YOU CHEN ZHANG

Scenic Designer

Scenic Design Experience:

2025   Scenic Design, The Opposite of Love, Melora Marshall (dir.), Hudson Theatres

2025   Scenic Design, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, J. Ed Araiza (dir.), Freud Playhouse

2024   Scenic Design, Something Rotten! Aleks Pevec (dir.), Ralph Freud Playhouse

2023   Scenic Design, Keffiyeh/ Made in China, Yuval Zehavi (dir.), ULCA’s 1340 Theater

2022   Scenic Design, Carrie: The Musical, Nadia Verrucci (dir.), Mainline Theater

2022   Scenic Design, Sweet Charity, Patrick Dale (dir.), Moyse Hall Theater

2021   Set/Prop Design & Origami Tutor, Rêves d'enfance, Frédéric Ellis (dir.), Rêvanous Studio

2021   Scenic Design, Alice in Wasteland, Harry Standjofski (dir.), D.B Clarke Theater

2020   Scenic Design, Slice 2.0, Wendell Beavers (dir.), Black Box in Concordia University

2020   Scenic Design, ​Head over Heels, ​ Steve Greenwood (dir.), Moyse Hall Theatre

Assistant & Other Theatre Experience:

2026   Scenic Assistant, Lincoln In the Bardo, Adam Rigg (Des.), Metropolitan Opera House

2026.  Scenic Assistant, The Whoopi Monologues, Adam Rigg (Des.), Lincoln Center Theater

2026   Lighting Design, Colors in the Night, Sina A. Suren (dir.), Salle Paul Buissonneau

2022   Lighting Design, Gracchi, Sina A. Suren (dir.), Studio-Théâtre de l’Édifice Wilder

2019   Lighting design, Lion in The Street, ​Laura Quigley ​(dir.), Cazalet Theater

Film Experience:

2025   Production Design, Thesis short film: Bank Yung, Emma Chang (dir.)

2024   Production Design, Thesis short film: Ill-Defined Shadows, Sean Niu (dir.)

Awards:

2025   Best Scenic Design, BroadwayWorld Los Angeles 2025 Awards for The Opposite of Love, Hudson Theatres

2022 – 2025   Mitchell Fellowship Award, UCLA

Skills and Interests:

Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere. Vectorworks, Maya, Unreal, 3D printing, laser cutting, Magic tricks, Photograph

Languages: Fluent in English, French, and Mandarin.

Education:

2022 - 2025    University of California, Los Angeles, MFA in Scenic and Production Design

2016 - 2021    Concordia University, BFA in Design for the Theater