James Raymond

James is currently on the faculty at Shenandoah University’s Conservatory in Winchester, VA. He earned an MFA in Scenic Design and Technology at West Virginia University and a Bachelors at DeSales University. James was recently brought on to set dress and source props for the Broadway production of A Strange Loop, currently at the Lyceum Theatre, NY. James designed for Monumental Theatre Company, Pippin, which was nominated with 4 Helen Hayes Awards. He designed In The Heights at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre in 2017, which was nominated for Broadway World Regional Awards- Baltimore for Best Scenic Design. James set designed Cabaret in 2020 for Ovations Theatre of Rockville, MD, was nominated for Broadway Regional Awards- DC for Set Design of the Decade (Non-equity). James has worked closely with the late six-time Emmy award-winning Production Designer of Sesame Street, Bob Phillips, as well as two-time Tony Award Nominated Broadway Designer Dede Ayite. James has also done carpentry work for Round House Theatre, ARTECHOUSE, Woolly Mammoth, and Constellation Theatre Company, just to name a few. He also started working recently as a scenic artist at the Tony Award-winning Regional Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA.  www.jamesvraymond.com