Currently based in New Haven, Connecticut, I am a scenic designer and parade float designer. 

I’ve always been sensitive to the physical world around me: the angle of sunlight through the window of my elementary school, the holy hush in the Chapel of Christ the Servant at Coventry Cathedral, the vaulted ceiling of my grandmother’s living room, the jubilant “festive federalism” of the 1984 Olympic Games. 

The worlds we live in breathe energy into our lives — for better or for worse. Those worlds calm us, inspire us, imprison us, oppress us, provoke us, transform us. Just as actors are trained to think in terms of “active verbs,” I like to think about verbs in design. What does a space do to an audience? What does it do to the characters than inhabit it?

I am drawn to a sense of wonder. I hope even the darkest, most difficult story can be told in a way that delivers us into a sense of renewed possibility. 

I design because I want to help unleash hope, restoration, and healing into the world. So many lives are filled with suffering, injustice, despair, confusion, and isolation. As we “hold the mirror up to nature,” we reflect these worlds. But as an artist I hope I can also open up catharsis and new life — even joy. 

I’m so grateful for the many opportunities I’ve been given to brighten the world. I hope and pray for more. 

I hold a BA in English from Wheaton College, IL, and an MA in Shakespeare Studies from the University of Birmingham, UK. I am an MFA candidate at the Yale School of Drama.