Spencer Mosse Biography (1945-)

Surname is pronounced "Moss-ah"; born October 17, 1945, in New York, NY; sonof Ernest Goodman and Ruth Marion Mosse. Addresses: Office--350 West 51st St., New York, NY 10019.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Birth Details: October 17, 1945; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

Credits
STAGE WORK; LIGHTING DESIGNER,EXCEPT WHERE NOTED Joe Egg, Hartford StageCompany, Hartford, CT, 1969-70.
The Farce of Scapin, Hartford Stage Company, 1969-70.
The Brass Butterfly, Brooklyn Academy of Music Theatre, Brooklyn, NY, 1970.
Godspell (also see below), Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1971-76.
The Hunter, New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF), Public Theatre Annex, New York City, 1972.
Nellie Toole and Company, Theatre Four, New York City, 1973.
Sisters of Mercy, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1973.
Fashion, McAlpin Rooftop Theatre, New York City, 1974.
Rainbow Jones, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1974.
Short Eyes, NYSF, Theatre of Riverside Church, then Public/Anspacher Theatre, later Vivian Beaumont Theatre, all New York City, 1974.
Mourning Pictures, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1974.
Bloomers, Equity Library Theatre, New York City, 1974.
Studs Edsel, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1974.
The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show, Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, 1974-75.
Lamppost Reunion, Little Theatre, New York City, 1975.
Time Trial, NYSF, Public Theatre/Other Stage, New York City, 1975.
The Royal Family, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia, PA, 1975-76.
The Glass Menagerie, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1975-76.
The Birthday Party, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1975-76.
Hedda Gabler, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1975-76.
The Miser, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1975-76.
The Shoeshine Parlor, Theatre at Riverside Church, New York City, 1975-77.
Straight from the Ghetto, Theatre at Riverside Church, 1975-77.
Cruxifiction, Theatre at Riverside Church, 1975-77.
One Last Look, Theatre at Riverside Church, 1975-77.
The Dolls, Theatre at Riverside Church, 1975-77.
Street Sounds, Theatre at Riverside Church, 1975-77.
The Blacks, Theatre at Riverside Church, 1975-77.
Clara's Old Man, Theatre at Riverside Church, 1975-77.
The Marriage Proposal, Theatre at Riverside Church, 1975-77.
Looking for Tomorrow, Theatre at Riverside Church, 1975-77.
Magritte Skies, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1976.
In the Wine Time, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1976.
Tickles by Tucholsky, Theatre Four, 1976.
Lighting Supervisor, Barry Manilow on Broadway, Uris Theatre, New York City, 1976.
Heartbreak House, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1976-77.
Enter a Free Man, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1976-77.
Five Finger Exercise, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1976-77.
Blithe Spirit, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1976-77.
Hamlet, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1976-77.
Transformations, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1977.
Boesman and Lena, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1977.
The Wayside Motor Inn, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1977.
Alfred Dies, Actors Studio Theatre, New York City, 1977.
Eve, Hartford Stage Company, 1977-78.
Mackerel, Hartford Stage Company, 1977-78.
The Show-Off, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977-78.

Travesties, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977-78.
Saint Joan, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977-78.
Hobson's Choice, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977-78.
Uncle Vanya, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977-78.
Starting Here, Starting Now, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977-78.
Tony van Bridge as G. K. C., Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1977-78.
Namesake, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, 1977-78.
A Christmas Carol, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1977-78.
The Au Pair Man, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1978-79.
Arms and the Man, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1978-79.
Private Lives, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1978-79.
The Blood Knot, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1978-79.
Night of the Iguana, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1978-79.
Island, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1978-79.
Merton of the Movies, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1978-79.
The Blood Knot, Syracuse Stage Theatre, Syracuse, NY, 1978-79.
Bonjour la Bonjour, Center Stage Theatre, Baltimore, MD, 1978-79.
Ladyhouse Blues, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, then Queens Playhouse, NewYork City, 1979.
Remembrance, NYSF, Public Theatre/Other Stage, 1979.
Says I, Says He, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City, 1979, laterat Phoenix Theatre, London, England.
The Last Few Days of Willie Callandar, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1979-80.
You Never Can Tell, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1979-80.
Summer, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1979-80.
Twelfth Night, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1979-80.
Thark, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1979-80.
The Recruiting Officer, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1979-80.
Dance of Death, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1979-80.
On the Road to Babylon, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1979-80.
The Diary of Anne Frank, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, 1979-80.
The Beaux' Stratagem, Hartford Stage Company, 1980-81.
Is There Life after High School?, Hartford Stage Company, 1980-81.
Cyrano de Bergerac, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1980-81.
Julius Caesar, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1980-81.
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, 1980-81.
Tintypes, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, 1980-81.
Agnes of God, Center Stage Theatre, Baltimore, 1980-81.
Eternal Love, South Street Theatre, New York City, 1981.
Meetings, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, 1981.
Isn't It Romantic, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, 1981.
The Tempest, NYSF, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1981.
Secret Injury, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1981-82.
Secret Revenge, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1981-82.
Miss Lulu Bett, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1981-82.
The Glass Menagerie, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1981-82.
Uncle Vanya, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1981-82.
Talley's Folly, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, 1981-82.
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Alaska Repertory Theatre, Fairbanks, 1981-82.
Major Barbara, Alaska Repertory Theatre, 1981-82.
Don Juan, NYSF, Delacorte Theatre/Central Park, New York City, 1982.
Egyptology (also known as My Head Was a Sledgehammer), NYSF, Public Theatre/Other Stage, 1983.
Awake and Sing, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1983.
The Ballad of Soapy Smith, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1983.
Irma Vep, Pennsylvania Stage Company, Allentown, PA, 1989, later at George St. Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ, 1989.
The High Holidays, Jewish Community Center, White Plains, NY, 1989, 1990,1991.
Crossing Delancy, Capital Repertory Theatre, Albany, NY, 1990.
To Kill a Mockingbird, First Stage, Milwaukee, WI, 1990.
Fairy Tales of New York, Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk, VA, 1990.
Christmas Pageant, First Stage, Milwaukee, WI, 1990.
Three Sisters, Queens College, New York City, 1991.
Dance Express '91, Queens College, New York City, 1991.
Sea Marks, Worcester Foothills Theatre Company, Worcester, MA, 1991.
All the Way Safe, Queens College, New York City, 1991.
Making Book, Primary Stages, New York City, 1992.
The Threepenny Opera, Queens College, New York City, 1992.
The Sunset Gang, The Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1992.
As You Like It, Queens College, New York City, 1992.
Bridge to Terabithia, First Stage, Milwaukee, WI, 1993.
Dance '93, Queens College, New York City, 1993.
Other stage plays include After the Season, New York City, 1980; plays with New York Shakespeare Festival include Puerto Rican Festival, Rosalyn Tureck Conducts, The Happiness Cage, Burning, Crack, and Sleeparound Town; plays with Great American Children's Theatre include Cinderella, 1989, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1990, The Secret Garden, 1991, The Wind in the Willows,1992,A Journey to the Center of the Earth, 1993, Merlin, and Sleepy Hollow;dance plays with Nina Winthrop & Dancers include An Evening of Dance, 1992, Five New Works, 1993, and A Trilogy, 1993; also lighting designer for On the Verge, Pennsylvania Stage Company, 1989, One Acts '89, Working Theatre, 1989, The Contrast, New Stagings, 1989, Occupation: Troubadour, Passage Theatre, 1989, Special Interests, Working Theatre, 1990, A Christmas Carol, StephenMills, 1990, 1991, Sherlock Holmes, Open Eye, 1991, Fridays, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Syracuse Stage Theatre.
Credits; MAJOR TOURS
Godspell, U.S. cities, 1971-73.

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