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Chris Akbari (he/him)
Scenic Designer Blacksburg, Virginia Still a beginner in the field, trying to seek other artists for lessons and knowledge in the craft of the arts. |
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Dahlia Al-Habieli (she/her)
Scenic Designer Philadelphia, PA Dahlia Al-Habieli is an award-winning scenic designer and educator. Dahlia was born and raised in Abu Dhabi- a diverse, multicultural city that fostered her love for rich and varied traditions of storytelling. As an artist and collaborator, Dahlia is interested in exploring unlikely connections and using her work to build cultural bridges. She creates performance spaces that are an invitation to conversation- evocative, eloquent spaces of possibility actors, artists, technicians, and audiences. Recent credits include designs for Tony Award-winning companies such as the Dallas Theater Center and Trinity Rep. She recently won the KCACTF Region II Award for Distinguished Scenic Design for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" at Albright College, where she currently teaches and directs. Dahlia received her MFA in Scenic Design from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and her BA from Wellesley College. She received additional training at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, where she continues to serve as the Annual Young Playwrights Conference design mentor. www.eloquentaction.com |
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Jorge Arroyo (he/him)
Lighting Designer Boston, MA Jorge is a freelance Lighting Designer based in Boston and New York. His work has been seen at venues such as The Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, The Public Theater, The Huntington Avenue Theater, Westport Country Playhouse, La Mama, Weston Playhouse, TheatreSquared and others. He has previously served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Dreamcatcher Repertory Theater, Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, and Luna Stage. He has created designs for over 50 shows at both the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center for artists such as Alicia Keys, Gabriel Iglesias, the Wayans Brothers, the Chieftains, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Paquito D'Rivera, Phoebe Snow, Stanley Jordan, Kenny Garrett, Jackie Mason, and others. He has also worked with choreographer Stacey Tookey, three-time Emmy nominee for her choreography on FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, on her production of Moments Defined in both New York and California. In 2004 he was selected by Lighting Dimensions Magazine for feature in an article on "designers to watch" and has co-authored the last three versions of the Lightwright manual and tutorial. Jorge received his MFA from New York University and is currently an Assistant Professor of Lighting Design at Boston University and is a member of USA Local 829. www.jorgearroyo.com |
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Nia Safarr Banks (she/her)
Costume Designer Richmond, VA Nia Safarr Banks is a Costume Designer from Richmond, Virginia. She has been nominated for two Richmond Critic Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design in a Play An Octoroon ( TheatreLab), and in a Musical A Christmas Kaddish (Richmond Triangle Player). Her credits include: August Wilson's Seven Guitars (Actors' Shakespeare Project) , Hamlet (American Shakespeare Center), and Self Portrait (Deluxe) ( The Bushwick Starr) https://niasafarrbanks.com/ |
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Marcella Barbeau (she/her)
Lighting Designer New York, NY Marcella Barbeau (she/her) is a New York City based lighting designer. Recent credits include Rigoletto (Opera Columbus), Maria de Buenos Aires (Opera Columbus, Opera San Antonio), Cabaret and As One, The Threepenny Opera, The Threepenny Carmen (world premiere) (The Atlanta Opera), Lucy & Charlie’s Honeymoon (Lookingglass), You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Village Theatre), The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (co-design, Austin Opera), Five Guys Named Moe (Playhouse on Park), Murder on the Orient Express, Meet Me in St. Louis: A Live Radio Play (Sierra Repertory Theatre), Trayf (New Repertory Theatre). She received her Master of Fine Arts at Boston University. As a Chinese-American lighting designer, Marcella actively seeks to collaborate with and amplify the voices of fellow BIPOC artists of all intersectionalities. www.barbeaudesign.com |
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Valérie Thérèse Bart (she/her)
Costume Designer, Scenic Designer Yonkers, NY Valérie Thérèse Bart is a proud self-proclaimed “Franco-VietnAmericaine.” Born in France to Vietnamese refugee parents, she and her family eventually made their way to the US. Costume, and sometimes scenic, designer for theatre, opera and dabbling a bit in film/TV, she sees this as the perfect way into storytelling—through characters with what they are wearing and why, and the environment they find themselves in. It makes one delve into the psychology and the thought process behind choices. Good designers approach a script as a director and actor would by asking the questions of who/what/when/where/how and why. And it makes complete sense to her that this can combines all of her favorite things: storytelling (comics/RPG books), clothing/expression (fashion design), movement/choreography (dance), mood/theme/score (music). Valérie hopes to create work that is collaborative, open-minded and truly diverse because she comes from multi-ethnic/multi-cultural backgrounds and sees the world as such. It is now more important than ever to have an all-inclusive way of telling stories and dismantle the systems that have created gatekeeping. For so long BIPOC bodies and voices have either been used to advance white supremacy, pigeon-holed and segregated from mainstream, or cast aside and ignored. She firmly believes that the work we do is human representation at its core and if we are all storytellers, then we should do so in a respectable and empathetic manner. She earned her BA from University of California in Los Angeles, her MFA from The Yale School of Drama, is a member of IATSE United Scenic Artists Local 829, as well as Wingspace Theatrical Design. Valérie currently resides in New York with her loving husband Rick, their baby Étienne, and their awesome black cat, HoBart. valeriebart.com |
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Anshuman Bhatia (he/him)
Lighting Designer, Scenic Designer New York, NY Anshuman Bhatia (Scenic and Lighting Design) His design’s for Opera, Theater, and Dance have been seen at Santa Fe Opera, Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts, Dublin’s Civic Theater, The McKitrrick Hotel, Soho Rep, The Public, The Atlantic, Arena Stage in Washington D.C., The Park Avenue Armory, Bard Music Festival, WP Theater, The Juilliard School, Madison Opera, Kentucky Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Classic Stage Company, HERE Arts Center, LoftOpera, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Keen Company, Pacific Symphony, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Virginia Arts Festival, Rattlestick Theater, The Sheen Center, Troy’s EMPAC. M.F.A. NYU. www.bhatiadesign.com |
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Rachael N. Blackwell (she/her)
Lighting Designer Hampton, VA BA in Theatre Arts from Alabama State University, MFA from CCM- University of Cincinnati, 2020 recipient of Gilbert Hemsley Lighting Internship and the Judy Dearing Lighting Design Competition (presented by the Black Theatre Network); career aspirations: resident lighting designer of a black internationally touring dance company! [email protected] |
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Jonah Bobilin (they/them, he/him)
Lighting Designer New York, NY Jonah Bobilin is a theatrical lighting designer originally from Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. He is fascinated by the spectator/performer encounter and the way that scenographic gestures can support and flavor this interaction. In particular, they enjoy working on productions which examine the important issues and contradictions of our society, and which induce the audience to enact meaningful change after leaving the theatre. Some recent credits include Hoʻoilina (Kennedy Theatre), Kalani Pe'a May Day is Lei Day Concert (Hawaii Theatre), Florence & Mojo (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mānoa Valley Theatre). Jonah is on the Executive Board of Design Action, an intergenerational coalition of BIPOC and white designers working to end racial inequities in the North American Theater. Jonah has received two Poʻokela Awards for Excellence in Lighting Design from the Hawai‘i State Theatre Council. https://asherflagon.wixsite.com/jonahbobilinlighting |
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Trevor Bowen (he/him)
Costume Designer Minneapolis, Minnesota Trevor Bowen is a costume designer for theatre, opera, dance, and film based in Minneapolis. The joy of the work comes from genuine collaboration, trust, and a passion for storytelling. Trevor's work has been seen at spaces in the Twin Cites and regionally. Recent credits include: Children's Theatre Company, Steppenwolf Theatre, MN Opera, Cowles Center, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle Children's Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, Pillsbury House Theatre, and The Jungle Theater. Trevor holds an M.F.A. in costume design from West Virginia University. Trevor is a proud member of USA 829. www.trevorbowendesign.com |
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Amith Chandrashaker (he/him)
Lighting Designer Brooklyn, NY Amith Chandrashaker (Lighting Design); Wives (Playwrights Horizons), A Human Being, Of A Sort (Williamstown), The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova), Boesman and Lena (The Signature), Blue Ridge (The Atlantic), Cardinal (2ST), Twelfth Night (The Public), Fairview (Soho Rep, Berkeley Rep, TFANA), Fire in Dreamland (The Public), Her Requiem (LCT3), Time’s Journey… (PlayCo.), [PORTO] (The Bushwick Starr/ The Women’s Project), Seven Spots on the Sun (HH Nom., Rattlestick), Quiet, Comfort (Hoi Polloi). Opera: The Flying Dutchman (Houston Grand Opera), Falstaff (Opera Omaha) The Scarlet Letter (Opera Colorado), Abduction from the Seraglio (Atlanta Opera). Dance: Premieres by Alexander Ekman, Aszure Barton, Kate Weare, Liz Gerring, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Rennie Harris, Aalto Ballettt Theatre Essen, Staatstheater Nürnberg, The National Dance Company of Wales, and The Royal New Zealand Ballet. 2019 Drama Desk and Henry Hewes Award Winner. www.amithld.com |
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Christían Charles-Harris (he/they)
Costume Designer, Dramaturg, Producer, Projection Designer, Scenic Designer Alchemist Atelier Growing up in the heart of Anaheim, just steps away from Disneyland's alchemical paradise, I had a front-row seat to witness the magic of imagination coming to life. However, from a young age, I noticed a stark reality – despite the $4+ trillion buying power of Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, and Asian communities, multicultural representation in entertainment experiences was sorely lacking. Specializing in experiential entertainment that merges worlds using future tech and artistic tradition, I blend the enchantment of theater, the audacity of cirque spectacles, and the marvel of next-gen technology. My vision is to engage multicultural audiences by creating PHYGITAL experiences that transcend boundaries and champion Equity. With a background in live entertainment from a young age,I have honed my skills in amalgamating Producing, Storytelling,Art Direction and Technological Innovation to create a PHYGITAL PHUTURE.My achievements include being a member of Live Design International's LDInnovations League (22'-24') , one of the 5 inaugural recipients of the Pat Mackay Diversity in Design Award and Scholarship winner of an Arizoni. I excel at guiding projects from concept to execution, seamlessly integrating creative vision, budgetary constraints, and business objectives. My expertise lies in crafting immersive narratives, developing marketing strategies, and building comprehensive Story Realities that engage and adapt to both guests and various venues. PHYGITAL Experiential Alchemy for All. https://alchemistatelier.univer.se/ |
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Wilson Chin (he/him)
Scenic Designer New York, NY I have designed sets for Lyric Opera of Chicago, Canadian Opera Company (Dora Award winner), Wolftrap Opera, Central City Opera and Avery Fisher Hall. I have also designed extensively on and off Broadway for plays and musicals. www.wilsonchin.com |
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Sara Ryung Clement (she/her)
Costume Designer, Scenic Designer Los Angeles, CA Off-Broadway: Somebody's Daughter (Second Stage Uptown); Fruiting Bodies (Ma-Yi Theatre). Regional credits include the Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, Denver Center Theatre Company, Geffen Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Folger Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Mixed Blood, TheatreWorks, Center Stage Baltimore, Boston Court, Perseverance Theatre, East West Players, Cornerstone Theater Company, A Noise Within, Yale Repertory Theatre, and others. Set design faculty at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and is a recipient of the Donald and Zorca Oenslager Fellowship in Design. MFA, Yale School of Drama; AB Princeton University. sararyungclement.com |
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Kelly Colburn (they/them, she/hers)
Producer, Projection Designer, Stage Director Washington, DC Kelly Colburn is an interdisciplinary artist working as a producer, director, designer, and deviser. Pronouns: she/they/K. Kelly is the Artistic Lead for Theatre at Flying V and the Digital Producer at Theater Alliance. Recent Credits: american (tele)visions (NYTW), Nollywood Dreams (Roundhouse), Do You Feel Anger? (Theatre Alliance), More Than 90 Miles From Home (Orange Grove Dance/Flying V), Dear Mapel (Mosaic), La Casa en la Laguna (Gala Hispanic), Jingle Journey (Arts on the Horizon), Struggle for Justice (Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company), and The Thanksgiving Play (Olney). Kelly is a DCCAH Fellowship Awardee, a recipient of a 2019 Helen Hayes Award for Blood At The Root with Theater Alliance, a 2017-2018 NextLOOK Resident and a 2018 Jim Henson Puppetry Grant recipient. BFA NYU Tisch ’11 | MFA UMD ’18. www.kellycolburn.com |
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Axel Cruz (he/him)
Choreographer - Fight, Lighting Designer, Stage Director, Stage Manager Washington, DC Graduated with a B.A from UMass in theater. I started my own theater company in 2016 and produce and directed 3 plays and was hired to direct 2. I've also worked as a teaching artist for many years. https://www.linkedin.com/in/axel-cruz/ |
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Betty Fenner Davis (she/her)
Fenner Originale - Costume Designer, Producer, Builder with crew Baltimore, Maryland and Washington DC A Fenner Originale career from 1968 to present having a full range of skills from Couture Fashions of Ebony Fashion Fair to Dream Girls 2010, 2016 as well as many television, film and featured designs. Documentaries from Book of the Dead to upcoming Marian Anderson 2021. Teaching costume design at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in DC to create a skilled work force for our children through a pathway of opportunities and mentorships. I will be opening online Zoom classes for consultations and instructions 2021. www.fenneroriginale.com |
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Cori Diaz (she/her)
Costume Designer, Stage Manager New York, NY Cori Diaz is a queer Latina performer, writer, and stage manager based in New York, NY. She was a house team performer and sketch writer at the Sea Tea Comedy Theater in Hartford, CT, and has performed with her improv team, Mystery Switch, in the Hartford Improv Festival. For playwriting, she has been a finalist in Hartford Stage’s Write On!, a selected candidate in Middlebury College’s Young Writers’ Conference at Breadloaf Campus, and a Selected Playwright at the Eugene O’ Neill Theater Center’s Young Playwrights Festival. She has also done training for improv, sketch, and stand-up with The Onion, People’s Improv Theater, John Crane Sketch, The Groundlings, and Second City Chicago. For stage managing, she has stage managed shows at theaters such as Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Metropolitan Playhouse, and the Hartbeat Ensemble. She really wants to be involved in more queer and experimental pieces in any capacity. www.linkedin.com/in/cori-diaz-5a3153253 |
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Marcus Doshi (he/him)
Lighting Designer, Scenic Designer Chicago, IL Marcus Doshi is an international theatre maker and designer lighting and sets for theater, opera, and dance, and collaborates with artists and architects on a variety of non-performance-based work. Broadway credits include Pass Over (2021, also Amazon Film) and Linda Vista (2019). Work Off-Broadway includes The Public Theatre, Signature Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, a longstanding collaboration with Theatre for a New Audience, and many others. Regionally, his work has been seen at most major theatre and opera companies and internationally, in 18 countries across five continents--notably La Traviata (Lyric Opera of Chicago, Canadian Opera Company, Minnesota Opera, Houston Grand Opera), Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Aldeburgh Music, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, La Monnaie Brussels, Dutch National Opera, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia), The Wreckers (Houston Grand Opera), Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera)—amongst many others. He is the author of Towards Good Lighting for the Stage: Aesthetic Theory for Theatrical Lighting Design published by Routledge. He is a graduate of Wabash College and the Yale School of Drama, and is a Professor of Theatre at Northwestern University where he teaches in the MFA Design and Directing programs. marcusdoshi.com |
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Jessica Ann Drayton (she/her)
Lighting Designer, Projection Designer Cincinnati, OH Jessica Ann Drayton (Lighting Designer & Projection Designer). Jessica works as a professional lighting and projections designer. Every production has a life of its own; She is happy that her lighting and imagery helps tell each and every unique story. Her selected credits include Jersey Boys (Arts of Coastal Carolina), As You Like It (Cincinnati Shakespeare), Cinderella (CCM), Young Frankenstein (Circle Theater, TX), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Cincinnati Shakespeare), and Pleasure Trials (Amphibian Stage, TX). Her selected projection works includes designs for Jersey Boys (Arts of Coastal Carolina), Dialogue of the Carmelites (CCM), and Fierce! (Cincinnati Opera). DraytonDesignsLLC.com |
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Rodrigo Escalante (he/him)
Scenic Designer New York, NY Rodrigo Escalante is a New York City based Scenic Designer, a resident of Hudson County in New Jersey, where he enjoys a community that keeps him connected to his roots, and a native of El Salvador; Rodrigo loves his people “for their strong sense of community, solidarity, care, hard work and righteousness”, traits which he hopes to bring to his theatre making process. Rodrigo’s experience designing big musicals for small theaters has led him to design with flexibility, adaptability, and practicality in mind. Rodrigo hopes that every step of his process points him to the right answers “it’s about creating a space that makes you feel what the playwright or director intend, is about making the right choices with the ultimate goal of creating empathy for the circumstances of the characters on stage, but it also has to be well executed and keeping in mind how to best weight and balance the goals, limitations and resources at my disposition”. Rodrigo got his start in theatre as a resident scenic designer for CK PRODUCTIONS in Long Island, New York, a graduate of the SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, Rodrigo has designed a large variety of musicals and plays for all types of budgets and aimed at different audiences. Rodrigo's ultimate goal is to implement his skills in projects outside of theatre that have the aspects and devices of theatre at its core. www.rodrigoescalante.com |
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Richard Frazier (he/him)
Choreographer - Dance, Lighting Designer, Projection Designer, Scenic Designer, Singer, Stage Director Macon & Atlanta, GA I have worked professionally as a Director/Choreographer for more than 15 years. I hold a BSED in Theatre Education which gave me the skills to direct, choreograph, and design. I have piloted numerous regional and world premieres. |
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Ari Fulton (she/her)
Costume Designer New York, NY Ari Fulton is a New York-based costume designer for stage, film, opera, and dance. With over ten years of experience working in the industry, Ms. Fulton has built a diverse career designing theatrical works in New York, Miami, Boston, Paris, and Nigeria. Ms. Fulton has trained at DePaul University, receiving a BFA in Costume Design. She followed up her undergraduate studies, by receiving an MFA in Design for Stage and Film, from New York University’s, Tisch School of the Arts. Recently, she has wrapped costume design for the feature film Nigerian Prince, shot on location in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigerian Prince is a Tribeca and AT&T New Voices recipient (2017). The film is produced by Spike Lee and received a production grant of one million dollars. Ms. Fulton is the proud recipient of the Lily Creative Spirt Award, for her costume design work. In 2021, Ms. Fulton kick-started the year by receiving a Broadway World Miami Award for Design of the Decade, for her work on A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical. Ms. Fulton is most interested in captivating the imagination, by creating iconic characters, that stick with the viewer long after the performance has ended. Ms. Fulton is currently on faculty at the University of Connecticut, where she serves as the Interim Head of Costume Design. www.arifulton.com |
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María-Cristina Fusté (she/her)
Lighting Designer New York, NY María-Cristina Fusté (Lighting Designer) At Colorado Springs Art Center: Anna in the Tropics directed by Rebecca Martinez. Broadway: Jagged Little Pill, Associate LD 2021 remount. Off Broadway: Songs About Trains (Working Theater/Radical Evolution); Fur, Mud, and The Conduct of Life (Boundless Theatre Company, NYC) Regional: Cleveland Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare, Bay Street Theater. American Mariachi (Goodman Theatre, Chicago); Measure for Measure (Chicago Shakespeare Co); Anna in the Tropics (Barrington Stage, MA); Airness (Geva Theatre Center, NY); Children of Eden (Aurora Theatre, GA); Sweat (People’s Light Theater, PA); In The Heights (Westport Country Playhouse, CT); The Heath (MRT, MA). Opera: Cecilia Valdés (Teatro Colón, Bogotá); Tosca, Bluebeard’s Castle, Madama Butterfly, Don Pasquale, and L’Elisir d’Amore (Ópera de Puerto Rico, San Juan PR). Training: MFA in Lighting Design (NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts). Awards: Princess Grace Award 2018, Suzi Bass Award 2016/ 2017, Nomination 2019, HOLA Award 2022. MC is the Executive Artistic Director of Boundless Theatre Company: www.boundlesstheatre.org. www.mcfuste.com |
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Fabian J. Garcia (he/him)
Lighting Designer Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Fabian J. García (He/Him/His) is a lighting designer for theatre, dance, and events, currently operating out of Oklahoma City. Born in Texas to Mexican immigrant parents, he is proud to be a Mexican American designer who strives to push the boundaries of his work by bringing his heritage and experience to every process. It’s Fabian’s core belief that voice matters when telling a story, and as we grow to respect every voice, we can best embody the spirit of the stories of yesterday, today, and those still to be told. Fabian currently serves as the Resident Lighting Designer and Master Electrician at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, bringing to life designs for both their professional equity season and their academic student performances through Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy. At Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Fabian designs and implements for a multitude of different venues, ranging from studio spaces to 2,500 seat performance halls. It’s Fabian’s joy to look at each project through a collaborative lens, emphasizing the teamwork between not only him and his lighting team, but also the creative partnership with directors, music directors, choreographers, and other design staff. In an educational setting, Fabian welcomes young performers and technicians into the creative process, spreading the joy and power of stage lighting through internships, volunteer opportunities, workshops, and mentorship. His work is known throughout the central south region states. http://fabianjgarcia.com |
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Regina García (she/her)
Scenic Designer Chicago, Illinois Regina is a Chicago-based scenic designer from Puerto Rico. She has had long standing relationships with the Latinx Theatre’s renowned Teatros including Repertorio Español, the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Teatro Vista and Pregones Theater. She has also completed projects for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Players Theatre, the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf and Boundless Theatre Company, amongst others. Regina is a Fellow of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers and the Princess Grace Awards, USA; a Regional Associate member of the League of Professional Theatre Women; and company member with Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, Chicago, and Boundless Theatre Company, San Juan/New York. She teaches at The Theatre School, DePaul University. www.garciaportfolio.com |
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Hamilton Guillén (he/him)
Lighting Designer, Projection Designer New York, NY Hamilton is a hybrid production / lighting designer working in film and live performance. He is a visual storyteller specializing in bespoke, immersive environments. His inventive designs have transformed spaces on both coasts and in the UK. Professional experience includes commercials, off-Broadway, and regional theater. MFA - NYU Tisch (Design) hamiltonguillen.com |
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Derek A. Graham (he/him)
Composer, Sound Designer/Engineer Raleigh, NC Derek A. Graham (He, Him, His) is a sound designer, composer, and audio engineer based in North Carolina. His recent work in sound design includes Ensemble Theatre Cincinatti’s I Shall Not Be Moved and Your Negro Tour Guide (2022); Dobama Theatre’s production of Kill Move Paradise (2022); music compositions include Milwaukee Repertory Theatre/Alliance Theatre’s co- production of Toni Stone (2021/2022), and Artists Repertory Theatre’s The Chinese Lady (2021). Derek, and his wife, are co-founders of Life by Design Media & Production, a small business that specializes in multi-media production, namely podcasting, videography and photography. He received his MFA in Sound Design from Ohio University and BA in Music from Elizabeth City State University. |
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Ardencie Hall-Karambe (she/her)
Composer, Costume Designer, Dramaturg, Librettist, Producer, Singer, Stage Director Texas I've been a theatre professor for the 20+ years while simultaneously working professionally in theatres in Philadelphia and NYC. I've retired from teaching to work full-time in theatres across the country. kcactheatre.com |
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Kara Harmon (she/her)
Costume Designer Brooklyn, NY Kara Harmon is a Costume Designer based out of New York City. Off Broadway credits include: Dot (Vineyard Theatre) and Lockdown (Rattlestick). Select Regional credits include: Eclipsed (Milwaukee Rep), Steel Magnolias and Guys and Dolls (Guthrie Theatre), The Wiz! Helen Hayes Costume Design Award (Ford’s Theatre), The Purists, The Niceties and A Guide for the Homesick (Huntington Theatre), Nina Simone: Four Women (Arena Stage), The Color Purple (Portland Center Stage), Barbecue: NAACP Outstanding Costume Design Award (Geffen Playhouse), Much Ado and The Comedy of Errors (OSF), The Rape of Lucretia (Wolftrap) and world premieres: Goodnight, Tyler and Angry…Gorgeous (Alliance Theatre). Her assistant costume design credits for television include "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon), “Daredevil” (Netflix) and “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO). Training: NYU Tisch School of the Arts. www.KaraHarmonDesign.com |
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Carolina Ortiz Herrera (she/her)
Lighting Designer New York, NY I am a New York-based Lighting Designer, born and raised in Mexico City. I design for theatre, opera and dance. I tell stories through light to elevate the human experience to a universal language illuminating the complexity of our stories. I think of light as an enigmatic, yet subtle living force transporting an audience to “stand at the threshold” where a new understanding of our collective experience is revealed. Selective credits include: Florencia en el Amazonas (Yale School of Music); The Silent Lyre (Lighten Theatre); Trouble in Tahiti (New Jersey University); The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera Theatre of Yale); All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); American Mariachi (Arizona Theater Company) Seven Guitars (Yale Repertory Theatre); Yellowman, nominated for Best Lighting Design at Audelco’s Awards (Billie Holiday Theatre); She Persisted (Atlantic Theatre Company); and Sweeney Todd (Yale Dramat). I am the lighting director and resident lighting designer for Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, touring shows nationally. I have assisted notable lighting designers including Jennifer Tipton, Duane Schuler, Pablo Santiago, and Jiyoun Chang at institutions such as Broadway, the Santa Fe Opera, The Public, BAM, NYT Workshop, LTC3 Lincoln Center, and the Atlantic Theatre Company. I am an organizing member of La Gente Network, a member of Wingspace Theatrical Design and United Scenic Artists Local 829. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama. I am honored to have been featured on the 2nd Annual “Women to Watch List” from the Broadway Women’s Fund. www.carolinaeortiz.com |
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Harri Horsley (their/theirs, she/her)
Costume Designer Chicago, IL Harri Horsley is a costume designer for theatre, dance, and film based in Chicago, IL. They hold a MFA Costume Design from the University of Texas at Austin and a BFA in Design/Technology from Kent State University. Horsley is a 2nd generation Afro Costa Rican-American that was raised in Dallas, Texas. Horsley is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Costume Design at Illinois Wesleyan University. Horsley believes that education should constantly flow in art so artists can evolve seamlessly. They have been named the recipient of the 2020 Judy Dearing Award by the Black Theatre Network for their work in Costume Design and recently was nominated for Best Costume Design for the 2022 Houston Theater Awards. www.harrihorsley.com |
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Izmir Ickbal (he/him)
Scenic Designer New York, New York I am a multidisciplinary Singaporean theater designer with 12 years of experience based in New York City. I have designed over 60 productions locally, regionally and internationally, from large theater spaces such as the Mark Taper Forum for Center Theater Group in Los Angeles; at premier national venues in Singapore such as The Esplanade Concert Hall, and the National Gallery of Singapore; at the tiniest off-off-Broadway spaces the size of a postage stamp such as Theater C at 59e59 theaters in NYC; and to bustling outdoor audiences at the festive annual Shakespeare productions in Connecticut with the Elm Shakespeare Company. www.izmirickbal.com |
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Donny Jackson (he/him)
Lighting Designer Los Angeles, CA Donny Jackson is an award-winning freelance Lighting Designer and Theatre Professor based in Los Angeles. Work highlights include the New York premiere of Four Clowns (La Mama Experimental Theatre), the premiere of A Singular They, for which he received a Stage Raw Award nomination (Blank Theatre), the Work Shop production of When God Looked Away, starring Al Pacino and Judith Light (Macha Theatre), the West Coast premiere of In the Heights (Casa 0101 Theatre), Phenomenal, written and directed by Grammy winner, Macy Gray (Ramon Cortines Performing Arts), the KJAZZ Annual Benefit Concert (Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts), Arrival & Departure (Fountain Theatre) for which he was awarded Best Lighting by BroadwayWorld LA and Transition, for which he received the NAACP award for Best Lighting. His work was also featured on television for Into the Woods, airing during ABC's reality TV event, "Encore!". He is currently an Ovation Awards Judge for the Los Angeles Stage Alliance, and is the Head of Technical Theatre & Design at Cypress College. He holds an MFA in Lighting Design from the UCLA School of Theatre, where he trained under Tony-winning lighting designer, Neil Jampolis. www.DonnyJackson.com |
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Jessica Jahn (she/her)
Costume Designer Brooklyn, NY A graduate of Rutgers University, with degrees in both Dance and Psychology, Jessica Jahn danced professionally in NYC before beginning a career in design. She has had the opportunity to work with directors such as Tommy Kail, Francesca Zambello, and Diane Paulus, as well as writers/composers Charles Fuller, Norah Ephron, and Tracy K. Smith. Jessica collaborated on one of the earliest performances of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER, directed by Tina Landau. She designed BLUE, written by Tazewell Thompson and composed by Jeanine Tesori, winner of the MCANA Award for Best New Opera, and worked with Jessica Blank, Eric Jensen and Steve Earle on The Public’s premiere of COAL COUNTRY. She was awarded both the Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk for her design of Charles Busch’s THE CONFESSION OF LILY DARE. Currently, she is a member of the steering committees of Opera America’s WON (Women’s Opera Network) and ALAANA Opera Network (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American), and also serves as the advisor to the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Task Force at the Glimmerglass Festival. Jessica is also an Adjunct Costume Design Professor with Brandeis University’s Theatre Arts Dept. www.jessicajahn.com |
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Hahnji Jang (their/theirs; she/her)
Costume Designer New York, New York Korean American Costume Designer and Activist. I focus on ethical and sustainable costume design with a conscious effort to direct spending towards businesses of color. My background ranges from large Broadway musicals to new and translated plays. hahnjijang.com |
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Timothy Jones (he/him)
Scenic Designer Washington, DC Tim Jones is a Scenic and Props designer from the Washington DC area. His work has been seen at theatre throughout the DC area including the Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences, African Continuum Theatre, Theatre J and Round House Theatre just to name a few. He has also designed scenery at Kansas City Rep, St Louis Black Rep, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and others. Tim is presently the full time Prop Shop Manage and instructor at the Clarice Smith Performing Art Center at the University of Maryland. He is a member of The Black Theatre Network, USITT and Society of Props Artisan Manger He holds a Masters of Fine Art in Scenery and Properties Design from the University of Memphis and a BA in Communication from the Salisbury State College in Salisbury Maryland. Tim is a Veteran and a native of Washington DC Metro area but has lived and worked throughout the United State. https://tjprops.wixsite.com/set-designr |
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Takeshi Kata (he/him)
Scenic Designer Los Angeles, CA Takeshi Kata is a theatrical set designer based in Los Angeles, CA. He has designed over 200 theatrical productions including plays, musicals, opera and dance. Recent Projects include Derren Brown: Secret (Broadway), Billy Budd (Central City Opera), Bug (Steppenwolf), Angels in America (Berkeley Rep), Office Hour (Public Theatre), Man From Nebraska (Second Stage), Cambodian Rock Band, Until the Flood and Quixote Nuevo in many theatres across the U.S. Takeshi has won an Obie award and has been nominated for Drama Desk, Ovation, San Francisco Critics Circle, TBA and Barrymore awards. He is an Associate Professor at University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts. https://takeshi-kata.squarespace.com |
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Hana S. Kim (she/her)
Projection Designer, Scenic Designer Los Angeles, CA Hana Kim is an award winning projection and set designer with experiences in film and graphic design. Her design works have been seen across the country including Public Theater in NY, A.C.T in SF, SF Symphony, LA Opera, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Opera Colorado and South Coast Rep. Video Art installations have been shown at the Annenberg Space of Photography in LA and Baryshnikov Arts Center in NY. She is a recipient of Princess Grace Award in Theater Design, Richard Sherwood Awards from CTG, Kinetic Lighting Award for distinguished achievement in theatrical design from LA Drama Critics Circle, and a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. Her designs won Helen Hayes Award, Stage Raw Awards, StageSceneLA Awards and Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Awards. Her designs also received multiple nominations from Ovation Awards and Theater Bay Area Awards. Recent projects include Magdalene at Prototype NY, Sweet Land with the Industry Opera in LA, Emerging Voices Concert with Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and On the Other Side with Marike Splint. www.hananow.com |
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Michiko Kitayama-Skinner (she/her)
Costume Designer Miami, FL I am a Japanese designer with 25 plus years of experience in American theatre. I am a scenographer with interest in socially relevant pieces. www.designbymichiko.com |
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Phil Kong (he/him)
Lighting Designer, Projection Designer, Scenic Designer, Creative Direction, Live Streaming, Lighting Programming, Project Management - Kong Design Inc. New York, NY I am a Chinese American lighting designer, scenic designer, video designer, lighting programmer, and creative director for live entertainment and live events. I am currently based in Hamburg, Germany and work throughout the US and Europe. Selected Works: Lighting designer: The Album Leaf - 2019 In A Safe Place Tour (Production Design) Letters from Zora (Pasadena Playhouse); Lotte Das Musical (world premiere, Wetzlarer Festspiele); Is It Real? (world premiere, Hamburger Bahnhof - Production Design); Love and Information (Main Street Theatre); Shakespeare in Love, A New Brain, Men on Boats, The Woman in Black, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, Failure: a Love Story, Jerusalem, Next to Normal (Cape Rep Theatre); Iyom (The Workshop Theater); Value Systems, Pop Rocks (LA Contemporary Dance Company); Prague Shakespeare Company; Deutsches Schauspielhaus; Hamburger Sprechwerk; Opera Stabile. Associate/assistant lighting designer: Cambodian Rock Band, Kinky Boots, Rocky Das Musical (world premiere, Hamburg); Peter and the Starcatcher (second national tour); The Geffen Playhouse; Pasadena Playhouse; Mark Taper Forum; Baltimore Center Stage; La Jolla Playhouse; The Public Theater; Playwrights Horizons; McCarter Theatre Center. Events: The Onion, National CineMedia, NFL Legends. Associate lighting designer: Disney's D23, Google's Project Air. Other: Associate designer: Outside Lands and Bonnaroo music festivals; Tomorrowland Stage, Golden Fairytale Fanfare (Shanghai Disney Resort); The Album Leaf, Between Waves tour. Art director: Khalid, Teen Choice Awards 2018; Foster the People, Sacred Hearts Club tour. kongdesigninc.com |
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Junghyun Georgia Lee (she/her)
Costume Designer, Scenic Designer New York, NY Junghyun Georgia Lee is Korean born, New York based scenic and costume designer. Currently designing for theaters across the US, her works are focused on new work developments and designs for performances on stage and various spaces. Member of USA 829 and New Neighborhood. junghyungeorgialeedesign.com |
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Mimi Lien (she/her)
Scenic Designer Brooklyn, NY Mimi Lien is a designer of sets/environments for theater, dance, and opera based in New York City. Arriving at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. In 2017, Mimi won the Tony Award for her design of Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812. In 2015, she was named a MacArthur Fellow, and is the first stage designer ever to achieve this distinction. Mimi is a co-founder of JACK, a performance/art space in Brooklyn. Selected work includes Die Zauberflöte (Staatsoper Berlin), Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway), Taylor Mac’s A 24 Decade History of Popular Music (St. Ann’s Warehouse & international tour), and Black Mountain Songs (BAM). Her theatre designs have been presented at Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theater, Soho Rep, The Kitchen, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Berkeley Rep, A.R.T., Mark Taper Forum, Wilma Theater, Longwharf Theatre, Goodman Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Alliance Theatre, Playmakers Rep, and Virginia Opera, among others. She is the recipient of the Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity at Lincoln Center Theater, a Bessie Award, Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, and an OBIE Award for sustained excellence. Mimi received a B.A. in Architecture from Yale University (1997) and an M.F.A. in Stage Design from New York University (2003). www.mimilien.com |
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LeVonne Lindsay (she/her)
Costume Designer, Costume Shop Manager Philadelphia, PA LeVonne Lindsay is a Barrymore Award-winning costume designer based in her hometown of Philadelphia. After graduating with her MFA in Costume Design from the University of Maryland, College Park, Arena Stage granted her the Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship from 2001-2003. Lindsay was the Resident Designer for the African Continuum Theatre in Washington, DC, from 2002-2004 under the Artistic Direction of Jennifer Nelson. She also designed several shows for the Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences. Since returning to Philadelphia in 2013, she has design credits at the Arden Theatre Company, The Wilma Theater, The Walnut St. Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company: Pig Iron Theatre, Theater Horizon, and the world premiere of Time Is On Our Side at Simpatico Theater written by R. Eric Thomas. Regional Theater credits include Hangar Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Indiana Repertory Theater, The Everyman Theater in Baltimore, MD, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Theater, and Trinity Repertory Theater in Providence, RI. Academic positions held at Swarthmore College, University of the Arts, Philadelphia; Stevenson University, James Madison University, and Valdosta State University. Technical and staff positions held at Upper Darby Summer Stage, Stages St. Louis, Washington National Opera, Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp, Shakespeare Theater Company, and Wolftrap Opera Company. levonnelindsaycostume.com |
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Michael J. Locher (he/him)
Scenic Designer Houston, TX I'm Michael Locher (AAPI, he/him), a designer for the performing arts specializing in scenery for theatre, opera and dance. My work has been mounted in New York City and at regional theaters around the United States, including the Guthrie Theater, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Theatre, and the Alley Theatre, where I currently serve as the Director of Design. I love new works and reexamined classics. I love design which immerses while paying tribute to the theatre itself: ritualized storytelling in a communal space. I served as a professor of theatre for six years, and also on occasion as a graphic designer and illustrator. A California native, I live with my family in Houston, Texas. Education: University of California, San Diego; Yale School of Drama. www.locherdesign.com |
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Jason Lynch (he/him)
Lighting Designer, Technical/Production Administrator Chicago, Illinois Jason Lynch is a Chicago-based lighting designer for theatre, dance, opera, and other live performance art. He is also the recipient of the 2019 Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award which recognizes emerging theatrical designers within the Chicago area and is honored to have his recent work on an immersive 360° production of THE WILD PARTY at the Denver Center featured in American Theatre Magazine. Credits include: FANNIE (upcoming), SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY, LOTTERY DAY, HOW TO CATCH CREATION (asst.) and AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (asst.) (Goodman Theatre); CHOIR BOY (upcoming), GUARDS AT THE TAJ (assoc.) (Steppenwolf); HAIRSPRAY, BLACK ODYSSEY (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); FEEDING BEATRICE (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2, A DOLL’S HOUSE, THE WILD PARTY, DRAG ON (Denver Center); CLUE (upcoming), SKELETON CREW (Alley Theatre); WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN (upcoming), FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN (Dallas Theater Center). Jason is a proud member of The Association of Lighting Designers and alumnus of The Santa Fe Opera. @jasonlynch.design www.jasondlynch.com |
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Yi-Hsuan Ma (she/her)
Scenic Designer New York, NY Taiwanese, a scenic and production designer. She is interested in exploring the relationship between characters and the environment, involving the audience's participation immersively in storytelling. Coming from a different culture and background of literature training, her approach to design is interdisciplinary and inclusive. yihsuanma.wixsite.com/ant-setdesign |
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Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams (she/her)
Scenic Designer New York, NY Mikiko's design work has been seen Off Broadway at the Primary Stages, Working Theater, Epic Theater Ensemble, INTAR Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and the National Asian American Theatre Company. Within the US regional theatres at Guthrie Theatre, Arena Stage, Barkley Repertory Theatre, the Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare festival, Long Wharf Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Playmakers Repertory Company, ACT Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Public Theatre’s Under the Raider Festival, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Cornerstone Theater Company, Boston Lyric Opera among others. In Japan her work has been seen at the Umeda Arts Theatre, Nissay Theatre, Nissay Opera, Nikikai Opera, Suntory Hall, Aichi Triennale in Nagoya, Kanagawa Prefectural Hall and Biwako Hall. She also designed recent US National Tour of Dirty Dancing and a new Kungfu musical Dragon Spring, Phoenix Rise at the Shed. As an associate scenic designer, her credits includes, Broadway: My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, The Bridges of Madison County, Golden Boy, That Championship Season, Women on The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Next Fall, and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. National tour: The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, The Bridges of Madison County, The Light in the Piazza and Lincoln Center Theater’s South Pacific. Westend: South Pacific, The King and I, and upcoming My Fair Lady. US, UK and World tour: The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific, Bridges of Madison County, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, and My Fair Lady. Broadway credits: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/mikiko-suzuki-macadams-483614 https://www.mikikosmacadams.com |
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Arnulfo Maldonado (he/him)
Costume Designer, Scenic Designer New York, NY Arnulfo Maldonado is a New York City based set and costume designer. Arnulfo is a recipient of a Princess Grace Fabergé Theater Award and a multiple Henry Hewes Design nominee. He recently received the 2020 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Set Design, as well as a Special Citation Obie as part of the Creative Team of the Pulitzer Prize winning A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson. Notable design credits include the aforementioned world premiere of Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop (Playwrights Horizons), as well as: Clare Barron's Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons), Jocelyn Bioh's School Girls, Or; The African Mean Girls Play (MCC Theater), Jaclyn Backhaus' Men On Boats (Clubbed Thumb/Playwrights Horizons), and Donja R. Love’s Sugar In Our Wounds (Manhattan Theater Club, Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Scenic Design recipient). In addition he has also designed the New York premieres of Christopher Chen's Caught (The Play Company)/Passage (Soho Rep) and George Brant's Grounded (Page 73). U.S. premieres include Anne Washburn’s Shipwreck (Woolly Mammoth/Public Theater) and debbie tucker green's generations (Soho Rep). Arnulfo designed the regional premieres of Paula Vogel's Indecent (Guthrie Theater), Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' An Octoroon (Berkeley Rep), and Lucas Hnath's Hillary and Clinton (Philadelphia Theatre Company). In 2017 he designed the international world tour for The Magnetic Fields in support of their album 50 Song Memoir. www.arnulfomaldonado.com |
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Erica Lauren Maholmes (she/her)
Lighting Designer Kansas City, Kansas Erica Lauren Maholmes is a designer, assistant, and technician for live theatre and dance. She has worked for Cleveland Play House (Lighting Apprentice), Illinois Shakespeare Festival (Master Electrician), 2022 National High School Institute - Cherubs (Assistant Master Electrician), and Longwood Gardens (Performance Technician). She was a participating Lighting Designer (Group 22 -Harvest) as part of the 2021 Collaborations of Merritt presented by The Michael Merritt Awards. She has been featured on the ETC Connect et cetera blog. Her design portfolio has been displayed internationally at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial as part of the Emergence Portfolio Library. She was a Design Wing Fellow for the 2022 Great Plains Theater Conference in Omaha, Nebraska offering a design perspective in a New Play Lab format. She served as an Artist and a Midwife in Term 5 of The Midwives Artistic Collective, is an Artistic Board Member of Cats Cradle Theatre. She is an alumni of the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas, West Chester University (BA), and Illinois State University (MFA). She is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829 and Black Theatre Network. From 2021 to 2023, Erica has proudly served on the Executive Board of Design Action, an inter-generational coalition of BIPOC and white designers working to end racial inequities in the North American Theater. She currently serves on Design Action's Advisory Council. http://ericalaurenmaholmes.com |
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Twi McCallum (their/theirs, she/her, he/him)
Sound Designer New York, NY Twi McCallum (she/they/he) is a sound designer for the stage and screen living in NYC, by-way of Baltimore, MD. Her favorite theatrical credits include Kansas City Rep, National Black Theatre, The Public Theater, Goodman Theater, and Baltimore Center Stage. She is currently working as an apprentice sound editor on a television show for STARZ and a show for NBCUniversal. Twi dedicates time to programming/community service to organizations such as Post New York Alliance, SoundGirls, and Theatrical Sound Designers & Composers Association. Most importantly, she credits her artistry to being a former student of Howard University’s theatre department and being a certificate student in Yale School of Drama’s one-year sound program class of 2021. When not working, she loves taking care of her pet snails named Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, and Cardi B. https://www.twibackstage.me/ |
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Yvonne Miranda (she/her)
Costume Designer, Scenic Designer, Playwright Chicago, IL A war veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Yvonne traded in her combat boots for a career in costume, fashion, and scenic design. Her passion for visual storytelling has led to a diverse career with work as a freelance fashion illustrator featured on the Real Housewives of Dallas, to designing the costume worn by 50ft celebrity animatronic mascot Big Tex at the 2016-2018 Texas State Fair. She has garnered such achievements as the competitive Television Academy's costume design internship, as well as winning 2019’s Black Theatre Network's Judy Dearing Costume Design Competition for her work on SMU's opera production of Our Town where she received her M.F.A.in Stage Design. She just recently relocated to the Chicago area and has several exciting productions in the work across the U.S. www.yvonnejohnsondesigns.com |
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Sherrice Mojgani (she/her)
Lighting Designer Manassas, VA Sherrice Mojgani is a Washington D.C. based theatrical lighting designer. She has designed for Arena Stage, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, and San Diego Repertory Theatre. In 2019 Mrs. Mojgani’s design for Into the Woods at Barrington Stage won a Berkshire Theatre Critics Circle Award . Mrs. Mojgani is a member of United Scenic Artist 829 . Mrs. Mojgani is an assistant professor in the School of Theatre at George Mason University. Originally from Orange County California, Mrs Mojgani holds a BA in Theatre Arts from UC Santa Cruz, and an MFA in Lighting Design from UC San Diego. smojgani.com |
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Pablo N. Molina (he/him)
Projection Designer, New Media / Extended Reality / Interactivity Designer PNM DESIGNS LLC / EARLY MORNING OPERA Los Angeles, CA As a world class artist and technologist, Pablo's work employs groundbreaking use of emerging technologies such as AR/XR, real-time visuals rendering, live digital video processing, interactive content and projection mapping, resulting in a new class of immersive media environments. The experiences and exhibitions he has designed have spanned live performance and architecture, gracing world-class venues including BAM, Boston’s ICA, Broadway, EMPAC, LACMA, Microsoft, The MCA Chicago, OSF, On The Boards, PICA, The Public Theater, RedCat, Salesforce, Sundance New Frontiers, TED, The Wexner, The Whitney and Yerba Buena. Firmly rooted in experimental performance, Pablo also works extensively in commercial entertainment, such the revolutionary Marvel Universe Live arena tour and the video design for the Alex Timbers-directed musical adaptation of Sylvester Stallone's ROCKY in Hamburg, Germany. He also collaborated with NYC designer Dan Scully on the acclaimed design for the Broadway production. Pablo is a principal member of the interdisciplinary performance lab, Early Morning Opera (EMO). He provided the custom software, video, and scenic design for EMO's epic work ABACUS. He also worked with artistic director Lars Jan and EMO on the design of their renowned performance installation piece HOLOSCENES, their theatrical work THE INSTITUTE OF MEMORY, and the innovative dance/video duets PANDÆMONIUM, TAKES and BEING / WITH, created in collaboration with the Nichole Canuso Dance Company. A former faculty member for the CalArts School of Theater for nine years, Pablo helped create its cutting-edge MFA program in Interactive Media for Performance. www.linkedin.com/in/pablonmolina/ |
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David Murakami (he/him)
Projection Designer Los Angeles, California David Murakami is a projection designer and film director focused on the union between the cinematic and theatrical. Recent productions include Ainadamar at Opéra de Montréal, Everest at Dallas Opera, Elektra at Minnesota Opera, Luis Valdez’ Zoot Suit and Valley of the Heart at the Mark Taper Forum, Singin’ in the Rain with McCoy Rigby, The Shining and La Belle et la Bête with Opera Parallèle, Rigoletto with Pacific Symphony, and several musicals aboard Princess Cruises’ flagship Royal-class vessels. Other companies include Arizona Opera, Atlanta Opera, Berkshire Theatre, Celebration Theatre, Des Moines Opera, East West Players, LA Opera, LINES Ballet, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Presidio Theatre, Riyadh Season, Seattle Opera, SFJazz, Skylight Theatre, South Coast Repertory, and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. David is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829 and teaches at the University of California, Irvine. www.davidmurakami.com |
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Xotchil Musser (they/them; she/her)
Lighting Designer New York, NY Xotchil Musser (they/she) is a multi-skilled human who enjoys designing for theatre, dance, installations, architectural, and other forms of visual + interactive art. As a child, they lived on an island south of Miami; now they live in NYC where they examine the exploration of how lighting can be applied to community health and healing. They are curious as to how lighting can be used in mental health practices and how theatrical and architectural mediums can stimulate conversation and wellness in society. Xotchil is an advocate for anti-racist theatre and strives to build a community in the industry based on equitable practices and altruism. In collaboration and design, they endeavor to uplift Queer Black voices. Xotchil is a multidisciplinary designer and a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design. To view recent credits, digital content, and more information please visit xotchil.com |
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Harry Nadal (he/him)
Costume Designer New York, NY Harry Nadal is a NYC based Costume Designer, originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico. In early 2020 he designed costumes for the world premier of Freedom Ride at Chicago Opera Theater, and was featured in the February 2020 issue of Opera News Magazine. His work has been seen in Lincoln Center Institute, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Atlantic Theater Co., PRTT/Pregones, Arena Stage (Washington DC), UrbanArias (Arlington, VA.), Baltimore Center Stage and TheaterWorks (Hartford), among others. Notable collaborations with significant directors and choreographers, have shaped and defined a career spanning more than twenty years. Harry holds an MFA from Tisch/NYU. http://www.harrynadal.com |
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Nola Nahulu (she/her)
Artistic Director - Hawai’i Youth Opera Chorus; Chorus Chorus Master, Costume Designer, Singer, Stage Director, Voice Teacher Artistic Director for 35 yrs for Hawai'i Youth Opera Chorus. Chorus Master for 30 yrs at Hawai'i Opera Theatre. |
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Jevyn Nelms (she/her)
Costume Designer New York, NY Jevyn Nelms is a New York based costume designer and fabric artist from Chicago, Il. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, she has been costume designing plays since 2012. Her work includes, Much Ado About Nothing (MonsterPiece Theater), Wonderful Town (The Gallery Players), A Peregrine Falls (Loading Dock Theater/The Wild Project) and She's Got Harlem on Her Mind (Metropolitan Playhouse) - - for which she received a favorable review in the New York Times in Feb. 2023. In her capacity as a fabric artist and costume designer, Jevyn has received two grants to work abroad. One to work in Ethiopia as an artist-in-residence teaching weaving, and one to work in Tanzania exploring indigenous costume and fabric. She also has designed many feature films and commercials. https://www.jevynnelms.com/ |
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Nikia Nelson (she/her)
Costume Designer New York, NY I am a freelance stylist, costume designer & fashion / photo editor. I am capable working with a various budgets & am versatile in styling, costume design & wardrobe for film, television, editorials, commercials, industrials & theater. I have an extensive knowledge of different periods of costume & art direction as well as film, fashion, photography & art. Specialties: Styling, Design, wardrobe, fIlm & television production, fashion & costume history, Photo Production. I can work locally in the NYC & Philadelphia metropolitan regions. NikiaNelson.com IMDB: www.imdb.com/name/nm1182042/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikia-nelson-1948ba4/ |
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Danielle Nieves (she/her)
Costume Designer Seattle, WA Danielle is a freelance artist, theatrical costume designer, and curator with over 10 years of experience. Aside from design she specializes in clothing psychology, costume history, and textiles. She is passionate about projects that uplift community voices and share stories that engage and challenge the canonical narrative. She is particularly impassioned when working with fellow Latinx artists on projects that aspire towards authentic representation, and is humbled by the tangible impact achieved through reflective collaboration. Regional credits for costume design include: Public Works "Winter's Tale" at Seattle Repertory Theatre, "American Mariachi" co-production at Dallas Theater Center and The Goodman Theatre, "Real Women Have Curves" at Dallas Theater Center, and "Behold the Dreamers" at Book-it Repertory Theater. Off-Broadway credits: Pity in History, No End of Blame, Gertrude The Cry, and Lovesong of the Electric Bear for the Potomac Theater Project NYC at the Atlantic Stage 2 in NYC. She worked for a few years in Ehime, Japan under MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), and has continued freelance translating Japanese on the side. At the Kyoto Costume Institute she completed the certified curatorial training program for Japanese and Western costumes and textiles. Beyond art and clothing, she has a passion for the outdoors, trying to recreate her abuela's recipes, and the martial art of Aikido. www.daniellenieves.com |
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Tom Ontiveros (he/him)
Lighting Designer, Projection Designer Mt. Baldy, CA Tom Ontiveros (Lighting & Visual Design) designs with light and projection for live performance. He consistently contributes to productions affecting themes of social justice, diversity, and equity for underrepresented communities. He has received numerous awards and nominations for his work in Los Angeles, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Credits include designs at Phoenix Symphony, Bass Symphony Hall, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory, Cornerstone Theatre Company, Native Voices, East West Players, Denver Center, Center Theatre Group, South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, Magic Theatre and the La Jolla Playhouse. His work has also been presented at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hungarian National Theatre, Phoenix Symphony, Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Park Avenue Armory, Kennedy Center, and L.A. Opera. Tom’s lighting and projection design for Pure Native was scheduled to be presented at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian but postponed due to COVID 19. Awards include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Ovation! nomination), The Exonerated (Lucille Lortel & Drama Desk Awards), My Barking Dog (L.A. Drama Critics Choice Award) The House in Scarsdale (L.A. Drama Critics Choice Award nomination), Shiv (Best Projection, StageRaw Awards nomination), Completeness (Ovation! nomination). Tom earned his MFA in Design from UC San Diego and he has held positions as Assistant Professor of Design at Chico State University and the University of Southern California. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Design at the University of La Verne. https://cargocollective.com/tomontiveros |
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Tanya Orellana (she/her)
Scenic Designer Los Angeles, CA Tanya Orellana designs performance spaces for Theatre and Opera. Originally from San Francisco, she has been a core member of the award winning ensemble Campo Santo since 2008, participating in their intimate new work process, conceptualizing and designing sets alongside the writing process. Her collaborations includes The Industry’s Sweet Land, a world premiere opera, directed by Yuval Sharon and Cannupa Hanska Luger. The world premiere of The Heath, by Lauren Gunderson directed by Sean Daniels at Merrimack Repertory Theatre (Lowell, MA), the Mexican premiere of Angels in America directed by Martín Acosta at Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (Mexico City), Native Gardens, directed by Rebecca Rivas at TheatreSquared (Arkansas), SAPO by Culture Clash at The Getty Villa, Casa de Spirits directed by Roger Guenveur Smith at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum (San Francisco, CA). Tanya received her MFA in Scenic Design from CalArts (2017) and is the 2016 recipient of the Princess Grace Fabergé Theatre Award. Her work on Angels in America was presented in the US Emerging Designers Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial 2019. She is an organizing member La Gente: The Latinx Theatre Design Network. www.tanyaorellana.com |
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Carolina Ortiz Herrera (she/her)
Lighting Designer New York, NY I am a New York-based Lighting Designer, born and raised in Mexico City. I design for theatre, opera and dance. I tell stories through light to elevate the human experience to a universal language illuminating the complexity of our stories. I think of light as an enigmatic, yet subtle living force transporting an audience to “stand at the threshold” where a new understanding of our collective experience is revealed. Selective credits include: Florencia en el Amazonas (Yale School of Music); The Silent Lyre (Lighten Theatre); Trouble in Tahiti (New Jersey University); The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera Theatre of Yale); All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); American Mariachi (Arizona Theater Company); Seven Guitars (Yale Repertory Theatre); Yellowman, nominated for Best Lighting Design at Audelco’s Awards (Billie Holiday Theatre); She Persisted (Atlantic Theatre Company); and Sweeney Todd (Yale Dramat). I am the lighting director and resident lighting designer for Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, touring shows nationally. I have assisted notable lighting designers including Jennifer Tipton, Duane Schuler, Pablo Santiago, and Jiyoun Chang at institutions such as Broadway, the Santa Fe Opera, The Public, BAM, NYT Workshop, LTC3 Lincoln Center, and the Atlantic Theatre Company. I am an organizing member of La Gente Network, a member of Wingspace Theatrical Design and United Scenic Artists Local 829. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama. I am honored to have been featured on the 2nd Annual “Women to Watch List” from the Broadway Women’s Fund. www.carolinaeortiz.com |
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Marcela Oteíza (she/her)
Projection Designer, Scenic Designer Connecticut Marcela I. Oteíza, Scenic & Projection Designer. Her design credits include scenic design for La Canción by Candido Tirado, NYC, 2016; awarded ACE and ATI prize for best production. Her designs had been shown at World Stage Design (WSD – 2013 and 2022) the Object Exhibit at The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, 2015, among others. Her street performance documentary: Santiago (en) vivo 2018, can be found at teatroamiltv. Her articles in Street Performance-Scenography have been published in the Series Scenography Expanded: An Introduction to Contemporary Performance Design, edited by Joslin Mckinney and Scott Palmer, and in Theatre and Performance Design Magazine, Routledge. She is currently an Associate Professor at Wesleyan University. https://www.artistic-dossier.com/ |
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Harlan Penn (he/him)
Scenic Designer New York, New York/Washington D.C. HARLAN D. PENN is a proud graduate of Florida A&M University and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. The South Florida native has designed for off-Broadway, Off Off Broadway, cable television, regional theatre, and educational theatre. In addition, Penn has served as an Art Director and Assistant Art Director for film & television productions for NETLIX, HULU, ABC, NBC, HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL, CBS and TURNER BROADCASTING. Theatre design credits include: FOR COLORED GIRLS, BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY, ON STRIVER'S ROW, FLYIN' WEST, DREAMGIRLS, SEVEN GUITARS, GEM OF THE OCEAN, JITNEY, RADIO GOLF, KING HEDLEY II, CHAINED DOG, DRUMLINE LIVE (International tour), THE MIGHTY GENTS, CAMP LOGAN, BURIED CHILD, LOOKING, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, and THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY to name a few. Film/TV productions include GOD FRIENDED ME, FOR LIFE, GIRLS 5EVA, THE LAST O.G., SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, RAISING KANAN, MADAME SECRETARY, KATY KEENE and ROLAND MARTIN UNFILTERED. Mr. Penn has served as assistant scenic designer to Scenic Designer Felix E. Cochren on productions at The McCarter Theatre, Geva Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Goodman Theatre, Virgina Stage Company, and The Cleveland Playhouse. Mr. Penn is also a proud member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and IASTE/United Scenic Artist Local 829 in the scenic design and Scenic Art category. Mr. Penn is currently a professor of Scenic Design at the Howard University Department of Theatre Arts/Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts in Washington D.C. www.coroflot.com/penndesigns |
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Alexa Polanco (she/her)
set design | spacial design New York, New York and Los Angeles, CA My name is Alexa. Second gen Dominican born in NY and raised in Italy. My educational background is in interior design but I've always been fascinated by every aspect of design! I'm an multidisciplinary designer, mostly focused on set and spacial design. I'm between NY, LA and currently branching out to Europe as well. My studio focuses on creating unique interactive experiences, spaces and objects and graphics. I work for photo, film , live events, stores , branding , anything that piques my interest! I'm passionate about sustainability so love to play with recycled and locally sourced materials and donate to organizations for re-use. https://alexapolanco.com |
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Kenann M Quander (she/her)
Costume Designer Washington D.C. Kenann M Quander is a Washington DC. native who has worked on everything from Television to Broadway. She is currently the Costume Designer/ Shop Supervisor on staff with Washington and Lee University, this is her first production design for Little Women. Her design credits include Constellation Theatre: Aida, Yale Dramatic League’s Dreamgirls, Step Afrika: Drumfolk tour, Migration tour, Duke Ellington Swingin Nut Cracker, Christmas Holiday Show, Susquehanna University: Tales of the lost Formicans, Blithe Spirit, Three Penny Opera, Poly Prep Country Day School: Finian's Rainbow, Anne Get Your Gun, Enemy of The People, Barkesdale Theatre: Grapes of Wrath, Hanger Theatre: Once On This Island, Virginia Commonwealth University: Chicago, Funnyhouse Of A Negro, Laramie Project, Wine in the Wilderness, Florida Rep, Our Short Stay, Connecticut Rep, Crimes of the Heart. modjeskaquander.wixsite.com/costumes |
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Riw Rakkulchon (he/him; they/them)
Costume Designer, Scenic Designer New York, NY "Riw (pronounced Ree-you) is a Set & Costume Designer, Animator and Chef from Bangkok, Thailand. He/They has worked at Yale Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, Drury Lane Theatre, Asolo Rep, The Acting Company, 59E59, Edinburgh Fringe, Primary Stages, Hartford Stage, The Public Theatre, amongst others. Broadway Associate Set Design: Pass Over, &Juliet, Parade He/They also works with designers Wilson Chin, Riccardo Hernandez, Jason Ardizzone-West, Donyale Werle, Santo Loquasto, Dane Laffrey, Clint Ramos and Walt Spangler. Board member of WithAll, a non-profit Organization on a fight to end eating disorders. IG: @riwrdesign, B.F.A. Ithaca College, M.F.A Yale School of Drama (Donald & Zorca Oenslager Fellowship Award in Design Recipient). Connecticut Critics Circle Award - Best Set Design - 2023 Member of United Scenic Artist 829" riwrdesign.com/work |
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Madeleine Reid (she/her)
Lighting Designer Chicago, IL Madeleine Reid is a Chicago and Houston based Lighting Designer and Assistant Lighting Designer of theatre, dance, opera, and live events. She has had the pleasure to work with companies including the Repertory Theatre St. Louis, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Production Resource Group (Chicago), Chicago Children's Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Rec Room, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Dallas Opera. Recent Assistant Lighting Design credits: A Christmas Carol, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Goodman Theatre); King John (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Clue, The Sound of Music, Trouble in Mind (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Cinderella (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Mlima’s Tale, Thanksgiving Play (Repertory Theatre St. Louis). Recent Lighting Design credits: Hurricane Diane (Rec Room); The Chinese Lady (Kitchen Theatre/Geva Theatre Center). She was awarded as a finalist for Best Lighting Design for the 2022 Houston Theatre Awards. She received her BFA in Lighting Design from the Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University. https://www.madeleinegreid.com/ |
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Josafath Reynoso (he/him)
Scenic Designer Richmond, VA Award winning scenic designer Josafath Reynoso was born in Mexico and was awarded the Gold Medal for Scenic Design at the World Stage Design 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan for his production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". He also received the 2015 USITT Scenic Design Award, the 2014 SETC Scenic Design Award for Eugene O'Neill's "The Hairy Ape"; the 2013 BroadwayWorld Award for "Our Country’s Good", and the SETC Ready-for-Work Award for The Threepenny Opera. Of his production of Crowns at Virginia Stage Company, Jeff Seneca of Alt Daily wrote, "the curtain opens on a set that will take your breath away. Josafath Reynoso has created truly magnificent scenery full of rich vibrant colors and wonderful use of space. I love when shows are able to build the music right into the set and Reynoso is able to do that with the organ and percussion right there onstage. It is an amazing set that truly shines as its own character in the show." Reynoso was also praised for his production of "The Bluest Eye" at Virginia Stage: “The real star of the show was the set. Josafath Reynoso took a simple idea of hanging laundry about the stage, from the rafters, from the box seats and the balcony and turned it to an elaborate display of color and whimsy." Mr. Reynoso was selected as a keynote speaker for Stage|Set|Scenery in Berlin and presented at the International Biennale of Architecture in Buenos Aires for his design of Noche Arabe. www.josafathreynoso.com |
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Adam Rigg (their/theirs)
Costume Designer, Scenic Designer New York, NY Porous Enigmatic Organic Universal Flexible Change on a dime adaptability Activated emptiness imagination Open and vast Allow for distance between singers greek Prescent Adam Rigg is a New York based set and costume designer. Adam is a Princess Grace Award winner, a two time American Theater Wing Henry Hewes Design Award nominee, a Connecticut Critics Circle Award nominee, and a multiple Ovation Award nominee. The were a recipient of the Donald Oenslager Fellowship in 2012 and the Pierre Cardin Fellowship in 2015. Credits include recent and upcoming credits include LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Philadelphia, Norwegian National, Kennedy Center, Opera Omaha, Prototype Festival/Beth Morrison Projects, Theater An Der Wien, Cincinnati Symphony, and Teatro Municipal, Brazil. Adam has been a resident Artist with their performance collective, I Am A Boys Choir, at the Public Theater (Devised Theater Working Group) and Mabou Mines. BA University of California; Los Angeles. MFA Yale School of Drama. adamriggdesign.com |
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Jakyung C. Seo (she/her)
Lighting Designer Hudson, OH As a professional lighting designer, Seo designed more than 100 productions. Seo’s work has been presented at Cleveland Play House, Steppenwolf, and Congo Square Theatre in Chicago, Dobama Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre in Cleveland, Contemporary American Theatre Company in Ohio (CATCO) in Columbus, HEAR theatre in NY, and Lodestone Theatre in LA. My international credits include Face at Edinburgh (UK), BINARI at Avignon Off Festival (France), Theatre Laboratory Elizabeth Czerczuk (France), Sibiu International Theatre Festival (Romania), Busan International Performing Arts Festival, and What We Want Is for Thrust Dance Company where she got awarded the best prize at the International Dance Festival in Saitama, Japan. As a scholar, Seo has presented more than 20 sessions at PQ Scenofest in Prague, United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) since 2004. Currently, Seo is an artistic director of Global Women Performing Arts Festival (GWPAF) (https://gwfeng.imweb.me/). The Global Women Performing Arts Festival focused on female artists and their voices. In 2021, GWPAF virtually invited Prelude from Martha Graham Dance Company. Seo worked with Production Manager and Director of Martha Graham Resources to bring the outstanding production work in GWPAF. Internationally, she has taught lighting design workshops in Thailand, Singapore, and South Korea. Seo. Seo is an Associate Professor of Lighting Design and the Coordinator of BFA and MFA Design, Technology and Production at Kent State University (KSU). Prior to joining the faculty at KSU she taught at University of Cincinnati and California State University at Fresno. http://jatheatre.com/ |
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Tony Shayne (he/him)
Production Director, The Industry; Founder and Lead Consultant, Theory & Practice; Lighting Designer Los Angeles, CA Tony Shayne is a production manager, designer, and educator. He has worked both nationally and internationally in dance, theater, music, opera & film/tv. He currently has the role of Production Director for The Industy, producing site specific opera across Los Angeles. Formerly, he has held staff positions at renowned organizations like ODC and REDCAT, and has worked at some of California’s best colleges including UCLA, CalArts, UC Berkeley & UC Davis. When not working on a new production Tony has had the tremendous pleasure of being a Lecturer at Stanford University and staff at CalArts. He enjoys teaching Hands-on Technical Theater, Lighting Design, and Producing, as well as working with student designers and technicians. Tony is also the Founder & Lead Consultant of Theory & Practice Productions (T&P), a company formed on the beliefs that all productions, big and small, need the support of dedicated artisans and administrators to help execute their vision to the highest quality. T&P focuses on making the arduous process of making live art a bit easier for its artists, and the most enjoyable experience for its audience. tonyshayne.com |
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Diana Sillero (she/her)
Interior Designer, Scenic Designer, Prop Stylist San Diego, CA With over 15 years of interior design experience, my background encompasses residential, commercial, set design and restaurant interiors, working with some of the top talent in the business. My approach to design is to create timeless interiors that are current, fun, unexpected, and always functional. I feel accomplished that I've been able to explore many areas of design which offer me the opportunity to study the built environment and how people interact and react to it. I'm forever intrigued by the behavioral reaction to something someone imagined. www.sillerostudio.com |
Credit: Tony Hawks
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Devario D. Simmons (he/him)
Costume Designer New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA Broadway: Thoughts of a Colored Man; Off-Broadway: Bees and Honey, TUMACHO, Between the Bars, EMERGENCY! and P.S. Additionally, Simmons has had the pleasure of being a guest artist at: Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Opera St. Louis. His regional credits include The Geffen Playhouse, Clarence Brown Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Asolo Rep., TheatreSquared, Geva Theatre, The Williamstown Festival, Bucks County Playhouse, The Long Wharf Theatre, Jean’s Playhouse, Syracuse Stage and Baltimore Center Stage. Other credits include RUSTIN (Netflix), three seasons of AMC’s television show TURN, the 2nd National Touring production of In the Heights and two seasons of PBS television series Mercy Street. Member of United Scenic Artist 829. devariosimmons.com |
Photo credit: Carey MacArthur
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Ashley Soliman (she/her)
Costume Designer, Visual Artist, Illustrator, Graphic Designer Astoria/Queens, NY Ashley Soliman is a costume designer and visual artist based in NYC, named as one of Broadway Women’s Fund 2023 “Women to Watch on Broadway". Drawing upon a variety of sources to create expressive imagery and objects, Ashley's creative practices are anchored by the language of color and the physical manifestation of inner worlds. She is propelled by the collaborative nature of performance and the desire to create garments that resonate with both wearer and audience. Ashley’s keen eye, varied skill set, and curiosity guide her through the distinct challenges that each project brings, resulting in a fresh approach for tales new and old. Designing both locally and regionally, she looks forward to whatever the next production may be. A first generation Chinese American, Ashley was born and raised in Chino Hills, California, and is mother to one wily toddler www.terribleboogie.com |
Photo credit: Maria Baranova-Suzuki
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Carlos J. Soto (he/him)
Costume Designer, Scenic Designer, Stage Director Bronx, NY Carlos Soto is a director, designer and performer based in New York City. Associate direction and design: Solange’s Nothing to Prove / Nothing to Say (Venice Biennial); Witness! (Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg / Sydney Opera House); When I Get Home (film and concert tour); Metatronia (Metatron’s Cube), Hammer Museum, LA; Scales (Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX). Sets and/or Costumes: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, director Zack Winokur (Santa Fe Opera); The Black Clown with Davóne Tines, directed by Zack Winokur (ART, Mostly Mozart Festival); Triptych (Eyes of One on Another) by director Bryce Dessner, librettist Korde Arrington Tuttle, director Kaneza Schaal, Roomful of Teeth (BAM, Holland Festival, Kennedy Center, UMS).The Mile-Long Opera, by Anne Carson, Claudia Rankine, David Lang, Ragnar Kjartarsson, and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. With Robert Wilson (as designer and performer): Adam’s Passion, Der Messias (Salzburg Festival), Einstein on the Beach, Garrincha, The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic, and Oedipus Rex. Upcoming: Perle Noire, Julia Bullock, Claudia Rankine, Tyshawn Sorey, director Peter Sellars (Théâtre du Châtelet) and a new work by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer. epicnothing.org |
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Kai Stanton (she/her)
Stage Manager, Sound Designer East Orange, NJ I have worked in the theater community for a very long time. I have worked with Broadway Inspirational Voices for most of my time in New York City and I would love the opportunity to work on a Broadway show! I’ve also worked in Off Broadway houses along with regional theater and community theater. I would love the opportunity to expand my reach and my resume! |
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Thaddeus Strassberger (he/him)
Scenic Designer, Stage Director New York, NY Thaddeus Strassberger is a native of Oklahoma and a Citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He earned a degree in Engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City; he received a Fulbright Fellowship to complete the Corso di Specializzazione per Scenografi Realizzatori at Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 2001. His German studies at the Goethe Institut were funded in part by Amerinda. In 2005, he won the European Opera Prize which helped launch his career in abroad. Since the he has created over 65 new productions in the USA, Europe, Russia and China, which have been seen at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Theater an der Wien, Bolshoi Theater, NCPA Beijing, Den Norske Opera, Danish National Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, Opera Ireland, LA Opera, Washington National Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Bard Summerscape New York, Ekaterinburg State Opera, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatstheater Kassel, Theater Augsburg, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, L’Opera de Montreal, and many others. www.tstrassberger.com www.instagram.com/tstrassberger |
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Chioma A. Thompson [C.A.T.] (she/her)
Scenic Designer - The Art Cartel, INC Los Angeles, CA Chioma is a 1st Generation Nigerian - American Artist + Art Director, Experienced in: Commercials, Film [Feature], Film [LB], Short Films + Music Videos + Promos. Chioma is also a Designer, Writer + Multimedia Artist. https://adg.org/directory/15731-chioma-thompson/ |
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Saawan Tiwari (their/theirs, he/him)
Costume Designer New York, NY Saawan Tiwari is a young costume designer currently based in New York City having recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Theatre Design and Production. Previous projects include Yerma, Bare the Pop Opera, A Streetcar Named Desire, Wolves, and Shel: the Historically Fictionalized Musical. Saawan has also assisted on many productions, including La Boheme, West Side Story, Alcina, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. saawandesigns.wixsite.com/home |
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Brittannie McKenna Travis (she/her)
Costume Designer Indianapolis, IN BRITTANNIE MCKENNA TRAVIS is a talented early-career artist from Indianapolis, Indiana. She has an MFA in Costume Design and Technology at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). In addition, Brittannie earned her Bachelor of Science in Apparel Design from Ball State University. Brittannie's training in costume design is in both historical and modern productions, with a particular emphasis in period costume design. She can artistically capture the depth of a time period with an extra drizzle of charm, flair, and personality. As an early-career artist, Brittannie has received many awards and honors in costume design including the Television Academy Foundation's (Emmys) Costume Design Internship, BTN Judy Dearing Costume Design Award, National Award from the Partners in American Theatre and more. Furthermore, Brittannie loves to work across all forms of media and entertainment including plays, musicals, operas, devised works, dance, film and television. www.brittannietravis.com |
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Danielle Louise Truss (their/theirs, she/her)
Costume Designer, Wardrobe, Costume Shop Manager Grand Rapids, Michigan I studied Tailoring, Fashion and Textiles in my hometown of London and have worked in Ballet since moving to America 6 years ago, I have worked mainly as a Costume Designer in Ballet under Annabelle Ochoa-Lopez's choreography (Dangerous Liaisons (Grand Rapids Ballet), Shibuya Blues (Tulsa Ballet) Linea Recta (Ballet Hispanico), Vendetta (Les Grands Ballets des Canadiens), Little Prince & Bonzi (BalletX) as well as designing pieces for Dani Rowe, Penny Saunders and Edward Liang. I worked as Shop Manager for Grand Rapids Ballet for 2 seasons and have worked Wardrobe on all the shows during this time. |
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Christopher Vergara (he/him)
Costume Designer New York, NY Christopher Vergara, recent credits include: Once (Vinpearl Land, Vietnam), Hamlet (Lewis Center for the Arts), In the Heights (Orlando Shakes), In the Heights (Engeman Theatre), Kidnap Road (La Mama), The Golem of Havana (La Mama, Miami New Drama), The Last Word, What Do Critics Know? (NYMTF), Texas in Paris, Last Dance (York Theatre Company), Danza-de-Fernando (somedance company), like the eagle (DASH), Madame Butterfly, Kiss Me Kate, La Traviata, Pirates of Penzance (Brevard Music Festival), Harlequinade, Walpurgisnacht, Majisimas, Paquita (Les Ballets Trockadero). Broadway Associate credits include: Free Man of Color, The Visit, People in the Picture, Eclipsed (Tony Award winner, Best Costume Design in a Play), The Color Purple, and the recent revival of Once on this Island. He is the Associate for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’s most recent domestic and international tours, as well as their upcoming European tour. Additional Associate credits include Ben Hur Live (Rome), Columbus (Royal Caribbean), The Secret Silk (Princess), and West Side Story, the first musical ever produced at the historic Felsenreitschule (Salzburg). As the Costume Coordinator for Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo, he toured throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. He is an alumnus of The Professional Internship Program of The Juilliard School and a proud member of IATSE USA 829, La Gente Design Network, Wingspace, and Design Action. www.linkedin.com/in/cavergaradesign |
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Alejo Vietti (he/him)
Costume Designer New York, NY Alejo Vietti is a proud Argentine that immigrated to the U.S. 22 years ago. Alejo has designed costumes for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Minnesota Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Donesk Opera (Ukraine), and Santa Barbara Opera. Has also designed in New York for companies including Roundabout Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Radio City Rockettes, NYC Center Encores!, Atlantic Theatre Company, Primary Stages, The Irish Rep, MCC, and Ensemble Studio Theatre among others. Has extensively worked on Broadway, Off Broadway and regionally. Some of his NY credits include Beautiful, The Carole King Musical - also national tour, West End (Olivier Award nomination), and Australia, Japan and UK tours - Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, Allegiance (Drama Desk nomination), Smokey Joe’s Café, and Evita to name a few. Other credits include works for Colorado Ballet and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Regionally, Alejo has designed shows for The Alley Theatre (over 25 productions), Goodspeed Musicals, the Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and The Old Globe. He is the recipient of the 2010 TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejo-vietti-847b516/ |
Photo credit: Jeffrey Lee
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Christina Watanabe (she/her)
Lighting Designer New York, NY Christina is an award-winning New York City based designer for theatre, dance, music, and events. Recent: Where We Stand (WP Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Virginia Stage Company), As You Like It (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Marie Antoinette (Brown/Trinity Rep), pathetic (Minor Theatre), The Wild Party (Post Theatre Company), Peer Gynt (Barnard), Heartbreak House (Gingold Theatrical Group), A Christmas Carol (FL Rep), Into the Woods (Charlottesville Opera), The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Weir, Fireflies, and Private Lives (White Heron Theatre Company), Scissoring (INTAR), Glory (Muhlenberg), Dido of Idaho (Ensemble Studio Theatre), The Fairy Queen (Hofstra), Small World: a fantasia (59E59), Neighbors: A Fair Trade Agreement (INTAR), Daniel’s Husband (Primary Stages/Cherry Lane), I Will Look Forward To This Later (New Ohio). TV: Colin Quinn: Red State Blue State (CNN). Academia: NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (The Tempest, Macbeth, Violet) and Yale Dramatic Association (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Other design work includes cabaret, events, and Ralph Lauren’s Madison Avenue windows. Touring dance and music nationally and internationally. Lincoln Center Festival (2013, 2015-2017). Visiting Professor: NYU Tisch, University of Central Oklahoma. Guest speaker: The League of Professional Theatre Women “A Discussion: Designers and Directors”. USITT Gateway Mentor. MFA: NYU Tisch. Member USA 829. www.StarryEyedLighting.com |
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Joonhee Park (she/her)
Scenic Designer Chicago, IL Joonhee is a freelance scenic designer and educator based in Chicago, IL. She has worked on over 200 productions varying from children's theatre, new works, devised theatre, musicals and operas. Her design work has been recognized regionally by the American College Theatre Festival Region III, nationally by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and internationally at the Prague Quadrennial exhibition held in the Czech Republic. Her photography work has been exhibited in New York City. www.joonheepark-scenicdesign.com |
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Riw Rakkulchon (they/them)
Costume Designer, Scenic Designer New York, NY Riw (pronounced Ree-you) is a Set & Costume Designer, Animator and Chef from Bangkok, Thailand. He/They has worked at Yale Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, Drury Lane Theatre, Asolo Rep, The Acting Company, 59E59, Edinburgh Fringe, Primary Stages, Hartford Stage, The Public Theatre, amongst others. Broadway Associate Set Design: Pass Over, &Juliet, Parade He/They also works with designers Wilson Chin, Riccardo Hernandez, Jason Ardizzone-West, Donyale Werle, Santo Loquasto, Dane Laffrey, Clint Ramos and Walt Spangler. Board member of WithAll, a non-profit Organization on a fight to end eating disorders. IG: @riwrdesign, B.F.A. Ithaca College, M.F.A Yale School of Drama (Donald & Zorca Oenslager Fellowship Award in Design Recipient). Member of United Scenic Artist 829. http://www.riwrdesign.com/work |
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Levi J Wilkins (he/him)
Lighting Designer Chicago, IL I was Born and raised on the southwest side of Chicago, I’ve been a member of the Chicago Theater community since age 6. I began teaching my self lighting at the age of 13. I design for theater, church/worship, dance, concerts and events. I am currently the lighting director at The Faith Community of St. Sabina and a Resident Lighting Designer at The Arkansas Rep Theater. If you take a look at my work you will see that I use lots of color and saturation in my design. This is my calling card and signature style. I use color and texture to evoke emotion and feeling. To reveal and expose the internal conflicts and complexities of a character or a moment. Almost like the lighting is another character on stage with the actors. Some of the Theaters Ive worked with are Northwestern University Theater, What Congo Square Theater, Lookingglass Theater Company, Raven Theater, with Invictus Theater, Constellation Stage & Screen, Flint Rep, A Red Orchid Theater, Pulse Theater, Indiana University NW, Shattered Globe Theater, Metropolis Performing Arts Center and Musical Theater Works, Urban Theater, Definition Theater. Levi is a 3 time Jeff Award Nominee. http://www.fresherlight.com |
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Brandi White (she/her)
Wardrobe & Assistant Costume Designer St. Louis, MO I am a recent grad of The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, where I majored in Costume Construction, but my passions have led me to Wardrobe & Assistant Costume Designing. I have worked Wardrobe with several St. Louis Theatre’s such as Repertory Theatre St. Louis, The Muny, COCA, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. I’ve only been an Assistant Costume Designer once for a Webster Conservatory’s production of The Little Prince, but I wish to gain more Assistant Costume Design opportunities to work with other Costume Designers. https://brandijene.wixsite.com/brandiwhite |
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David Wright (he/him)
Sound Designer, Composer - Orisha Tales Repertory Radio Theatre Company New York, NY David D. Wright (SOUND DESIGNER ), is a nine time "VIV" AUDELCO Award winner for Excellence in Sound Design with one for Musical Direction. He is a multiple award winner of radio and film as well. David. takes this opportunity to thank Olodumare, Gbogbo Egun and Gbogbo Orisa for his success. |
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Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew (she/her)
Lighting Designer, Projection Designer, Puppetry, Devised work and collaboration New York, NY I am an award-winning lighting and projection designer for theatre, dance, opera, musical and music performances, installations and now digital performances. I aim to create a visual environment that is organically integrated into the landscape and language of the production. Furthermore, I have extensive experience working on new, original and ensemble productions. NY Times described them as “clever” and “inventive”. Of all the genres I have designed for, I really enjoy the challenges in designing for operas. Jennifer Tipton said, “lighting is music for the eyes” which I wholeheartedly agree particularly with opera where there is true interdependency between words, music and voice, and visuals in storytelling. Recent operas: White Snake Projects’ Alice in the Pandemic (digital premiere), The Industry’s Sweet Land (premiere and immersive), Kamala Sankaram’s Thumbprint (world premiere), HK Gruber's Gloria - A Pig Tale with Alan Gilbert and Doug Fitch, Schubert’s Fierrabras with Leon Botstein, Gotham Opera’s Orientale, Jonathan Dawe’s Cosi fan tutti, Peter Winkler’s Fox Fables with Rhoda Levine, Tarik O’Regan’s The Wanton Sublime and David Cote’s The Companion (both semi-stage premiere), Aaron Siegel’s Brother Brother (world premiere), Handel’s Alcina with Pocket Opera NY, and Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Isabel Milenski. Aside from designing, I am also a puppetry artist who have originated, designed, and directed contemporary puppetry performances. Most recent is Matthew Welch’s And Here We Are which is composed as shadow puppet opera. Puppetry is a holistic art form which really informs and speaks to my approach as both an artist and a designer. jeanetteyew.com vimeo.com/showcase/jeanetteyew |
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Michi Zaya (they/them, she/her, he/him)
Projection Designer, Stage Director New York, NY Michi Zaya (any pronoun) is a Mongolian theatre director, actor, and creative technologist based in NYC. Michi’s focus is on innovative and experimental storytelling, while telling vulnerable and hopeful stories. Michi works with queer women, trans/non-binary folx and immigrant/international communities- all being very important to their identity. Recent works include designing for Zebra 2.0 (New Ohio ICE FACTORY), bb brecht (The Public Theater - Under the Radar), PASSAGE (The New School), and directing Queer Asian theatre at The Tank. She curated and directed the award winning capstone for the 2022 MA AME program at The New School College of Performing Arts, THE BOY WHO BURNT HIS VILLAGE DOWN. Michi enjoys working with striking and spooky visuals that elevate the stakes of stories that deserve attention, awareness, and care. The New School for Drama’s recipient of the 2021 Judith Malina Award for innovation and advancement of craft, Michi hopes to keep exploring, telling spooky stories, and building spaces for people to see themselves in their art. michizaya.com |
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Fufan Zhang (she/her)
Scenic Designer New York, NY Fufan Zhang is a scenic designer and visual artist based in New York City, born and raised in China. Fufan was a resident scenic designer at National Sawdust for 2017 season, a Donald and Zorca Oenslager Travel Fellowship Award in Design and Pierre-Andre Salim Memorial Scholarship recipient. Fufan received an M.F.A. in Scenic Design from Yale School of Drama and a B.F.A. in stage, film, and television design from The Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. Selective credits include Rough Magic (The New School); The Treatment (IATI Theater); We are not well (The Lee Strasberg Theater); The Nutcracker (The Garde Arts Center); Cry it out, Birds of North America, Arsonist, Where All the Good Rabbits go (Thrown Stone Theater Company); Winterreise Festival and Opening Night Show 2017 Season (National Sawdust); Seven Guitars (Yale Repertory Theatre); The Oresteia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Amy and the Orphans (Yale Iseman Theatre); Mies Julie, Phaedra’s Love, Salt Pepper Ketchup (Yale Cab). Other credits included production design for Yamakawa, How to Kill Juanjuan, The Terrorists (Best Foreign Short Film Award, Seoul International Youth Film Festival), Show Time (Best Film, 48 Hour Film Project, Beijing) and Yashan (Excellent Play in Students’ Drama Festival of Gold Hedgehog, Beijing). Associate/Assistant scenic design included Goodnight Nobody (McCarter Theater Center),The Winter's Tale (Theater for A New Audience), The Ring Cycle (Opera Australia), Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise (The Shed), Ain't No Mo (The Public Theater), King and I (Manchester Opera House) etc. www.zhangfufan.com |
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Christie Zhao (she/her)
Lighting Designer, Producer, Stage Director, Stage Manager, Producing Artistic Director, Production Manager Yun Theatre Christie Zhao 赵元媛 (She/Her) is a Chinese-born theatre director, producer and interdisciplinary artist. She is the founder and artistic director of Yun Theatre. Her past directing credits include Young People Social Death Archive, In Between, a Collection of Short Plays, Caught, Good Enemy, Two Goldfish (Who Become Heroes), Monologues of n Women, and The Good Person of Szechwan. As a director, she has worked with 14/48 Projects, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, SIS Productions, Seattle Public Theatre, and Shattered Glass Project. Additionally, she has worked in production management, stage management, light design, and sound design with Dacha Theatre, Dunya Productions, eSe Teatro, Sound Theatre Company, Swim Pony, School of Drama at the University of Washington, Dum-Canny Alley, and Fertile Ground Festival. Christie discovered her love for theatre in college while initially pursuing a degree in Computer Science. Her style is bold, socially conscious, and thought-provoking. She's drawn to works that address complex social issues, explore identity and culture, and challenge conventional narratives. Christie appreciates storytelling that ignites conversations, highlights underrepresented perspectives, and pushes boundaries. She is deeply passionate about community building and the development of new works. Learn more about here here: https://www.christiezhao.com/ |
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Yi Zhao (he/him)
Lighting Designer Berlin, Germany I am a China-born, France-raised, U.S.-educated lighting designer. I am currently based in Berlin, Germany, and work primarily in the U.S. and Europe, across opera, theater, music, and dance. Informed by a rigorous background in art photography and a passion for music, I often think of lighting design as four-dimensional composition: sculptural, pictorial, and musical at the same time; an all-encompassing vehicle for a communal event. My work is grounded in dramaturgy and driven by the occasion; it encompasses a wide range of forms and aesthetics developed through enduring collaborations. yi-zhao.com |
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Kat C. Zhou (their/theirs; she/hers)
Lighting Designer New York City, NY / Seattle, WA Kat C. Zhou is a lighting designer for theatre, opera, and dance, currently based in New York City. Her designs for opera have been seen at the American Modern Opera Company, the BU Opera Institute, the Harvard College Opera, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players. They have also previously worked as an assistant at the Cincinnati Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Odyssey Opera, Boston Conservatory, and New England Conservatory. Kat is also the inaugural recipient of the Howell Binkley Fellowship. Formerly, they served as the artist-in-residence at the Signet Society (2018-2020), and was the president/managing director of the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players (2013-2017). She holds an MFA in lighting design from Boston University and an AB in mathematics from Harvard College. katzhoudesign.com |
