SKILLS...

  • Vectorworks & AutoCAD
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Audacity, QLab & iMovie
  • Wordpress & Weebly
  • Projection Design
  • Production Design (Film/TV)
  • Hand Drafting
  • Scale Model Building
  • Scenic Painting
  • Drawing & Sculpting
  • Stage Management
  • Props & Carpentry
  • Archeology & Anthropology
  • German, French, & Spanish
  • Ballet, Jazz, & Modern Dance

TRAINING...

     California Institute of the Arts
     M.F.A., Scenic Design, 1999

     University of Michigan
     B.A., Anthropology, 1996
Mentor:  Chris Barreca


Mentor:  Conrad Kottak

WORK...

 Dorset Theatre Festival, Dorset, VT
Scenic Designer, 2018
    "Ann" (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, Dorset Playhouse)
    
 Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, MA
Scenic Designer, 2018
    "Heisenberg" (Dir. Tina Packer, Tina Packer Playhouse)
    
 Chester Theatre Company, Chester, MA
Scenic Designer, 2017 - 18
    "Disgraced" (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, Chester Town Hall Theater)
    "I and You" (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, Chester Town Hall Theater)

 University of Albany Theatre Department, Albany, NY
Scenic Designer Adjunct, 2016 - 18
    "Hair" (Dir. Chad Larabee, PAC Main Stage Theater)
    "A Doll's House" (Dir. Karla Kash, Studio Theater)
    "Water by the Spoonful" (Dir. Kim Stauffer, Studio Theater)

    *Instruction in: Scenic Design, Painting, Sound and Projection Design in QLab
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 WAM Theatre Company, Berkshire, MA
Scenic Designer & Associate Artist, 2010 - present
    "Last Wife" (Dir. Kelly Galvin, Shakespeare & Company, Bernstein Theater)
    "Emilie du Chatelet," remount (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, Shakespeare & Company, Tina Packer Playhouse)
    "Bakelite Masterpiece" (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, Berkshire Theatre Group, Unicorn Theater)
    "Holy Laughter" (Dir. Megan Sandberg-Zakian, Barrington Stage Company, St. Germaine Theater)
    "In Darfur" (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, Shakespeare & Company, Bernstein Theater)
    "Emilie du Chatelet" (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, Barrington Stage Company, St. Germaine Theater)
    "The Old Mezzo" (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, Berkshire Museum)
    "The Attic, The Pearls, & 3 Fine Girls" (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, Barrington Stage Co., St. Germaine Theater)
    ​"Melancholy Play" (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, New Stage)
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 Kickwheel Theatre Ensemble, Berkshire, MA
Scenic Designer, 2016
    "Passage" (Dir. Sara Katzoff, Shire City Sanctuary)

 Theatre Institute at Sage, Troy, NY
Scenic Designer & Instructor, 2015
     "Wait Until Dark" (Dir. Leigh Strimbeck, Schacht Theater)
     "Spring Awakening The Musical" (Dir. Leigh Strimbeck, Meader Theater)

​     *Instruction in: Scenic Design and Scenic Painting Seminars (2015)
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 The Adirondack Theatre Festival, Glens Falls, NY
Scenic Designer, 2014
    "The Whale" (Dir. Kristen van Ginhoven, Charles R. Wood Theater)
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 Main Street Stage, North Adams, MA
Scenic Designer, 2009 - 11
    "The Seagull" (Dir. Frank LaFrazia, MSS Theater)
    "On The Verge" (Dir. Don Jordan, MSS Theater)
    "All My Sons" (Dir. Edward Cating, MSS Theater)
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 The Acting Company, New York, NY
Scenic Designer, 2001 - 02
    "Taming of the Shrew" (Dir. Eve Shapiro, National Tour)
    "Pudd'nhead Wilson" (Dir. Walter Dallas, National Tour)
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 The Juilliard School, New York, NY
Scenic Designer & Seminar Instructor, 2000 - 02
    "Richard II" (Dir. Eve Shapiro, McClelland Theater)
    "La Cenerentola" (Dir. Eve Shapiro, Sharp Theater)

    *Instruction in: Scenic Design and Scenic Painting 
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 Present Company Theatre, New York, NY
Scenic & Lighting Designer, 2000 - 02
    "A Place Like This" (Dir. CJ Hopkins, PC Theatorium)
    "The Mermaid" (Dir. Amantha May, 2000 NY Fringe Festival, *scenic only*)
    "A Word to No One" (Dir. Julia Barclay, SITI Company & Greenwich Street Theater)
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 Echo Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA
Scenic Designer, 2000 - 03
    "Uncle Vanya" (Dir. Chris Fields, 24th Street Theater)
    "Ojai Playwrights Conference" (Concept Renderings for 6 New Plays)
    "Ghosts in the Cottonwood" (Dir. Chris Fields, 24th Street Theater)
    "Wild Life" (Dir. Chris Fields, Power House Theater)

 Christopher Barreca  Valencia, CA
Assistant Scenic Designer, 1999 - 2001
    "Marie Christine" (Dir. Graciela Daniele, Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center)
    "L'Universe" (Dir. Gordon Edlestein, Karamazov & MIT Lab, National Tour)
    "Edward II" (Dir. Mark Lamos, ACT San Francisco)
    "Semiramide" (Dir. Travis Preston, Minnesota Opera)

 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Graduate Instructor & Scenic Designer, 1996 - 99
    "Don Juan" (Dir. Alina Szpak, Modular Theater)
    "Tom Thumb" (Dir. Roman Paschka, Studio Theater)
    "After Dinner Joke" (Dir. Amantha May, Black Box Theater)
    "The Bronte Sisters" (Dir. Leah Mercer, Modular Theater)
    "In-Her City" (Dir. Amantha May, Black Box Theatre)

    *Instruction in: Introduction to Scenic Design and Photoshop Instructor (1999-2000)
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 Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit, Detroit, MI
Instructor, T.D., & Scenic Designer, 1993 - 96
    "Recycled" (Dir. Rick Sperling, U.S. Representatives, World Festival of Children’s Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark)
    "Who Killed Johnny Maze" (Dir. Rick Sperling, Touring Show)
    "Crossing 8 Mile" (Dir. Rick Sperling, Touring Show)
    "What Fools These Mortals Be!" (Dir. Rick Sperling, Attic Theater)
    "Runaways" (Dir. Rick Sperling, Attic Theater)

     *Instruction in: Scenic & Lighting Design, Props, Construction, and Stage Management (1993-1996)

TELEVISION...

Art Department & Properties, 1995 - 99
    "Babylon 5" (TNT Productions, Los Angeles CA)
    "Bugs" (BBC One, London, UK)
    "Star Trek Voyager" (Paramount Studios, Hollywood CA)
    "Star Trek Next Generation" (Paramount Studios, Hollywood CA)

FILM...
Production Designer, 1999
     "David Proshker" (Dir. Larry Eisenberg, Pasadena CA)