
And it makes complete sense to her that this can combines all of her favorite things: storytelling (comics/RPG books), clothing/expression (fashion design), movement/choreography (dance), mood/theme/score (music). Good designers approach a script as a director and actor would by asking the questions of who/what/when/where/how and why. It makes one delve into the psychology and the thought process behind choices.

Costume, and sometimes scenic, designer for theatre, opera and dabbling a bit in film/TV, she sees this as the perfect way into storytelling-through characters with what they are wearing and why, and the environment they find themselves in. Valérie Thérèse Bart is a proud self-proclaimed “Franco-VietnAmericaine.” Born in France to Vietnamese refugee parents, she and her family eventually made their way to the US. Jorge received his MFA from New York University and is currently an Assistant Professor of Lighting Design at Boston University and is a member of USA Local 829.
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In 2004 he was selected by Lighting Dimensions Magazine for feature in an article on "designers to watch" and has co-authored the last three versions of the Lightwright manual and tutorial. He has also worked with choreographer Stacey Tookey, three-time Emmy nominee for her choreography on FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, on her production of Moments Defined in both New York and California. He has created designs for over 50 shows at both the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center for artists such as Alicia Keys, Gabriel Iglesias, the Wayans Brothers, the Chieftains, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Paquito D'Rivera, Phoebe Snow, Stanley Jordan, Kenny Garrett, Jackie Mason, and others. He has previously served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Dreamcatcher Repertory Theater, Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, and Luna Stage. His work has been seen at venues such as The Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, The Public Theater, The Huntington Avenue Theater, Westport Country Playhouse, La Mama, Weston Playhouse, TheatreSquared and others. Jorge is a freelance Lighting Designer based in Boston and New York. She received additional training at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, where she continues to serve as the Annual Young Playwrights Conference design mentor. She recently won the KCACTF Region II Award for Distinguished Scenic Design for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" at Albright College, where she currently teaches and directs.ĭahlia received her MFA in Scenic Design from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and her BA from Wellesley College. Recent credits include designs for Tony Award-winning companies such as the Dallas Theater Center and Trinity Rep. She creates performance spaces that are an invitation to conversation- evocative, eloquent spaces of possibility actors, artists, technicians, and audiences. As an artist and collaborator, Dahlia is interested in exploring unlikely connections and using her work to build cultural bridges. Dahlia was born and raised in Abu Dhabi- a diverse, multicultural city that fostered her love for rich and varied traditions of storytelling.

Dahlia Al-Habieli is an award-winning scenic designer and educator.
