events & productions
Curator Walkthrough
latest events
Choreography and Design
Collaboration
with D. Chase Angier & Maureen Weiss
Live Performance Blur Horizon
by Abigail DeVille
Worldbuilding and Ritual Games
Workshop with Shing Yin Khor
HANA KIM - The Outsiders
Projection Designer Hana Kim
Book Adam Rapp and Justin Levine
Music and Lyrics Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Chance) and Justin Levine
Based on the novel by S.E. Hinton
Based on the motion picture by Francis Ford Coppola
Director Danya Taymor
Choreographer Rick and Jeff Kuperman
Music Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Justin Levine
Set Designer AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian
Costume Designer Sarafina Bush
Lighting Designer Brian MacDevitt
Sound Designer Cody Spencer
Music Director Matt Hinkley
SIBYL WICKERSHEIMER - The Lonely Few
scenic designer SIBYL WICKERSHEIMER
costume designer SAMANTHA C. JONES
lighting designer ADAM HONORÉ
sound designer JONATHAN DEANS, MIKE TRACEY
orchestrations ZOE SARNAK, BRYAN PERRI
arrangements ZOE SARNAK
music supervisor BRYAN PERRI
music director MYRNA CONN
keyboard programming RANDY COHEN KEYBOARDS
guitar programming DILLON KONDOR
music coordinator TOMOKO AKABOSHI
dramaturg PHAEDRA MICHELLE SCOTT
production stage manager BESS MARIE GLORIOSO
casting by BETH LIPARI, CSA , PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA, and THE TELSEY OFFICE
DEB O - Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
HANA KIM: Mitridate, re di Ponto
Projection Designer Hana Kim
Conductor David Angus
Stage Director James Darrah
Set Designer Adam Rigg
Costume Designer Molly Irelan
Lighting Designer Pablo Santiago
Wig/Make Up Designer Ronell Oliveri
YVONNE MIRANDA - Nina Simone: Four Women
photo by Michael BrosilowCostume Designer Yvonne L. Miranda
Director / Co-Music Director Malkia Stampley
Co-Music Director / Arranger Pamela Baskin-Watson
Scenic Director Shaun L. Motley
Lighting Designer Jason Lynch
Sound Designer Sartje Pickett
Wig Designer David Zimmerman
Choreographer Marc Wayne
Casting Director Jonathan Hetler
Kansas City Casting Andi Meyer
Associate Director Teresa Leggard
Associate Music Director Matthew Harris
Stage Manager Jordan Canon-Kruis*
Assistant Stage Manager Jade Bruno*
Stage Management Fellow Emily Praff
Line Producer Laura Braza
Line Producer/Casting Associate Annika Perez-Krikorian
Casting Associate María Amenábar Farias
Christine Jones: Taylor Mac & Matt Ray’s Bark of Millions
Set designer: Christine Jones
Taylor Mac, writer, co-director
Matt Ray, composer, music director
Niegel Smith, co-director
Faye Driscoll, co-director, choreographer
Christine Jones, scenic designer
Machine Dazzle, costume designer
John Torres, lighting designer
Jimin Brelsford, sound designer
Scene Shift / The Exhibit
What is the nature of the event that we’re making?
Mimi Lien
Scene Shift: The Exhibit is a chance for the audience to get up close and personal with the work of contemporary scenic designers. Every designer has a different story to tell, sometimes that story is translated into art, and sometimes it is theatre.
Inspired by the book, Scene Shift: US Set Designers in Conversation, the exhibit will feature work by Abigail DeVille, Marsha Ginsberg, Shing Yin Khor, Mimi Lien, Collette Pollard, and Deb O among others.
Yuri Okahana-Benson: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Photos by Josh Lapping
Pictured: Emily Bosco* | Will Nash Broyles | Bec Hyde | Ben Liebert* | Christopher Joel Onken* | Tommy Schoffler | Marjie Shrimpton* | Kimberly Wilpon*
“This timeless tale about the ability to change and feel compassion has been an integral part of the holiday season since it was first published in 1843. Now, 180 years later, Greenbrier Valley Theatre will be producing a new adaption of Dickens’ work written by Catherine Bush.” - Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center
Scenic Design by Yuri Okahana-Benson
Costume Design by Jenna Fawn Brown
Lighting Design by E. Tonry Lathroum
Sound Design by Abigail Coppock
Prop Design by Ashton Webb
Production Stage Management by Elizabeth Salisch, assisted by Mallory Topel
Afsoon Pajoufar: The Band’s Visit
Photos by Afsoon Pajoufar
Set designer: Afsoon Pajoufar
Music and lyrics by David Yazbek; book by Itamar Moses
CREATIVE TEAM
Zi Alikhan# Director
Andra Velis Simon Music Supervisor
Jason Burrow Music Director
Sebastiani Romagnolo Choreographer
Raquel Adorno Costume Designer
Solomon Weisbard^ Lighting Designer
Willow James Sound Designer
Smooch Medina Projection Designer
Brodie Jasch Props Designer
Emely Zepeda* Production Stage Manager (through 10/26)
Miranda Anderson* Stage Manager (10/27 - 11/05)
Mimi Lien: The Social Sculpture Project
Curated by Mimi Lien & Itohan Edoloyi
“a work of art that employs human activity as the ‘medium,’ and strives to structure and shape society or the environment through language, intent, action, and objects” “a collective made up of early career designers/artists present work within the physical space of Lincoln Center that would function as a social sculpture—with the intention of shifting the demographics that have been the foundational underpinnings of Lincoln Center since its inception.”
Collette Pollard: The Lehman Trilogy
“TimeLine presents the Chicago premiere production of the 2022 Tony Award winner for Best Play!
Told in three parts over one evening, The Lehman Trilogy is the quintessential story of western capitalism, rendered through the lens of a single immigrant family. On a cold September morning in 1844, a young Jewish man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is soon joined by his two brothers, and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish—Lehman Brothers—spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, triggering the largest financial crisis in history. Weaving together nearly two centuries of family history, this theatrical event charts the humble beginnings, outrageous successes, and devastating failure of the financial institution that would ultimately bring the global economy to its knees.”
-TimeLine Theatre Company
Scene Shift Conversation
photo by @grettelcortesphotography | set by Yuri Okahana-Benson
You’re Invited!
SCENE SHIFT CONVERSATION
for Directors and Designers
lead by director Jessica Hanna and
scenic designer Yuri Okahana-Benson
along with other special guests!
at Skylight Theatre in Los Angeles
1816 ½ N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
9/10/23 at 4:45pm
after the 3pm performance of Hungry Ghost
Stay after the show for a conversation between directors and set designers as they discuss career pathways, artistic process, and challenges in collaboration.
This Scene Shift Conversation is a FREE unticketed event, so if you decide not to go to Hungry Ghost on 9/10 at 3pm, you can still come to the conversation!
We are so excited to support Skylight Theatre’s season of all female playwrights and directors.
SEE YOU THERE!
Chen-Wei Liao: Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash
Set designer: Chen-Wei Liao
DETAILS COMING SOON!
dots (including Kimie Nishikawa): Infinite Life
Scenic design by dots (including Kimie Nishikawa)
A CO-PRODUCTION WITH NATIONAL THEATRE
BY ANNIE BAKER
DIRECTED BY JAMES MACDONALD
Costume design by Ásta Bennie Hostetter
Makeup, hair, special effects by Freda “Fre” Howard
Lighting design by Isabella Byrd
Sound design Bray Poor
Props by Noah Mease
Associate direction by Caitlin Ryan O’Connell
Movement by Sasha Milavic Davies
Production stage management by Laura Smith
Assistant stage management by Ryan Patrick Kane
Deb O: Ultra Left Violence
photos by Deb O
Set Design – Deb O
Text by Robert Lyons
Directed by Daniel Irizarry
Composer: Rhys Tivey
Set Designer: Deb O.
Costume Designer: Meghan E. Healey
Lighting Designer: Matthew Deinhart
Sound Designer: M Florian Staab
Stage Manager: Emily Hart
Assistant Stage Manager: Ricky Brown
Associate Producer: Amelie Lyons
CAST: Pepper Binkley, Daniel Irizarry, Rhys Tivey, Folami Williams
Deb O: Other Orbits
photos by Deb O
Set Design – Deb O
Director – Rebecca Wright
Sound Design – Elizabeth Atkinson
Costume Design – Nikki Dellhomme
Lighting Design – Maria Shaplin
Choreography – Annie Wilson
Stage Management – Nic Labadie-Bartz, Kel Fleming
Applied Mechanics – Rebecca Wright, Brett Ashley Robinson, Izzy Sazak, MK Tuomanen, Thomas Choinacky, Severin Blake, and Jessica Hurley
Collette Pollard: The Legend of Georgia McBride
photo by Tim Fuller courtesy of Arizona Theatre Company
set designer: Collette Pollard
director: Meredith McDonough
stage manager: Mollie Heil
assistant stage manager: MyKel Marie Hall
original lighting designer: Paul Toben
adapted lighting designer: Victoria Bain
assistant lighting designer: David Shocket
sound designer: Lindsay Jones
associate sound designer: Mathew DeVore
costume designer: Patrick Holt
playwright: Matthew López
movement director: David Roman
“By Matthew Lopez | Directed by Meredith McDonough
This big-hearted, fierce, music-filled comedy has been hailed as “stitch-in-your-side funny” by the New York Times. Casey, an Elvis impersonator with everything going for him, including a flashy sequin jumpsuit, suddenly loses his gig, his rent is overdue, and his wife announces a baby on the way. So, when Elvis leaves the building and a drag show moves in, “The King” transforms into an all-out queen. With some snappy zingers and dance-worthy numbers, this wildly entertaining story challenges assumptions with extraordinary humor and depth.” - Arizona Theatre Company
Afsoon Pajoufar: Out of Character
photo by Afsoon Pajoufar
“Beyond actor and director, much credit for the evening’s success goes to the incredible creativity and skills of the show’s designers. The angular, indented back wall of the bare stage as designed by Afsoon Pajoufar becomes the pallet for the multi-colored, well-timed accent lighting designed by Alexander V. Nichols that underscores the mood, setting, and/or theme…” (reviewed by Theatre Eddys).
Set Design: Afsoon Pajoufar
Written and performed by Ari’el Stachel
Directed by Tony Taccone
Costume Design: Maggi Yule
Lighting/Projections Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Sound Design/Dramaturgy: Madeleine Oldham
Stage Manager: Amanda Spooner
Assistant Stage Manager: Sofie Miller
Photo by Afsoon Pajoufar
Yvonne Miranda: The Royale
Costume Designer: Yvonne Miranda
Director: Tyrone Phillips
Voice & Text Coach: Amani Dorn
Assistant Director: Danielle Davis
Costume Design: Yvonne L. Miranda
Scenic Design: Alyssa Moon Thompson
Lighting Design: Robert Perry
Sound Design & Original Music: Willow James
Movement: Jeb Burris, Rasell Holt, Tyrone Phillips
Assistant Costume Designer: Maegan Pate
Scenic Consultant: Romello Huins
Stage Management Assistant: Jalon Payton
Stage Manager: Alexa Burn
“Theatrical and kinetic, like a boxing ballet, swept along by language that’s beautiful, crisp and crystalline clear.”
Transforming Artistic Practices: Disrupting the Hierarchy of Traditional Creative Teams
“Workshop by Shana Cooper (USA) and Sibyl Wickersheimer (USA)
Using politics of space as an inspiration and the urgency to build healthier creative systems, we investigate barriers to and methods for radical change to collaborative production processes. Starting with spatial configurations of the workshop room, we will explore dynamic physical relationships for generative collaboration. Themes will be focused on international politics and peaceful yet transformative dialogue to solve problems. Each participant will be asked to reinvent previous participants’ contributions taking and tossing ideas intended as exercises to disrupt the hierarchy of traditional creative teams.” - PQ
Ed Haynes: Twelfth Night
Scenic design by Edward E. Haynes Jr.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Dawn Monique Williams
Choreography by Roberta Inscho
Costume design by Melissa Torchia
Lighting design by Sarah Hughey
Sound design /Composition by Elton Bradman
Music direction byJen Marie Davidson
Ed Haynes: The Three Musketeers
Scenic design by Edward E. Haynes Jr.
Written by Kirsten Childs
Directed by Kent Gash
Choreography by Byron Easley
Fight Direction by U. Jonathan Toppo
Costume design by Kara Harmon
Lighting design by Jason Lynch
Projection design by Shawn Duan
Sound design and additional arrangements by Pornchanok (Nok) Kanchanabanca
Music direction by J. Oconer Navarro
Hana Kim: Summer, 1976
“Four-time Emmy Award® winner & Academy Award® nominee Laura Linney (My Name Is Lucy Barton, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes) and Tony Award® nominee Jessica Hecht (The Assembled Parties) return to Broadway in a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and fellow MTC alum David Auburn (Proof, The Columnist). This deeply moving, insightful piece is about connection, memories, and the small moments that can change the course of our lives. Over one fateful summer, an unlikely friendship develops between Diana (Linney), a fiercely iconoclastic artist and single mom, and Alice (Hecht), a free-spirited yet naive young housewife. As the Bicentennial is celebrated across the country, these two young women in Ohio navigate motherhood, ambition, and intimacy, and help each other discover their own independence. Directing is Tony winner Daniel Sullivan (Proof, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes).
Summer, 1976 was commissioned by MTC through the Bank of America New Play Program. Production support is provided by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater.” - Manhattan Theatre Club
Abigail DeVille: In the fullness of time, the heart speaks truths too deep for utterance, but a star remembers.
“In the fullness of time, the heart speaks truths too deep for utterance, but a star remembers. “
Chen Wei Liao: Camelot
Assistant set designer: Chen Wei Liao
Director: Bartlett Sher
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Music: Frederick Loewe
Book: Aaron Sorkin
Original Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Author of the novel, The Once and Future King: T.H. White
Music Direction: Kimberly Grigsby
Choreography: Byron Easley
Sets: Michael Yeargan
Costumes: Jennifer Moeller
Lighting: Lap Chi Chu
Sound: Marc Salzberg & Beth Lake
Projections: 59 Productions
Hair & Wigs: Cookie Jordan
Fight Direction: B.H. Barry
Vocal & Dialect Coach: Kate Wilson
Orchestrations: Robert Russell Bennett & Philip J. Lang
Dance & Choral Arrangements: Trude Rittmann
CSACasting: The Telsey Office, Adam Caldwell
Consulting Producer: Cambra Overend
Music Coordinator: David Lai
Props Supervisor: Kathy Fabian/Propstar
Associate Director: Isabel Perry
Associate Choreographer: Sarah Parker
Production Stage Manager: Charles Means
Mimi Lien: Sweeney Todd’s The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
image from Mimi Lien
“It’s all very grand — and very sinister.” - Jackson McHenry, “How Mimi Lien Designed a Stage Built for Beheadings” from The Vulture
Scenic Design by Mimi Lien
Costume Design by Emilio Sosa
Lighting Design by Natasha Katz
Sound Design by Nevin Steinberg
Wig, Hair, Make Up Design by J. Jared Janas
Special Effects Design by Jeremy Chernick
Casting by The Telsey Office
Music Coordination by David Lai
Music Conductor and Direction by Kristen Blodgette
63rd USITT annual conference & stage expo
Scene Shift will be at USITT promoting our book!
“Stage Expo is a mecca of hands-on opportunities such as console demos, digital media playgrounds, lighting labs, makeup demonstrations, and more. “
Lael Jellinek: OKLAHOMA!
Photo by Oklahoma West End
Scenic design by Lael Jellinek & Grace Laubacher
Orchestrations, arrangements and co-music supervision by Daniel Kluger
Choreography by John Heginbotham
Costume design by Terese Wadden
Lighting design by Scott Zielinski
Sound design by Drew Levy
Projection design by Joshua Thorson
Co-music supervision and additional vocal arrangements by Nathan Koci
“Designing spaces for conversations” by Geoffrey Waring
Designing spaces for conversations
by Geoffrey Waring USC Dramatic Arts