The Liar
A classical comic world built with elegance, color, and playful exaggeration, giving The Liar a refined environment that could support wit, deception, and fast-moving farce.

Classical Elegance with Comic Lift
The Liar was approached as a classical comedy with enough visual elegance to support heightened language, but enough playfulness to keep the world active and theatrical. The scenic environment balanced refinement with exaggeration, giving the production a setting that could hold both period wit and farcical momentum.
A World for Wit and Deception
Because the play thrives on mistaken identity, verbal agility, and social performance, the design needed to feel orderly at first glance while still leaving room for comic disruption. Bold accents and carefully framed architecture helped make the environment feel lively rather than museum-like, allowing the comedy to stay buoyant and clear.
Performance as Social Strategy
The goal was to create a setting that honored the classical source while giving the adaptation its own theatrical snap. The world needed to feel polished, quick, and welcoming to the audience, supporting the play's wit and charm without losing the precision that makes the farce land.
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

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 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