“As laid out with elan by stage director Doug Scholz-Carlson, there is a lightness and an eye-winking pleasure in the telling of the story.” “…Scholz-Carlson’s ingenious and witty updates, the sparkling cast and excellent design…” …
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Stage Director | Sweeney Todd | Utah Opera
Utah Opera opens season with a delightfully demented “Sweeney Todd” “Director Doug Scholz-Carlson leans hard into Sweeney’s perverse humor… Scholz-Carlson’s dynamic direction also uses R. Keith Brumley’s stripped-down but constantly moving set to great effect.” –Utah …
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Intimacy Director/Asst Director | Grounded | Met Opera
Emily D’Angelo and Ben Bliss in Grounded at the Metropolitan Opera | Photo Ken Howard
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Director | Hamlet | Great River Shakespeare Festival
“This is hands down the best production of Hamlet I’ve seen on stage. At two hours and forty minutes including intermission it’s also probably one of the shortest while also covering much more of the text than …
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Intimacy Director/Assistant Director | Fire Shut Up in my Bones | Metropolitan Opera
Brittany Renee and Ryan Speedo Green directed by James Robinson and Camille A. Brown.
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Director/Fight Director | Romeo et Juliette | Lyric Opera of Kansas City
“The Lyric Opera’s Dazzling “Roméo et Juliette” is a Night Divine” “He is a master of movement, with crisp, dramatic staging that keeps the action exciting and clear.….Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” in a stunning production that …
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Director | Pirates of Penzance | Kentucky Opera
“The direction of Doug Scholz-Carlson … had the audience in stitches…Whether you are a Gilbert and Sullivan fan or a first-timer, you WILL be amused!” -Jeanne-Marie Rogers, Arts-Louisville.com “The quips, absurdities, and arias of this …
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Intimacy Director | Dead Man Walking | Metropolitan Opera
Assistant Director under Ivo van Hove
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Director | The Winter’s Tale | Great River Shakespeare Festival
“It was wonderful and provocative, an ever present and frightful mirror of our human condition” Winona Daily News
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Intimacy & Fight Director | Don Giovanni | Minnesota Opera
Zerlina/Masetto were framed as a couple in a consensual BDSM relationship. As the StarTribune put it: “Director Keturah Stickann's pro-female concept is boldly imaginative, as the opera's three lead sopranos prove far more than just victims of a womanizing protagonist.”
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