Production Design/Set Design/Projection Design/Technical Direction
Before art direction, I directed a lot of plays and led the production design for a lot more. See a sampling below.
Beautiful Child
A play by Nicky Silver
DIRECTED BY KIM SIKKEL
Chapel Hill Underground, February 2014
I designed this 2-act drama to be staged in the basement of a local bar. The show's main character was an artist; we incorporated canvasses in a variety of shapes and sizes for him to "paint" with projections.
I used a variety of practical lamps that became the show's only lighting, besides the light and color from the projections.
I mapped this frame so that it looked like Ben was painting. We had to create the video and that allowed for this effect and Ben had to memorize the timing of the brush strokes. This is one of many effects in this production that help tell the story.
Highlight video from the performance.
Projection Design/Technical Direction
The Last Five Years
A Musical by Jason Robert Brown
Directed By Mckenzie millican
Carrboro ARts Center, April 2015
Time Lapse of the first Saturday night performance
Assistant Director/Technical Direction/Production design
Pelleas et Melisande
A play by Maurice Maeterlinck
Directed by Ben Elling
Someone's backyard, October 2013
Director/Production Design/Set Design/Technical Direction
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
A Musical by William Finn And Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by Me
Historic Playmaker's Theatre, March 2013
Assistant Director/Production Design/Set Design/Technical Direction
Titus Andronicus
A play by William Shakespeare
Directed by Erik Peterson
Another Backyard, April 2013
Projection Design/Technical Direction
Carolina Ukulele Ensemble
April 2014 Concert
Production Design/Technical Direction/Projection & Lighting Design
Menteur
Band Based in Chapel Hill, NC
Director/Set Design
Spring Awakening
A Musical by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
Directed by me
Historic playmaker's theatre, March 2012
Assistant Director/Sound Design
Sweeney Todd
A Musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Directed by Doug Pass
Historic Playmakers Theatre, October 2013
Collaboratively written/Sound Design/Production Design/Technical Direction
Tsunami
Although listeners of binaural audio are highly encouraged to use headphones, I still wanted to mix the track as a binaural recording so that it could still be experienced when watching the video. Please use headphones for this video. I am very interested in creating immersive audience experiences and I think binaural recording (also called holophonic) is a fascinating method that should be used more in all types of media.
Scenes from Multimedia Theatre class taken spring 2014. Music was written and recorded by Cameron Cook.
Director/Set Design
Doubt: A Parable
A play by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Me
Historic Playmakers Theatre, October 2012
Poster Design