C.David Russell’s career includes costume and scenic design, scene painting, costume
and property crafts, puppetry, fine art installation, event design, project management
and teaching. He is Head of the Scenic and Costume Design Program at Ohio
University School of Theater and supervisor of the scenic painting shop. He serves as
Chair of Production Design and Technology, and formerly served as Head of the
Costume Crafts Technology Program and instructor of costume design and crafts at
Ohio University from 2003-2010.
Russell’s professional credits include Scenic and Costume Design with The Resident
Ensemble Players in Newark, DE, The Enchantment Theater Company with The
Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, and Seattle
Symphony; Costume Design with The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, Theater
Works Hartford, and Pittsburgh Public Theatre. He was Puppet Designer and
constructed puppets for Red Mountain Theater in Birmingham, AL. He worked at New
Mexico’s Santa Fe Opera for 13 seasons as a Props Artisan and served 5 years as the
Master Props Craftsman. In addition, C. David Russell originates fine art collaborative
installations with multimedia artist Mateo Galvano, including notable exhibitions at the
Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH, and Longwood University, Farmville, VA.
Russell holds a BFA from Ohio University and a MFA from New York University TISCH
School for the Arts.