Boeing, Boeing
A sleek Paris apartment turned into a machine for farce, using polished surfaces, calibrated entrances, and escalating comic collapse in Boeing, Boeing.

A Paris Apartment Built for Farce
For Boeing, Boeing, I leaned fully into midcentury modernism to evoke the stylish, high-stakes world of Marc Camoletti’s French farce. A sleek 1960s Paris apartment, defined by clean geometry, rich wood, warm neutrals, and bold accents, became an active comic partner rather than a passive backdrop.
Timing Through Architecture
Bernard’s entry vestibule, framed by blonde brick and anchored by a cobalt-blue front door, served as a visual and rhythmic focal point as lives spiraled into farce. Above, an orange Sputnik chandelier pushed the period language further while heightening the visual tempo of the room. Every furnishing and every angle had to reinforce the image of curated control.
A Room Built for Velocity
The apartment was designed around six doors, each positioned to support the timing and choreography essential to farce. Furniture, décor, and circulation patterns had to look elegant while also functioning like a machine. The world projected polish and illusion, but that order was always meant to feel precarious.
As the comedy escalated, subtle visual clues, mismatched details, creeping plants, and the increasing pressure of the architecture, suggested the chaos gathering beneath Bernard’s carefully managed life. The set was never just background; it drove pace, stakes, and absurdity.
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

An Enemy of the People
Stephens College 2023

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

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

