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
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
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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 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2013 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
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
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
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
Theatre Puget Sound, Member, 2009-2012
Society of American Fight Directors, Advanced Actor Combatant Member, 2009-2012
COMMERCIAL DESIGN
Park(ing) Day Installation for Nature Valley, 2017 (Design)
Adult Swim Commercial, 2014 (Set Decorator Intern)
Adult Swim Commercial, 2014 (Set Decorator Intern)
HONORS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Gypsy Rose Lee Award Excellence in Set Design (Nomination) 2019 - Pass Over
BWW 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
BWW 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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