Design
Ankit Pandey
(Lighting Design)
Ankit Pandey is a lighting designer, theatre practitioner and educator. They are currently pursuing their Masters in Lighting Design at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University. They have worked in and designed for a wide gamut of performances including but not limited to theatre, music, dance recitals, films, exhibitions and installations. Notable among these are Eden, Fucking A, The Winter's Tale, Dastaan LIVE, Table Radica, Green Room and ‘Love, Prufrock’. Ankit has also served as the Technical and Art director for various performing arts festivals over the country and collaborated with artists within and beyond borders. They are also a co-founder of Tech Quartet - A technical design and production company based in New Delhi.
As a designer and theatre practitioner, Ankit finds affinity with the theatre of scenography which pushes them towards creating an experience for an audience instead of simply putting up a show. It helps to define their aesthetic and political sensibilities as a designer. The goal is to react to the dramaturgy of the performance regardless of the genre. As an Educator, Ankit aims to create and share a new language of communication through design with the help of intensive experimentation, with more focus on storytelling and less on the resources needed to tell that story. With the education and experience they receive from the School of Drama, Ankit wishes to run a design school/performance space in their home country with and for the community which can find its roots in active collaboration and dialogue.
Arthur Wilson
(Costume and Scenic Design)
Arthur Wilson, a Southern California native, graduated from California State University, Fullerton, with a double bachelor's degree in music (opera singing) and theater. As an undergrad he pursued an emphasis in musical theater and opera performance. He also worked in the costume shop and developed a love for design. Between undergraduate and graduate school, he continued performing with local opera companies and orchestras, cultivating his creativity while also assisting on various costume and set design projects with local designers. Costume design credits include Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members, upcoming this spring at Yale Rep; Cactus Queen and Uncle Vanya (Geffen School). Associate costume design: Eden (Yale Rep); assistant costume design: Falcon Girls (Yale Rep), Candide (Glimmerglass Opera), Marys Seacole (Geffen School), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Yale Rep), Emma: The Musical (Ensemble Theater Company). Assistant Set Design: Clueless: The Musical (West End), Harvey (Laguna Playhouse), and Skylight (Chance Theater).
Caroline Tyson
(Costume Design)
Caroline Tyson is a costume designer from Maryland. While studying theatre and sociology as an undergrad at Howard University, she fell in love with the character-driven storytelling behind costuming and chose to pursue more specialized training in design. She transferred to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she earned a BA in Theater with a focus in Design and Production. Her time at Howard provided a foundation in African-American theatre aesthetics and Afrocentric storytelling which still heavily influences her work, and her time at UMBC fostered a love for collaborative, ensemble-based theatre making, taking artistic risks, and developing new works. Caroline is most interested in how our clothing communicates where we come from, who we are, how we wish to be perceived, and who we aspire to be, and she enjoys applying her love for history, politics, and social theory to her work as a designer.
As an MFA student at Yale, Caroline designed costumes for Eden (Yale Rep), Pearl’s Beauty Salon and Fucking A (DGSD). Other costume design credits include Beinecke Plaza, Herencia, Arlington, The Royale, And the Beetle Hums, and Marry Me A Little (Yale Cabaret), Bat Boy: The Musical (Weston Drama Workshop), Twelfth Night (The Public Theater Children’s Shakespeare Ensemble), Fabulation (The Strand Theater - Baltimore), and Spring Awakening (Boundless Theatre). Assistant/associate design credits include productions at The Juilliard School, Cincinnati Opera, Barrington Stage, Berkeley Rep, Wolf Trap Opera, and Lincoln Center Theater.
Caroline was the 2024 costume design winner for the Black Theatre Network’s Judy Dearing Student Design Competition and presented her work at their annual conference. Following graduation, she will be based in New York City and Washington, DC.
Christian Killada
(Projection Design)
Christian Killada is an Egyptian designer and researcher passionate about interactive storytelling and the intersection of human performance and technology. With a background in scenography, AR/VR, volumetric capture, and virtual production, he explores new ways to bring stories to life through digital media and immersive experiences.
His work spans performing arts and interactive installations, utilizing game engines, real-time interactive multimedia, 2D and 3D design software, and generative AI to create dynamic visual narratives. But he doesn’t just work with existing tools, Christian is also a toolmaker, developing custom workflows, generative systems, and interactive applications that push the boundaries of digital storytelling. By using computer vision models, generative AI, and programming, he creates innovative solutions that enhance creative processes and expand artistic possibilities.
Before pursuing his MFA, Christian projection designed De la cave au grenier at Bibliotheca Alexandria Arts Center and French cultural center theater, and he was the 3D video designer for Gymnastics FIG World Challenge in Cairo (2021). He has also contributed to productions at Yale University Theater, Yale Repertory Theater, and other venues, working on shows like Kilele, Falcon Girls, and Pearl's Beauty Salon.
Doaa Ouf
(Projection Design)
Doaa Ouf is a multidisciplinary artist from Cairo, Egypt, working at the intersection of projection design, directing, and producing for both theater and film. Her work seamlessly integrates her expansive experiences to create compelling, narratively immersive, and deeply resonant storytelling. She specializes in new works and productions that blend dynamic visuals and sound to heighten storytelling, creating multisensory theatrical experiences. Select credits include Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members (Yale Repertory Theatre); rent free, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Fucking A (Geffen School); We Live in Cairo (NYTW, animator); El Coqui Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom (Long Wharf Theatre, animator); Beinecke Plaza (Yale Cabaret, director); Arlington (Yale Cabaret, projection designer); The Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner (Yale Cabaret, projection designer); the betrayal project (Yale Summer Cabaret, projection designer), the ripple, the wave that carried me home (Yale Rep, assistant projection designer); Gypsy (Yale Arts Coalition, associate projections designer); Dragaret (Yale Cabaret, projection designer); Popcorn Falls (Walnut Street Theatre, associate director); The 5 Stages (producer/director); Murder by Midnight (Rutgers, director); The Spitfire Grill (Rutgers, associate director); Summer Play Fest (producer). Doaa is proud to have served as the Artistic Director for Yale Cabaret's 56th season, Sandbox. She holds a B.A. from Rutgers University, where she studied animation, theater, and film.
Ein Kim
(Projection Design)
Ein Kim is a video artist and a projection designer. Hailing from South Korea, she earned her BFA in Film from the Korea National University of Arts. Her artistic journey is dedicated to unraveling the universal language of visuals, transcending geographical and linguistic boundaries. Selected recent credits include Eden (Yale Repertory Theatre), Gianni Schicchi & Seven Deadly Sins (Sprague Hall), Yellow Face (Todd Haines Theatre, Animator), and Veremonda (Yale Baroque Opera Project). Ein’s works expand beyond theatre; her video installation projects include Moving Sculpture: Streams (Schwarzman Center), and You See What You See (Yale Kondonlean Studio).
George Zhou
(Scenic Design)
George Zhou 周亦扬 (Scenic Designer) is a third-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where his credits include Eden (Yale Repertory Theater), Cleansed (Yale University Theater), Rent Free (Iseman Theater), and Baksa (Yale Cabaret). He received his bachelor’s degree in set design from the University of the Arts London.
Joyce Ciesil
(Sound Design)
Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, Joyce Ciesil is a Jeff nominated sound designer and a proud member of the TSDCA. After beginning her theater career at a young age, her love of electronic dance music, hot dogs, and the Chicago Cubs brought her to the second city. There she discovered a passion for new work, community engagement, and education. While serving as the Audio Manager at the University of Chicago, Joyce cut her teeth sound designing in storefront theaters around the Chicagoland area: hanging speakers in non-traditional spaces, composing music for devised theater, and working with students at universities like DePaul and UChicago. After spending close to a decade in Chicago, Joyce realized that she was ready for new and exciting challenges. This realization ultimately led Joyce to the East coast where she became a member of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale class of 2025. Recent regional sound design credits include: Falcon Girls (Yale Rep); Notes on Killing Seven Oversight Management and Economic Stability Board Members (Yale Rep); Hurricane Diane (Hartford Stage *upcoming). Selected sound design credits include: The Seagull (Quinnipiac University); Hurricane Diane (Theater Wit); SPAY (Rivendell Theater Ensemble); Uncle Vanya (DGSD at Yale). Joyce was the resident Sound Designer for the 2024 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and is a guest artist at the National Theater Makers Institute.
KT Farmer
(Costume Designer)
KT Farmer (they/them) is a costume designer and illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia. They are a 2025 MFA graduate of David Geffen School of Drama, where their credits include The Inspector directed by Yura Kordonsky at the Yale Repertory Theatre, and hamlet: princesa de dinamarca directed by Juliana Morales Carreño at the School of Drama. KT received their BFA in theatre costume design and technology from Virginia Commonwealth University where their design credits include Intimate Apparel, Heart of a Dog, and Twelfth Night. Assistant credits include productions at Synetic Theatre, Yale University Theatre, and VCU Raymond Hodges Theatre. KT has received multiple awards in the arts field, including but not limited to the SETC Undergraduate Costume Design Award in First Place (2021) and Honorable Mention (2022), Bobby Chandler Award for Theatre Technology (2022), and the Georgia Shorts Film Festival Best Animated Short Film in First Place (2022). In addition, KT has worked as a freelance illustrator, painter, and costume craftsman for more than a decade.
Kyle Stamm
(Lighting Designer)
Kyle Stamm is a theatrical lighting designer based in NYC and Massachusetts. Selected lighting design credits include Ariodante (Boston Baroque); the world premier of Falcon Girls (Yale Repertory Theatre); What in the F&#k, Cactus Queen, Ruzante, Uncle Vanya, Julius Caesar (Yale Drama); Dance Nation, Arlington, The Royale, The Betrayal Project (Yale Cabaret); for the honey, you gotta say when (Frances Black Projects hosted by NYTW); Phantom of the Opera, Bat Boy, Something Rotten, Six Characters, Indecent, Metamorphoses (Weston Drama Workshop); Grease, The Wizard of Oz, In the Heights, High School Musical (Framingham HS Drama Company). Kyle was recently the co-artistic director of Yale Cabaret for their 56th season titled Sandbox. He is originally from Framingham, Massachusetts. Kyle is a 2025 MFA Lighting Design candidate from the School of Drama at Yale and has a BFA in Theatre Production and Design from Ithaca College.
Micah Ohno
(Costume Design)
Micah Ohno is a costume designer and researcher from Golden, CO. She is a third-year M.F.A. candidate at the David Geffen School of Drama, where she designed costumes for Measure for Measure, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and You Can Tell a Tree by Its Fruit. Other credits include falcon girls (Yale Rep); The Aughts (Yale Summer Cabaret); Grandmother/Bathtub, S’MORES, Hot and Cold Showers, and Four Meddling Kids & One Dumb Dog (Yale Cabaret). She holds two certificates in Costume Technology from DGSD and a B.S. in Fashion Design from Philadelphia University, where her thesis fashion collection "Art Medicine” received the Mike Ternosky Obey Award for Most Creative Collection.
Minjae Kim
(Sound Design)
Minjae Kim 김민재 (he/him) is a Korean-Canadian sound designer and composer dedicated to collaborative storytelling. His foundation in English studies at Princeton University has shaped his approach to be deeply dramaturgical, engaging with plays with an acute focus on textual analysis. He firmly believes that a shared understanding of the text is the font of healthy collaboration. Over the past three years of his New Haven residency, Minjae has designed and composed for a wide range of productions, from small installation projects to fully realized stage productions. Select sound and composition credits include The Inspector (Yale Rep), Metamorphoses (DGSD), rent free (DGSD), Cleansed (DGSD), You See What You See (Kondoleon Installation), Ghost Quartet (Princeton Summer Theater), and The Match Girl (Cellunova). Beyond sound, he continues to engage with theater from various angles—including performing, playwriting, and artistic direction. He served two consecutive terms as an Artistic Director—Yale Cabaret Season 57 (Phoenix) and Yale Summer Cabaret Season 50 (Greenhouse)—focusing on fostering spaces for bold, new storytelling. His original undergraduate thesis play, BLEED RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, was awarded the Alan S. Downer Prize for the production of an English thesis of exceptional merit. His multi-hyphenate approach to theater directly informs his holistic view of the collaborative theater-making process. His favorite fish is the humble pufferfish, but his favorite board game is Wingspan. Always happy to talk and/or caffeinate!
Patrick Blanchard
(Scenic Design)
Patrick is a designer / årtĩstę from small-town Kansas. His body of work spans installation, performance, film and photography and can be seen in parking garages, cemeteries, skyscrapers, cruise ships, apartments, Los Angeles deserts, traditional theater spaces, and more. He enjoys working with old scripts / new scripts / red scripts / blue scripts. Most recent theater projects include The Return of Benjamin Lay at the Sheen Center NYC and work for the Carlotta Festival of New Plays at Yale in New Haven, CT. Additional information and work available online.
BFA: Graphic Design @ University of Kansas
MFA: Scenic Design @ Yale (May 2025 expected)
Patti Panyakaew
(Scenic Design)
Patti Panyakaew is a set designer, illustrator and an architect. She received her bachelor’s degree in architecture from Chulalongkorn University in her hometown of Bangkok, Thailand and is graduating with an M.F.A. from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Her recent credits include Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Board Members (Yale Repertory Theater), Fucking A, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (David Geffen School of Drama); The Addams Family, Hedda Gabler (Bangkok); Heaven Is Something to Keep You Warm, And the Beetle Hums, The Rasa Jar (Yale Cabaret); and Constellations (Yale College). She also works as a costume illustrator with credits on 3 Summers of Lincoln, The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical (La Jolla Playhouse); and Redwood starring Idina Menzel (Broadway).
Rea J. Brown
(Costume Design)
Rea J. Brown they/them (Costume Designer) is a M.F.A. candidate at the David Geffen School of Drama, where their credits include Rent Free, & Cleansed. They received their B.A. in Theater & Performance Studies and Visual Arts from The University of Chicago (2022). Recent design credits include El Coquí Espectacular & The Bottle of Doom (Long Wharf Theatre), Senior Production: in collaboration with choreographers Reggie Turner and Daniel Paula (Julliard), Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner (Yale Cabaret), We F*cked Up (Yale Cabaret), Rasheeda Speaking (Shattered Globe Theater), WHITE (Definition Theater). Rea maintains an artistic practice in narrative acrylic paintings and as a budding craftsperson of props and costume accessories. You may find samples of said work on their website or by inquiring directly.
Silin Chen
(Scenic Design)
Silin Chen practices theatre and exhibition design internationally. Her recent set design credits include The Inspector (Yale Repertory Theatre), Uncle Vanya (DGSD), The Seagull (Quinnipiac University), Veremonda (Yale Baroque Opera), and Cactus Queen (Carlotta Festival).
Silin creates environments that provide access to the emotional landscape of a story. She is interested in exploring the nature of representation and the interplay of space and surface.
Tojo Rasedoara
(Sound Design)
Tojo is a sound designer, composer for theater, dance, film, video games, and is an M.F.A. candidate at the David Geffen School of Drama. Since starting his design journey, Tojo has worked on over 25 productions in and outside of school. Recent and notable credits include Silence/The Village (DGSD), Eden (Yale Rep); The Seven (The Juilliard School); Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone, Charlotte, Springtime, Birthday Candles, Fabulation, falcon girls, The Light and the Dark (Chautauqua Theater); Pearl’s Beauty Salon, Measure for Measure, Macbeth, Ghosts, Furlough’s Paradise (Geffen School); Wish You Were Here (Yale Rep); Soft Jade (Yale Cabaret); OFF-PEAK (world premiere, Hudson Stage, Company, 59E59 Theatre); Sandblasted (Vineyard Theatre); Is There Still Sex in the City? (Daryl Roth Theatre); Citizen: An American Lyric (Duke University); The Gradient (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); and Harriet Tubman (HI-ARTS), The Gravesend Inn — escape room (CityTech Theatreworks. Tojo holds a B.A. in entertainment technology from City Tech Brooklyn. He also worked with various New York Fashion Weeks as a production assistant.
Yung-Hung Sung
(Lighting and Scenic Designer)
Yung-Hung Sung, a lighting and scenic designer originally from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. A Design MFA candidate at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. He is also the recipient of the Taiwan Government Scholarship to Study Abroad by the Ministry of Education. Sung has collaborated with numerous theatre artists and companies. With over 90 productions, his design footprints have already been seen around several nations/festivals and major theaters in Taiwan, such as the National Theater of Taiwan, National Taichung Theater, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts. Also, Edinburgh International Festival Fringe (UK), Proyector Festival (Spain), Beijing Dance Festival, Shanghai International Festival of Arts (China), Migration Matters Festival (UK), ChangMu Performing Arts Festival (South Korea), Festival of Avignon Off (France), etc. Selected awards include Ten Lines of Poetry to NK with Neo-Classic Chamber Ensemble which received Bronze for Professional Lighting Design at the World Stage Design Exhibition 2022 in Calgary, Canada.
With the urgency to respond to outbreaking global events and as a designer who sees all sectors in panorama, Sung finds the uniqueness and essence of live performance lie in its direct, multi-dimensional impact on the perceivers. He strives to use scenography as a medium to dissect the human condition, initiate inner dialogues, declare personal statements, and spark not only profound discussions but even reveal evasive conflicts. In line with the foregoing, he believes the emotional connection between the performers and the audience transcends the use of sophisticated words, intellectual concepts, and stunning visual effects. A thought-provoking performance can happen on a bare stage devoid of any design. "Scenography exists only when it helps tell a story better.