My first freelance work for Mile Square Theatre was to make newspaper-style posters with the themes of this play, for use as part of the show’s lobby decorations. I made multiple decals, and had to fit all the information in while making it visually pleasing and period appropriate.
The second play I helped produce this summer was another original, but this one was set to music with no dialogue. The playful chalkboard look represented the homes and classrooms of the childhood setting. I helped build and paint the set, and designed the costumes of the parents (2 hippie parents, 2 sleepy moms, 2 sporty parents, 1 single dad, 2 supportive dads, 2 military parents and 1 single mom) while taking into account that I had a 5 minute scene with all parents rotating in and out and only 5 actors to play them all!
A Mile Square original written by Chris O’Connor in the commedia dell’arte style, I helped produce this play for my summer internship. The setting of the play was old Italy and I aided in the design and making of all the sets, building up walls and painting flats. I also created the costumes for the characters Don and Dona Pantalone (pictured in red, representing their wealthy status), and Captain Spavento (pictured in gold showing his love for drama.)
I just started working on You Cant Take It With You as the set designer.
This was my very first time working as the set designer for a play, and at this point I barely had any experience. All I knew is that I loved sets that amaze the audience, so I was inspired to go big. A lit-up roller coaster suspended from the rafters, an “ocean” of blue fabric, 30 yards, all sewn, that flooded the stage… I can still hear the gasps as “water” emerged from under the audience’s feet. A bookcase with a falling shelf, an elaborately painted fortune teller’s podium.
This was my first time making sets and working as a stagehand…
Acrylic and wall paint on plywood. To create more of an experience for the audience, I added a Cabaret themed entrance, all freehand. 2023.
