s y d n e y l y n n e
education —
northwestern university, evanston, IL-
bachelor of sciences, communications - theatre, scenic design
awards —
emerging artist award (2024)
BTAA best scenic design:
pump boys & dinettes (2022)
3 arts award - theatre (2020)
non equity jeff award
best scenic design:
tambo & bones
(2023, nomination)
berkshire theatre critics assoc. award
outstanding scenic design:
blues for an alabama sky
(2023, nomination)
cloris lehman award
best scenic design:
the piano lesson
(2023, nomination)
black theatre alliance award
best scenic design:
cullud wattah
(2022, nomination)
non equity jeff award
best scenic design:
hoodoo love
(2020, nomination)
chicago reader, best designer (2022)
work —
creative
theatrical design
visual art
memorial work
installations
board games
textiles
mixed media
whereabouts (design) —
baltimore
buffalo
berkshires
charlotte
chicago (based)
des moines
flint
indianapolis
jupiter
milwaukee
phoenix
riverside
rochester
featured work (scenic) —
** - award recognition
2023-24
into the side of the hill- dir. kenn-matt martin
flint repertory theater
twelfth night - dir. tyrone phillips
chicago shakespeare theater
**tambo & bones - dir. mikael burke
refracted theater co
parental advisory - dir. kyle haden
milwaukee repertory theater
lady day at emerson’s bar and grill - dir. nikkole salter
baltimore center stage
dreamgirls - dir. daryl brooks
phoenix theater company
**blues for an alabama sky- dir. candis jones
barington stage company
art of bowing- dir. ian damont
haven theater
passing strange - dir. tim rhoze
theo ubique cabaret
(selected works)
2022-23
fairview- dir. tyrone phillips
definition theater
3 little birds- dir. samantha montgomery
first stage
is god is- dir. marti gobel
a red orchid theater
kill move paradise - dir. rachel finley
arizona state university
earth wind and fire- dir. daryl brooks
black ensemble theater
good people - dir. jerry dixon
malz jupiter theater
radial gradient - dir. grace dolezal-ng
shattered globe theater
dino! - dir. jonathan hetler
milwaukee repertory theater
dear dead drug lord - dir. sophiyaa nayar
steep theatre
magnolia ballet - dir. carlos r. a. jones
alleyway theater
campaigns, inc. - dir. nick bowling
timeline theater
my brother langston - dir. rueben echoles
black ensemble theater
**the piano lesson - dir. kenn-matt martin
pyramid theater company
des moines playhouse
**cullud wattah - dir. lili-ann brown
victory gardens theater
what to send up when it goes down- dir. ericka ratliff + daniel bryant
lookingglass theater
congo square theater
laced- dir. lexi saunders
about face theater
queen of the night- dir. kenn-matt Martin
victory gardens theater
how to catch creation - dir. daniel bryant
geva theater center
the last pair of earlies - dir. wjc
raven theater
(selected works)
2022-
**pump boys and dinettes- dir. daryl brooks
porchlight music theate
my wonderful birthday suit- dir. gloria bond clunie
children’s theater of Charlotte
sheepdog - dir. wjc
shattered globe theater
**hoodoo love- dir. wjc
raven theater
selected collaborations—
Installation designer (Summer 2021)
Installation designer (Spring 2021)
Force: An Opera in Three Parts
dir. Anna Martine-Whitehead
Graham Foundation
Space designer / community artist (2019-21)
Cabinet of Curiosity -dir. Frank Magueri
Messages of Hope (July 2020)
Fields of Fire ( August 2021)
Teaching Artist – Austin, Chicago (2020)
CAMP Project – Cultural Asset Mapping Project : Re:Center
Installation designer (2019)
Installation designer (2017-18)
Seesaw Theatre Company (sensory devised theatre)
Under the Big Top (Spring 2018)
Wanderland (Spring 2017)
For non-design related inquires, contact sL.