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Alumni from the University of Washington School of Drama are advancing the artistic conversation through their innovative and diverse work both regionally and across the globe. Our graduates, many who have gone on to become highly successful, represent the best of what the School of Drama has to offer. Whether they went on to become television stars, acclaimed film producers, exceptional costume designers, artistic directors, or theatrical entrepreneurs, the UW School of Drama was the foundation for their growth as artists.

Format: 2024
  • Production Designer, MFA Scenic Design, Class of 1999
  • Melanie Burgess
    Costume Designer, MFA, Costume Design, Class of 2002
  • Mairi Chisholm
    Costume Designer and Commercial Stylist, MFA, Costume Design, Class of 2007
  • Andrew Layton
    Set Designer and member of the Art Directors Guild, Local 800, MFA, Set Design, Class of 2005
  • Andrew Lieberman Headshot
    Set Designer, MFA, Scenic Design, Class of 1998
  • Andrew Mannion
    Scene Designer/Lecturer, Union College, MFA, Scenic Design, Class of 2012
  • Thorn Michaels
    Gregory Award-winning Lighting Designer, MFA, Lighting Design, Class of 2016
  • Jennifer Zeyl
    Scenic and Costume Designer, MFA, Scenic Design, Class of 2003

Alumni Websites

MFA in Design
Namesort ascending Job Title Class Year
Zibello, Deanna Scenic Designer and Receiver of the Gregory Award for Outstanding Set Design 2009
Zeyl, Jennifer Scenic and Costume Designer 2003
Winterle, Alex Scenic Designer 2018
Weinzatl, Pamela Costume Designer 2018
Webb, Matthew Lighting Designer and Visual Artist 2018
TenEyck, Steve Lighting and Scenic Designer, Lighting Design Professor at Ithaca College, New York 2001
Smucker, Matthew Professor of Scenic Design, Cornish College of the Arts 2002
Sipila, Jennifer Scenic Designer and Software Engineer 2014
Short, Melinda Lighting Designer 2007
Shao, Chih-Hung Lighting Designer 2021
Sanchez, Martin Costume Designer, Theater Educator, Director 2021
Roberts, Jared Scenic Designer and Technical Director 2015
Riel, Brandon MFA in Scenic Design 2023
Petrovich, Michaela Assistant Professor of Costume Design and Technologies, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 2014
Parker, Amber Lighting Designer 2018
Ogasawara, Maya Costume and Scenic Designer 2015
Moreno Caycho, Jessica Costume Designer 2021
Minahan, Michael Studio and Scenic Painter/Designer 2011
Michaels, Thorn Gregory Award-winning Lighting Designer 2016
Marcos, Lex Scenic designer and Visual storyteller 2017
Mannion, Andrew Scene Designer/Lecturer, Union College 2012
Lim, Czerton Associate Professor of Theatre, Scenic Design at SUNY Fredonia 2006
Lieberman, Andrew Set Designer 1998
Legate, Joshua Lighting, Projection and Scenic Designer 2021
Lee, Kuan Ying Costume Designer 2021
Layton, Andrew Set Designer and member of the Art Directors Guild, Local 800 2005
Huang, Chun Yen Lighting Designer 2020
Hogue, Emily Woods Costume Designer 2018
Fischer, Kenrick Lighting Designer 2017
Cumings, Marnie Lighting Designer 2012
Chisholm, Mairi Costume Designer and Commercial Stylist 2007
Burgess, Melanie Costume Designer 2002
Buckstaff, Meleta Costume Designer and Artist 2017
Brown, Christopher Production Designer 1999
Brown, Amiya Lighting and Scenic Designer, Visual Artist, Educator (Seattle U) 2010
Bernard, John Lighting and Projection Designer 2015
Bartek, Ann Scenic Designer and Assistant Art Director 2004
Arnold, Paul Lighting Designer 2014
Apatoff, Rachel Costume Designer 2012
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