ABOUT JACK NETZEL-YATES
JACK GRADUATED FROM OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY IN 2010 WITH A BFA IN THEATRE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION WITH AN EMPHASIS IN SCENIC DESIGN. CURRENTLY, JACK IS THE RESIDENT SCENIC DESIGNER AND PROP MASTER FOR THEATRE MEMPHIS, WHERE HE HAS BEEN FOR OVER 10 SEASONS. PRIOR TO MEMPHIS, JACK SPENT THREE YEARS IN MICHIGAN WITH THE KALAMZOO CIVIC THEATRE AS AN INTERN AND ASSOCIATE SCENIC DESIGNER. HE HAS COLLABORATED ON A VARIETY OF WORK WITH COMPANIES INCLUDING THEATRE MEMPHIS, BALLET MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, OPERA MEMPHIS, HUTCHISON SCOOL, KALAMAZOO CIVIC THEATRE, OKC REP, OKLAHOMA CITY THEATRE COMPANY, FRESH PAINT PERFORMANCE LAB, OKLAHOMA SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK AND LIGHT OPERA OKLAHOMA.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
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2023 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL - MARY POPPINS
2023 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY - THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
2023 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST PROP DESIGN OF A MUSICAL - MARY POPPINS
2022 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL - URINETOWN
2022 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY - THE SECRET GARDEN -
2022 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST PROP DESIGN OF A MUSICAL - URINETOWN
2022 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST PROP DESIGN OF A PLAY - YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
2021- AACT BEST OF THE DECADE - SCENIC DESIGN
-THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (2018)-
2021- AACT BEST OF THE DECADE - SPECIAL DESIGN
-SHREK - DRAGON PUPPET (2017)-
2020 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST SCENIC DESIGN
- CATS -
2019 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST SCENIC DESIGN
- HAIRSPRAY -
2019 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST PROP DESIGN
- THE CLEAN HOUSE -
2017 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST SCENIC DESIGN
- DISNEY BEAUTY AND THE BEAST -
2016 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST SCENIC DESIGN
- THE PRODUCERS -
2015 - OSTRANDER AWARD FOR BEST SCENIC DESIGN
- THE HEIRESS -