Current Students

Kevin Beltz

Kevin is a 2nd year M.F.A. candidate in Scene Design. He graduated with his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Design from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. In Detroit, Kevin is a founding member and the Co-Artistic and Production Director of The Magenta Giraffe Theatre. In addition to these things, Kevin is an actor, a photographer, an aspiring writer, and a pyrotechnician with Great Lakes Fireworks.

Renee Berthelette

Elizabeth Bracken

Rowan Doyle

Natalee Franklin

Victoria Hendrix

Alison Heryer

Alison Heryer is a first year graduate student in theatrical design. For the past six years she has worked as a freelance costume designer and stylist in Chicago. She has designed extensively with Steppenwolf Theatre where her credits include The Bluest Eye, The Fall to Earth, A Lesson Before Dying, Orange Flower Water, Things Being What They Are, and World Set Free. As an artistic associate of Redmoon Theater, she has collaborated on dozens of spectacle events, including Twilight Orchard and Seagull. Other notable credits include The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen with the NeoFuturists, Red Scare with Second City, and Sueno with Greasy Joan & Company. Alison also worked for three years as an adjunct faculty and resident designer at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. She holds a B.F.A. in Fashion Design with a second major in History from Washington University in St. Louis.

Peter Holtin

David Jones

Katherine Leahy

Darren E. Levin

Darren E. Levin is a Third Year M.F.A. Design candidate, emphasizing in Lighting Design, and is thrilled to be studying at the University of Texas. Originally from Versailles, Missouri, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Missouri State University in 2007 with his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre with a Lighting Design/Tech Emphasis. During his time at Missouri State, he designed Urinetown, Hedda Gabler, A Chorus Line (Scenic Design), Beguiled Again and several dance works including Ha' Shoa, Ozarks Folk Suite. Also, he was a Student/Lighting Manager for the Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, also in Springfield, Asst. Lighting/Laser Tech with The Haygoods in Branson, MO, and with Downhome Productions. Most Recently, Darren has worked with Cedar Point Live Entertainment in Sandusky, OH as the Lighting Designer of Got Country, Co'Lighting Designer of Country Unleashed, Assistant Lighting Designer of Signed Sealed Delivered, as Head Electrician of the Centennial Theatre three years, and as Technical Foreman for the 2009 season. At Texas, he designed the productions of B'rer Wood and Dance Repertory Theatre 2009, 410 [Gone], Big Love, and Susannah. Much love to his family and friends for their continued love and support.

Darren E. Levin Designs website

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Ilana Marks

Anne McMeeking

Sonja Rainey

Ariana Schwartz

Ariana is a first year theatre design M.F.A. with an emphasis on costume. She has an AAS in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology and a B.F.A. in Fiber Arts from University of Oregon, where she also studied costume design. Her interest in textile arts and costume design stem from time spent living in Bali, Indonesia and traveling throughout Asia since early childhood. Ariana has studied batik painting and Balinese traditional costuming, and she enjoys designing Middle Eastern dance costumes. Her experience living and traveling in Asia has deeply influenced her aesthetic and her appreciation of beauty and fine craftsmanship, and contributed to her understanding of the role of costume and adornment in various cultural contexts. She spent the last two years living in Bali and teaching Balinese women sewing, pattern drafting and other skills needed to attain economic self-sufficiency.

Jennifer Singletary

Emily Smith

Cheng-Wei Teng

Proletina Veltchev

Lih-Hwa Yu

Lih-Hwa was born in Hwalian, Taiwan. He is a second year graduate student in Lighting Design at the University of Texas at Austin. After graduating with a B.F.A. from Taipei National University of the Arts, he gained 7 years experience as a master electrician and has since taught lighting technology at college level. He has designed numerous theater productions in Taiwan including Hamlet Machine, the Butterfly Lovers, as well as shows for children's theater. During his graduate study in UT, he designed lighting for The Shadow Box and is very excited to be designing The Summer People, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Hansel and Gretel for the 2008 – 2009 Texas Performing Arts season.