In his third decade of designing with CROpera, Scott Olinger is the Department Chair and Head of Design and Production for the Department of Theatre and Dance at Cornell College.  Holding degrees from the University of Northern Iowa and Penn State University, his designs have been seen as near as Cedar Rapids and as far as Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Texas. Recent projects include Revival Theatre Company’s End of the Rainbow and Oklahoma; Christmas with Wartburg; Amy Stoner’s Christmas Cabaret; and short films Short Cuts and Houseparty at Cornell. He tours with and designs lighting for Iowa’s favorite band, The Pork Tornadoes. Scott has also worked as an associate designer on projects including DirecTV’s Nick and Artie Show and the 2012 London iTunes Festival. He also served as the Best Boy/Programmer for DirecTV’s weeklong live broadcasts of the Dan Pattrick Show from New Orleans Superbowl 2013.