Education

MFA, Scenic Design

• Florida State University, Tallahassee Florida, 1989 – 1992

BFA, Theatre, Art Minor

• William Carey College, Hattiesburg, MS, 1985 – 1989

BA, English, History Minor

• William Carey College, Hattiesburg, MS, 1985 – 1989

Additional Study

• University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1993-1997
  • PR/Mass Comm
• Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, Russia, 1991
  • Conservatory Exchange

Scene Design

The Warehouse Theatre

• Associate Artistic Director, Scene Designer in Residence, Production Manager, 2008-2014
• Appropriate (canceled due to Covid-19)
• Power of Sail
• Clybourne Park
• The Cake
• All My Sons
• Streetcar Named Desire
• Urinetown
• In The Next Room
• August, Osage County
• Angels in America, Parts I and II
• Strange Snow
• Julius Caesar
• Avenue Q
• The Tempest
• Laughter on the 23 rd Floor
• Eurydice
• A Little Night Music
• November
• Lost In Yonkers
• The 39 Steps
• Merchant of Venice
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Cabaret
• Stones in His Pockets
• The Elephant Man
• Metamorphoses
• A Lesson Before Dying
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
• Amadeus
• Clean House
• 13th of Paris
• Something More Than A Game
• Macbeth
• Hamlet
• Italian American Reconciliation
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• K2
• Catfish Moon
• Elvis People
• The Seagull
• Cloud 9
• Three Cuckolds
• Reckless

Aurora Theatre

• Cinderella (postponed due to Covid-19)
• Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame (with Theatrical Outfit)
• Disney’s Newsies (with Atlanta Lyric)
• In the Heights (with Theatrical Outfit)
• Memphis, The Musical (with Theatrical Outfit)
• Disney’s Mary Poppins
• Hands on a Hardbody

Cincinnati Shakespeare

• Merry Wives of Windsor
• The Tempest
• A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum
• As You Like It
• Tom Sawyer

Actors Express

• Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• Sweeney Todd
• Significant Other
• Six Degrees of Separation

Salt Lake Acting Company

• Harbur Gate
• The Cake

Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival

• Dona Rosita
• Gnadiges Fraulein

Synchronicity Theatre

• The Taming

Mill Mountain Theatre

• Little Shop of Horrors
• A Christmas Carol

Lean Ensemble Theater

• The Humans
• Vanya, Sonya, Masha, and Spike

The Distracted Globe

• Barefoot in The Park
• Beyond Therapy

Newstage Theatre

• The Crucible
• The Exact Center of the Universe
• Closer Than Ever
• The Last Night of Ballyhoo
• Godspell

Properties Fabrication / Scenic Paint / Sculpture

Broadway (fabrication/paint - properties)

• Legally Blonde
• Grease
• Curtains
• Pirate Queen
• Coram Boy
• Inherit the Wind
• Jersey Boys
• Frost/Nixon
• Xanadu
• The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
• The Color Purple (2006 production)

National & International Tours/Regional Theatre (fabrication/paint)

• Jesus Christ Superstar (TTS Studios: for London Barbican, National Tour) - scenic paint
• Mamma Mia (Work Light Productions: Las Vegas production)
• Something Rotten (Work Light Productions: National Tour)
• RENT (Work Light Productions: 20th Anniversary National Tour)
• The Color Purple (Chicago)
• Jersey Boys (1st /2nd National Tours, Las Vegas)
• Spamalot (Las Vegas, Australia)
• Hairspray (London)
• Mamma Mia (Las Vegas, 1st National Tour)
• Something Rotten (2nd National Tour)
• In The Heights (2nd National Tour)
• Cinderella (1st National Tour)
• Nice Work If You Can Get It (1st National Tour)
• The 2007 Tony Awards (Mary Poppins – fabrication for televised production)
• Holland America Cruise Lines, floating fountains (sculptor)
• Lone Star Love (Seattle)

Industrials/Fashion (fabrication/paint)

• L’Oreal Industrial launch for Regenerist
• Gwen Stefani L.A.M.B. launch
• Sarah Jessica Parker for Coty
• The Food Network (Bobby Flay)
• John Frieda

Installations

• The Children’s Museum of the Upstate: Central Climbing Feature (sculptural climber – central feature of entrance with Productions Unlimited)
• Upstate History Museum: Jan Brett interactive installation, Jerry Pinkney interactive installation
• Tallahassee Board of Tourism: “See Tallahassee” installation; Reel Rock Productions: Winter Wonderland Installation
• SCETV “Making It Grow” Television studio design

International

• Brackenhurst International Center, Nairobi Kenya: Smoke
• Stoka BELTS, Bratislava, Slovakia: And David Danced
• Drummond, Edinburgh, Scotland: The Wiz
• AUS, Sharjah/Dubai, United Arab Emirates: hello, my name is…

Academic Experience

Clemson University

• 2008-current
• Associate Professor of Design, Performing Arts in Theatre

Hollins University

• 2015-current
• Visiting Professor, MFA Playwriting Lab Certificate Program in Directing

William Carey University

• 1992–2006
• Professor of Theatre Design, Director of Theatre, 2001-06
• Interim Chair, 2003-04

University of Southern Mississippi

• 1999-2004
• Southern Arena Theatre, Scenic Designer/Charge Artist/Visiting Professor

Texas Tech University

• 2015-18
• Wildwind Performance Lab, MARFA Intensives

Administrative / Leadership / Consulting Experience

The Spoon Group, LLC (NJ/NY)

• Manager, Crafts and Paint, 2006-08

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region IV

• Regional Vice-Chair, 2003-05
• Regional Design Chair, 2001-03
• Regional Design Vice-Chair, 1999-2001

KCACTF

• National Design Committee, 2003-04

National Partners for the Arts in Theatre

• Board of Directors, 2012-15

Southeastern Theatre Conference

• Board of Directors, 1999-2006
• Executive Committee, 2004-06
• Long-Range Planning Committee Chair, 2005 -
• Women in Theatre Interest Group Chair, 2017
• Design Committee 2001-06

Greenville Pecha Kucha Committee

• Board of Directors, 2010-13

Pride of Greenville Men’s Choir

• Board of Directors, 2011-15

South Carolina Theatre Association

• Board of Directors, 2012-13

Mississippi Theatre Association

• Board of Directors, 1998-2005

Saenger Theatre

• Hattiesburg renovation, consultant to Albert and Associate Architects

Honors and Awards

Prague Quadrennial

• 2019 Professional Transformation Featured Exhibitor (juried)

Suzi Bass Award for Best Scene Design for A Musical

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 2018
• In the Heights, 2016
• Mary Poppins, 2014

Creativity Professorship

• Clemson University CAAH $10,000 award

KC/ACTF Faculty Merit Awards in Scene Design

• Godspell, 2017
• Medea, 2013
• Ensemble, 2012
• A Streetcar Named Desire, 2016
• Proof, 2012
• Woyzeck, 2005

Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award

• from Mississippi Legislature 2005

Mississippi Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts

• 2001

Hattiesburg’s Outstanding Citizen

• 1995

HEADWAE Award for Excellence in Teaching by MS Legislature

• 1996

Mississippi Theatre Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts

• 2006

Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honorary Teaching Award

• 2005