Featured productions with more highlights for the curious!
Click through the mini-galleries below to see painting elevations, renderings, and other details associated with some of my favorite productions.
The Cat In the Hat. The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio. 2025
Directed by James Jones. Lighting by Yelena Babinskaya. Costume design by Alex Frisch. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
A Room in the Castle. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. Folger Shakespeare Theatre; Washington, DC. 2025
Directed by Kaja Dunn. Lighting by Max Doolittle. Projection design by Robert Carlton Stimmel. Costume design by Nicky Smith. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. Merrimack Repertory Theatre; Lowell, Massachusetts. 2024
Directed by Brain Isaac Phillips. Lighting by Jeff Adelberg. Projection design by Robert Carlton Stimmel. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
Kindred Spirits. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2024
Directed by Brain Isaac Phillips. Lighting by Watson. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
The Play That Goes Wrong. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2024
Directed by Brain Isaac Phillips. Lighting by Alice Trent. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
Much Ado About Nothing. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2024
Directed by Jeremy Dubin. Lighting by Nina Agelvis. Assistant lighting by Zach Benton. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2023
Directed by Sara Clark. Lighting by Aiden Bezark. Projection design by Robert Stimmel. Projection art by Samantha Reno. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
Gaslight by Steven Dietz. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Merrimack Repertory Theatre; Cincinnati, Ohio and Lowell, Massachusetts 2023
Directed by Courtney Sale. Lighting by Laura Glover. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
The Importance of Being Earnest. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2024
Directed by Brian Isaac Phillips. Lighting by Watson. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
As You Like It. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2023
Directed by Brant Russell. Lighting by Jessica Drayton. Projection design by Robert Stimmel. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
The Taming of the Shrew. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2023
Directed by Jemma Alix Levy. Lighting by Robert Stimmel and Chris Holloway. Costume design by Kristina Sneshkoff. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
The Rewards of Being Frank. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and New York Classical Theatre; Cincinnati, Ohio and New York, New York. 2023
Directed by Stephen Burdman. Lighting by Justen N. Locke. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
The Living Dead. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2022
Directed by Brian Isaac Phillips. Lighting by Nina Agelvis. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
Fierce. Cincinnati Opera Association; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2022
Directed by d. Lynn Meyers. Lighting by Thomas Hase. Projection design by Jessica Drayton. Scenic and costume design by Samantha Reno.
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare in the Park Summer Tour. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. 2022.
Directed by Brian Isaac Phillips. Lighting by Justen N. Locke. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
Comedy of Errors. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2022.
Directed by Jeremy Dubin. Lighting by Justen Locke. Projection design by Justen Locke and Robert Stimmel. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno. Photography by Mikki Schaffner Photography. With special thanks and deep gratitude to the American Sign Museum.
Hamlet. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2022.
Directed by Sarah Lynn Brown. Lighting by Justen Locke. Projection design by Brave Berlin. Costume design by Abbi Howson. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
Romeo and Juliet. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio. 2021.
Directed by Darnell Pierre Benjamin. Lighting design by Justen Locke. Costume design by Rainy Edwards. Scenic design by Samantha Reno. Photos by Mikki Schaffner.
Noises Off! Northern Kentucky University Department of Theatre & Dance. 2021.
Directed by Ken Jones. Lighting design by Jo Sanberg. Costume design by Ronnie Chamberlain. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
Peter and the Starcatcher. University of California, Davis Department of Theatre & Dance. 2020.
Directed by Mindy Cooper-Grenke. Lighting design by Michael Palumbo. Projection design by Ian Wallace. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
The Forever Question. B Street Theatre at the Sofia. 2019.
Directed by Lyndsay Burch. Lighting design by Wade McKenzie-Bahr. Scenic design and charge artistry by Samantha Reno.
A Doll’s House, Part Two. B Street Theatre at the Sofia. 2019.
Directed by Dave Pierini. Lighting design by Dylan Ballestero. Scenic design and charge artistry by Samantha Reno.
Flora the Red Menace. University of California Davis Department of Theatre & Dance. 2019.
Directed by Mindy Cooper-Grenke. Lighting design by Michael Palumbo. Projection design by Ian Wallace. Costume design by Tasa Gleason. Scenic design and charge artistry by Samantha Reno.
Superman the Musical. The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati. 2018.
Directed by Roderick Justice. Technical direction by Spencer Burke. Costume design by Jeff Shearer. Lighting design by Ben Gantose. Scenic design by Samantha Reno. Charge artistry by Jennifer Rhodus.
Ironbound. B Street Theatre at the Sofia. 2018.
Directed by Lyndsay Burch. Lighting design by Katie Gruenhagen. Costume design by Paulette Gilbert. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
1 Man, 2 Guvnors. B Street at the Sofia. 2018.
Directed by Buck Busfield. Lighting by by Ron Dumonchelle. Costume design by Paulette Gilbert. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
Cinderella. The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati. 2017.
Directed by Roderick Justice. Lighting design by Ben Gantose. Costume design by Jeff Shearer. Ballroom base design by David Centers. Scenic design by Samantha Reno.
