Tom Ontiveros

M.F.A. University of California, San Diego

Assistant Professor

Tom Ontiveros has concentrated on design for new music, theatre and dance and has enjoyed international collaborations at the Holland Festival, The Hungarian National Theatre Festival in Cluj, and the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. Designs include: Slide (w/Rinde Eckert @ the Ojai Music Festival), Schick Machine, The Tyrant (Paul Dresher Ensemble); Most Wanted (Dir. Michael Grief); The Exonerated (Dir. Bob Balaban, NYC Premiere); Dream Report, Full Circle, Nada Que Declarar...(Allyson Green Dance); iMan, Garden of Deadly Sound, Garden of Lila (IMAGO Moves), Women Center Stage Festival (The Culture Project); Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (Santa Cruz Civic); My Old Lady, Visions of Kerouac, Indiscretions, Candida (Marin Theatre Company); First Love, Schrodinger's Girlfriend (Dean Goodman Award), Summertime, First Love (Magic Theatre); Doppelganger (3LD, NYC); A Dance Party (Joyce SOHO); Contagion, Funny House of a Negro (Dean Goodman Award), The Language of Angels, Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights (Intersection); Tattoo Girl (Sledgehammer).