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EDUCATION
University of Washington, Seattle, WA                     Masters of Fine Arts, Scenic Design, June 2015
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA                   Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Arts, May 2009


SCENIC DESIGN
PRODUCTION
Waitress
​The Last Five Years
​POTUS
​The Lehman Trilogy
​The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
​And So That Happened...

​XY
Marriage of Figaro
The Revolutionists
​Three Sisters
The Tempest
The 25th Annual Putnam County [...]
​Pass Over
As You Like It
She Stoops to Conquer
The Odyssey
​Uncle Vanya
​Fire Season
​My Antonia
​Arms and the Man
​Skylight
​O+E
An Octoroon
Ironbound
​Big Rock
​HIR
​The Three Feathers
​Howl's Moving Castle
​The Government Inspector
​The Events
​Barbecue
Coriolanus
An American Dream
Giselle Reimagined
​Alex and Aris
Alice in Wonderland Burlesque
​Price and Prejudice
Grounded
​Free Boy
​The Trojan Women
Land of the Sweets
​Peter and the Starcatcher
​Twister Beach
Bad Apples
​The Things are Against Us
​Death on the Supermarket Shelf
The Life and Many Deaths of Peter Pan
The Dead Man on the Drugstore Floor
​Really Really
​Bootycandy

Twelfth Night or What You Will
Cold Empty Terrible
The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes
Cowboy Mouth
The Real Inspector Hound
Julius Caesar
Instructions
Stop Kiss
The Abdication
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
14/48
Vitriol
Quickies 12
The Skriker
The Misanthrope
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Three Sisters
Working: The Musical
A Taste of Honey
The Greatest Plays Ever Written...
The Oedipal Duplex
The Woman in Black
Beyond Therapy
 * denotes productions in progress
PRODUCER
5th Avenue Theatre
ACT Theatre & 5th Avenue Theatre
ACT Theatre
ACT Theatre
​Seattle Children's Theatre
​5th Avenue Theatre
Village Theatre
​Kentucky Opera
ArtsWest
UW School of Drama
​Seattle Shakespeare Company
​The Village Theatre
ACT Theatre
Seattle Shakespeare Company
Seattle Shakespeare Company
​Seattle Opera
​The Seagull Project
Seattle Public Theatre
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Seattle Shakespeare Company
​ACT Theatre
Seattle Opera
ArtsWest Playhouse
Seattle Public Theatre
​Onward Ho! Productions
Intiman Theatre, ArtsWest Playhouse

Seattle Opera
​Book-It Repertory Theatre
​Seattle Shakespeare Company
​The Base
​Intiman Theatre
Rebel Kat Productions
​Seattle Opera
​House of Verlaine
​ACT Theatre

​Verlaine & McCann Presents
​Theatreworks

​Seattle Public Theatre
5th Avenue Theatre School Tour
​Civic Rep
​Verlaine & McCann Presents
​ArtsWest Playhouse
​Cafe Nordo
​ACT Theatre, ArtsWest, Circle X
​Washington Ensemble Theatre
Centerstage Theatre
​Seattle Fringe Festival
​Jewel Box Theatre
ArtsWest Playhouse
Intiman Theatre

UW School of Drama
UW School of Drama

The Village Theatre
UW School of Drama
UW School of Drama
Handwritten Productions
Geoff Korf Research
UW School of Drama
Handwritten Productions
Ghost Light Theatricals
Three Card Monty/One World Theatre
Handwritten Productions
Live Girls!
Ghost Light Theatricals
Eclectic Theatre Company
Ghost Light Theatricals
Ghost Light Theatricals
Eastside Catholic High School
Eclectic Theatre Company
Probably Forgettable Productions
Ghost Light Theatricals
UPS Theatre Arts
UPS Theatre Arts
DIRECTOR
Lisa Shriver
​Shermona Mitchell
Jillian Aramenante
​John Langs
​Jéhan Òsanyìn

Desdemona Chiang
​Hunter Bird
​Kelly Kitchens
Kelly Kitchens
Jeffrey Frace
Annie Lareau
Brandon Ivie
Tim Bond
Kelly Kitchens
Makaela Pollock
​Harry Jamieson
​John Langs
Kelly Kitchens
Annie Lareau
David Armstrong
John Langs
Kelly Kitchens
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Kelly Kitchens

Laurel Garcia
​Jennifer Zeyl

​Kelly Kitchens
​Myra Platt
​Allison Narver
​Peggy Piacenza
​Malika Oyetimein
​Emily Penick

​Peter Kazaras
Lily Verlaine
​John Langs

Lily Verlaine
Kelly Kitchens

​Kelly Kitchens
​Valerie Curtis-Newton
Leah Adcock-Starr
Lily Verlaine
​Eric Ankrim
​Mark Siano
​John Langs
​Bobbin Ramsey
Tina Polzin
Leah Adcock-Starr
​Jane Kaplan
Mikaela Pollock

Malika Oyetimein

Leah Adcock-Starr
Whit MccLaughlin
Brandon Ivie
Jeffrey Frace
Desdemona Chiang
Leah Adcock-Starr
Leah Adcock-Starr
Leah Adcock-Starr
Rachel Wolfe
Rob Raas-Bergquist
Seattle Artists
Tom Dewey
Meghan Arnette
Beth Raas-Bergquist
Kate Huisentruit
Rob Raas-Bergquist
Nikki Przasnyski
Leslie Spiro
Nicol Cabe
Phoebe Keleman
Beth Raas-Bergquist
Pat Casados
Tom Dewey
YEAR
2025
​2025
​2024
​2024
​2023
​2022
​2020
2020
2020
2019
​2019
​2019
2019
​2019
2019
​2019
2019
​2019
​2018
​2018
​2018
2018
2018
2018
​2018
​2018
​2018
​2017
2017
2017
​2017
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​2017
​2017
​2017
​2017
​2017
​2017
​2017
​2016
2016
​2016
​2016
​2016
​2016
​2016
​2016
​2016
​2015

2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
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2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
2009
2008

PRODUCTION
POSITION
Concept Developer
​Costume Designer
Assistant Technical Director
​Costume Designer
Productions Manager
Costume Designer
Assistant SM
Stage Manager
Production Manager
Stage Manager
Production Manager
Production Manager &
      Lighting Designer
Assistant SM
Props Master
Props Master
Props Master
Props Master
Rehearsal SM
Light Board Operator
Assistant SM
Lighting Designer &
      Props Master
Director
Production Assistant
Assistant SM
Running Crew
Director
PRODUCTION
Bill's Bash: Hamlet
​Trojan Women
​Wedding Band
​Bus Stop

Julius Caesar
Instructions
Yellow Face
Vitriol Staged Reading
Vitriol
Battle of the Bards
Vitriol: A Reading
Troilus and Cressida

Angels Fall
When I [...] I’m Alive!
The Three Sisters
The Oedipal Duplex
The Believers
Romeo and Juliet
Path to Illumination
Eyes for Consuela
The Woman in Black

15 Minute Hamlet
Double Shot Festival
Yarns on Strings
Raised in Captivity
Art for Art's Sake
PRODUCER
Seattle Shakespeare Company
Civic Rep
​Intiman Theatre
​UW School of Drama
Handwritten Productions
Geoff Korf Research
OSF FAIR Program
OSF Midnight Project
Handwritten Productions
Ghost Light Theatricals
Handwritten Productions
Handwritten Productions

Our American Theatre
Annex Theatre
Ghost Light Theatricals
Ghost Light Theatricals
Annex Theatre
Seattle Children’s Theatre
Ubiquitous They
Our American Theatre
UPS Theatre Arts 

UPS Theatre Arts
Northwest Playwrights
UPS Theatre Arts
UPS Theatre Arts
UPS Student Theatre
DIRECTOR
Makaela Pollock
​Leah Adcock-Starr
​Valerie Curtis-Newton
​Sean Ryan
Leah Adcock-Starr
Leah Adcock-Starr
Nelson Eusebio III
Nic Adams
Tom Dewey
GLT Members
Tom Dewey
Rachel Wolfe

Julie Beckman
Kristina Southerland
Nikki Przasnyski
Beth Raas-Bergquist
Jim Bovino
Carol Roscoe
Doug Willot
Susanna Burney
Pat Casados     

Julia H Welch
NPA Members
Devon LaBelle
Kat Sorensen
Julia H Welch
YEAR
2021
​2017
​2016
​2015
2013
2013
2012
2012
2011 
2011
2011 
2010

2010
2010
2010 
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009

2008
2008
2007
2007
2007

​TEACHING
Scenic Design Seminar & Studio, University of Washington, Spring 2022
Senior Mentorship, Cornish College of the Arts, Spring 2021
Scenic Design Seminar & Studio, University of Washington, Fall 2020
Theatre Practicum: Scenic Design, University of Washington, Fall 2019

Theatre Practicum: Scenic Design, University of Washington, Winter 2019

Scenic Design, Pacific Lutheran University, Fall 2018
Theatre Practicum: Scenography, University of Washington, Spring 2018
Introduction to Scenic Design Course, TA (Professor Phillip Lienau), University of Washington, Spring 2015
Senior Theatre Festival, Guest Lecturer (Professor Kurt Walls), University of Puget Sound, Spring 2015
Rapier and Dagger Class, TA (Instructor Geof Alm), Freehold Theatre, Spring 2011
Unarmed Combat Class, TA (Instructor Geof Alm), Freehold Theatre, Fall 201
Introduction to Design Course, TA (Professor Carey Wong), University of Puget Sound, Spring 2008
Improvisational Comedy Workshop, Annie Wright High School, Fall 2008

RELATED EXPERIENCE
Assistant to Donyale Werle: Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (5th Avenue Theatre, 2017)
​Assistant to Walt Spangler: A Room with a View (5th Avenue Theatre, 2014)

Assistant to Thomas Lynch: Williams One Acts (UW School of Drama, 2013)
Assistant to Matthew Smucker: The Invisible Hand (ACT Theatre, 2014)
​          Brooklyn Bridge (Seattle Children's Theatre, 2016);
​          The Mysteries of Love and Sex (ACT Theatre, 2016)
​          Man of La Mancha (5th Avenue Theatre, 2016)
​          Spring Awakening (5th Avenue Theatre, 2024)
Assistant to Jennifer Zeyl: Cradle Will Rock (UW Drama, 2015)
​          Worse Than Tigers (ACT Theatre, 2016)
​          Trouble In Mind (The Guthrie, 2016)
​          Dragon Lady (Intiman, 2017)
​          Nina Simone: Four Women (Seattle Repertory Theatre, 2019)
​          The Hobbit (Pittsburgh Public Theatre, 2024)
​
Assistant to Bill Forrester: 
Xanadu (The Village Theatre, 2013)
​          Funny Girl (The Village Theatre, 2014)
          
Dracula,  (Utah Shakespeare Festival, 2015)
​          The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Utah Shakespeare Festival, 2015)
          Billy Elliot (The Village Theatre, 2016)
Assistant to Carey Wong: Scenic Design Course (University of Puget Sound, 2008)
Assistant to Tom Sturge: In The Heights (The Village Theatre, 2014)
          Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (ACT Theatre, 2015)

Assistant to Carol Wolfe Clay: The Pajama Game (5th Avenue Theatre, 2016)
Assistant to Deborah Trout: F*cking A (UW Drama, 2016)


Oregon Shakespeare Festival: FAIR Scenic Apprentice, Spring 2012
Seattle Children's Theatre: Education Intern, Summer 2009

​COMMUNITY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Designer in Residence, Seven Devils New Play Foundry: Playwrights Conference, May 2023
Designer in Residence, Seven Devils New Play Foundry: Playwrights Conference, June 2021
UW Scene Shop Assistant, 2012-2015
​UW Costume Shop Assistant, 2014

Participating Designer, 14/48 Theater Festival, 2011
University of Puget Sound Scene Shop Volunteer, 2006-2009


​PROFESSIONAL AFILIATIONS
United Scenic Artists Local 829, Member, 2020-Current
Theatre Puget Sound, Member, 2009-2012
Society of American Fight Directors, Advanced Actor Combatant Member, 2009-2012

​COMMERCIAL DESIGN
Welchman Studios, 2023-Current (Interior Design)
Park(ing) Day Installation for Nature Valley, 2017 (Design)
Adult Swim Commercial, 2014 (Set Decorator Intern)

HONORS, AWARDS AND  SCHOLARSHIPS
BroadwayWorld Seattle Best Scenic Design in a Play or Musical (Nomination) 2024 - POTUS
BroadwayWorld Seattle Best Scenic Design in a Play or Musical (Nomination) 2024 - The Lehman Trilogy
Gypsy Rose Lee Award Excellence in Set Design (Nomination) 2019 - 
Pass Over
Seattle Critic's Choice Awards, Best Scenic Design (Honorable Mention) 2019 - She Stoops to Conquer
Gregory Awards, Excellence in Scenic Design (Nomination) 2019 - Skylight
Gypsy Rose Lee Award Excellence in Set Design (Nomination) 2018 - An Octoroon

Gregory Awards, People's Choice: Outstanding Designer (Winner) 2018 - Honored for the 2017-2017 Season
Gypsy Rose Lee Award Excellence in Set Design (Nomination) 2017 - Coriolanus: Fight Like A Bitch
Seattle Times Footlight Awards: Supurb Set (Winner) 2016 - The Things Are Against Us
Gypsy Rose Lee Award Excellence in Set Design (Winner) 2016 - 
The Things Are Against Us
​Broadway World Seattle Awards: Best Scenic Design (Nomination) 2011
University of Washington School of Drama: Shelley and Phil Schermer Scholarship for technical theatre
University of Puget Sound: Honors in the Major
University of Puget Sound: Allie Jones Scholarship for outstanding work in technical theatre
University of Puget Sound: Scenic Scholarship
University of Puget Sound: Pedagogue Scholarship


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