Frederica Nascimento,
Resident Artist
AT A NOISE WITHIN:
2017-18 Season: Scenic Design: Henry V
Previous Seasons: Scenic Design: Ah, Wilderness!; The Maids; Arcadia; Six Characters in Search of an Author; All My Sons; Antigone; Julius Caesar; The Threepenny Opera; The Tempest; Tartuffe
OTHER THEATRES: Works in theatre, opera, dance, and film. Directors include José Álvaro Morais, Manoel de Oliveira, Wim Wenders, Pina Bausch, Robert Wilson, Rogério de Carvalho, João Canijo, Ruben Polendo, Chris Fields, Simon Levy, Laurie Woolery, Johannes Wieland, Larry Biederman, Bart DeLorenzo, and Shirley Jo Finney among others. Frederica is a Usual Suspect at New York Theatre Workshop and collaborates with Evidence Room/Bart DeLorenzo. Currently she is designing Porgy and Bess at the Ensemble Theatre Company in Santa Barbara directed by Jonathan Fox.
EDUCATION/TRAINING: MFA—Tisch/NYU with the J.S. Seidman Graduating Award for Excellence in Design. Awarded the Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship. Graduated from Lisbon Theatre and Film School and from the Faculty of Architecture/Technical University of Lisbon. She is a scholar with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Luso-American Foundation, member of the Portuguese Architects Association, and United Scenic Artists USA 829, IATSE. Frederica is adjunct faculty at Pierce College (Scenic Design, Stagecraft, Production, Introduction to Theatre Design) and proud to be a Resident Artist at ANW.
www.fredericanascimento.com