Ann Gumpper
Ann Gumpper resides at the western corner of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota where she is Resident Scenic Designer for Lyric Opera of the North (LOON), recently part of the award-winning creative team for Decameron Opera Coalition’s Tales From a Safe Distance. Recognized as an inspired collaborator, Ann has created scenery for a variety of theatre, opera and ballet companies including NorShor Theatre, Minnesota Ballet, Wise Fool Theatre, Twin Cities Ballet, Skylark Opera, Minnesota Orchestra, Rochester Civic Theatre, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, University of MN Duluth (UMD) Theatre and UMD Opera Studio.
Prior to arriving in the Northland, Ann designed for Summer Repertory Theatre in Santa Rosa, CA; New Jersey Shakespeare Festival in Madison; Theatre-by-the-Sea in Matunuck, RI; University of Virginia in Richmond, among others; she began her career at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, England. Ann holds an MFA in Scenic Design from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.