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Bretta Gerecke

Bretta is a set, lighting and costume designer for Theatre, Circus, and Opera. She is the
resident designer at Catalyst Theatre (Canada) where she co-creates and tours new work
across North America, the UK and Australia. Bretta also designs for Cirque du Soleil, The
RSC, The National Arts Centre, The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Edmonton Opera, Calgary
Opera, Vancouver Opera, The Citadel Theatre and The Grand Theatre. She is the recipient of
over 25 awards in addition to Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 under 40, Global Television’s Woman
of Vision, IPL Best Emerging Artist, The Lucille Lortel Award (Best Costume Design, Off
Broadway) and three times short-listed for The Siminovitch Prize. She recently represented
Canada in Prague at the Scenography Quadrennial and her costume designs were exhibited
in Moscow, Beijing, and Taipei. Bretta is thrilled to be working on Tartuffe at the Birmingham
Repertory Theatre.