Brandon PT Davis is a scenic designer whose work begins with the pressure of a room: how a space holds memory, how architecture shapes behavior, and how scenery can give a production its physical rhythm. His designs are built from research, dramaturgy, collaboration, and a belief that the stage picture should clarify the emotional life of a play.
Based in San Diego, California, Brandon designs for regional theatres, summer stock companies, festivals, and academic institutions across the United States. His portfolio spans intimate dramas, musicals, Shakespeare, comedies, new work, and productions that move between realism, memory, and theatrical abstraction.
I try not to arrive. The useful work usually starts somewhere past certainty, a little further out than feels comfortable.
His recent work includes productions for South Coast Repertory, Maples Repertory Theatre, Okoboji Summer Theatre, New Swan Theatre Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Stephens College, and the University of Missouri. Across those rooms, the goal remains consistent: create scenic environments that support actors, directors, technicians, and audiences in the same act of storytelling.
Alongside professional design practice, Brandon teaches scenic design, rendering, drafting, and visual communication. His classroom work is connected to his professional work: helping emerging designers build clear process, stronger taste, and practical tools for collaboration.
Education
MFA Scenic Design
University of California, Irvine
BFA Theatre
Stephens College
Practice
Scenic Design
Digital Rendering
Model Building
Drafting and Visualization
