YOU CHEN ZHANG
Scenic Scenic & Lighting Designer
Selected Scenic Design Experience:
2027 Scenic & Lighting Designer, Wait Until Dark, , Sina A. Suren (dir.), Black Box in Concordia University
2026 Associate Set Designer, Pericles, Michelle Joo (Des.), Boston Court Pasadena
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.), UCLA’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
Scenic Assistant 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
Selected Lighting Design Experience:
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
2020 Production Lighting Design, Short work festival, Corinne Merrell (supv.), Cazalet Theater
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:
Vectorworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Twinmotion, Unreal Engine, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Model Making, Scenic Painting, Premiere, Stage Magic, Photography.
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