Isoloation

Created during the height of the pandemic, this rendering became a personal meditation on space, stillness, and interrupted momentum. I had moved to Chicago from Southern California after finishing graduate school, hoping to begin my theatre career in a city known for its stages. I thought I’d be there when the world reopened—but the pandemic kept going, and so did the uncertainty.

This piece was my way of staying connected to the work. Set in a quiet, imagined interior, the rendering explored themes of isolation, distance, and presence in absence. With no performers, no cues, and no live moment to prepare for, the design focused on negative space, architectural tension, and theatrical light as its own kind of storytelling.

It was never intended for a production. It was about holding onto process. About designing for what could be—when everything was paused.