Sunday, August 31, 2014


In Chicago, on the Green Line, here for a wedding

Saturday, August 30, 2014



 from the archives. c.2012. These are sketches for a class project of Otello the opera. Earlier this month I opened Othello the play at Allentown Shakespeare in the Park. I'll put up drawings of that production soon

Thursday, August 28, 2014




Went to the Noguchi Museum last weekend. These are my copies of some of his 'playscapes'. I'm designing my first theater production for kids, 'Ivy and Bean.' I thought noguchi's playground and public parks might be good to learn more about. It was my first time at the Noguchi Museum. I'll certainly return

Wednesday, August 27, 2014


Doodling on the train-- I'm looking at lots of white houses for my upcoming design of 'Detroit' 
The face on the left is of some novelist I was reading about in the New Yorker. The landscape I copied from a book on illustration

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

part of my drafting for Caroline or Change at University of Michigan

Monday, August 25, 2014



Seal walrus series by Jeff Koons at the Whitney. I pretty much decided that Koons is a plagiarist, a boor, and an asshole. But hot damn, I like his seal walrus sculptures. My colleague Adam Rigg recently used inflatable animals onstage to great effect. I once unsuccessfully tried to convince a director to put Malvolio in a sagging inflatable 'bouncy house' for a production of ' Twelfth night'. One day, one day I will put an inflatable ______ onstage.
from across the subway platform

Saturday, August 23, 2014


From evaline ness' book 'Sam bangs and moonshine'. I'm researching children's book art for my design of 'ivy and bean' for Atlantic theater

Friday, August 22, 2014

an old house in Lake Charles LO. Part of my research for Caroline or Change at University of Michigan

Thursday, August 21, 2014

from a photograph by Milt Hinton in the Yale University Art Gallery

Wednesday, August 20, 2014



from a photograph by Milt Hinton in the Yale University Art Gallery



Tuesday, August 19, 2014


dragons spotted in the Yale University Art Gallery

Monday, August 18, 2014


Terra cotta architectural detail on a public school from the thirties

Sunday, August 17, 2014

from the NYTimes: a pair of shoes that cost $800

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Dallas airport, back in June

Friday, August 15, 2014

from the NY Times: a mourning father of one of the victims of Malaysian Airlines flight 117

Thursday, August 14, 2014

a sketch of Ariel from my June production of The Tempest

Wednesday, August 13, 2014



A woman from my research for Caroline or Change

Monday, August 11, 2014

likely very close to the final design for Caroline or Change

even more discarded ideas for Caroline or Change
another discarded idea for Caroline or Change

Friday, August 8, 2014


Walt Spangler's set design for Between Riverside and Crazy at Atlantic Theater Company. July 2014.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014


Walt Spangler's design for 'Between Riverside and Crazy' at the Atlantic Theater Company. July 2014.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014


rough sketch for 'Detroit'. July 2014

Monday, August 4, 2014


sketch idea for Caroline, or Change at University of Michigan. July 2014

Sunday, August 3, 2014


rough sketch for 'Detroit' for Connecticut College. July 2014.

Saturday, August 2, 2014


sketch idea for Caroline, or Change for University of Michigan. Production scheduled November, 2014. July 2014

Friday, August 1, 2014


Sant'Antimo. Toscana. July 2014