An Enemy of the People
A grayscale illustrated world punctured by red furniture, making scrutiny feel constant and comfort impossible in An Enemy of the People.

A World Without Comfort
For An Enemy of the People at Stephens College, I wanted the world to feel stripped down and confrontational. I kept the entire environment in grayscale, walls, architecture, and floor, treating the space almost like a three-dimensional drawing. The inspiration came from Tokyo’s 2D Cafe, where depth feels flattened and reality feels slightly unstable.
Architecture as Exposure
The backdrop included rough, sketch-like line work that suggested architecture without fully rendering it. It wasn’t about realism. It was about exposure. In a play centered on truth and public scrutiny, I didn’t want the room to provide comfort.
Red as Interruption
The only real color in the space comes from the red furniture, and those pieces puncture the monochrome world. Red becomes a visual interruption: pressure, danger, accusation. It makes the actors feel like they are standing inside an argument.
The minimal palette forces focus onto performance and language. There is nowhere to hide. The environment feels stark, almost clinical, but still theatrical, and the design works as a frame that amplifies the play’s themes of power, resistance, and the cost of speaking out.
All Scenic Designs

The Glass Menagerie
Maples Repertory Theatre 2025

Million Dollar Quartet
South Coast Repertory Theatre 2025

All's Well That Ends Well
New Swan Theatre Festival 2025

Bell, Book, and Candle
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2025

Much Ado About Nothing
New Swan Theatre Festival 2025

Guys on Ice
The Great American Melodrama 2025

Romero
University of Missouri 2025

Urinetown
University of Missouri 2024

Barefoot in the Park
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2024

Freaky Friday
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2024

Dial “M” for Murder
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2023

Cole
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2023

Head Over Heels
Theatre SilCo 2023

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Stephens College 2023

¡LOTERIA: GAME ON!
Theatre SilCo 2023

Boeing, Boeing
Stephens College 2023

An Inspector Calls
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2022

The Man of La Mancha
Lake Dillon Theatre Company 2022

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Lake Dillon Theatre Company 2022

Tomás and the Library Lady
Lake Dillon Theatre Company 2022

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Stephens College 2022

The Bald Soprano
Stephens College 2022

A Smalltowne Christmas
Stephens College 2021

Urinetown
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2021

The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2021

The Penelopiad
University of California Irvine 2020

Company
University of California Irvine 2019

The Pajama Game
University of California Irvine 2019

Parliament Square
University of California Irvine 2019

Not Now, Darling
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2018

American Idiot
University of California Irvine 2018

Last Train to Nibroc
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2016

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Stephens College 2016

Little Shop of Horrors
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2014

Rich Girl
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2014

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2014

Angel Street
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2013

Bingo: The Winning Musical
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2013

Don't Dress for Dinner
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2013

The Liar
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2012

The Glass Menagerie
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2011

All My Sons
Stephens College 2010

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Okoboji Summer Theatre 2010