TRANSFORMA THEATRE | IN-HOUSE DESIGNER
In-house designer at Transforma Theatre since early 2022, working on several in-development & produced productions for founder & artistic director Tjaša Ferme.
In 2023 scenic designer on the AI centric Bioadapted for it’s May debut and full September debut at Culture LAB, LIC (Bioadapted photography above by Dinara Khairova).
Also oversaw set decoration, props & costumes for multiple plays in Transforma’s second Science in Theatre Festival 2022 at The Tank on 36th Street in NYC, December 9-11, and third Science in Theatre Festival 2024 at the Brooklyn Art Haus, November 19-26, incorporating everything from an illuminated brain control interface to mycelium lamps.
RECOGNITION
For Bioadapted
“sleekly designed, thoughtfully assembled.” Laura Collins-Hughes - The New York Times
“with impressively sterile sets by Oliver Zeller and Emily Greco” Edward Karam - Off Off Online
For Science in Theatre Festival
“ A vintage gold clock floating above the stage set with white wheelie chairs, other spare furnishings and two large eerie white mask statues, is the arrestingly dreamy landscape scenic designer Oliver Zeller has created for author Catalina Florescu’s intriguing one-act play, Sans Me.” Darryl Reilly - Theatre Scene
In-house designer at Transforma Theatre since early 2022, working on several in-development & produced productions for founder & artistic director Tjaša Ferme.
In 2023 scenic designer on the AI centric Bioadapted for it’s May debut and full September debut at Culture LAB, LIC (Bioadapted photography above by Dinara Khairova).
Also oversaw set decoration, props & costumes for multiple plays in Transforma’s second Science in Theatre Festival 2022 at The Tank on 36th Street in NYC, December 9-11, and third Science in Theatre Festival 2024 at the Brooklyn Art Haus, November 19-26, incorporating everything from an illuminated brain control interface to mycelium lamps.
RECOGNITION
For Bioadapted
“sleekly designed, thoughtfully assembled.” Laura Collins-Hughes - The New York Times
“with impressively sterile sets by Oliver Zeller and Emily Greco” Edward Karam - Off Off Online
For Science in Theatre Festival
“ A vintage gold clock floating above the stage set with white wheelie chairs, other spare furnishings and two large eerie white mask statues, is the arrestingly dreamy landscape scenic designer Oliver Zeller has created for author Catalina Florescu’s intriguing one-act play, Sans Me.” Darryl Reilly - Theatre Scene
Early concept art for Bioadapted