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 MoquinDirected 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.