Scenography Bio

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2019

Lo (Or Dear Mr Wells) By Rose Napoli – Directed by Eric Coates, Great Canadian Theatre Company • Set Design

Kronborg – The Hamlet Rock Musical – Directed by Mary Francis Moore, Charlottetown Festival, Charlottetown, PEI • Set Design

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare – Directed by Nicholas Leno, A Company of Fools, Ottawa • Set Design

2018

The Drowning Girls By Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson & Daniela Vlaskalic – Directed by Bronwyn Steinberg, Great Canadian Theatre Company • Set Design

Twelfth Night – Directed by Bronwyn Steinberg, A Company of Fools, Ottawa • Set Design

Up To Low by Brian Doyle adapted for stage by Janet Irwin – Directed by Janet Irwin, National Arts Centre English Theatre • Set Design

The Penelopiad – by Margaret Atwood, directed by Catriona Leger, St Lawrence College, Brockville • Set and Costume Design

2017

 Twelve Angry Women – Directed by Mary Ellis, St Lawrence College, Brockville • Set and Costume Design

 Beauty and the Beast – Directed by Liz Gilroy, St Lawrence College, Brockville • Set Design

 A Misfortune – Directed by Eliza-Jane Scott, Charlottetown Festival, Charlottetown, PEI • Set Design

Les Passants by Luc Moquin – Directed by Jean Stephane Roy, GCTC and Théâtre la Catapulte, Ottawa • Set Design

 Superstars!– Arranged & Directed by Craig Fair, St Lawrence College, Brockville • Set Design

 2016

 9 to 5 – The Musical – Directed by Craig Fair, St Lawrence College, Brockville, Ottawa • Set Design

 They Won’t Pay? We Won’t Pay! by Dario Fo – Directed by Mary Ellis, Algonquin College, Ottawa • Set Design

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare – Directed by Greg Tuck, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Québec • Set Design

Antigone by Sophocles – Directed by Sébastien Leclerc, University of Ottawa, Ottawa • Set Design

Pool (No Water) by Mark Ravenhill – Directed by Pamela Feghali, University of Ottawa, Ottawa • Set Design

2015

Up To Low by Brian Doyle adapted for stage by Janet Irwin – Directed by Janet Irwin, Arts Court Theatre • Set Design

Les belles soeurs by Michel Tremblay – Directed by Eliza-Jane Scott, St Lawrence College, Brockville, Ottawa • Set Design

2014

Enron by Lucy Prebble – Directed by Ron Jenkins, National Arts Centre English Theatre • Set and Costume Design

La fille d’argile by Michel Ouellette – Directed by Joel Beddows, Théâtre la Catapulte, Ottawa • Set Design

This Is War by Hannah Moscovitch – Directed by Eric Coates, Great Canadian Theatre Company • Set and Costume Design

Viol by Botho Strauss – Directed by Miriam Cusson, Comédie des Deux Rives, Ottawa • Set Design

2013

Good Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet by Ann-Marie MacDonald – Directed by Ann Hodges, GCTC • Set and Costume Design

Le projet Laramie by Moises Kaufman – Directed by Gill Champagne, Comédie des Deux Rives, Ottawa • Set Design

L’amour est aveugle by Garry Marshall and Lowell Ganz – Directed by Sylvie Dufour, Théâtre de l’Ile, Gatineau • Set Design

God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza – Directed by Ross Mason, Third Wall Theatre Company, Ottawa, Ontario • Set Design

2012

Albertine en cinq temps by Michel Tremblay – Directed by Jean Stephane Roy, Théâtre français de Toronto; Théâtre la Catapulte, Ottawa • Set Design

Unity by Kevin Kerr – Directed by Joel Beddows, , Comédie des Deux Rives, Ottawa • Set Design

Sous-sol à louer – Directed by Kira Ehlers, Théâtre de l’Ile, Gatineau • Set Design

Frères d’hiver by Michel Ouellette – Directed by Joel Beddows, Théâtre la Catapulte, Ottawa • Set Design

Le cimitière des voitures by Fernando Arrabal – Directed by Elif Isikozlu, Comédie des Deux Rives, Ottawa • Set Design

2011

Whispering Pines by Richard Sanger  – Directed by Brian Quirt, Great Canadian Theatre Company • Set and Costume Design

La femme du boulanger by Marcel Pagnol – Directed by Pierre Antoine Simard, Théâtre de l’Ile, Gatineau • Set Design

The Fan by Carlo Goldoni – Directed by David S Craig, Odyssey Theatre • Ottawa

Feu la mère de Madame and Un bain de ménage by Georges Feydeau – Directed by Kira Ehlers, Théâtre de l’Ile, Gatineau • Set Design

Iphigénie en Tauride, adaptation of texts from Goethe and Euripedes – Directed by Natalie Joy Quesnel, Comédie des Deux Rives, Ottawa • Set Design

2010

Les Fridolinades by Gratien Gélinas – Directed by Perry Schneiderman, Théâtre français de Toronto; Théâtre la Catapulte, Ottawa • Set Design

Les dromodaires by Fanny Britt – Directed by Élise Gauthier, Nathalie Baroud and Guy Boutin, Théâtre de l’Ile, Gatineau • Set Design

The List by Jennifer Tremblay  – Directed by Brian Quirt, Great Canadian Theatre Company • Set and Costume Design

La Trappe by Agatha Christie – Directed by Gilles Provost, Théâtre de l’Ile, Gatineau • Set Design

Heroes by Gérald Sibleyras – Directed by Lise Ann Johnson, Great Canadian Theatre Company • Set and Costume Design 

2009

L’illusion comique by Pierre Corneille – Directed by Dominique Lafon, Théâtre la Catapulte, Ottawa, set design

Le désir by Michel Marc Bouchard – Directed by Sylvie Dufour, Théâtre de l’Ile, Gatineau, set design

The Net (Le Filet) by Marcel-Romain Theriault – Directed by Michel-Monty, Great Canadian Theatre Company, set and costume design

Turcaret by Alain René Lesage – Directed by Natalie Joy Quesnel, Comédie des Deux Rives, Ottawa, set design

2008

Zadie’s Shoes by Adam Pettle – Directed by Lise Ann Johnson, Great Canadian Theatre Company, set and costume design

Forever Yours Marie-Lou by Michel Tremblay – Directed by Sarah Garton Stanley, Centaur Theatre, Montreal, Québec, set and costume design

5 O’clock Bells by Pierre Brault – Directed by Brian Quirt, Great Canadian Theatre Company, set and costume design

The Empire Builders – Directed by Joel Beddows, Third Wall Theatre Company, Ottawa, Ontario, set design

Real Estate by Allana Harkin – Directed by Michael Dobbin, The Grand Theatre, London, Ontario, set design

Regarde-moi ! by Isabelle Bélisle – Directed by Isabelle Bélisle, Théâtre la Catapulte, Ottawa, set design

The Optimists by Morwyn Brebner – Directed by Charles McFarland, Great Canadian Theatre Company, set and costume design

2007

Le chien by Jean-Marc Dalpé – Directed by Joel Beddows, Théâtre du Nouveau Ontario and Théâtre la Catapulte, performed at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, set design

Hard Times by Charles Dickens, Adapted by Michael O’Brien- Directed by Greg Tuck, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Québec, set and costume design

L’Illusion comique by Pierre Corneille – Directed by Dominique Lafon, Comédie des Deux Rives, Ottawa, set design

A Number by Caryl Churchill – Directed by Charles McFarland, Great Canadian Theatre Company, set and costume design

2006

The Cripple of Innishman by Martin McDonagh – Directed by Greg Tuck, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Québec, set and costume design

The Fall by Greg Nelson – Directed by Eda Holmes, Great Canadian Theatre Company, set and costume design

Exit(s) by Luc Moquin – Directed by Joel Beddows, Théâtre la Catapulte, set design

Fireface by Marius von Mayenburg – Directed by Joel Beddows, University of Ottawa Drama Guild, Ottawa, set design

2005

La Baronne et la truie by Michael Mackenzie – Directed by Sylvie Dufour,
Le Théâtre du Trillium, Ottawa, set design

Couteau…Sept façons originales de tuer quelqu’un avec by Isabelle Hubert – Directed by Magali Lemele, Le Théâtre du Trillium, Ottawa, set design

Des fraises en janvier by Évelyne de la Chenelière  – Directed by Sylvie Dufour, Le Théâtre du Trillium, Ottawa, set design

The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute – Directed by Lorne Pardy, University of Ottawa Drama Guild, Ottawa, set design

2004

Petits crimes Conjugaux by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt – Directed by Claude Guilmain, Le Théâtre du Trillium, Ottawa, set design

La Maison de Bernarda Alba by Garcia Lorca – Directed by André Perrier, Comédie des Deux Rives, Ottawa, set design

L’Inconception by Robert Marinier – Directed by Robert Bellefeuille, Théâtre de la Vieille 17, Ottawa, set design

2003

Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw – Directed by Guy Sprung, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, set design

Des mondes possibles by John Mighton – Directed by Craig Holzschuh, a Théâtre la Catapulte (Ottawa) and Théâtre la Seizième (Vancouver) co-production, set design

The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite by Quincy Long – Directed by Greg Tuck, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Québec, set and costume design

Compromises by Israel Horovitz – Directed by Claire Faubert, Théâtre de l’Ile, Gatineau; set design

2002

15 secondes by François Archambault – Directed by Sylvie Dufour, Le Théâtre du Trillium, Ottawa set design

L’invitation au château by Jean Anouilh – Directed by Gilles Provost, La Comédie des Deux Rives, University of Ottawa, set design

A Village Wooing by George Bernard Shaw – Directed by Greg Tuck, Theatre Lac Brome, Knowlton, set design

The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni – Directed by Lib Spry, University of Ottawa Drama Guild, Ottawa; set design.

Professional Association Membership

APASQ (Association des Professionnels des Arts de la Scène du Québec)

Teaching

2007 • Guest lecturer, National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, Québec.

2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2018 • Professor of Scenography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.

2001 • Professor of Scenography, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Québec.

Awards

2012 • The Council for the Arts in Ottawa Mid-Career Artist Award

2018 • Bruce Timmermans Award – Outstanding contributions to Ottawa’s cycling community

2013 • Rideau Awards – Outstanding Design, God of Carnage, Third Wall Theatre

Training

Diploma of Scenography, The National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal.

Bachelor of Industrial Design, Carleton University, Ottawa.