Theatrical Design
BIOphelia: A Performance-Infused Scholarship Symposium
Scenic Design, Panelist, & Facilitator
Atrium & Film Forum, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Ithaca NY
Directed and Adapted from Shakespeare’s Hamlet by Theo Black
2024
BIOphelia is an ongoing eco-feminist project around the character of Ophelia in Hamlet. Specifically centered on Ophelia’s relationship to medicinal herbs, the central symposium united scholars from several fields to explore the ecological window into Elizabethan Europe. I sculpted the eco-scenographic elements for the featured live performances. Every sculpture was assembled from scavenged/repurposed materials or plants cultivated by the Cornell Botanic Gardens. The structures and plants were distributed to the audience live, recirculated as community fundraisers, reinstalled as artworks, or composted.
Eco-scenographic materials: willow, wire fencing, wood palettes, hemp rope, potted plants (rosemary, rue, calendula, eucalyptus), non-native plants (oriental bittersweet, bush honeysuckle, bush privet, common buckthorn, Japanese knotweed), natural dyes (beet, red cabbage, turmeric, paprika, pokeweed, sumac, soy milk), scrap muslin, burlap, fresh flowers, plastic trough, mannequin. All non-organic materials were sourced from community sources.
A Midsummer Yosemite’s Dream
Scenic Design & Actor (Theseus)
Curry Village Amphitheatre, Yosemite National Park & Wallace Dutra Amphitheatre at UC Merced, Merced CA
Adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream & Directed by Katie Brokaw
2024
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DreamTrain
Lighting Design
Tishman Auditorium at the New School, New York, NY
By
Mendi + Keith Obadike, with the American Composer’s Orchestra
2023
Baby Rock / Rock de Bebe
Scenic & Lighting Design
Black Box at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Ithaca NY
By Carlos de Matteis, Adapted & Directed by Taylor Bazos
2022
As You Like It
Mask-maker
The Cherry Arts Space, Ithaca NY
By William Shakespeare, Directed by Samuel Buggeln
2023
Billy Elliot: The Musical
Projection Design
Mainstage at The Hangar Theater, Ithaca NY
By Elton John and Lee Hall, Directed by Courtney Young
2023
Crisscrossing the Galaxy at Faster than the Speed of Light in Search of a Hug
Scenic Design
KIDDSTUFF Stage at The Hangar Theater, Ithaca NY
By Paco Madden, Directed by Edgardo Soto
2023
The Incredible Book Eating Boy
Scenic Design
KIDDSTUFF Stage at The Hangar Theater, Ithaca NY
By Madhuri Shekar, Directed by Alex Keegan
2023
Asiamnesia
Scenic Design
Black Box at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Ithaca NY
By Sun Mee Chomet, Directed by Sara Pistono & Duoer Jia
2021
Desdemona
Projection Design
Kiplinger Theater at The Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Ithaca NY
By Toni Morrison and Rokia Traore, Directed by Beth Milles
2023
The Pleasures of the Quarrel: Three Parisian Operatic Hits from the Contested Season of 1753
Projection & Lighting Design
Bailey Hall, Ithaca NY
Excerpts from operas by Mondonville, Orlandini, and Dauvergne
Adapted & Directed by Rebecca Harris Warrick & Catherine Turocy, with the NY Baroque Dance Company & Cornell Chamber Orchestra
2022
The Willow Cabin
Director
Black Box at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Ithaca NY
By William Shakespeare, Adapted from Twelfth Night for ASL with Amanda Vialva and Juliette Wolpert
2023
particles suspended in their own fantasy at the southernpost tip of Cayuga Lake