Amanda is a Los Angeles based designer who works in both theatre and film. She is a proud member of the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) and United Scenic Artists Local 829.
The designer’s role in a play or film’s production is to help the audience understand and relate to a play on its most basic, human level. They must distill the text’s meaning down to its simplest form and present it to the audience through a visually poetic environment. The designer should force the audience to think, while also having a visceral, unconscious reaction to the production. This requires the designer to have a very personal response to the text, relating to it through associations, and transforming it into a visual metaphor for the stage or screen. My goal as a designer is to create thought provoking work that will inspire growth and resonate with my audience on the most personal, human level.
Complete Works
Film and Television
Art Director, The Stranger Season 1, Quibi, Fox 21, PD: Jennifer Moller, 2019
Art Director, Single Parents Season 1, 20th Century Fox, PD: Melanie Paizis-Jones, 2019
Ass’t Art, Director Strange Angel Season 2, CBS All Access, PD: Warren Young, 2019
Production Designer, The Wheel (Short), The Wheel, Inc., Dir: Nikhil Bhagat, 2019
Production Designer, UCU/NCAA Promo (Commercial), UCU Marketing, Inc., Dir: Merlin Camozzi, 2019
Art Director, Confidence for Her (Commercial), 3 Penny Design, Dir: Rachel Myers, 2018
Art Director, Sleighin’ In The Holidays (Commercial), Haven Entertainment, Barefoot Wine, PD: Caitlin Laingen, 2018
Art Director, Wedding Year (Feature), Lakeshore Entertainment, Dir: Robert Luketic, 2018
Art Director, The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (Netflix), Luminant Media, PD: Rachel Myers, 2018
Art Director, Thank You (Music Video), Ryuji, Spark Pictures, Inc., Dir: Ben Nicholas, 2018
Production Designer, Low Low (Feature), Halfway Crooks Entertainment, Dir: Nick Richey, 2018
Art Director, Five Points (Facebook Watch), Facebook, Indigenous Media, Dir: Thomas Carter, 2017
Production Designer, Dylan (Short), Black Poppy Productions, Dir: Cory Miller, 2017
Art Director, East Los High Season 4 and 5 (Hulu), Wisdom Productions, Inc., PD: Rachel Myers, 2016, 2017
Art Director, Ode to the Big Game (Commercial), WordPress, Wander, Inc., PD: Rachel Myers, 2017
Art Director, Garanimals (Commercial), JOJX Productions, PD: Rachel Myers, 2016
Production Designer, Long Distance Relationships (Web), SoulPancake, Dir: Nick P Ross, 2016
Ass’t Art Director, Sing It! Season 1 (YouTube Red), The Fine Bros./Mandeville Films, Dir: Tyler Spindel, 2015
Art Director, The Night Josh Tillman Came to our Apartment (Music Video), Father John Misty, Doomsday Entertainment, Dir: Drew Pearce, 2015
Art Assistant, FIFA Women’s World Cup Promo (Commercial), Fox Sports, PD: Brett Hess, 2015
Set Decorator, Get Serious (Commercial), Wander, Inc., PD: Rachel Myers, 2015
Set Dresser, Nerd Court Season 1 (Web), Fumblebuck Production, PD: Rachel Myers, 2014
Art Assistant, Faking It Season 2, MTV, Viacom, PD: Rachel Myers, 2014
Scenic Design
Handjob, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Chris Fields, 2019
As You Like It, Off Square Theatre Company (Jackson, WY), Dir: Edgar Landa, 2019
Fruition, Theatre of Note (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Lauren Smerkanich, 2019
Seven, Élan Ensemble (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Natsuko Ohama, 2019
Samsara, Coeurage Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Rebecca Wear, 2019
Brain Problems, Ammunition Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Alana Dietze, 2019
Charlotte Stay Close, Ensemble Studio Theatre LA (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Jonathan Muñox-Proulx, 2019
Roots, Theatre of Note (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Lee Conrads, 2019
The Wolves, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Alana Dietze, 2019
Tuesdays With Morrie, Sierra Madre Playhouse (Sierra Madre, CA), Dir: Flint Esquerra, 2019
Stuart Little, Sierra Madre Playhouse (Sierra Madre, CA), Dir: Christian Lebano, 2019
Bliss (Or Emily Post is Dead!), Moving Arts (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Darin Anthony, 2018
Gloria, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Chris Fields, 2018
What Happened When, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Chris Fields, 2018
Lost in Time, Ensemble Studio Theatre LA (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Keith Szarabajka, 2018
Ripe Frenzy, Greenway Court Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Alana Dietze, 2018
The Willows, Bootleg Theater (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Jessica Hannah, 2018
An Undivided Heart, Circle X/The Echo (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Chris Fields, 2018
Year of the Rooster, Theatre of Note (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: McKerrin Kelly, 2018
Pigs and Chickens, Ensemble Studio Theatre LA (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Kevin Comartin, 2018
The Engine of Our Ruin, Pomona College (Pomona, CA), Dir: Corey Sorenson, 2017
Dry Land, Kirk Douglas Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Alana Dietze, 2017
WET: A DACAmented Journey, Ensemble Studio Theatre LA (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Kevin Comartin, 2017
One Act Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre LA (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Kevin Comartin, 2017
Mice, Ensemble Studio Theatre LA (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Roderick Menzies, 2017
Fixed, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Rodney To, 2017
Welcome to the White Room, Theatre of Note (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Megan A. McGuane, 2017
Goonie, Circle X (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Jim Anzide, 2017
How to Raise a Freeman, Ammunition Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Fred Thomas Jr., 2017
Blueberry Toast, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Dustin Wills, 2016
Mutual Philanthropy, Ensemble Studio Theatre LA (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Dan Bonnell, 2016
Cherry Orchard, Pomona College (Pomona, CA), Dir: Art Horowitz, 2016
One of the Nice Ones, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Chris Fields, 2016
Dry Land, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Alana Dietze, 2016
ICU, Circle X (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Brian Schnipper, 2015
Cafe Society, Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Terri Hanauer ,2015
Row After Row, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Tara Karsian, 2015
A Small Fire, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Alana Dietze, 2015
Fugue, The Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Chris Fields, 2015
Bob’s Holiday Office Party, Pico Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Craig Anton, 2014
Urban Legends One Act Festival, Urban Theatre Movement (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Paul Tully, 2014
Kalamazoo, Pacific Resident Theatre (Venice, CA), Dir: Dan Bonnell, 2014
Dental Society Midwinter Meeting, Atwater Village Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Craig Anton, 2014
Changes in the Mating Strategies of White People, Lounge Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Craig Anton, 2014
The Underground: Street Chronicles, USC (Los Angeles, CA), Dir: Marquisa Gardner, 2013
Spring Awakening (Musical), CSULB University Players (Long Beach, CA), Dir: Joanne Gordon, 2013
Boom, Alive Theatre (Long Beach, CA), Dir: Caitlin Sullivan Hart, 2012
Ajax in Iraq, CSULB University Players (Long Beach, CA), Dir: John Farmanesh-Bocca, 2012
Mulan Jr., Upper Darby Summer Stage (Drexel Hill, PA), Dir: Dawn Morningstar, 2011
A Man Walks into the World, CSULB University Players (Long Beach, CA), Dir: Valentin Levitsky, 2011
As You Like It, CSULB University Players (Long Beach, CA), Dir: Maureen Huskey, 2011
Associate/Assistant Scenic Design
What You Are, The Old Globe (San Diego, CA), Designer: Rachel Myers, 2019
Race, Kirk Douglas Theatre (Culver City, CA), Designer: Jeffery Eisenmann, 2014
The Cherry Orchard, Pacific Resident Theatre (Venice, CA), Designer: Jeffery Eisenmann, 2014
The Recommendation, IAMA Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA), Designer: Rachel Myers, 2014
Queenie Pie, Long Beach Opera (San Pedro, CA), Designer: Danila Korogodsky, 2014
A View From the Bridge, Pacific Resident Theatre (Venice, CA), Designer: Jeffery Eisenmann, 2013
University Teaching
California State University - Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Lecturer and Lab Instructor for Elementary Stagecraft 2013-2014
Graduate Teachers Assistant for Stagecraft 2010-2013
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Charge Scenic Painter and Crew Supervisor 2013-2016