Madeline Blondal

Set and Lighting Designer

madeline.blondal@gmail.com

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$The Dark Lady\n Jessica B. Hill Director: Bronwyn Steinberg Set and Props Design: MADELINE BLONDAL Costume Design: Rebecca Toon Lighting Design: Lisa Floyd Sound Design: Alix Cowman Photographed by:Benjamin Laird Photography$
$Iphegenia 2.0\n By Charles Mee Bleviss Laboratory Theatre 2019 Director: Elizabeth Hobbs Set Design: MADELINE BLONDAL Costume Design: Skye Grinde Lighting Design: FengYi Jiang Photography by Mat Simpson Photography$
$Belleville\n By Amy Herzog Bleviss Laboratory Theatre 2020 Director: Amanda Goldberg Set Design: MADELINE BLONDAL Costume Design: Anita Diaz Lighting Design: Karlie Christie Photography by Mat Simpson Photography$
$Iphegenia 2.0\n By Charles Mee Bleviss Laboratory Theatre 2019 Director: Elizabeth Hobbs Set Design: MADELINE BLONDAL Costume Design: Skye Grinde Lighting Design: FengYi Jiang Photography by Mat Simpson Photography$

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Madeline is an emerging, Alberta based theatre designer focusing primarily on set and lighting design. Highly successful in producing art in fast paced and collaborative settings, she seeks to explore theatre through her designs that focus on functionality, architecture and its effects on movement and mood.Madeline was president of the Student Scenogaphers Association for two years of her time at university. There, she organized theatre art exhibits around the university, coordinated fundraising and grant applications for the groups trip to the Prague Quadrennial and coordinated the end of year Portfolio show, exhibiting all theatre design students work at the end of each year.

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Past Credits:
2023
The Dark Lady , Lunchbox Theatre, Set and Props, Dir- Bronwyn Steinberg
Enchanted Antlers; Furget Me Knot , Theatre Prospero, Set and Props Dir- Jennifer Spencer
RENT, Swamp Rat River Experience, Scenic Painter and Lighting Assistant, Dir- Zachary Barrett
Pippin, Storybook Theatre, Costume Designer
Cottagers and Indians, Lunchbox Theatre, Lighting Designer, Dir- Valerie Planche
After Faust, The Invisible Practice and RISER, Set and Costume Designer, Dir- Ebony Gooden
2022
Enchanted Antlers; The Great Itch, Theatre Prospero, Set and Props Designer, Dir- Jennifer Spencer
Art, L'UniTheatre, Co- Set and Costume Designer with Jonathan Beaudoin, Dir- Josée Thibeault
Stone and Soil, NextFest, Set and Costume Designer, Dir- Amanda Goldberg
Smoke, Tiny Bear Jaws, Set and Props Designer, Dir- Jenna Rodgers
Caribbean Muskrat, Teatro La Quindicina, Set and Props Designer, Dir- Stewart Lemoine
Ministry of Mundane Mysteries: Sound Off Edition, Outside the March and Sound Off, Set and Costume, Dir- Griffin McInnes
2021
Enchanted Antlers; The Fast and the Furry; Us, Theatre Prospero, Set and Props Designer, Dir- Jennifer Spencer
The Creature in the Dark,Thousand Faces Festival, Shadow Puppeteer, Dir- Maralyn Ryan and Mark Henderson
Hireath, Bright Young Things, Set, Props and Costume Designer, Dir- Rachel Peake
Une Exploration En Attendant, L'UniTheatre, Production Designer, Dir- Gab Gagnon, Joey Lespérance, Nicole St-Martin, & Valécia Pépin
2020
Incognito, Bleviss Laboratory Theatre, University of Alberta, Lighting Designer, Dir- Edmund Stapleton
Belleville, Bleviss Laboratory Theatre, University of Alberta, Set Designer, Dir- Amanda Goldberg
Shakespeare’s Dog, Studio Theatre, University of Alberta, Assistant to Costume Designer, Designer- Camille Paris
2019
Iphegenia 2.0, Bleviss Laboratory Theatre, University of Alberta, Set Designer, Dir- Liz Hobbs
Les Belles Sœurs, L'UniTheatre, Assistant to Costume Designer, Designer-Brianna Kolybaba
Richard III, Timms Center for the Arts, University of Alberta, Head of Scenic Paint, Dir- Max Rubin
Changes of Heart, University of Alberta, Head of Scenic Paint, Dir- Amy DeFelice
2018
The Birthday Party, Bleviss Laboratory Theatre, University of Alberta, Costume Designer, Dir- Max Rubin
After the Fire, Punctuate! Theatre, Assistant Set Designer, Designer- Alison Yanota
Dead Center of Town, Catch the Keys Productions, Assistant Set Designer, Designers- Kathryn and John Evans
2017
Bears, Punctuate! Theatre, Assistant Set Designer, Designer. T. Erin Gruber
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Dresser, Dir- John Kirkpatrick
Soul Sistas, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Dresser, Dir- Van Wilmott
The School for Scandal, Timms Center for the Arts, University of Alberta, Lighting board operator, Dir- Mitchell Cushman
Government Inspector, Timms Center for the Arts, University of Alberta, Stagehand, Dir- Ron Jenkins
2015
The Tempest, William Aberhart High School, Set Designer , Dir- Marie DoAmaral
2014-2016
Dirty Laundry:The Next Generation, Dirty Laundry, Improv Actor- Dir Karen Johnson Diamond and Aaron CoatesEDUCATIONUniversity of Alberta Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama- with Distinction 20202018/2019 Deans List2019 Universiade 83' Scholarship-"Demonstrated excellence in athletics or fine arts, and superior academic achievement."Prague Quadrennial 2019Natural Dye masterclass with Caroline FordeWilliam Aberhart High School, Bilingual DiplomaOTHER WORK2016-2020 STUDENT SCENOGRAPHER'S ASSOCIATION, University of Alberta2019/20 and 18/19 President2017/18 Vice PresidentOrganized theatre art exhibits around university, coordination of fundraising for Prague quadrennial, writing grant and scholarship applications for the group which sent 10 students to Prague with some funding, Coordinated the theatre designers Portfolio show, hosted bimonthly meetings2016-2020 THEATRE DESIGN PORTFOLIO SHOW, University of AlbertaEvent coordination, arranged sponsorship, art exhibit contributorDEMONSTRATED SKILLS:Model making, 2D and 3D CAD, 3D printing, basic carpentry, scenic painting, fine art painting hand and machine sewing, costume alteration, pattern drafting(flat and draped), fitting and breakdown, natural and synthetic dyeing, wardrobe maintenance, AutoCAD drafting, rendering and illustration and Mac and Microsoft Office programs. Shadow puppeteering, puppet maintenance, prop sourcing and creation, video and projection mapping, lighting and sound board programming, basic carpentry