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Title: Jesse Hollis Scenic Design Collection
Dates: 1976-1988
Collection Number: 995.028
Creator/Collector:
Hollis, Jesse
Extent: 10 Boxes. 10 linear feet.
Repository:
Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
San Francisco, California 94124
Abstract: Jesse Hollis was a set designer for more than eighty productions, mostly for Bay Area theaters during his thirteen year career
during the 1970s and 80s. After receiving his master’s degree in scenic design from Southern Illinois University, he became
design assistant at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. In 1975, he moved to San Francisco and slowly found employment
as a free-lance designer. Mr. Hollis designed sets for plays (including a number of premiers), musicals, operas, and ballets
in both large and small theaters. This collection includes sketches and plans for mor that 60 productions, as well as 3 set
models, and various photographs for companies such as the American Conservatory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley
Repertory Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Lamplighters and Magic Theatre, Sacramento Theatre Company, Fortworth Opera and
San Fancisco Ballet.
Language of Material: English
Entire Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item]. Jesse Hollis Scenic Design Collection. Collection Number: 995.028. Museum of Performance and Design,
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Biography/Administrative History
During his thirteen year career, Jesse Hollis designed sets for more than eighty productions, mostly for Bay Area theaters.
After receiving his master’s degree in scenic design from Southern Illinois University, he became design assistant at the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, a position he held for two years. In 1975, he moved to San Francisco and slowly found
employment as a free-lance designer. Mr. Hollis designed sets for plays (including a number of premiers), musicals, operas,
and ballets in both large and small theaters. Among the companies he designed for are the American Conservatory Theatre, Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, The Lamplighters, Magic Theatre, and the Berkeley
(now California) Shakespeare Festival.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection includes sketches and plans for more than 60 productions from Jesse Hollis from companies such as the American
Conservatory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Lamplighters and Magic
Theatre, Sacramento Theatre Company, Fortworth Opera and San Fancisco Ballet, as well as 3 set models and a few photographs.
American Conservatory Theatre
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
California Shakespeare Festival
The Lamplighters
Marin Theatre Company
Magic Theatre
Oregon Shakespeare Festival