Scenography / Lighting / Spatial Storytelling
Open to stage design internships, studio assistantships, and collaborative productions.
Stage Design / Scenography
Youran Wang
Designing atmospheres where movement, light, and material carry the story.
Trained across set drafting, lighting studies, model making, and digital previsualization.
Building poetic stage worlds for theatre, dance, concerts, and immersive installations.
Scenic drafts, white-card models, and material tests for theatre-scale storytelling.
Lighting looks built from cue rhythm, color temperature, and performer movement.
Digital previsualization for fast conversations between directors, performers, and crews.
Portfolio Snapshot
A practice shaped by light, texture, and motion.
Experience
Production rooms, rehearsal rooms, and speculative stages.
Youran's work connects visual research with practical buildability, helping directors and teams turn atmosphere into usable space.
2026 / Present
Independent Scenography Portfolio · Designer
- Developing a cohesive portfolio of stage, dance, and exhibition design concepts.
- Building mood boards, ground plans, model boxes, and lighting storyboards.
- Testing color, fabric, reflective surfaces, and modular scenic units.
- Preparing project packets for directors, faculty reviews, and studio applications.
2025
Black Box Theatre Lab · Set & Props Assistant
- Assisted with scenic breakdowns, prop lists, rehearsal notes, and strike planning.
- Produced quick paper models to compare actor pathways and audience sightlines.
- Sourced low-cost textures for worn metal, translucent paper, and aged wood finishes.
- Coordinated handoffs between design, stage management, and workshop schedules.
2024
Campus Dance Festival · Lighting Design Intern
- Drafted cue sheets that mapped tempo, transitions, and emotional beats.
- Created color stories for solo, ensemble, and shadow-based choreography.
- Helped focus specials and side light positions during technical rehearsals.
- Documented final looks for archival photos and future remount conversations.
2023
Immersive Exhibition Studio · Spatial Research Assistant
- Collected visual references for threshold spaces, fog, mirror, and fabric partitions.
- Sketched visitor paths and pause points for a small-room installation proposal.
- Mocked up projection surfaces using paper, mesh, and translucent acrylic samples.
- Summarized research into concise boards for weekly critique sessions.
Skillkit
From first image to buildable stage language.
Stage & Set Design
Ground plans, elevations, storyboards, model making, scale studies, scenic research.
Lighting & Atmosphere
Cue rhythm, color temperature, practicals, shadow studies, projection references.
Digital Visualization
SketchUp, Rhino basics, Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate, digital mood frames.
Production Collaboration
Rehearsal notes, prop tracking, material sourcing, crew communication, critique facilitation.
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