2025 MEDIA DESIGN

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P I 469.285.2077

E I ajhurtadodesign@gmail.com

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AJ Hurtado (He/Him) is a multimedia artist, designer, and creative technologist. He is a third-year M.F.A. candidate at UT Austin in the Live Design and Production program for Integrated Media. He believes in the transformative power of art and technology to deepen our understanding of the world and connect people. Driven by curiosity and a desire to explore the "why" and "how," he approaches creative technologies as a space where imagination and functionality converge. Through this lens, he crafts immersive, inclusive, and engaging environments that inspire exploration and spark curiosity. His work aims to provoke thought, foster connection, and contribute to a cycle of discovery where art not only mirrors life but enriches it.

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P I 901.351.5780

E I amoiriep@gmail.com

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Amoirie Perteet is a Sound and Media designer from Chicago, Illinois. She is currently completing an MFA candidacy in Sound & Media Design at the University of Tennessee. Recent credits include Cry It Out (Clarence Brown Theatre), Inherit the Wind (Clarence Brown Theatre), and The Book Club Play (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park). She is proud to be a recipient of the USITT 2025 Robert E. Cohen Sound Achievement Award.

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P I 504.376.7655

E I ryemandel@gmail.com

W I ryemandel.xyz

Rye Mandel (They/Them and He/Him) is an adopted queer, Chinese-American Scenic and Media Designer for theatre and Art Director for film. Raised in New Orleans and being from mixed cultures, Rye is inspired by the histories, heritage, and identities of people. They approach design by looking into the intrinsic humanity of each piece and exploring our identities in the space that we create together. Rye has a passion for exploring new work and discovering fresh perspectives on the classics, while also rooting themselves in research. In Art Directing, they love a good spreadsheet and drafting. Rye graduated with a Theatre degree from Northwestern State University, LA (2021), and they are currently pursuing an MFA in Scenic and Production Design at UCLA (upcoming 2025).

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P I 720.878.1325

E I sophiesmrcka@gmail.com

W I smrckadesigns.com

Sophie Smrcka is a scenic and digital media designer born and raised in Colorado. She holds B.A.s in Theatre and Communications from the University of Denver, and is finishing her MFA in Scenic and Digital Media Design at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. After graduation she will be relocating to Washington, D.C. Sophie is most passionate about stories that consider the human condition, what it means to be alive, and our impact on the world around us. She seeks to lift up the stories of people who are less understood, under-served, and under-represented. Recent design credits include media design for Inherit the Wind and Stuck Elevator, and scenic designs for The Play that Goes Wrong, Constellations, Anon(ymous), and Fat Ham. Up next she is the scenic designer for Sense and Sensibility at the Clarence Brown Theatre.

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P I 747.366.0409

E I xx.weifang@gmail.com

W I wei-fang.com

Wei-Fang Chang is a video designer and creative technologist from Taiwan, physically based in Los Angeles, and spiritually in the universe. With extensive experience in projection design, motion graphics, and interactive programming—particularly in live experiences—she shapes her visual language through time-based works in theatre, dance, and interactive installations, exploring abstract imagery of nature and the uncanny perception of the screen-based self. She likes everything computational.

Wei-Fang has contributed as a designer, animator, and programmer for theater and multimedia productions across the U.S. and Taiwan, with works presented at venues including CalArts, LA Dance Project, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, REDCAT, Taipei Performing Arts Center, and National Taichung Theater. She freelances as a TouchDesigner developer, has presented a talk at the DATLAB TouchDesigner Meetup in New York, and has developed for installation projects with Nightlight Labs, a Los Angeles-based interactive media company.