April Viczko

(photo by Candace Albach)

M.F.A. Theatre Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2008.
Film Set Etiquette and Safety Certificate, S.I.A.S.T. Kelsey Campus, Saskatoon, Canada, 1999.
B.F.A.Theatre Design with Distinction, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1998.
Liceo Artistico Sperimentale “A. Frattini”, Varese, Italy, 1993.

Associated Designers of Canada (ADC-IATSE659) – Full Member: Set, Costumes, Lighting and Projection
Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology – Full Member, Costume Commission Delegate to OISTAT
International Organisation for Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians – Executive Committee, Secretary

Project Lead, World Stage Design (WSD), Calgary 2022
Chair, Division of Drama, School of Creative and Performing Arts, University of Calgary, July 2016 – June 2021
Producer, Drama Mainstage, School of Creative and Performing Arts, University of Calgary, July 2016 - June 2021
Graduate Program Director, M.F.A. Drama, University of Calgary, July 2011 – June 2016

2022 Murder on the Orient Express Vertigo Theatre – Costume – dir.: Jovanni Sy
2022 Formations* UofC, Philosophers and Educators of Science, WSD2022 – Production Design – dir.: C. Brubaker
2021 The Bus Stop UofC Mainstage – Set – dir.: Nick Wang
2019
- Strangers on a Train Vertigo Theatre – Costume – dir.: Anita Rochon
- Might As Well Be Dead: A Nero Wolfe Mystery Vertigo Theatre – Costume – dir.: Haysam Kadri
- Machinal UofC Mainstage – Set – dir.: Zach McKendrick
2018
- antigone lives UofC Mainstage – Set – dir.: Christine Brubaker
- Slime The Only Animal & Banff Centre for the Arts – Costume dir.: Kendra Fanconi
- Home is a Beautiful Word Sum Theatre with Persephone Theatre – Set – dir.: M
- Shakespeare’s R&J Kill Your Television – Production – dir.: Kevin Sutley
  Sterling Nomination for Outstanding Independent Production
2017
- Skylight Theatre Calgary – Lighting – dir.: Val Planch
- Crazy for You Theatre Calgary – Associate Lighting Designer – dir.: Dana Tekatc
- Trace Vertical City and High Performance Rodeo – Lighting – dir.: Bruce Barton

2005 A Pair of Red Shorts – Veronica Tennant Productions – Production Co-design A. Jansen – dir.: Veronica Tennant
2003
- Shadow Pleasures: Handwriting into Dance – Eccentric Things – Associate Production Designer – production designer: Astrid Jansen – dir.: Veronica Tennant
  Gemini Award for Best Production Design and Nomination for Best Production;
  Golden Sheaf for Best Production Design and Best Production.
- Taste of Shakespeare: Macbeth – Eugenia Foundation – Assistant Art Director – art dir.: Cameron Porteous – dir.: Eric Weinthal
2001 Left Handed – World Classic Theatre – Production Design – dir.: Boaqi Ye
Best Super Short Film at the Anchorage Film Festival.
Selected for screening at Sprockets, Toronto; NSI, L.A.; & Indonesia.

World Stage Design 2022, Project Lead. OISTAT, University of Calgary, and CITT/ICTS, Jury Manager: Alexandra Bonds, Calgary, August 2022.
Innovative Costume of the 21st Century: The Next Generation, Lead Canadian Curator. A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Museum, Director Dr. Dmitry Radionov, Curator Susan Tsu, Moscow, Russia, June 2019.
Costume at the Turn of the Century: 1995-2015, Lead Canadian Curator. A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, Director Dr. Dmitry Radionov, Chief Curator Professor Igor Roussanoff, Moscow, Russia, 2015.
Love of the Nightingale, Costume Sketches, Juried exhibition. Costume at the Turn of the Century: 1995-2015, A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2015.
Shared [private] Space, Canadian Professional and Student Exhibits. Producer and Host, Associated Designers of Canada, Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015.