a new virtual play by Vivian Barnes
directed by Colette Robert
sets + video design - Miranda Friel
costumes + asst. video design - Daniella Toscano
lighting + photo/videography - Lindsay Stevens
sound + composition - Stewart Blackwood
UCSD MFA Program
Spring 2021
Filmed continuously on Zoom and then composited/edited using PremierePro.
1:87 scale model design and construction by Miranda Friel.
The entire process was remote in accordance with COVID19 precautions.
by Charles Mee
directed by by Joe Hendel
set - Miranda Friel
projections - Elizabeth Barrett
costumes - Natalie Barshow
lighting - Mextly Couzín
sound - Stephen Jensen
photos - Jim Carmody and Miranda Friel
Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre
UCSD MFA Program
Spring 2020
“YOU CAN CHECK OUT ANY TIME YOU LIKE BUT YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE” - the Eagles
AN ASYLUM in decay. A pig-faced bellhop dreams a grand hotel into existence as a dynasty collapses in a sickly, dreamlike Southern California. A world filled with trash, a porous reality of madness and revenge, grime and glamor. This is ORESTES 2.0.
This design was selected in the category of “shortlisted emerging designer” at World Stage Design 2022.
choreographed by Marcos Duran
sets - Miranda Friel
projections - John Burnett
costumes - Natalie Barshow
lighting - Justin Beets
sound - MaeAnn Ross
photos - Jim Carmody, Miranda Friel, and Manuel Rotenberg
Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre
UCSD MFA Program
Spring 2020
a virtual reimagining of Shakespeare’s play
directed by Patricia McGregor
sets + graphics - Miranda Friel
video + vfx - Jon Fredette
costumes - Junior Bergman
lighting - Lindsay Stevens
sound + composition - Andrew Lynch
UCSD MFA Program
Spring 2021
filmed continuously on Zoom and then composited/edited using PremierePro.
The entire process was remote in accordance with COVID19 precautions.
conceived and directed by Juliana Klest-Mendez
and devised with Wetsuit Collective
and an ensemble of performers
sets + projections - Miranda Friel
costumes - Natalie Barshow
lighting - Lindsay Stevens
sound - Andrew Lynch
performers: Melby, Astrid, Daniella, QR, Shane
produced by La Jolla Playhouse’s Without Walls (WOW) Festival
and performed at the USS Recruit, Liberty Station, San Diego
photos - Miranda Friel and Jim Carmody
Fall 2019
written and directed by Steph Del Rosso
sets and logos - Miranda Friel
costumes - Daniella Toscano
lighting - Mextly Couzín
sound - Stephen Jensen
photos - Jim Carmody and Miranda Friel
Arthur Wagner Theatre
UCSD MFA Program
Spring 2019
“In a not-so-distant future, men accused of sexual misconduct are sent to The Gradient to reckon with their mistakes and get rehabilitated. New employee Tess is eager to hold men accountable and enact change - but it might not be as simple as it seems.”
— Steph Del Rosso, New Play Exchange
directed by by Eric Geiger
choreography - Eric Geiger, Marcos Duran and Paulina Colmenares
sets - Miranda Friel
costumes - Miranda Friel and Eric Geiger
lighting - Lindsay Stevens
sound - Steve Negrete
photos - Jim Carmody, Lindsay Stevens, and Manuel Rotenberg
Mandell Weiss Forum Theatre
UCSD MFA Program
Spring 2019
written and directed by Skylar Fox
sets - Miranda Friel
projection + video - Aaron Whitman
costumes - Kate Telma
lighting - Ben Chesler
sound - Lizzie Callas
painting - Miranda Friel
Brown University
Fall 2014
by Lisa Peterson and Dennis O’Hare
directed by Juliana Kleist-Méndez
sets - Miranda Friel and Nicholas Ponting
costumes - Natalie Barshow
lighting - Mextly Couzín
sound - MaeAnn Ross
photos - Natalie Barshow and Miranda Friel
Arthur Wagner Theatre
UCSD MFA Program
Studio/black box project.
Spring 2019
by Sophie Treadwell
theoretical set design by Miranda Friel
exploring the concept of the modernist automat[ic]
more content coming soon!
by Stephen Sondheim and Jon Weidman
theoretical set design by Miranda Friel
exploring the dark carnival of human desire inside the shiniest of capitalist machines: a Las Vegas casino. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Squeaky Fromme, Leon Czolgosz, Sara Jane Moore, Charles Guiteau, Giuseppe Zangara, John Hinckley Jr. and Samuel Byck, mingle, carouse, complain and make an impassioned case for their place in the game of history, egged on by the Proprietor and the Balladeer.
The set was designed to function as a cross between a shooting gallery and a slot machine, with a pop-up mechanism affected by a lever on stage right, controlled by the Proprietor and larger-than-life presidential heads that popped up when it was their turn to be shot or interacted with.
by Sam Shepard
a midwestern gothic ghost story
theoretical set design by Miranda Friel
written and directed by Nika Salazar
sets - Miranda Friel
costumes - Charlotte Senders
lighting - Tim Hett and Luke Denton
sound - Peter Bowden
photos - Miranda Friel
Brown University
Fall 2015
read Nika talk about her play here
by Federico García Lorca
directed by Sam Keamy-Minor
sets - Miranda Friel and Sam Keamy-Minor
costumes - Dylan Platt
lighting - Justice Gaines and Luke Denton
photos - Polina Godz and Miranda Friel
Production Workshop
Brown University
Spring 2015
by Lin Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
directed by Sarah dAngelo
set - Miranda Friel
costumes - Ron Cesario
lighting - Tim Hett and Matt Steinberg
sound - Alex Eizenberg
props - Zach Silberberg
photos - Miranda Friel
Brown University
Spring 2017
