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Soft Goods

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Independent project

Independent project

Independent project

Original chair

Illinois Shakespeare Festival Pleated Gold Curtains, Banners, and Kabuki Drop ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA

Illinois Shakespeare Festival Pleated Gold Curtains, Banners, and Kabuki Drop ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA

Illinois Shakespeare Festival Pleated Gold Curtains, Banners, and Kabuki Drop ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA

Illinois Shakespeare Festival Stripped, reinforced, arms added, paint treatment, re-upholstered. ELIZABETH REX

Illinois Shakespeare Festival Stripped, reinforced, arms added, paint treatment, re-upholstered. ELIZABETH REX

Illinois Shakespeare Festival Stripped, reinforced, arms added, paint treatment, re-upholstered. ELIZABETH REX

Illinois Shakespeare Festival Starting Point Stripped, reinforced, arms added, paint treatment, re-upholstered. ELIZABETH REX

Actor's Theatre of Louisville Final Product DRACULA

Actor's Theatre of Louisville Starting Point

Illinois Shakespeare Festival MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Illinois Shakespeare Festival ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA

Illinois Shakespeare Festival ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA

Actors Theatre of Louisville Tribes

Actors Theatre of Louisville Dot Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville Dot Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville Dot Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Illinois Shakespeare Festival ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA

Illinois Shakespeare Festival ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA
Prop Carpentry

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece Joint Work

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece Joint work

Actors Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Topper pieces were taken on and off Cantina Bar backstage during the show. Toppers would sleeve in and out of base. Actors Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Bar top made with plexi insert for up-light effects. Actors Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Foam had to have PVC pipe running through it. I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Custom fit inserts to hold multiple runs of PVC pipe. Actors Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Topper Piece had multiple thicknesses of PVC for visual effect. Actors Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece

Made for the Seattle Repertory Theatre Prop Stock

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece Progress Shot

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece Progress Shot

Seattle Repertory Theatre Stock Piece Progress Shot

Des Moines Metro Opera ROMEO ET JULIET

Des Moines Metro Opera ROMEO ET JULIET

Des Moines Metro Opera ROMEO ET JULIET

Illinois Shakespeare Festival ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA

Illinois Shakespeare Festival ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA

Illinois Shakespeare Festival ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA

Illinois Shakespeare Festival MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Tree made to repeatedly break per performance, but also hold together while being rolled around the planked stage.

Illinois Shakespeare Festival MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Tree made to repeatedly break per performance, but also hold together while being rolled around the planked stage.

Illinois Shakespeare Festival MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Tree made to repeatedly break per performance, but also hold together while being rolled around the planked stage.

Illinois Shakespeare Festival MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Tree made to repeatedly break per performance, but also hold together while being rolled around the planked stage.

Cardboard boxes outfitted with plywood structure to support actors climbing on them, and bolted together to create one unit. Actors Theatre of Louisville The Last Five Years

Cardboard boxes outfitted with plywood structure to support actors climbing on them, and bolted together to create one unit. Actors Theatre of Louisville The Last Five Years

Ikea children chairs- Original on the left, final edit on the right. 18 chairs in total. Actors Theatre of Louisville Glory of the World Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays
Paint


Original Image comparision


Original Image

Independant Project

Acrylic Time: 30 Minutes

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee State University of New York at Fredonia

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee State University of New York at Fredonia

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee State University of New York at Fredonia

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee State University of New York at Fredonia

Actors Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

State University of New York at Fredonia The Sound of Music

Seattle Repertory Theatre Hound of the Baskervilles

Illinois Shakespeare Festival MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Illinois Shakespeare Festival MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Illinois Shakespeare Festival MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Illinois Shakespeare Festival MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Scenic Artist/Misc Paint Samples
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The Hillman Opera Susannah

The Hillman Opera Susannah

The Hillman Opera Susannah

Broadway Bound Children's Theatre Grease
Carving and Casting

Original Concept Design by Dustin Beasley

Original Concept Design by Dustin Beasley

In-progress Original Concept Design by Dustin Beasley

Original water color design- Dustin Beasley

AI Tens, Actor's Theatre of Louisville Monster puppet was operated by an actor hidden inside the puppet.

Actors Theatre of Louisville So Unnatural a Level Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville So Unnatural a Level Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville The Roommate Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays Multiple figures broken per performance, cast as hollow to contain bags of fake drugs.

Actors Theatre of Louisville The Roommate Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays Multiple figures broken per performance, cast as hollow to contain bags of fake drugs.

Actors Theatre of Louisville The Roommate Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays Multiple figures broken per performance, cast as hollow to contain bags of fake drugs.

Actors Theatre of Louisville The Roommate Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays Multiple figures broken per performance, cast as hollow to contain bags of fake drugs.

Seattle Repertory Theatre HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

Seattle Repertory Theatre HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

Seattle Repertory Theatre HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

Seattle Repertory Theatre HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Crafts

Actor's Theatre of Louisville A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Actor's Theatre of Louisville A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Faux leather treatment

Starting point

Actor's Theatre of Louisville The Roommate Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actor's Theatre of Louisville The Roommate Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actor's Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actor's Theatre of Louisville I Promised Myself to Live Faster Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actor's Theatre of Louisville I Will Be Gone Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actor's Theatre of Louisville I Will Be Gone Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actor's Theatre of Louisville I Will Be Gone Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actor's Theatre of Louisville I Will Be Gone Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Display had to fit within a 3" deep window. Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Original Research Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actor's Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actor's Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Cut from spindle stock

Cut from spindle stock

Des Moines Metro Opera Romeo et Juliette

Des Moines Metro Opera Romeo et Juliette

Des Moines Metro Opera Romeo et Juliette

State University of New York at Fredonia The Sound of Music
Fake Food

Des Moines Metro Opera ROMEO ET JULIETTE

Des Moines Metro Opera ROMEO ET JULIETTE

Des Moines Metro Opera ROMEO ET JULIETTE

Des Moines Metro Opera ROMEO ET JULIETTE

Actor's Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actor's Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville That High Lonesome Sound

Actors Theatre of Louisville That High Lonesome Sound

Actor's Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actor's Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actor's Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actor's Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol
Paper Props

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville Tribes

Actors Theatre of Louisville Tribes

Actors Theatre of Louisville Dot Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville Dot Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville Dot Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville Dot Part of the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville The Last Five Years

Actors Theatre of Louisville The Last Five Years

Actors Theatre of Louisville AI Tens So Unnatural a Level

Actors Theatre of Louisville AI Tens So Unnatural a Level
Set Dressing

SUNY Fredonia Department of Theatre and Dance THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

SUNY Fredonia Department of Theatre and Dance THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

SUNY Fredonia Department of Theatre and Dance THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

SUNY Fredonia Department of Theatre and Dance THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Seattle Repertory Theatre WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Seattle Repertory Theatre WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Seattle Repertory Theatre THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

Seattle Repertory Theatre THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Prop Master Work
Note: These academic settings required the Prop Master to also act as main artisan and set dresser.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Nick Menge Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Nick Menge Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Nick Menge Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Nick Menge Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Nick Menge Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Nick Menge Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Nick Menge Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Nick Menge Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.
The Sound of Music

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Gregory Kaye Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Gregory Kaye Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Gregory Kaye Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Gregory Kaye Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Gregory Kaye Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Gregory Kaye Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Gregory Kaye Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.

Props Master: Samantha Sayers Scenic Designer: Gregory Kaye Directed by Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord Produced by the department of Theatre and Dance at Fredonia.