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VIDEO / PROJECTION DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTION   THEATRE   DIRECTOR   YEAR
CONCERNING STRANGE DEVICES FROM THE DISTANT WEST by Naomi Lizuka Berkeley Repertory Theatre Les Waters 2010
THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Benjamin Britten Boston Lyric Opera Sam Helfrich 2010
THE THREEPENNY OPERA by Bertold Brecht & Kurt Weill Julliard Sam Gold 2009
REBORNING by Zayd Dohrn SPF at the Public Theater Kip Fagan 2009
TELETHON by Kriston Newbom Clubbed Thumb Ken Rus Schmoll 2009
SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE by Dan LeFranc Page 73 Productions & Soho Repertory, NYC Anne Kauffman 2009
PETER AND THE WOLF L.A. Philharmic at the Disney Hall, L.A. Doug Fitch 2008
JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT Boston Symphony Hall and touring 2008
PALACE OF THE END by Judith Thompson Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizons Daniella Topol 2008
A BIRD IN YOUR EAR by David Bruce Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard Doug Fitch 2008
THIS PLACE IS A DESERT
 
Under the Radar, Public Theater
 
Jay Scheib
 
2008
THE OHIO STATE MURDERS by Adrienne Kennedy Theatre for a New Audience, The Duke, NYC Evan Yionoulis 2007
THE AFRICAN CHILDREN'S CHOIR TOUR 2007-2008 Various David Travis 2007-2008
WORKS & PROCESS: NEW BALLET
Miller Theatre, NYC
Alison Chase
2007
WALMARTOPIA Minetta Lane Theater, NYC Daniel Goldstein 2007
SPALDING GRAY: STORIES LEFT TO TELL Minetta Lane Theater, NYC Lucy Sexton 2007
BRITANNICUS by Jean Racine   American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge   Robert Woodruff   2007
THE PHYSICIAN OF HIS HONOR by Pedro Calderón de la Barca   Brandeis Theater Company, Waltham   Eric Hill & Monica Vinao   2006
INDIAN BLOOD by A.R. Gurney   Primary Stages, NYC   Mark Lamos   2006
FIZZ by Rogelio Martinez   Ohio Theatre, NYC   Sam Gold   2006
ISLAND OF SLAVES by Pierre Marivaux   American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge   Robert Woodruff   2006
TRACE by Jeremy Xido and Claudia Heu   The Austrian Cultural Forum (NY), WUK (Vienna) and Arge Theater (Salzburg)   Jeremy Xido & Claudia Heu   2004-2005
THE POWER OF DARKNESS by Leo Tolstoy   Trafo House of Contemporary Arts (Budapest)   Jay Scheib   2005
THE MEDEA based on texts by Euripides and Heiner Müller   Lamama, ETC., Sabancy University (Istanbul) and Sabancy International Theater Festival at Adana State Theatre   Jay Scheib   2005
IN THIS IS THE END OF SLEEPING based on Anton Chekhov's Platonov   Chekhov Now Festival, Connoly Theater, NYC   Jay Scheib   2004
THE VOMIT TALK OF GHOSTS by Kevin Oakes   The Flea Theater, NYC   Jay Scheib   2004
LORENZACCIO by Alfred de Musset   Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge   Jay Scheib   2003
WEST PIER by Bernard-Marie Koltes   Ohio Theatre, NYC   Jay Scheib   2003
SIE GESTATTEN! (Permit Me) texts by Lothar Trolle   3. Stock, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxembourg Platz, Berlin, Germany   Jay Scheib & Adeline Rosenstein   2002
THE WAR PLAYS by Edward Bond   Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria   Jay Scheib   2002
UVEG ES MáK (Glass Mohn) after texts by Tennessee Williams, Walter Benjamin and Paul Celan   Theater Mu, Budapest, Hungary   Jay Scheib   2001-2002
HERAKLES/HERAKLES 5 by Euripides & Heiner Müller   Chashama, NYC   Jay Scheib   2001
GODARD (DISTANT & RIGHT) based on the films of Jean-Luc Godard   OhioTheatre and Festival des Amandiers, Theatre des Amandiers, Nanterre (Paris), 2000 Winner Grand Prix, Festival des Amandiers.   Robert Woodruff   2000
FALLING AND WAVING by Ron Jones & David Lang   Arts at St. Ann’s, Brooklyn   Jay Scheib   1999
DRUMS IN THE NIGHT by Bertolt Brecht   Schapiro Theater, NYC   Jay Scheib   1999
GEORGE BATAILLE'S BATHROBE by Richard Foreman   Todo Con Nada, NYC   Yelena Gluzman   1998
MISS JULIE   Todo Con Nada, NYC   Jay Scheib   1998
THE BATTLE/MOMMSEN'S BLOCK by Heiner Müller   Arcade Studio Theatre, MPLS   Jay Scheib   1997
ASSISTANT VIDEO/PROJECTION DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE
BROADWAY BARES XVIII (projection designers: Michael Clark & Brian Beasley Roseland Ballroom Denis Jones 2008
BROADWAY BARES XVII (projection designers: Michael Clark & Brian Beasley Roseland Ballroom Denis Jones 2007
THE 60s PROJECT (projection designer: Wendall Harrington)  

Goodspeed Musicals

  Richard Maltby   2006
BURLEIGH GRIMES ( projection designer: Michael Clark)   New World Stages   David Warren   2006
ORPHEUS X (video artist: Denise Marika)   American Repertory Theatre   Robert Woodruff   2006
SOUND DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE
THE THREEPENNY OPERA by Bertold Brecht & Kurt Weill Julliard Sam Gold 2009
WHAT ONCE WE FELT by Ann Marie Healy LCT3 at The Duke Ken Rus Schmoll 2009
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION by Annie Baker Playwrights Horizons Sam Gold 2009
TELETHON by Kriston Newbom Clubbed Thumb Ken Rus Schmoll 2009
SIXTY MILES TO SILVER LAKE by Dan LeFranc Page 73 Productions & Soho Repertory, NYC Anne Kauffman 2009
GOD'S EAR by Jenny Schwartz The Vineyard Theatre Anne Kauffman 2008
HELLO FAILURE by Kristen Kosmas PS 122 Ken Rus Schmoll 2008
CIPHER by Cory Hinkle Summer Play Festival, Theatre Row Kip Fagan 2007
AMAZONS AND THEIR MEN by Jordan Harrison Clubbed Thumb Ken Rus Schmoll 2007
GOD'S EAR by Jenny Schwartz New Georges / CSC Anne Kauffman 2007
THIS PLACE IS A DESERT   Institute for Contemporary Arts, Boston   Jay Scheib   2007
365 Days/365 Plays-week 10 by Suzan-Lori Parks Clubbed Thumb Ken Rus Schmoll 2007
TWO SEPTEMBER by Mac Wellman   The Flea   Loy Arcenas   2006
LE GRAND ENFANT by April Sweeney Colgate University   April Sweeney   2006
FIZZ by Rogelio Martinez   Ohio Theatre   Sam Gold   2006
MILLICENT SCOWLWORTHY by Rob Handel   Summer Play Festival, Theatre Row   Ken Rus Schmoll   2006
MARK SMITH by Kate Ryan   Walkerspace, produced by 13P   Ken Rus Schmoll   2006
TRACE by Jeremy Xido & Claudia Heu   The Austrian Cultural Forum (NY), WUK (Vienna) and Arge Theater (Salzburg)   Jeremy Xido & Claudia Heu   2004-2005
THE INTERNATIONALIST by Anne Washburn   Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge   Janet Sonenberg   2005
THE MEDEA based on texts by Euripides and Heiner Müller   Lamama, ETC., Sabancy University (Istanbul) and Sabancy International Theater Festival at Adana State Theatre   Jay Scheib   2005
IN THIS IS THE END OF SLEEPING based on Anton Chekhov's Platonov   Chekhov Now Festival, Connoly Theater   Jay Scheib   2004
THE VOMIT TALK OF GHOSTS by Kevin Oakes   Downstairs at The Flea   Jay Scheib   2004
LORENZACCIO by Alfred de Musset   Loeb Drama Center   Jay Scheib   2003
THE BLACK MONK by David Rabe (based on the story by Anton Chekhov)   Yale Repertory Theatre   Daniel Fish   2003
WEST PIER by Bernard-Marie Koltes   Ohio Theatre   Jay Scheib   2003
THE WAR PLAYS by Edward Bond   Mozarteum (Salzburg)   Jay Scheib   2002
THE LADY FROM THE SEA by Henrik Ibsen   Intiman Theatre   Kate Whoriskey   2001
iN THE SOLITUDE OF THE COTTON FIELDS by Bernard-Marie Koltes   Mozarteum (Salzburg)   Jay Scheib   2001
SAVED by Edward Bond   Theatre for A New Audience   Robert Woodruff   2001
HERAKLES/HERAKLES 5 by Euripides & Heiner Müller   Chashama   Jay Scheib   2001
GODARD (DISTANT & RIGHT) based on the films of Jean-Luc Godard   OhioTheatre and Festival des Amandiers, Theatre des Amandiers, Nanterre (Paris), 2000 Winner Grand Prix, Festival des Amandiers.   Robert Woodruff   2000
POWER OF THE DOG by Howard Barker   Horace Mann Theatre, Columbia University   Jay Scheib   1999
TALK TO ME LIKE THE RAIN by Tennessee Willams   Schapiro Theatre, Columbia University, New York 1999   Jay Scheib    
WOYZECK by Büchner   Horace Mann Theatre, Columbia University   Tim Holst   1999
DRUMS IN THE NIGHT by Bertolt Brecht   Schapiro Theatre, Columbia University   Jay Scheib   1999
NOT SIGHTLY by Gertrude Stein   Composition for Radio, CD Release, Voys Editions.       1999
MISS JULIE   Todo Con Nada   Jay Scheib   1998
VIDEO/FILM FOR THEATRICAL SCREENING
D-E-S-I-P-O-I-N-T, digital video short, 2005. 1st prize, Thumbdance Film Festival
ALSO LIES, digital video short. 2003. Screened at Loews 34th.St., NY, Anthology Film Archives and Boechum International Video Festival
THE MAN WHO KILLED AND ATE THE THING HE LOVED, Assistant director for director Michael R. Stone, 16mm short produced in Bucharest, Romania. 2002. Screened at Shockfest Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, Queens Museum of Art
FERNSEHEN, narrative video short. 2002. Based on the work by East German writer Lothar Trolle. Produced for BAT Studio, Berlin and Volksbühne-am-rosa-luxemburg-platz, Berlin
MOUTH MOVIE, video projection and multi-channel sound installation, 2001. Shown at HERE Gallery, NY
JULIA, OR ALONE SHE CRIES, narrative video short. 2001. Screened at Anthology Film Archives
GLASS TEETH, 16mm narrative short. 1998. Screened at the Walker Art Center, Mpls. & Oak St. Cinema
EDUCATION & AWARDS
Recipient, NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers 2005-2007
MFA, Columbia University School of the Arts Film Division. Recipient School Research Assistantship, Smith Scholarship, Birnbaum Scholarship, William Shelley Grant and Finishing Funds
Berlinale Talent Campus, by invitation, Berlin Film Festival
AB, Summa Cum Laude, Barnard College of Columbia University. Majored in East Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures. Member phi beta kappa. Departmental honors at Barnard College and Columbia College
TEACHING
 Guest lecturer at Yale School of Drama, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brandeis University