Working on a One Act Play for competition always excites me, I find it inspiring to figure out how to create a set that follows the guidelines but pushes the expectations. This production in particular had amazing set pieces that were needed in order for the “Farce” feeling of the script and plot to read clearly.

Working on a One Act Play for competition always excites me, I find it inspiring to figure out how to create a set that follows the guidelines but pushes the expectations. This production in particular had amazing set pieces that were needed in order for the “Farce” feeling of the script and plot to read clearly.

Creating a 1940’s radio studio for this production allowed me to play with color and patterns to create a realistic environment for our black box performances. I tried to create an environment that served a purpose not only to the script but to our performance space as I had to create a space for 14 cast members to be on stage the entire production sharing a 14x 25-foot stage.

After a year a Klein Forest HS, I realized that our student had not performed an actual production in a Black Box theatre space. I wanted to give them that experience and the tools they needed to be a story teller in a much more intimate space. Creating the world for this production of “The Giver“ was honestly a lot of fun, I ran wild while reading the script.

The action of this production takes place mostly in two different homes, and the script revolves around these two families that look very different on the outside but are similar on the inside and the human experiences they share.

Producing the technical elements for “Once on This Island” was a blast of creativity and an exploration of what we could really bring construction-wise. I wanted many levels and areas where the characters could use the space not only to create beautiful pictures but express the choreography on all spaces of the set.

Creating the cigar factory for this production was my opportunity to display what I could bring to technical elements as it was my first production with Klein Forest HS. After falling in love with the play and seeing the characters start to mirror the characters in the novel, I wanted to take the setting and alter the realism. I wanted the actors to be surrounded by this novel and that was the literal concept for my set design.

After reading the script, I envisioned Angels’ apartment but wanted there to be a bigger theme being conveyed by the set. I wanted to create columns that we could light with our wireless LEDs. In doing so, I sketched out an Art Deco-inspired pattern and routed it onto luan sheets that hung on each bi and tri-fold you see pictured below. Inside is the LED that created a stunning full stage picture as the show opened, closed, and shifted scenes.