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Junran “Charlotte” Shi

Junran (Charlotte) Shi (she/her) is a set and production designer based in New York. With the background of Architecture, she is using space, structure and materials as powerful tools for storytelling on stage. Her rich imagination with solid research and model building skills help her creates from conceptual theater art pieces to detailed scenic presenting. Themes commonly seen in her works are nature, humanity and culture.

Selected Work

The child she eger will never come, black light effect -Yerma, Photo: Charlotte Shi

The child she eger will never come, black light effect -Yerma, Photo: Charlotte Shi

Underneath the bump in the living room, green! -Yerma, Photo: Ella Bromblin

Underneath the bump in the living room, green! -Yerma, Photo: Ella Bromblin

Keep Planting -Yerma, Photo: Charlotte Shi

Keep Planting -Yerma, Photo: Charlotte Shi

Woman waiting for her husband, having shadows singing her mind-"There Is No Other Way", Pacific Overtures

Woman waiting for her husband, having shadows singing her mind-"There Is No Other Way", Pacific Overtures

CRUSH! Americans broke through and landed -“Someone In a Tree”, Pacific Overtures

CRUSH! Americans broke through and landed -“Someone In a Tree”, Pacific Overtures

"Make the motions, keep it moving”, News reporters foretell the future of Japan -Next!, Pacific Overtures

"Make the motions, keep it moving”, News reporters foretell the future of Japan -Next!, Pacific Overtures

Rich 70s malibu beach house, with a paranoid owner -Hypochondriac, Photo: Ella Bromblin

Rich 70s malibu beach house, with a paranoid owner -Hypochondriac, Photo: Ella Bromblin

A designer’s half underground house, where a lesbian love triangle happens… -The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

A designer’s half underground house, where a lesbian love triangle happens… -The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

“If it would disappear at last… like that in the wood… a tree shadow” -Erwartung

“If it would disappear at last… like that in the wood… a tree shadow” -Erwartung

The last solution is euthanasia in Switzerland… -Constellations

The last solution is euthanasia in Switzerland… -Constellations

If it’s the opposite, Like sky burial in Tibet? -Antigone

If it’s the opposite, Like sky burial in Tibet? -Antigone

Life cycle of 4 emotions, based on nature elements -Scar Tissue, Dance

Life cycle of 4 emotions, based on nature elements -Scar Tissue, Dance

Production Credits

The Hypochondriac Written by Molière, Adapted by David Grimm  Directed by Mark Brokaw Costume Design by Jasmine Lewis Lighting Design by Shane Hennessy Sound Design by Ryan Marsh ’23 NYU-Tisch Department of Graduate Acting, African Grove Theatre Yerma Written by Simon Stone after Frederico García Lorca Directed by Katherine Wilkinson Costume Design by Qiuyi “Nuzzi” Li Lighting Design by Ari Kim NYU-Tisch Department of Graduate Acting, Walker Theatre Scar Tissue Choreography by Anya Susan & Lo Poppy Music by Carlos Bauzys & Harry Hennessy Costume Design by Qiuyi “Nuzzi” Li Lighting Design by Ari Kim NYU-Tisch Dance + Graduate Musical Theatre Writing, Jack Crystal Theater