THORN MICHAELS is a Seattle-based lighting designer for theatre, dance, and opera. She has designed for 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Opera, Kentucky Opera, Village Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Santa Fe Playhouse, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle Shakespeare Company, ArtsWest, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, and others. As the 2016-2017 Hemsley intern, Thorn […]
Heidi Zamora is a costume designer whose work has been seen at Seattle Opera (Orphee et Eurydice), Florida Grand Opera, Seattle Repertory Theatre (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), ACT, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Seattle Shakespeare Company, among other local credits. She was a co-founder and co-artistic director of Washington Ensemble Theatre, designing costumes for most […]
Carl has been a scenic and costume designer for professional and educational theatre companies in the Seattle area for many years, designing and constructing productions for companies such as Seattle Symphony, The Bathhouse Theater, The Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Seattle Musical Theatre, Shoreline Community College, and Bellevue College, among others Carl is an accomplished miniaturist, […]
Melanie Burgess is a Seattle-based costume designer and a member of USA Local 829. She has designed costumes for over 170 productions for the Seattle Opera Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 5th Avenue Theatre, ACT, Intiman Theatre, the Village Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, New Century Theatre Company, Seattle Theatre Company, Strawberry […]
Matthew Smucker is a designer whose work has appeared in productions at Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Opera, Intiman Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, New Century Theatre Company, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Empty Space, Tacoma Actors Guild, and Youth Theatre Northwest. His production designs have also aappeared nationally at […]
Bret Torbeck is grateful to be part of Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University. He has been a faculty member, and the stage management mentor, since 2018. He loves his job because it gives him a way to pass on the joy and the skills that he learns while working as a professional […]
Matthew is a freelance scenographer specializing in designs for black box, thrust and found spaces. Matthew currently serves as the Resident Scenic Designer and Technical Director for Cleveland Opera Theatre, and as the scene shop supervisor and teaching artist for Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA. Nationally, Matt’s designs have been featured at […]