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Ready for Company and Other Family Tales
Scenic Design2025
La Mama Experimental Theater Club
New York, NY
Writer/Performer: Kim Ima
Director: Megan Paradis Hanley
Dramaturg: Kendall Cornell
Costumes: Gabriel Berry
Lighting: Federico Restrepo
Sound: Leonie Bell
Props: Meagan A. Woods
Collaboratively-created scenery for the premier of an original one-woman show written and performed by Kim Ima. Most of the assembled objects onstage are gathered from Kim’s family collections. A rug hand-painted with images from family artworks, childhood drawings, and other ephemera grounds the space.
Mad Ones
Scenic Design2022
Open Stage
Harrisburg, PA
Director: Stuart Landon
Costumes: Jack Weitzel
Lighting: Tristan Stasiulis
Scenery built from reclaimed slats found in the theater’s storage, utility lighting, and stock-size platforms.
Kinds of Light
Scenic Design)2013
The Tank
New York, New York
Creator/Director: Summer Shapiro
Lighting: Simon Harding
Sound: Sean Brennan
Scenery built from found materials with interactive rolls of paper, drawings that changed throughout the show, and small sculptures.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Scenic Design2017
Pendragon Theater
Saranac Lake, NY
Director: Karen Kirkham
Lighting: Kent Barrett
Costumes: Kent Stread
Performed on a stage built in the woods of a local park and recreation center. The stage was constructed from locally milled timber, and all of the scenic materials were found at the site or in the theater's storage. The stage remains in the park, and it’s regularly used for community events.