EDUCATION
2006 - 2008 Royal Academy for Dramatic Arts Graduate Diploma – Theatre Design, London England
2005 New York University Abroad Course: Modern British Drama in London
2004 Henry Ford Community College: Advanced Technical Theatre Course
1998 - 2002 College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI: Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2023 Wilde Award for Best Design-Set, Magnolia Ballet, Pt.1, Williamston Theatre 2022 Wilde Award for Best Design- Set, 9 Parts of Desire, Williamston Theatre 2022. Thespie Award for Best Set Design, 9 Parts of Desire, Williamston Theatre 2018 Wilde Award for Best Design- Props, Skeleton Crew, Detroit Public Theatre 2013 Page Award, Outstanding Achievement in Scenic Design, A Little Night Music
1997 Gold Key - “Best of Show” Scholastic Art Show
1997 Portfolio Scholarship - College for Creative Studies
FILM
2023. Production Designer, House of Ka, by Michael Alan Herman, Director:Josie Eli Herman 2022 Production Designer, Kindling, by Joseph Zettelmaier, Director: Erynn Dalton 2022- Present Production Designer, Videographer, Oxide Sessions, Tuxedo Ave Records 2022 Production Designer, Stone Clover Music Videos Director: Pauly Brady 2022 Production Designer, 9 Parts, by Heather Raffo, Director: Mike Mosallam 2017 Production Designer, A Billion to One, Season 1, Director: Marty Shea 2016 Production Designer, Antenna Sketches Director: Mike McGettigan and Mike Eshaq
THEATRE
2024 Set Designer, Bright Half Life, Director: Megan Buckley-Ball, Williamston Theatre 2024 Set Designer, The 39 Steps, Director: Krista Schafer, Open Book Theatre 2022 Set Designer, The Magnolia Ballet, Part 1, Director: Gary Anderson, Williamston Theatre 2022 Props Designer, Hastings Street, Director: Gary Anderson, Plowshares Theatre 2022 Set Designer, The Actors, Director: Joe Bailey. Penny Seats Theatre Company 2022 Set Designer, 9 Parts of Desire, Directors: Ed Nahhat and Sarab Kamoo, Williamston Theatre 2021 Set Designer, The Winter Wolf, Director: Julia Glandor. Penny Seats Theatre Company 2021 Set Designer, Ripper, Director: Josie Eli Herman. Penny Seats Theatre Company 2020 Set and Props Designer, Chasing Clouds, Director: Joey Albright. Roustabout Theatre 2019 Set Designer, Dr. Seward’s Dracula, Director: Joseph Zettelmaier, Penny Seats Theatre Company 2019 Set and Props Designer, Haunted, The Great Lakes Ghost Project, Director: Anna Simmons, Roustabout Theatre 2019 Set Design, Anatomy of a Hug, Director Elizabeth Torrey, Tipping Point Theatre 2019 Set and Props Designer, Mad as a Hatter, Director: Joey Albright, Roustabout Theatre 2018 Set Designer, All Childish Things, Director: Joey Albright, Roustabout Theatre 2018 Set Designer, Northern Aggression, Director: Matt Foss, Tipping Point Theatre 2018 Set and Props Designer, Appropriate, Director: Joe Bailey. Planet Ant Theatre 2018 Set and Props Designer, We Run The World, Director: Lauren Bickers, Planet Ant Theatre 2017 Set and Props Designer, Life Sucks, Director: Joe Bailey, The Ringwald Theatre 2017 Set and Props Designer, Rocky Horror Show, Director: Joe Bailey, The Ringwald Theatre 2017 Props Designer, Skeleton Crew, Director: Steve Broadnax, Detroit Public Theatre 2017 Set and Props Designer, Rocky Horror Show, Director: Joe Bailey, The Ringwald Theatre 2017 Set Designer, The Ladies Foresome, Director: Lynn Wilde, Tipping Point Theatre 2017 Set and Props Designer, Silence! The Musical, Director: Joe Bailey, The Ringwald Theatre 2017 Set and Props Designer, Detroit The Musical, Director: Shawn Handlon, Planet Ant Theatre 2017 Set and Props Designer, Macdeath, A Rock Opera, Director: Shawn Handlon, Planet Ant Theatre 2017 Set and Props Designer, Hand To God, Director: Brandy Joe Plambeck, The Ringwald Theatre 2017 Set Designer, Noises Off, Director: Tobin Hissong, Encore Musical Theatre Company 2017 Props Designer, The Holler Sessions, Detroit Public Theatre 2016 Set and Props Designer, 3C, Director: Joe Bailey, The Ringwald Theatre 2016 Set and Props Designer, Campfire, Director: Brandy Joe Plambeck, The Ringwald Theatre
2016 Set Designer, Don’t Dress For Dinner, Director: James Kuhl , Tipping Point Theatre
2016 Set and Props Designer, Alone With Friends, Director: Kelly Komlen, Planet Ant Theatre
2016 Set and Props Designer, Heathers The Musical, Director: Brandy Joe Plambeck, The Ringwald Theatre
2016 Set Designer, Dancing Lessons, Director: Chris Bremer, The JET Theatre
2016 Set Designer with Tommy Leroy, Mr Burns a post-electric play, Director: Joe Bailey, The Ringwald Theatre
2016 Set, Costume, Props, and Makeup Designer, Antenna, Director: Mike McGettigan, Planet Ant Theatre
2016 Set and Props Designer, I’ll Eat You Last, Director: Jamie Richards, The Ringwald Theatre
2016 Set and Props Designer, Buyer and Cellar, Director: Brandy Joe Plambeck, The Ringwald Theatre
2015-16 Set and Props Designer, Santaland and Seasons Greetings, Director: Brandy Joe Plambeck, The Ringwald Theatre
2015 Props Designer, The Odd Couple, Tipping Point Theatre
2015 Set and Props Designer, The Light in the Piazza, Director Joe Bailey, Two Muses Theatre
2015 Set and Props Designer, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Performance Network
2015 Set Designer, Invasive Species, Tipping Point Theatre
2015 Set and Props Designer, Seance 13, Planet Ant Theatre
2015 Props Designer and Scenic Artist, Salvage, The Performance Network
2015 Set Designer, See You Next Doomsday, Planet Ant Theatre
2015 Props Designer and Scenic Artist, Stones in His Pockets, The Performance Network
2015 Set Designer, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Ringwald Theatre
2015 Set Designer, The Boys in the Band, The Ringwald Theatre
2014 Set and Props Designer, Santaland and Seasons Greetings, Director Jamie Richards, The Ringwald Theatre
2014 Set Designer, How I Became A Pirate. Etico Productions, City Theatre 2013 Set Designer, The Scullery Maid, A World Premiere, Director: Joseph Albright, Jet Theatre
2013 Set Designer, 4000 Miles, Director: Christopher Bremer, Jet Theatre
2013 Set Designer, The Sisters Rosensweig, Director: David Magidson, Jet Theatre
2013 Set Designer, A Little Night Music, Director: Harold Jurkiewicz, Players Guild of Dearborn
2013 Set and Props Designer, Photograph 51, Director: David Magidson, Jet Theatre
2012 Scenic Artist, The Tales of Hoffmann, MSU Opera Theatre
2012 Props Designer and Scenic Artist, Ruined, Director: Gary Anderson, Boll Family ymca Theatre
2012 Set and Props Designer, Race, Director: Chris Bremer, Jet Theatre
2009 Assistant Set Designer, Underground, Director: Owen M. Smith, Designer: Jay Rohloff : Beckett Theatre, Theatre Row, NY (Nominated for a Drama Desk Award)
Design and Technical Set and costume designer, Much Ado About Nothing, Director: Wilson Milam Theatre: GBS Theatre
Experience at RADA Set and costume designer for Ursula, Director: Melanie Jessop Theatre: John Gielgud Theatre
2006-2008 Assistant Designer - Little Women, The Musical, Director: Geoff Bullen Theatre: Vanbrugh Theatre
Set and Costume work experience, Heaven’s Eyes, Pop-up Theatre Company Director: Michael Dalton
Scenic Art Assistant, The Beggar’s Opera, Theatre: Vanbrugh
Hair Stylist, Barbarians, Theatre: GBS Theatre Designer: Keith Orton
2007 Scenic Artist, Happy Days, The National Theatre, London
2005 Meadow Brook Theatre Co., Oakland University – Scenic Artist, And Then They Came For Me; Remembering the World of Anne Frank
2004 Hillel Day School - Set Designer and Makeup Artist - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Director: Robin Lash
THEATRE SKILLS Technical drawing, model making, scenic art, prop making, hairstyling, costume construction
COMPUTER SKILLS Auto Cad, Vectorworks, Photoshop
WORK EXPERIENCE
2004-2006 Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI: Gallery Assistant
2004 Batista Gallery, Ferndale, MI: Gallery Assistant
2002-2003 Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI: Gallery Assistant
2001 College for Creative Studies: Summer School Art Assistant
2000 College for Creative Studies, Children Art Class: Teacher’s Assistant
1999 Mars Advertising Agency: Graphic Department Assistant
SELECTED ART EXHIBITIONS
2011-2012 Designer, Tales of Our Tribes, Shalom Street Children’s Museum, Mi
2011 Designer, From Pharaoh’s Rule To Freedom, Shalom Street Children’s Museum, Mi
2011 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, Mi,
2010-2011 Designer, The Streets of Shushan, Shalom Street Children’s Museum, Mi
2010 Art From the Heart Exhibition, Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, Mi
2010 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, April - May, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Mi
2010 Chamsa Exhibition, Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, Mi
2009 Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
2008 RADA Graduate Design Exhibition, July 4-July 12, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Foyer
2005 The Cichorium Café, Franklin, MI - “Solo Show”
2004 College for Creative Studies Fine Art Gallery, Detroit, MI - Art Exchange
2003 Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI - “Emerging Artists”
2002 Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI
2000 College For Creative Studies - art purchased for “Traveling Art Show”
SELECTED ART COMMISSIONS
2012 Designer for The Tamarack Camp’s Alumni Mezuzah Project for 110th year Anniversary
2011 Mural- The Motor Room, The Friendship Circle, West Bloomfield, MI
2011 Mural- Water Room, The Friendship Circle, West Bloomfield, MI
2010 Mural- Weinberg Village, The Friendship Circle, West Bloomfield, Mi
2010 Mural- Florene and Edward Elkus Memorial Gym, The Friendship Circle, West Bloomfield, Mi
2005 Mural - Kaufman Children’s Center for Speech Language and Sensory Disorders, Inc. West Bloomfield, Mi
2004 Detroit Jewish Federation’s Shalom Street Museum, West Bloomfield, MI
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
2016 “3C” satirizes “Three’s Company” and 1970s sensibilities about gay life", by Frank Anthony Polito, Encore Michigan 2016 “Campfire” at The Ringwald delivers chills and Stephen King-like thrills", by Frank Anthony Polito, Encore Michigan 2016 "Tipping Point romps with “Dinner” bedroom comedy farce", by Patrice Nolan, Encore Michigan
2016 “Alone with Friends” is a party…in the writer’s head", by Amy J. Parrent, Encore Michigan 2015 "Performance Network's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' is a must-see", by Jenn McKee, MLive
2015 "Tipping Point’s ‘Invasive Species’ is a pure Michigan delight", by John Monaghan Detroit Free Press
2015 "Invasive Species: A fish called Toothy", by Martin F. Kohn Encore Michigan 2015 "Ringwald's 'Glengarry Glen Ross' turns up the intensity" by John Monaghan Detroit Free Press
2015 The Boys in The Band: Hell, hell the gang’s all here, by John Quinn Encore Michigan
2013 "JET's 'The Scullery Maid' a triumph of rich staging and suspense”, By John Monaghan Detroit Free Press”
2013 “JET’s 25th Season” by Vivian DeGain My Jewish Detroit
2012 “Race”, The Rogue Critic
2012 “Mamet's 'Race' a sobering commentary on ethics and morals”, by John Quinn Encore Michigan
2009 “An Open Door Policy”, Detroit Jewish News
2008 “Director/ Designer’s notes”, RADA’s Magazine, Issue 5 2008
2006 "Kaufman Children’s Center Expands”, West Bloomfield Beacon
2005 – Present Creating a book with Arnold Shay on his collection of holocaust artwork and my artwork based on his biography.
References upon request