CMU Video and Media Design

CMU Video and Media Design

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Carnegie Mellon University's Program in Video and Media Design (BFA & MFA) Taught by Lawrence Shea and Nica Ross.

The School of Drama Graduate Video & Media Design Option is a conceptually rigorous, hands-on and innovative three–year program, which teaches advanced technical skills in a critical context. This program is designed for forward thinking and fearless artists working at the forefront of media technology and the Arts. Course work is focused on experimentation and collaboration. Classes like Advanced

02/25/2026

Happy Opening Hurricane Diane!
Play by: Madeline George
Directed by: Kaycee Swierc

MEDIA
Media Designer: Mei Yu
Media Assistant: Sherry Wu
Media Engineer: Cyril Neff
Asst. Media Engineer: Jo Adereth

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Production Manager: Kiana Carbone

STAGE MANAGEMENT
Stage Manager: Julia He

DRAMATURGY
Dramaturgs: Lillian McDermott, Jesús Feliciano

SCENIC
Scenic Designer: Katie Welker

COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Sydney de Haan

LIGHTING
Lighting Designer: Peter Gustafson

SOUND
Sound Designer: Felix Gabriel

12/16/2025

This semester debuted Specters and Systems this Fall and these incredible students managed to scare the crap out of people in December - the darkest and in our opinion the scariest month..

12/12/2025

Don’t worry, everything’s fine.. We just created a Haunt in December for our collab class Specters and Systems: Advanced Horror Experience! Students from all design areas plus some friends from and came together to scare the 💩 out of everyone.

Photos from CMU Video and Media Design's post 12/03/2025

HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
By Federico García Lorca
Adapted by Chay Yew
Directed by Samantha Pazos
Media Design: Abby Yu Bi
Media Engineer: Mei Yu
Assistant Media Designer: Brenda Yue Cai

Lighting Design: Brittany A. Chato
Scenic Design: Wendy Y. Geng
Costume Design: Kendall Swartz
Lighting Design: Brittany A. Chato
Sound Design & Composition: Chloe
Cohen

Dramaturg: Jesús E. Feliciano-Batista
Stage Manager: Jasper Gitlitz
Voice Coach: Lisa Velten Smith Fight & Intimacy Choreography: Catherine Moore
Movement Coach: Rachel Tecora Tucker

12/02/2025

MFA APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
Apply to join our crew of incredible MFA candidates to study the ever expanding possibilities of media and technology in live performance!
📸 of and in tech at Lorca in a Green Dress Directed by fellow MFA candidate Samantha Paco’s and written by Nilo Cruz

Photos from CMU Video and Media Design's post 04/01/2025

Our second production of the year! Congratulations to the "A Bright New Boise" team!

TEAM MEDIA ☆
Scenic & Media Design - Lilian Nara Kim .lily.an
Media Engineer - Abby Yu Bi
Assistant Media Design - Ryan Yu 

A Bright New Boise
By Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Cole Schubert

CREATIVE
Scenic Design - Lilian Nara Kim
Costume Design - Sophie Howard
Lighting Design - Ava Malia
Sound Design - Nicholas Huettig
Media Design - Lilian Nara Kim
Stage Manager - Allie Blaylock
Fight Director - Lisa Velten Smith

CAST
Alex - JJ Beck
Anna - Helena Chuang
Will - Cayden McCoy
Pauline - Janessa Minta
Leroy - Matty Palmer
TV Men - Alex Newkirk, Mark Palmerine

PRODUCTION
Production Manager - Natalie Lawton
Project Managers - Nick Wylie, Selina Wang
Job Lead - Tane Muller
Props Manager - Lilian Nara Kim
Lead Scenic Artist - Lilian Nara Kim
Lighting Manager - Sunaina Singh
Sound Engineer - Pan-Pan Gou
Media Engineer - Abby Yu Bi

ASSISTANTS
Assistant Production Managers - Theo Kronemer, Marion Mongello
Assistant Stage Manager - Ana Schroeder
Assistant Lighting Design - Evie Parke
Assistant Media Design - Ryan Yu
Assistant Lighting Manager - Delaney Price

CREW
Jo Adereth, Trey Buie, Thio Diop, Elisha Jimenez, Kendell Neely, Logan Yao

Photos from CMU Video and Media Design's post 02/06/2025

Throwback to our first VMD production of the season--Lorca in a Green Dress!

Media Design - Abby Yu Bi
Media Engineer - E. Lieu Wolhardt .exe
Assistant Media Design - Meixin Yu
Assistant Media Engineer - Ryan Yu

“Lorca in a Green Dress”
By Nilo Cruz
Directed by Samantha Pazos

CREATIVE
Scenic Design - Zhuang Kang, Jiaman Li
Costume Design - Bunny Brand
Lighting Design - Peter Gustafson
Sound Design & Composition - Chloe Cohen
Media Design - Abby Yu Bi
Dramaturg - Jacey Cassandra Lozada
Stage Manager - Kelsey Harlow
Intimacy And Fight Director - Tomé Cousin
Dialects Coach - Ausar Stewart
Weapons Coordinator - Andrew Smith

CAST
Lorca with Blood - Reynaldo Quintana
Lorca in Bicycle Pants - Matthew Diston
Lorca as a Woman - Maya Ousachi
Lorca in a White Suit - Donathan Arnold
Lorca in a Green Dress - Marco Porras
Guard - JJ Beck
General - Daniel Bamdad
Flamenco Dancer - Valentina Beltrán

PRODUCTION
Production Manager - Alexander Farrell
Project Managers - Sophie Rodriguez, Nick Wylie
Job Lead - Joshua Hillers
Draper - Diana (Huixue) Kang
First Hand - Alex Robison
Wardrobe Supervisor - Kendall Swartz
Lighting Manager - Christina Dragen-Dima
Lighting Programmer - Ava Malia
Media Engineer - E. Lieu Wolhardt
Sound Engineer - Chloe Cohen
Assistant Production Manager - Magnolia Luu
Assistant Stage Manager - Carly Tamborello
Assistant Scene Design - Yafei Hu
Assistant Costume Design - Tianyu Lei
Assistant Media Design - Meixin Yu
Assistant Media Engineer - Ryan Yu

CREW
Moyo Ifafore
Ace Lillard
Cami Nugent
Autumn Stewart
Octavio Sutton
Jolie Wa

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05/08/2024

Join us on May 17th 5-9pm for the 2024 Creators’ Expo in New York! RSVP at the link in the bio! See you there!

Photos from CMU Video and Media Design's post 12/08/2023

Putting together the final touches!
Don’t miss Playground! And make sure to check out “no body, no body, nobody” by MFA candidate Matthias Neckermann.

11/12/2023

Fantastic workshop with SudoMagic and Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry!

02/15/2023

SEE YOU SOON! Babel opens Feb 15th!
Video Design by Asst Media Designer .wlso Engineer Asst Engineer
Written by Jacqueline Goldfinger
Directed by Lucy Murphy

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