ERHARD ROM (set designer) is currently the head of the Scenic Design area in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Montclair State University. He has designed settings for more than 150 productions across the continent, including the recent Canadian premiere of John Adams' opera NIXON IN CHINA. This production has also been seen at the San Francisco Opera, the second largest opera company in North America. Several of his designs have been featured in the Prague Quadrennial, internationally recognized as the most important Scenographic and Architectural exhibition in the world.

His work includes numerous engagements with Minnesota Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Theatre of Saint Louis, Virginia Opera, Wolf Trap Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. His work has also been seen frequently at Syracuse Stage and Geva Theatre Center in New York State. Other Theatre Companies he has worked for include: Indiana Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Interact Theatre, and the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington DC. He has also designed for Opera de Montreal, Opera Colorado, Atlanta Opera, Opera Cleveland, Kentucky Opera, Ordway Music Theatre, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Oklahoma Mozart Festival as well as for ABC Television.

Mr. Rom received his BA in Music from the University of Washington, and his M.F.A. in Design from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Mr. Rom is a member of Opera America and the United Scenic Artists, Local 829.