Renderings

Medea. 2023

For this design I wanted to look at the story of Medea through a Cyberfeminist lens by examining the dichotomies between men and women, their breakdowns, and focusing on Medea’s journey of becoming monstrous to claim her own self-actualization; visualized by the removal of layers to reveal her raw viscera and metalic elements beneath.

Earworm. 2023

Earworm is the journey of music’s effects on the individual, as well as on the greater population through pop culture. The show then becomes a brightly colored and untidy declaration of independence from our social injustices, constraints and silence. Furthermore, it is a declaration that is easily accessible and relatable.

I sought to emphasis the relatability of the characters as well as show off their inner-selves through their song counterparts.

Abhijnanashakuntalam. 2023

My initial instinct when approaching Abhijnanasakuntalam was to retell this as a story celebrating queer love. I was drawn to many art nouveau paintings and styles early on in my research and I think that is because its excess and decadence reflects the self-actualization of queer culture. Nature and the seasons also became important to my storytelling as well.

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All For You. 2022

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All For You is a satire that highlights many hypocrisies in catholicism that are hidden in plain sight.

For this design, I wanted to evoke a sense of cluttered norm, that on closer inspection, reveals surprising or even unsettling aspects of each character’s psyche; their past trauma, and their current reasons for confronting their old catholic teacher.

She Kills Monsters. 2022

The design direction for She Kills Monsters invoked a sense of nostalgia. Drawing from pop and pulp fantasy culture of the 90's, I attempted to capture how a 15 year old high schooler would fashion her fantastical world utilizing materials and objects that may easily be obtained in her life. I also wanted Tilly's fantasy world to appear more vibrant and alive in contrast to the more pastel colors of the real world that Agnes inhabited.

In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play. 2022

In my vision for In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, I wanted to explore femininity, its definitions, and how it redefines itself outside of conventional constraints.

I imagined the boundaries of the world are loosely defined and cool. Both to reflect the attitudes of the characters towards their partners as well as leave space to allow the characters to redefine themselves within their circumstances.

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. 2022

The themes that stood out to me the most in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot are justice, forgiveness, and depression. I wanted to explore how each character attempts to justify their ideas of justice, who is deserving of forgiveness, and what that self loathing looks like when a character believes they are beyond forgiveness. For many people, Hell is a specific place with spatial qualifiers. For Judas, I believe Hell is not a space physically, but a place mentally and emotionally. Hell is being locked in depression and despair. Hell is that dark personal place his mind has taken him that puts all of his mistakes on display.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. 2015

The primary element from this play that I wanted to utilize in design was the presence of two separate worlds: that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are from the “real world" meanwhile the rest of the characters exist either partially or entirely within the fiction of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Because the characters of absurdist plays are often clichés stuck in repetitive roles, I wanted to play into the cliché of a Hamlet production through Hamlet's costume, and then push the elements of cliché further. The colors of Hamlet and Claudius are bright and acidic which contrasts with the colors of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern whose colors are darker and more earth-toned. I also approached the silhouettes of these two characters as more modern with medieval influences; “how can I achieve a medieval look through modern means?”