Stage, Theater & Performance:
2026-27: Lead Puppet Designer/Fabricator (Large-scale, multi-operator puppets) Life of Pi, SF Playhouse
2025-26: Designer/Performer- Giant Multi-Operator Puppets at Ross California
2026: Puppet Designer/Fabricator for SF Youth Theater production of “The Mysterious Stranger”
2025-26: Lead Designer and Fabricator at Odd Savvy, Oakland California.
2025-26: Giant Puppet Designer (large-scale, multi-operator forms) for Woander Wylding Woods, Mill Valley, California.
2025: Mask/Costume design and Performer for “Mouse Movie” Oakland California
2025-26: Puppet Fabricator for Images in Motion at Sonoma, California
2025: Lead Puppet Designer/Fabricator and Performer for “HOLD” at Odd Savvy, Oakland California
2025: Puppetry Facilitator at St. Mary’s High School, Albany, California
2024: Lead Puppet Designer/Fabricator/Performer for “POE & PINOCCHIO” with Magical Moonshine, Vallejo, California
2024: Puppet Fabricator at A.C.T., San Francisco, California
2024: Scenic Artist at Odd Savvy, Oakland California “THE GROUND” by Fred C. Riley III
2024: Puppet Designer/Fabricator/Performer at Flower Piano, San Francisco, “Oddival” with Puppetoon Players
2021: Production Designer HEART OF A DOG Everyman, Cork, Civic Dublin, Ireland
ITTA nominated for BEST COSTUME DESIGN
2020: Production Designer for SEA TRILOGY Everyman, Cork, Ireland
2019: Costume and Props Designer for KING LEAR Cyclone Rep, Touring show
2019: Costume Design BIG CHAPEL X Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland
2018: Set/Costume Designer NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE Everyman, Cork, Ireland
2017: Set Designer MARY AND ME Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2017: Costumes and Props Design for FAR AWAY Corcadorca, Midsummer’s Festival
2016: Set/Costume Designer ANIMAL FARM CIT/CSM, Cork, Ireland
2015: Set/Costume Designer FAUST Everyman Palace Theatre, Ireland
ITTA nominated for BEST OPERA
2015: Costume Design BRIDGE STREET PROJECT KCAT, Callan, Kilkenny, Ireland
2014: Set/Costume Designer DER VAMPYR Everyman Palace Theatre, Ireland
ITTA nominated for BEST OPERA
2013: Set/Costume Designer ORPHEUS Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork, Ireland
2012: Set/Costume Designer PAGLIACCI Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork, Ireland
ITTA nominated BEST COSTUME DESIGN
ITTA AWARD for BEST OPERA
FILM and TELEVISION:
2026: Artist for Cinemagic Pictures, “Cinemaquest”, Alameda California
2022: “Oddity” Character Designer for film by Damian McCarthy
2021: “The Monkey’s Paw” Film, Monkey paw prop and puppets
2020: Drumming Bunny Puppets for “CAVEAT” Film by Damian McCarthy
2018: Costume Design for “Let’s Find Out” RTE and Stopwatch Television
2015: Costumes for “Beyond the Woods” Film by Sean Breathnach
2006-2010: Scenic Artist “Umsere Farm in Irland” produced by Bavaria Film Ltd GMBH
FESTIVALS and EXHIBITIONS:
2026: Large-Scale Marionette Designer and Fabricator for Velvet Notes by Eugene Rodriguez, a sculptural puppet art installation at Museum of Art and History, Lancaster California
2024: Giant Puppet Fabricator for City of Vallejo Independence Day with Magical Moonshine
2024: Performance Committee for Northern California Puppet Festival
2024: Commissioned Artist for exhibit at Bailieborough Interpretive Centre, Cavan, Ireland
2021: “Lockdown Creatives” Exhibited Artist. Crawford Gallery No 46, Cork, Ireland
2018: Artist in Residence: Midleton Arts Festival, Site Specific installation “Secret Spaces”
2015: Exhibited Artist at Camden Palace Hotel
2013: Exhibited Artist “April Fools” Exhibition at Camden Palace Hotel
2000: Textile Art Installation “Skins” for Exhibit San Francisco
1998 - 2000: Art Installation: Burning Man Opera, Blackrock Desert, Nevada
EMPLOYMENTS:
2025-26: Puppeteer at Wylding Woods, Mill Valley, California
2025: Puppet restoration technician at Fratello Marionettes, Pinole, California
2012 - 2026: Lecturer in Costume Design and Make-up at MTU, Cork, Ireland
2014 - 2026: Present Lecturer in Set Design and Props at MTU, Cork, Ireland
2004 - 2007: Lecturer in Technical Skills for Theatre: Colaiste Stiofain Naofa, College of Further
Education City of Cork V.E.C., Ireland
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:
May 2026: UConn Graduate Certificate in Puppetry Arts
November 2022: Certificate “Academy of the Wooden Puppet - Reykjavik, Iceland
May 2000: Master of Fine Arts Degree in Fine Art: San Francisco State University
May 1997: Baccalaureate Degree in Fine Art San Francisco State University
Magna Cum Laude
May 1997: Associate in Arts Degree - Diablo Valley College
June 2009: Certificate in Irish Sign Language - 201- 203 Cork Deaf Association
Bureau of Foreign Qualifications Level 9
AWARDS and MERITS:
2021 Irish Times Theatre Awards Best Costume Design Nominee for Heart of a Dog at
Everyman Palace Theatre.
2013 Irish Times Theatre Awards Best Costume Design Nominee for Pagliacci at Everyman
Theatre.
2015 Travel Award: Irish Designers Prague Quadrennielle Scenography Conference Travel
and Accreditation Awarded by Irish Theatre Institute
Film:
Accolades: