SUMMARY
⬥Create designed environments for spaces ranging from 99 seat intimate spaces to 600+ seat venues based on the script, research, and director’s vision.
⬥Collaborate and communicate with the director, design team to creative cohesive designs while working within established budget of time, money and personnel.
⬥Provide CAD drawings, paint elevations, models and any other documents necessary to complete the design and communicate with the production team.
EXPERIENCE
⬥FREELANCE SCENIC DESIGN (2013-present)
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Director: Cynthia Lagodinski Las Positas Community College 03/2026
JUSES CHRIST SUPERSTAR Director: Kimberly Dooley Berkeley Playhouse 02/2025
SHE LOVES ME Director: Dyan Mcbrid Las Positas Community College 03/2024
SHADOW OF THE SON Director: John Davenport. Oxford High School 03/2024
GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR Director: Titian Lish Las Positas Community College 10/2023
SHE LOVES ME Director: Peet Cocke 42nd street moon 06/2023
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Director: Dennis Lickteig 42nd Street moon 03/2023
ANYTHING GOES Director: Nick Ishimaru 42nd street moon 02/2023
NEWSIES Director: Pauls Macs Village Theatre Kidstage 08/2022
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Director: Ryan Weible Berkeley Playhouse 05/2022
ENCORE Director: Dennis Lickteig New Conservatory Theatre Center 05/2022
HIGH FIDELITY Director: Dyan Mcbrid Las Positas Community College 03/2022
DOT Director: ShawnJ West New Conservatory Theatre Center 03/2022
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM Director: Arturo Catricala New Conservatory Theatre Center 12/2021
STRANGERS ON THE TRAIN Director: John Davenport Oxford High School 09/2021
THE WAVERLY GALLERY Director: Mike Reynolds Contra Costa Civic Theatre 03/2020
EARTH TO KENZIE Director: Lamar Legend Seattle Opera School tour 03/2020
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Director: Tyler Christie Hillbarn Theatre 01/2020
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Director: Lauren Love South Puget Sound Community College 11/2019
HELLO DOLLY Director: Sueellen Nelsen Douglas Morrison Theatre 11/2019
IN THE HEIGHTS Director: Faith Bennett Rusell Village Theatre Kidstage 10/2019
IT’S ONLY A PLAY Director: Stephen Muterspaugh Hillbarn Theatre 10/2019
BRIGHT STAR Director: Marilyn Langbehn Contra Costa Civic Theatre 09/2019
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Director: Jennifer BeVard Ray of Light 09/2019
ANYTHING GOES Director: Lee Ann Payne Hillbarn Theatre 08/2019
CINDERELLA Director: Milissa Carey Foothill Music Theatre 07/2019
AGITATORS Director: Valerie Curtis-Newton West of Lenin 06/2019
FUN HOME Director: Lauren Love South Puget Sound Community College 05/2019
MAMMA MIA Director: Hattie Claire Andres Seattle Musical Theatre 03/2019
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAM COAT. Director: Stephanie Renee Maysonave. Broadway By the Bay 03/2019
CRAZY FOR YOU Director: Matthew McCoy Bay Arae Musicals 10/2018
ALLEGIANCE Director: Lily Tung Crystal Contra Costa Civic Theatre 09/2018
RED SCARE ON SUNSET Director: Allen Sawyer New Conservatory Theatre Center 09/2018
SOUND OF MUSIC Director: Milissa Carey Foothill Music Theatre 07/2018
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Director: Shane Ray & Eliza Leoni Ray of Light Theatre 05/2018
THE FULL MONTY Director: Dennis Lickteig Hillbarn Theatre 05/2018
VAYNA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Director: Diana M. Trotter Contra Costa Civic Theatre 04/2018
IT’S ONLY A PLAY Director: Arturo Catricala New Conservatory Theatre Center 03/2018
SECRET IN THE WINGS Director: Jack Phillips Contra Contra Costa Civic Theatre 02/2018
THE ELEPHANT MAN Director: John Maio Altarena Playhouse 05/2017
SORDID LIVES Director: Dennis Lickteig New Conservatory Theatre Center 05/2017
THE LOST YEARS Director: Marilyn Langbehn Contra Costa Civic Theatre 04/2017
LEAVING THE BLUES Director: Arturo Catricala New Conservatory Theatre Center 03/2017
RUMORS Director: Hunt Burdick Hillbarn Theatre 03/2017
WELL Director: Susan Evans Contra Costa Civic Theatre 02/2017
SILENCE, The Musical Director: Jason Hoover Cloud 9 Theatrical, Lang Entertainment Group& Ray of Light Theatre 01/2017
SCROOGE IN LOVE Director: Dyan McBride 42nd Street moon 12/2016
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Director: Dennis Lickteig Palo Alto Players 11/2016
CASA VALENTINA Director: Becca Wolff New Conservatory Theatre Center 10/2016
MY FAIR LADY Director: Daren A. C. Carollo Contra Costa Civic Theatre 09/2016
LEGALLY BLONDE Director: Dan Demers Hillbarn Theatre 08/2016
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Director: Matthew McCoy Bay Area Musicals 07/2016
AMERICAN IDIOT Director: Alex Perez Contra Costa Civic Theatre 06/2016
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Director: Linda Piccone Palo Alto Players 06/2016
ON CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER Director: Ed Decker New Conservatory Theatre Center 05/2016
SWEET CHARITY Director: Erica Abrahamson Hillbarn Theatre 05/2016
THE MOUNTAIN TOP Director: Marilyn Langbehn Contra Costa Civic Theatre 04/2016
MOTHERS AND SONS Director: Arturo Catricala New Conservatory Theatre Center 03/2016
SHE LOVES ME Director: Milissa Carey Foothill College 02/2016
CLEAN HOUSE Director: Erin Merritt Contra Costa Civic Theatre 02/2016
THE MOUNTAIN TOP Director: Ray Renati Pear Ave Theatre 01/2016
MIDDLETOWN Director: Gary Landis Los Altos Stage Company 01/2016
SECRET GARDEN Director: Roger Welch Contra Costa Civic Theatre 11/2015
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Director: Dan Demers Hillbarn Theatre 11/2015
ODD COUPLE Director: Michael Sally Hillbarn Theatre 10/2015
CRANE Director: Mina Morita Ferocious Lotus 09/2015
DEAD MAN’S CELLPHONE Director: Jeffrey Lo Los Altos Stage Company 09/2015
THE NANCE Director: Dennis Lickteig New Conservatory Theatre Center 09/2015
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM Director: Dan Demers Hillbarn Theatre 08/2015
CHINGLISH Director: Lily Tung Crystal Palo Alto Players 06/2015
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM Director: Milissa Carey Foothill Music Theatre 06/2015
OTHER DESERT CITIES Director: Arturo Catricala New Conservatory Theatre Center 03/2015
DOUBT Director: Daren A. C. Carollo Contra Costa Civic Theatre 02/2015
AMADEUS Director: Leslie Lloyd Hillbarn Theatre 01/2015
WHITE CHRISTMAS Director: Virginia Musante Hillbarn Theatre 12/2014
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Director: David Bogdonoff Contra Costa Civic Theatre 11/2014
DIE MOMMIE DIE Director: Allen Sawyer New Conservatory Theatre Center 10/2014
FUNNY GIRL Director: Dan Demers Hillbarn Theatre 08/2014
SOUTH PACIFIC Director: Milissa Carey Foothill Music Theatre 07/2014
FARNSWORTH INVENTION Director: Dave Sikula Palo Alto Players 06/2014
THE COLOR PURPLE Director: Lee Foster Hillbarn Theatre 05/2014
YOUNG FRANKENSYEIN-THE MUSICAL Director: Patrick Klein Palo Alto Players 04/2014
AUGUST, OSAGE COUNTY Director: Marilyn Langbehn Contra Costa Civic Theatre 04/2014
LEND ME A TENOR Director: Hunt Burdick Hillbarn Theatre 03/2014
YELLOW Director: Ed Decker New Conservatory Theatre Center 03/2014
THE HEIRESS Director: Dennis Lickteig Palo Alto Players 01/2014
AVENUE Q Director: Dennis Lickteig New Conservatory Theatre Center 12/2013
MAME Director: Bill Starr Hillbarn Theatre 11/2013
GOD OF CARANGE Director: Jeanie K. Smith Palo Alto Players 11/2013
AMERICAN DREAM Director: Dennis Lickteig New Conservatory Theatre Center 08/2013
SPAMALOT Director: Dan Demers Hillbarn Theatre 08/2013
DIVINE SISTER Director: Allen Sawyer New Conservatory Theatre Center 05/2013
MISS SAIGON Director: Patrick Klein Palo Alto Players 04/2013
LISBON TRAVIATA Director: Dennis Lickteig New Conservatory Theatre Center 02/2013
RESIDENT SCENIC DESIGNER & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR−New Conservatory Theatre Center (2009-2012)
RESIDENT SCENIC DESIGNER & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR−Palo Alto Players (2005-2009)
SCENIC/LIGHTING DESIGNER−Orphan Girl Theatre (2003-2004)
RESIDENT SCENIC DESIGNER & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR−St.Croix Festival Theatre (2001-2002)
SCENIC/LIGHTING DESIGNER−Thunder Bay Theatre (Summer 2001)
AWARD & HONORS
ROGER & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA *2019 The TBA Awards Outstanding Scenic Design*
IT’S ONLY A PLAY *2018 The TBA Awards Outstanding Scenic Design*
MOTHERS AND SONS *2016 The TBA Awards Outstanding Scenic Design*
DIE MOMMIE DIE *2015 The TBA Awards Outstanding Scenic Design*
AUGUST, OSAGE COUNTY *2014 The TBA Awards Outstanding Scenic Design*
SUGAR WITCH *2010 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circles Outstanding Achievement Awards Set Design*
DAMES AT SEA *2009 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circles Outstanding Achievement Awards Set Design*
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE *2018 The TBA Awards Set Design Nomination*
ANYTHING GOES *2019 The TBA Awards Set Design nomination*
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK *2017 TBA Awards Set Design Nomination*
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES *2016 TBA Awards Set Design Nomination*
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM *2016 TBA Awards Set Design Nomination*
ZANNA DON’T *2008 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circles Awards Set Design Nomination*
EDUCATION
Video and Film Production Certificate, University of Washington, Seattle Washington 09/2024-06/2025
M.A Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri. 2000
B.F.A National Taiwan Arts Academy, Taipei, Taiwan 1996
SKILL
Set model building, Vectorworks 3D model, Scenic painting, Set décor/dressing, Video editing (Davinci Resolve), Home staging, Fluent Mandarin.
REFERENCE
John Davenport Sue Konicek Christian Mejia
Theatre director Artistic Director Lighting Lecturer
Oxford High School Open Theatre Project Stanford University
jdavenport@oxfordsd.org stkonice@hotmail.com cvmejia@stanford.edu