Education:
University of Southern Mississippi, MFA Design and Theatre Technology, 1996
Arkansas State University, BFA Theatre, emphasis Scenic Design 1993
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, AA English 1990
Experience
The Radical Buffoon(s) a Theatre Collective, Member
https://www.radicalbuffoons.com/press
2018-Present
Network of Ensemble Theaters, Member
2012-present
On Set Carpenter/Set Construction/Prop maker
International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees
IATSE Local 478
2010-present
Professor of Design
Department of Film and Theatre, University of New Orleans
Serve on artistic staff and/or production staff for all FTA productions
Mentor graduate and undergraduate scenic designers
Supervise property design and acquisition
Co-manager of production budgets for Theatre with FTA Technical Director
Courses taught in Scene Design, Scene Painting, Contemporary Theatre, Methods and Materials in Stagecraft, Basic Visual Design for Film and Theatre, History of Style and Form, Contemporary Theatre, Oral Communications, and General Education courses in Theatre
Serve as a member and or Chair of Graduate Thesis Committees
2001-present.
Designer/Manager of Technical Operations
Southern Arena Theatre, Hattiesburg, MS
Design scenery for one show in a three-show repertory company
Conduct daily staff briefings
Supervise and advise property artisans for each season
Supervise and advise student designers
Engineer and/or supervise the construction of all scenery for the season
Create a master production calendar for the three-show repertory season
Create construction schedules for three shows in the repertory season
Manage general budgets for scenery, properties, and electrics for the season
Manage show budgets for scenery, properties, and lighting
Attend technical rehearsals
Train and supervise “change over” crews throughout the season
1995-2001
Scene Shop Supervisor
Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Southern Mississippi
Serve on artistic and/or production staff for nine shows each year
Participate in all planning and scheduling for the Theatre Department
Supervise and instruct student work in the scene shop
Purchase all building materials and supplies for a six-show season
Manage and record all scene shop expenditures
Manage and maintain all equipment in the scene shop
Conduct inventory and maintain all property for the Department of Theatre and Dance
Supervise and direct construction for nine shows each academic year
Supervise and/or instruct all scenic laboratories
Supervise and manage all student workers and graduate students in the scenic area
1995-2001
Student/Self-employed Carpenter and Contractor
1981-1991
Publications
2004: A Production Manual for Theatre Students At UNO
Gifts received
2014: The Azby Fund $5,000.00
2015: The Azby Fund $5,000.00
2016: The Azby Fund $25,000.00
Creative contributions
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
2022 Stupid Fucking Bird
Scenic Design
2022 Romeo and Juliet
Scenic Design
2021 Single Black Female
Production Design/Filmed on location and broadcast during the COVID Pandemic
2020 The Emperor Jones
Scenic Design/Filmed and broadcast during the COVID Pandemic
2019 The Unmentionables
Scenic Design/Construction Coordinator/Shop Supervisor
2019 Dark Nights, the musical
Property Design/Construction Coordinator/Shop Supervisor
2019 The Unmentionables
Construction Coordinator/ Shop Supervisor
2019 Othello
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter/Scenic Charge
2019 Keely and Du
Scenic Design/Mater Carpenter/Scenic Charge
2018 Gloria
Construction Manager/Master Carpenter/Scenic Charge FTA
2018 Desdemona (a play about a handkerchief) FTA
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter/Scenic Charge
2018 Hedda Gabler and Doll’s House (Repertory)
Construction Manager/Master Carpenter/Scenic Charge FTA
2017 The Royale
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter/Scenic Charge
Regional American College Theatre Festival 2018 FTA
2016 The Aliens
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter/Scenic Charge FTA
2016 Pleading 894 by Kate Bailey CWW Thesis
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter FTA
2015 Agnes Of God
Scenic Designer/Master Carpenter FTA
2015 Two Rooms
Scenic Designer/ Master Carpenter FTA
2015 The Misanthrope
Design Mentor to team of Senior Student Designers
Master Carpenter and Fabricator FTA
2015 Melancholy Play
Design Mentor to team of Senior Student Designers
Master Carpenter and Fabricator FTA
2014 Hamlet
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter FTA
2014 Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter FTA
2014 Rx
Design Mentor/Master Carpenter FTA
2014 To Kill A Mockingbird
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter/Charge Artist FTA
2014 Father (world premiere) by Fredrick Mensch
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter/Charge Artist TWF/FTA
2014 Parcifal Worthy, World Premier by Mark Medoff
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter/Charge Artist FTA
2014 Album
Design Mentor/Master Carpenter FTA
2013 Brokedown Paradise (Film)
Production Designer FTA
2013 The Taming Of The Shrew
Construction Manager FTA
2013 Jumpers
Mentor to Set Designer FTA
2013 Orestes 2.0
Construction Coordinator FTA
2012 Good Doctor
Scenic Design/Construction Coordinator FTA
2012 Race
Design Mentor/Master Carpenter FTA
2012 Suicide In The Key Of Infomercial
Set Design FTA
2012 Holy Ghosts
Scenic Design FTCA
2011 Autobiography About My Brother
Scenic Design TWF/FTCA
2011 The Glass Menagerie
Scenic Design TWF/FTCA
2010 An Experiment With An Air Pump
Scenic Design FTCA
2010 Our Town
Graduate Student Mentor FTCA
2110 The Night Of The Iguana
Scenic Design/Scenic Charge TWF/FTCA
2009 Tio’s Blues
Student Designer Mentor TWF/FTCA
2009 Host Faculty Member American College Theatre Festival FTCA
2009 Verses from Jordan
Scenic Design FTCA
2009 Much Ado About Nothing
Scenic Design FTCA
2008 Dark End Of Day
Scenic Design FTCA
2008 Miss Margarida’s Way
Scenic Design FTCA
2008 The Chairs
Scenic Design FTCA
2008 Metamorphosis
Scenic Design FTCA
2007 Katrina’s Path
Scenic Design FTCA
2007 Annie
Design Mentor/TD ASH
2007 Small Things
Scenic Design FTCA
2006 The Comedy of Errors
Master Carpenter FTCA
2006 You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Design Mentor/TD ASH
2006 The Waltz Between
Load-in Supervisor Tennessee Williams Festival
2005 The Importance of Being Earnest
Scenic Design ASU
2005 Shakespeare’s R&J
Scenic Design/TD. DRCM
2005 Our Country’s Good
Master Carpenter DRCM
2005 Loose Hog in the House of God
Master Carpenter DRCM
2004 Wrinkles
Master Carpenter DRCM
2004 BAAL
Scenic Design DRCM
2004 The shape of things
Scenic Design/TD DRCM
2003 Fuddy Meers
Scenic Design DRCM
2003 Mademoiselle Blackwell (ACTF)
Technical Director DRCM
2003 The Laramie Project
Scenic Design/TD DRCM
2003 Of Mice and Men
Scenic Design DRCM
2002 Going Under (ACTF)
Scenic Design DRCM
2002 Glengary/Glen Ross
Scenic Design/TD DRCM
2002 J.B.
Scenic Design/TD DRCM
2002 Dialogues of the Carmelites
Scenic Design/TD Opera at UNO
2002 Fertilizer
Scenic Design/TD Tennessee Williams Festival
2002 Two Gentlemen of Verona
Scenic Design/TD DRCM
2001 Five Women… Same Dress
Scenic Design/TD DRCM
2001 Moon for the Misbegotten
Scenic Design/TD DRCM
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
2001 Fortinbras
Technical Director Theatre/Dance
2001 Three Tall Women
Technical Director Theatre/Dance
2000 Of Mice and Men
Technical Director Theatre/Dance
2000 The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek
Technical Director ACTF
2000 A Piece of My Heart
Technical Director Theatre/Dance
2000 Something to Hide
Scenic Design Southern Arena Theatre
2000 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Technical Director Theatre/Dance
2000 Gint
Scenic Design Theatre/Dance
1999 Voices of Freedom Summer
Scenic Design USM Honors College & Theatre
1999 Voices of Freedom Summer
Projection Design USM Honors College & Theatre
1999 The Crucible
Technical Production Manager Theatre/Dance
1999 Rimers of Eldritch
Technical Director ACTF Theatre/Dance
1999 Closer Than Ever
Technical Director Theatre/Dance
1999 Tell Pharaoh
Technical Director Theatre/Dance
1998 Laura Dennis
Technical Director Theatre/Dance
1998 Buried Child
Technical Director/Production Manager ACTF Theatre/Dance
1998 Lysistrata
Technical Director Theatre/Dance
1997 Speed the Plow
Scenic Design Theatre/Dance
1997 Sylvia
Scenic Design Theatre/Dance
1996 Man and Superman
Lighting Design Theatre/Dance
1996 Mannequin (Dance)
Lighting Design USM Dance (funded by NEA)
1996 The Curious Savage
Lighting Design Southern Arena Theatre
1995 Purple
Lighting Design USM Dance
1995 Time and the Conways
Scenic Design Southern Arena Theatre
1995 The Thebans
Scenic Design Theatre/Dance
1994 Peg O’ My Heart
Scenic Design Theatre/Dance
1994 The Miser
Scenic Design Theatre/Dance
1994 Place on the Magdalena Flats
Technical Director Theatre/Dance
1993 Death of a Salesman
Technical Director ACTF
PROFESSIONAL
2019 RAPunzel
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter/Scenic Charge
The Radical Buffoons, Jon Greene and Southern Repertory Theatre
2019 Roleplay
Scenic Design/Master Carpenter/Scenic Charge
Devised work with Tulane University and Goat in the Road Productions
2018 Production Designer Ham Sandwich
Award of Excellence for individual achievement in Production Design; SOUTHERN SHORTS AWARDS
I’ve Lost My Freakin’ Mind Productions LLC
2018 Scenic Designer/Fabricator Virtuoso
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
2018 Scenic Designer/Fabricator Balloonacy
https://www.radicalbuffoons.com/press
Radical Buffoons, Jon Greene
2018 Scenic Designer/Fabricator The Dumb Waiter
https://www.radicalbuffoons.com/press
Radical Buffoons, Jon Greene
2017 Scenic Designer/Fabricator The Way At Midnight
Mondo Bizarro and Art Spot Productions World Premier
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans LA
Funded in part by:
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
National Performance Network
2015 Set Construction/Prop Maker
Into The Badlands
AMC Studios
2014 Design and Performance
Voices Of Freedom Summer
Fish Tale Productions and The Mississippi Museum of Art
2014 Set Construction/Prop Maker
Hot Pursuit or Don't Mess With Texas
MGM
2014 Set Construction/Prop Maker
Fantastic Four
Twentieth Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment
2014 Set Construction/Prop Maker
American Horror Story; Freak Show
Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision
2012 Scenic Design/Master Carpenter/Charge Artist
Bloody, Bloody, Andrew Jackson, Big Easy Nominee for Best Scenic Design
Harms Way Theatre, New Orleans
2012 Set Construction/Prop Maker
The Butler
Laura Ziskin Prod.
2012 On-Set Carpenter/Set Construction/Prop Maker
Two Guns
Boom Productions
2012 Set Construction/Prop Maker
Django Unchained
SuperCoomanChoo
2011 On-Set Carpenter/Set Construction/Prop Maker
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Abraham Productions
2011 Scenic Design
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
Tennessee Williams Festival, New Orleans, LA
2010 Scene Design
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Theatre 13
2010 Scenic Carpenter
Summer Lyric Theatre, Tulane University
2008 Fabrication/installation
Still Standing, A Public Art Work
by Shannon Landis Hanson
New Orleans Arts Council
2000 Scene Design
Krewe of Zeus
Hattiesburg Civic Organization
1999 Scene Design
Impossible Marriage, by Beth Henly
World Premier, New Stage Theatre, Jackson, MS
1999 Scenic/Lighting Design
Roots by the River
Mississippi Methodist Annual Conference
1998 Scenic Design
The Innocence
New Stage Theatre, Jackson, MS
1998 Scenic Design
Tenderland
University of Southern Mississippi Opera
1997 Scenic Design
Le Villi/Sour Angelica
University of Southern Mississippi Opera
Professional Meetings
2017 Presenter, Past/Forward-Network of Ensemble Theatres
"Ensembles & Universities" University of Washington
2016 KCACTF Regional Festival San Angelo, TX
2015 KCACTF Regional Festival San Angelo, TX
2014 Network of Ensemble Theatres Intersection/NYC
2013 Network of Ensemble Theatres MicroFest USA
2012 KCACTF State Festival McNeese State University
2011 KCACTF Regional Festival Amarillo, Texas
2010 KCACTF State Festival New Orleans
2010 KCACTF Regional Festival Amarillo, Texas
2009 Host Louisiana ACTF Festival of Plays New Orleans
2008 KCACTF Regional Festival Sam Huston State University
2004 ROSCO Scene Painting Workshop Tulane University
2003 Regional American College Theatre Festival Fort Worth, TX
2003 KCCACTF LA State Festival Centenary College
2003 KCACTF “Feeling to Form” Student Workshop University of New Orleans
2001 Presenter “Employability Skills in the Theatre” Southeastern Theatre Conference
2001 Host Technical Director, Region IV American College Theatre Festival
Awards
2025 KENNEDY CENTER Distinguished Scenic Design
2017 KENNEDY CENTER Distinguished Scenic Design
2015 BIG EASY Best University Production
2015 KENNEDY CENTER Excellence In Scene Design
2013 MARQUEE AWARD Best Set Design
2012 BIG EASY Nomination Best Set Design
2009 KENNEDY CENTER Excellence in Scene Design
2009 AMBIE Best Set Design
2008 AMBIE Nomination for Best Set Design
2008 BIG EASY Nomination for Best University Production
2008 KENNEDY CENTER Special Commendation for Design
2006 Outstanding Service to Students Lakefront Players
2005 Guest Artist, Fall 2005 Arkansas State University
2004 June Scholar Award College of Liberal Arts, UNO
2004 STORER BOONE AWARD Best Drama
2002 BIG EASY Best University Production
2000 KENNEDY CENTER Finalist, Washington, DC
1996 KENNEDY CENTER Excellence in Scenic Design
1995 KENNEDY CENTER Excellence in Scenic Design
1993 Outstanding Student in Technical Theatre Arkansas State University
1992 Sound Design Outstanding Technical Production
Thesis Committee Service
Co-Chair Nihal Abdula MFA Scenic Design (in process)
Co-Chair Jacob Bensimon MFA Scenic Design (in process)
Committee Member Jordan Joseph MFA Film Production Spring 2023
Chair Leah Rea Scantlen MFA Costume Design Spring 2023
Co-Chair Adachi Piementle MFA Lighting and Scenery Spring 2023
Committee Member Nellie Yelvington MFA Creative Writing Spring 2022
Committee Member Margaret Tonra MFA Directing Spring 2022
Committee Member Teresa Jacobson MFA Creative Writing Spring 2021
Committee Member Christian Chesnut MFA Film, Spring 2017
Committee Member Joshua Pereira MFA Film, Spring 2016
Committee Member Madison Beaudet MFA Film, Spring 2016
Committee Member Megan Shea MFA Performance, Spring 2016
Committee Member Sarah Beth James MFA Performance, Spring 2016
Committee Member Venita Matthews MFA Performance, Spring 2016
Committee Member John Niesler MFA Performance, Spring 2015
Committee Member Sam Malone MFA Performance, Spring 2015
Committee Member Justin Bupp MFA Performance, Spring 2013
Committee Member Paxton McCarghren MFA Performance, Spring 2013
Committee Member Lindy Bruns MFA Design, Spring 2013
Committee Chair Gordon Smith MFA Design, Spring 2012
Committee Member Adam Falik MFA Play Writing, Spring 2011
Committee Member Patrick Payne MFA Performance, Spring 2011
Committee Member Blake Baleu MFA Performance, Spring 2010
Committee Member Beau Bratcher MFA Directing, Spring 2010
Committee Member Leah Scantlin MFA Design, Spring 2009
Committee Member Joyce Deal MFA Performance, Spring 2009
Committee Member Lisa Picone MFA Performance, Fall 2007
Committee Chair Patricia Vitrano MFA-Design, Fall 2007
Committee Chair Jessica Cook MFA Design, Fall 2007
Committee Member Lori DeWitt MFA Directing, Fall 2007
Committee Chair Terry Marek MFA Design, Spring 2007
Committee Chair Noa Oz Honors, Spring 2007
Committee Member Michael Harkins MFA Performance, Spring 2006
Committee Member Michael Santos MFA Performance, Spring 2005
Committee Chair Sean Creel MFA Design
Committee Member Debbie Delaney MFA Directing, Fall 2004
Committee Member Shane Brooks MA Film, Spring 2004
Committee Member Shane Stuart MFA Performance, Spring 2004
Committee Member Jane McNulty MFA Performance, Spring 2004
Committee Member Brent Surdukin MFA Directing, Spring 2004
Committee Member J Hammons MFA Directing, Spring 2003
Committee Member Gary Mendoza MFA Performance, Spring 2003
Committee Member Scott Theroit MFA Performance, Spring 2003
Committee Member Jim Winter MFA Performance, Spring 2003
Committee Member Lynn Toll MFA Performance, Spring 2002
Creative research interest
Collaboration
Design
Ensemble Theatre Practice
Methods and Materials of Stage Craft
Employability skills for Theatre Technicians
Challenge-Based Learning
Course/Program design and development
2001-2005 Developed UNO Summer Theatre Workshop into a professional model experience for participating students
2001-2005 Introduced Practical experience labs at three levels in the DRCM curriculum to give students more experience in production, and to provide consistent skilled staffing to the technical areas of production
2001-2012 developed active learning exercises for DRCM 4125/6125 Development of Style and Form
2015- incorporated Devised Theatre Making in FTA 4455/5455 Contemporary Theatre
Special recognition for teaching
2004 UNO Lakefront Players Student Organization award for excellence in teaching
Academic service at UNO
2016- COLAEHD Course and Curriculum Committee
2014- Graduate Faculty Committee
2014- Curriculum committee
2013- Awards Committee
2010-2014 Scholarship Committee
2002-2013 Institutional Effectiveness Committee/Graduate Design Representative
2006-2014 FTCA Production Resource Committee, Chair
2001- FTCA/ Tennessee Williams One-act Play Selection committee
2005- FTCA 1110 Multi-Section Leader
2006-2007 FTCA TD/LD Search Committee Chair
2005-2010 Institutional Effectiveness Committee, BA Theatre Representative
2004-2006 DRCM faculty representative to the Overture To The Cultural Season
2004-2005 DRCM Facilities Renovation Committee
2004-2005 DRCM Curriculum Committee
2004-2005 DRCM Awards Committee
2004-2005 DRCM Student Affairs committee
2004-2005 DRCM Production Resources
2003-2004 DRCM Grade Review Committee
2002-2003 DRCM Technology Committee
2001- Graduate Faculty, Member
Service to the Community
2023- Present, Rapheal Village Community Partner
2013 Host/design, screening/movement
In The Land Of The Free
Robert E. Nims Theatre, University Of New Orleans
2012- Docent
New Orleans Museum of Art/Sydney and Walda Bestoff Sculpture Garden
2011 Design, Tennessee Williams one-man show
Tennessee Williams Festival, New Orleans
2006 Advised/Assisted Scenery Department
Southern Repertory Theatre
Kimberly Akimbo
2006 Mentor to Design students
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
Academy of the Sacred Heart
2005 Mentor to Design Students
Trifles
Academy of the Sacred Heart
2004 Mentor to Design Students
The Bald Soprano
Academy of the Sacred Heart
2004 Mentor to Design Students
The Fantastics
Academy of the Sacred Heart
2004 Production Design
Amazing Grace
St. Luke’s UMC
2003 Scenic Charge
The Tale of Three Trees
St. Luke’s UMC
2001 Director/Designer
The Last Supper
Parkway Heights UMC
1998 Scenic Design
Love, Sex, and the IRS
Just Over the Rainbow Theatre
1998 Lighting/Technical
Joe Britian’s Christmas
Grace Temple
1997 Design Consultant
Joe Britian’s Fourth of July
Grace Temple
1997 Scene Design
Death of a Salesman
Just Over the Rainbow Theatre
1997 Scenic/Lighting
Diaries of Adam and Eve
Parkway Heights UMC
1996 Technical Director
King of Zues
Hattiesburg Civic Organization
1995 Scenic Design/TD
The Odd Couple
Just Over the Rainbow Theatre
2020 Single Black Female
Production Design/Filmed on Location and Braodcast during the COVID Pandemic