christmas Carol (2011-2012) - Scenic Director
- A Christmas Carol (2011-2012) - Scenic Artist
- Love's Labor's Lost (2011-2012) - Scenic Director
- Kiss Me, Kate (2010-2011) - Scenic Designer
- Kiss Me, Kate (2010-2011) - Scenic Painter
- The Miracle Worker (2010-2011) - Scenic Designer
- The Arabian Nights (2010-2011) - Scenic Designer
- Guys and Dolls (2009-2010) - Scenic Designer
- The Importance of Being Earnest (2009-2010) - Scenic Designer
- Sweeney Todd (2009-2010) - Scenic Designer
- The Odd Couple (2009-2010) - Scenic Designer
- Vineagar Tom (2008-2009) - Scenic Designer
- Gypsy (2008-2009) - Scenic Designer
- Gypsy (2008-2009) - Scenic Artists
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (2007-2008) - Scenic Designer
- A Christmas Carol (2008-2009) - Scenic Designer
- Three Sisters (2007-2008) - Scene Design
- We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! (2007-2008) - Scene Design
- The Music Man (2006-2007) - Scenic Designer
- Arcadia (2006-2007) - Scenic Design
- The Marriage of Figaro (2006-2007) - Set Designer
- My Fair Lady (2005-2006) - Scenic Designer
- The Pavilion (2005-2006) - Scenic Designer
- A Christmas Carol (2005-2006) - Scenic Designer
- James and the Giant Peach (2005-2006) - Scenic Designer
- The Secret Garden (2004-2005) - Scenic Designer
- Dearly Departed (2004-2005) - Scenic Designer
- True West (2004-2005) - Scene Designer
- Fiddler on the Roof (2003-2004) - Scenic Designer
- Barjche (2003-2004) - Choreographer
- Barjche (2003-2004) - Lighting Design
- Ruddigore (2003-2004) - Scenic Designer
- Incorruptible (2003-2004) - Scenic Designer
- Proof (2003-2004) - Scenic Designer
- Brigadoon (2002-2003) - Scene Designer
- A Christmas Carol (2002-2003) - Scenic Designer
- Stained Glass (2002-2003) - Scenic Designer
- Crimes of the Heart (2001-2002) - Scenic Designer
- Grease (2001-2002) - Properties Design
- Grease (2001-2002) - Scenic Design
- Heroes Among Us (2001-2002) - Scenic Designer
- Oklahoma! (2000-2001) - Scenic Designer
- Noises Off (2000-2001) - Scenic Designer
- Twelfth Night (2000-2001) - Scenic Design