•The Elephant Man - Designing the set for Bernard Pomerance’s Tony Award winning
drama, The Elephant Man. For the first time in the play’s 30 years history, John
Merrick is historically recreated for the stage by 2010 Oscar-Winning Special FX
Make-Up Artist, Barney Burman (Star Trek).
“The play is based on the life of Joseph "John" Merrick, an Englishman born with
an extremely rare disorder causing severe deformities. Exhibited in the freak shows
of Victorian England, John sparked the interest of Frederick Treves, a surgeon at
the Royal London Hospital, who takes him into his care.” The play opens March 26th,
and runs untill April 24th at El Centro Theatre, 804 N El Centro, Hollywood, CA 90038
(West of Paramount Studios)
•2010 Garland Awards for Excellence in Southland Theater Nomination: SCENIC DESIGN:
Vali Tirsoaga, The Light in the Piazza
•Lost Dream - WINS BEST FEATURE FILM : Sarasota Fringe Film Festival! (April 11,
2010)
•Lost Dream - on DVD March 23
Starring: Michael Welch (Twilight, New Moon- Eclipse), Shaun Sipos (Final Destination
2, "Shark", "Melrose Place"), Jeremy London (Gods and Generals ), Patricia Richardson
(Ulee's Gold, "Home Improvement" ), Sarah Foret, Joseph Campanella ("Mannix")
“Perry Roberts is about to graduate from a prestigious private college. The son of
a corrupt Congressman, Perry has lost faith in all the things he held true - his
family, girlfriend, and the American Dream. He finds himself emotionally bereft and
depressed. In search of self-discovery, Perry meets Giovanni, an art student with
an unrealized gift, Giovanni is Perry's polar opposite. Raised by abusive parents
and placed into a series of foster homes, Giovanni is brooding and nihilistic. He
lives in an altered state full of drugs and sex, capped by a deadly game with a gun
and a single bullet! Perry sees Gio as a free spirit, incorruptible and impervious
to the pressures of society. Gio believes Perry to be a spoiled rich boy dabbling
in existential angst. Perry needs Gio to believe that his pain is real, while Giovanni
implores Perry to play his game of Russian roulette to prove the validity of his
suffering. As Perry and Gio's relationship evolves, and drug-fueled emotions churn,
their fates linger at the tip of a revolver with a single bullet. Perry sets out
on a quest to save Gio. The only question is, is he in time or too late?”
•Our Leading Lady - Designing the set for the west coast premiere of the comedy Our
leading lady written by Charles Bush. The costumes are designed by the seventeen
Tony Awards nominated costumes designer Jane Greenwood. The comedy is playing at
The Neighborhood Playhouse in Palos Verdes Estates.
“Charles Bush gives a humorous look at theater life in one of the most turbulent
times of the united states history, at the end of the civil war. A star actress saddled
with a sub-par supporting cast is determined to boost her fortunes by having President
Lincoln attend her closing -night performance at Ford Theatre.”