Resume
Bio
Emily is an Assist Set and Costume Designer at the Shaw Festival and an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia. MFA Theater and Film design graduate from University of British Columbia and is based in Vancouver B.C. She is also the Head Scenic Painter at Metro Theater Emily graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cleveland State University with a B.A. in Theater Arts with a focus in Set Design. Her career began in Cleveland, Ohio and has had the opportunity to work and study art in Paris, France. Emily worked as a scenic painting intern for the Seattle Repertory Theater's 2017/2018 season, contributed to the set of the National Tour of The Humans, and completed a design internship with the Renaissance Theater in 2019.
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Skills
Art History
Scenic/Fine Art Painting
Carpentry
Vectorworks
Photoshop
Illustrator
Krita
Sewing
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Work​
experience​
Film
Gold Teeth/ Short/ Art Director/ Crazy 8's/ 2022
Hall of Men/ Television/ Scenic Painter/ CBC/ 2021
Trade Winds/ Television/ Scenic Painter/ Netflix/ 2021
The Intercourse/ Short/ Production Designer/ UBC Film/ 2019
Cheers/ Short/ Production Designer/ UBC Film/ 2019
Void/ Short/ Production Designer/ UBC Film/ 2019
Especially Joy/ Short/ Production Designer/UBC Film/ 2019
Acts of Violence/ Feature/ Costumer/ OASIS Films/ 2017
Lady and the Tiger/ Short/ Production Designer/ Fallen Light Media/ 2017
Little Evil/ Feature/ Illustrator/ Netflix/ 2016
Theatre
Memberships
IASTE 891 Permintee
Associated Designers of Canada
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Locations
Vancouver, B.C
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Seattle, WA
Mansfield, OH
Winona, MN
Cleveland, OH
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The Height of the Storm / Set Designer/ United Players/ 2025
Chickens / Set Designer/ United Players/ 2024
Comedy of Errors / Assistant Set Designer / Bard on the Beach/ 2024
Measure for Measure / Assistant Set Designer / Bard on the Beach/ 2024
Midnight and Magnolia's / Scenic Painter/ Metro Theater/ 2024
Send me no Flowers / Set Designer and Scenic Painter/ Metro Theater/ 2024
A Doll's House Part 2 / Set Designer/ Western Gold Theater/ 2023
Catering Queen / Set Designer and Scenic Painter/ Metro Theater/ 2023
The Mousetrap / Set Designer and Scenic Painter/ Metro Theater/ 2023
Antigonick /Set Designer/ Shaw Festival: Director's Project/ 2023
The Amen Corner /Assistant Costume Designer/ Shaw Festival/ 2023
The Clearing / Assistant Costume Designer/ Shaw Festival/ 2023
A Grand Night for Singing / Assistant Set and Costume Designer/ Shaw Festival/ 2023
A Game of Love and Chance / Assistant Set and Costume Designer/ Shaw Festival/ 2023
The Apple Cart/ Assistant Costume Designer/Shaw Festival/ 2023
Hedda Gabler / Set Designer/ United Players/ 2023
Sylvia / Scenic Painter/ Metro Theater/ 2023
Wait Until Dark / Scenic Painter/ Metro Theater/ 2023
Shirley Valentine / Scenic Painter/ Metro Theater/ 2023
The Importance of Being Ernest / Scenic Painter/ Metro Theater/ 2022
Wittenberg/ Set Designer/ United Players/ 2022
Cry Heart, but Never Break/ Set Designer / Axis Theater/ 2025
Gem of the Ocean/ Assistant Set Designer/ Shaw Festival/ 2022
Just to get Married/ Assistant Costume Designer/ Shaw Festival/ 2022
Doctor's Dilemma / Assistant Costume Designer/ Shaw Festival/ 2022
Shawgrounds / Set Designer and Costume Designer/ Shaw Festival/ 2022
Everybody/ Assistant Set Designer and Costume Designer/ Shaw Festival/ 2022
Artificial Purpose/ Set Designer/ Arts Umbrella/ 2022
Treehouse/ Set Designer/ Arts Umbrella/ 2022
Kindness/ Set Designer/ Arts Umbrella/ 2022
White Noise/ Scenic Painter/ Firehouse Arts Center /2020
Kill The Ripper/ Set Designer/Affair of Honor/ Rio Theater and Regional Tour/ 2022
The Brothers Grimm Spooktatularthon/ Set Designer/ Curious and Company/ 2021
Beetle Juice The Musical/ Production Designer/ PLAY Society/ 2021
Mama Mia/ Production Designer/ PLAY Society/ 2021
Onward/ Production Designer/ PLAY Society/ 2021
Robin Hood/ Production Designer/ PLAY Society/ 2021
Harry Potter Part 1 &2/ Production Designer/ PLAY Society/ 2021
Happy Days/ Set Designer/ Pacific Theater/ 2021
Gouldrausch/ Scenic Painter/ UBC Theater/2020
Revolt! She Said. Revolt Again./ Set Designer/ UBC Theater/ 2020
Matilda: The Musical/ Production Designer/ The Renaissance Theater/ 2019
Lion in the Streets/ Set Designer/ UBC Theater/ 2018
Waiting for Godot/ Set Designer/ Theater in the Circle/ 2018
Mary Poppins/ Assistant Costume Designer/ Nearwest Theater/ 2017
Junie B. Jones: The Musical/ Wardrobe Head/ Cleveland Playhouse/ 2017
Bring it On: The Musical/ Assistant Costume Designer/ All City Musical/ 2017
The Humans (National Tour)/ Scenic Painter/ Seattle Repertory Theater/ 2017
Ibsen in Chicago/ Scenic Painter/ Seattle Repertory Theater/ 2017
Christmas Revels/ Scenic Painter/ Tacoma Community Theater/ 2017
Two Trains Running/ Scenic Painter/ Seattle Repertory Theater/ 2017
The Odyssey/ Scenic Painter/ Seattle Repertory Theater/ 2017
The Wiz/ Assistant Costume Designer/ All City Musical/ 2017
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe/ Set Designer/ Theater in the Circle/ 2016
La Boheme/ Assistant Costume Designer/ Cleveland Opera/ 2016
A Christmas Carol/ Wardrobe/ Great Lakes Theater/ 2016
I Do, I Do/ Set Designer/ Theater in the Square/ 2016
The Wiz/ Assistant Costume Designer/ All City Musical/ 2016
Georama/ Set Construction/ Great River Shakespeare Festival/ 2016
Julius Caesar/ Set Construction/ Great River Shakespeare Festival/ 2016
Coriolanus/ Set Designer/ Great River Shakespeare Festival/ 2016
As you like it/ Set Construction/ Great River Shakespeare Festival/ 2016
Coriolanus/ Set Designer/ Great River Shakespeare Festival/ 2016
Ubu Roi/ Scenic Painter/ CSU Theater/ 2015
Dangerous Liaisons/ Scenic Painter/ CSU Theater/ 2015
Winnie The Pooh/ Set Designer/ Theater in the Circle/ 2015
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