Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Frehner, Harry
Lighting designer who began his career as head technician at Centaur Theatre , is now a resident designer at the Stratford Festival .
Among many productions, Mr. Frehner has designed the premieres and touring productions of David Fennario 's Nothing to Lose and On The Job . He also designed the premiere of Judith Thompson 's White Biting Dog . For Stratford he lit, among many others, the 1992 production of Romeo and Juliet and the 1996 production of A Fitting Confusion. He has also designed for the Tarragon Theatre (The Master Builder, 1983).
More recently (April, 2000) he designed the Theatre Calgary production of Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill and the Opera Ontario production of Madama Butterfly (October, 2000).
Last updated 2003-01-28
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