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 




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