Charge Scenic Artist: Jump
Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit, 2024.
Scenic Designer and Charge Scenic Artist: Viscera Exposed
Western Michigan University, 2020.
Viscera Exposed, an original student performance piece exploring human connection through technology within a worldwide pandemic.
Audience members stood in front of suspended mirror clusters for the short performance piece.
The cast rehearsing with floor layout. A colorful band runs through the open space to connect two clusters of mirrors.
Floor elevation and color samples, painted to scale.
Laying in color before lining.
Finished design.
Deck layout, drafted in Vectorworks.
Charge Scenic Artist: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Western Michigan University, 2019. Scenic design: Dave Nofsinger.
Paint sample for floor treatment next to elevations from scenic designer.
Wood texture samples next to swatches.
Backdrop elevation from scenic designer next to color swatches.
Bases of all five drops were painted with an HPLV spray gun.
All drops painted and hung and floor base completed.
Foam carved tree sculpture, approx. 9' tall. Insulation foam wraps around the base of the tree.
Final paint treatment on foam carved tree.
Foam carved pistol sculpture that was later suspended in the air.
Production photo, detail of foam carved tree and mountain in background.
Finished pistol hanging at top left.
Scenic Artist: Restoration Comedy
Western Michigan University, 2019. Scenic design: Dave Nofsinger. Assistant scenic design: Lizzy Soglin.
Restoration Comedy took place on a false proscenium built in a black box theater. The proscenium was painted with an aged marble texture, and the small raked stage painted to look like wood flooring.
Detail of foam carved sun, moon, and a pair of cherubs at center.
Proscenium during preshow, detail of marble floor texture.
Charge Scenic Artist: Othello
Festival 56, Princeton IL, 2019. Scenic design: Christopher Gadomski.
A Shakespeare in the park show. Summer rains meant the deck needed to have traction for performers, so the paint used underfoot was mixed with sand for extra grit.
Original scenic model by designer Christopher Gadomski.
Scenic Designer and Charge Scenic Artist: Sunday in the Park with George
Western Michigan University, 2020.
Scenic design for Sunday in the Park with George at Western Michigan University, COVID-impacted.
Paint sample for the backdrop.
Using a large sponge attached to a stick to create pointillist texture across the backrop.
Detail of texture on the backdrop.
Pre-COVID scenic rendering, originally intended to be performed on a proscenium stage. Rendered in Photoshop.
Floor elevation for original production, which became the texture for the backdrop in the outdoor production.
Deck layout for original production, drafted in Vectorworks.
Build plan for a studio ladder intended for the original production, drafted in AutoCAD.
Scenic Artist: Yankee Tavern
The Playhouse at White Lake, MI, 2018. Scenic Design: Brian Goodman.
The bar top is stretched canvas painted with a faux wood texture.
Foam carving
In-shop view of the 360° landscape feature for Mars: The Next Giant Leap, by Ravenswood Studio. Internal plywood structure is layered in white bead foam, carved into geological elements, hard-coated with a joint compound mixture.
Volute from a Rosco foam-carving workshop.
Beginning of foam tree build.
Onsite construction underway for the Mars exhibit, patching seams with an epoxy filler and attaching miniature elements to the surface of the landscape.
Decorative leaf from a Rosco foam-carving workshop.
Final look of foam tree. Spray foam added for a band of texture around the trunk.
Wood graining
Parquet floor for No Man’s Land at Steppenwolf Theatre, by Ravenswood Studio.
Marble flat
Marble base.
Faux brick texture
Detail of a brick wall painted for a show at The Playhouse at White Lake.
Wood grain floor texture for Little Women at Festival 56.
Finished marble flat, with shaded and highlighted trim and cartouche.
Flat project for stagecraft class at Western Michigan University
Image transferred with charcoal, white paint of circle on rear side of flat.
Finalized front image.
Flat lit from behind.
Flat painted for a show at The Playhouse at White Lake
Starting the flat, image transferred using charcoal.
Final flat.
Scenic design projects and renderings
Sketches of a proscenium for Dracula, a class project.
Final scenic rendering for Dracula, painted with gouache.
A white model of a forced-perspective street.
Model of a cave inspired scenic design.