The Overcoat

Calarts 2024
Assistant Scenic Designer

Synopsis: A movement-based performance telling the story of a common clerk’s sudden rise in ambition born of his desire for an overcoat

Design Overview: A stage design inspired by constructivist, dadaist, and avant-garde art movements, intervines the bleak, oppressive atmosphere of a cold city and a bureaucratic office with the vibrant, transformative world that the overcoat represents to the protagonist. The design employs stark contrasts, juxtaposing the drab, monochromatic tones of Akaky's daily life against a dynamic and modular set that symbolizes the overcoat's brief but profound impact on his existence.

Renders (Twinmotion)

Drafting (Sketchup)


Production Team:
Scenic Designer: Pablo de Larrañaga Aramoni
Assistant Scenic Designer to Pablo de Larrañaga Aramoni
Lighting Designer: Emma McManus
Sound Designer: Ying Xin, Tina Kronis, Richard Alger
Costume Designer: Bailey Johnson
Technical Director: Michael Darling
Assistant Lighting Designer: Ella Fornorf
Assistant Costume Designer: Starlyn Meyer, Lia Tsur
Producer: Elizabeth Rae Price
Associate Production Manager: Winky Kim
Stage Manager: Kellie Hageman