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CHRISTOPHER SCOTT MURILLO SCENIC& COSTUME DESIGN
EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts in Theatre & Dance with an emphasis in Scenic Design University of California, San Diego 2013 Bachelor of Arts in Theater with an emphasis in Design University of California, 2007 Los Angeles
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE Adjunct Faculty Applied Stagecraft Scenic Design Introduction to Stagecraft RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE Adjunct Faculty Intro. Scenic Design Elementary Stagecraft
(Lecture only) Introduction to Theater Introduction to Costume
Design
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES Adjunct Faculty MFA: Theater Immersion Stagecraft 1 (Scenery &
Props) Theater 300: Production
Support Intro. to Scenic Design
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY Adjunct Faculty Scenic Design Seminar Guest Artist
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Teaching Assistant/Lecturer Scenic Practicum and Lecture Professor Mark Guirguis Teaching Assistant Introduction to Design for Theater Professor Mark Guirguis
MEMBERSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, & HONORS Western Region 2016- MEMBER: United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 current Los Angeles, CA 2016- MEMBER: Television Academy, Art Directors/Set Decorators Current Princess Grace Foundation- USA Princess Grace Foundation- 2016 Theater Fellowship-Pierre Cardin Recipient USA Prague Quadrennial of USA Student Exhibit, Exhibitor “TITUS ANDRONICUS” Performance and Space 2015 Broadwayworld.com Winner: Best Set Design So Cal Non-Equity (The Who’s Tommy) 2010 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award Nominee: Set Design (Intimate Theater) (Hair) 2009 Backstage Garland Award Nominee: Set Design (The Who’s Tommy) 2010 Garland Award Nominee: Set and Projection Design (Merrily We Roll Along) Backstage 2010 Winner: Chancie Award: Best Scenic Design (The Who’s Tommy) The Chance Theater 2010 Winner: Chancie Award: Best Scenic Design (HAIR) The Chance Theater 2009 Winner: Chancie Award: Best Scenic Design (Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol) The Chance Theater 2008 Playwrights’ Arena 2013- Associate Artist at Playwrights’ Arena Current The Chance Theater 2008- Resident Artist at the Chance Theater 2014 Chautauqua Theater 2011 Scenic Design Fellowship: Chautauqua Theater Company Company, NY
SCENIC DESIGN dir. AJ Knox New Village Arts Theatre Avenue Q Carlsbad, CA 2018 dir. Jocelyn A. Brown The Chance Theater Good People Anaheim, CA 2018 dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Center Theatre Group: Bloodletting Kirk Douglas Theatre 2018 Los Angeles, CA dir. Melissa Coleman-Reed New Village Arts Theatre Men On Boats Carlsbad, CA 2018 dir. Herbert Siguenza New Village Arts Theatre Cloud Tectonics Carlsbad, CA 2018 dir. Matt Walker Troubadour Theater Company, How the Princh Stole Christmas! El Portal Theatre 2017 North Hollywood, CA dir. Rosina Reynolds New Village Arts Theatre The Secret Garden: the Musical Carlsbad, CA 2017 dir. Ben Guillory East West Players, Yohen Los Angeles, CA 2017 dir. Ron Sossi Odyssey Theatre Ensemble The Dance of Death Los Angeles, CA 2017 dir. Jocelyn A. Brown The Chance Theater, 2017 In A Word Anaheim, CA dir. Todd Nielsen International City Theatre Silent Sky Long Beach, CA 2017 dir. Christy Yael-Cox New Village Arts Theatre BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story Carlsbad, CA 2017 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years dir. Melissa Coleman-Reed New Village Arts Theatre Carlsbad, CA 2017 dir. Scott Dreier & International City Theatre 2017 Forever Plaid Kurtis Simmons Long Beach, CA dir. Saundra McClain Sierra Madre Playhouse Bee-Luther-Hatchee Sierra Madre, CA 2017 dir. Matt Walker & Troubadour Theater Company, Little Drummer Bowie Joseph Leo Bwarie The Falcon Theatre 2016 North Hollywood, CA dir. Jamie Torcellini San Diego Muscial Theatre The Producers San Diego, CA 2016 dir. Matt Walker The Getty Villa & Troubadour Haunted House Party Theater Company 2016 Malibu, CA
dir caryn desai International City Theatre Doubt Long Beach, CA 2016 dir. Teddy Eck New Village Arts Theatre Oklahoma! Carlsbad, CA 2016 dir. Steven Berkhoff Odyssey Theatre Ensemble The Hairy Ape Los Angeles, CA 2016 dir. John Henry Davis International City Theatre A Walk In The Woods Long Beach, CA 2016 dir. Colleen Kollar Smith New Village Arts Theatre Big River Carlsbad, CA 2016 dir. John Farmanesh-Bocca Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Tempest Redux Los Angeles, CA 2016 dir. Matthew McCray The Chance Theater, 2016 Dogfight Anaheim, CA dir. Matt Walker Troubadour Theater Company, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Motown The Falcon Theatre 2015 North Hollywood, CA dir. Gary Krinke Performance Riverside Mary Poppins Riverside, CA 2015 dir. Matt Walker International City Theatre The Heir Apparent Long Beach, CA 2015 dir caryn desai International City Theatre Abigail/1702 Long Beach, CA 2015 dir. Michael Arden Deaf West Theater, Spring Awakening North Hollywood, CA 2014 dir. Tim Dang East West Players, Beijing Spring Los Angeles, CA 2014 dir. Kari Hayter The Chance Theater, Lysistrata Jones Anaheim, CA 2014 dir. Pat Towne A Theatre Connection, Exit the King North Hollywood, CA 2013 dir. Laurie Woolery East West Players, Steel Magnolias Los Angeles, CA 2013 dir: Kari Hayter The Chance Theater, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Anaheim, CA 2013 dir. Oanh Nguyen Founders Hall, The Who’s Tommy CostaMesa, CA 2011 dir. Oanh Nguyen The Chance Theater, 2010 Merrily We Roll Along Anaheim, CA dir. Blake Ewing El Portal Theatre, 2009 A Light In the Piazza North Hollywood, CA Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock dir. Oanh Nguyen The Chance Theater, 2009 Musical Anaheim, CA dir. Tony Vezner The Chance Theater, 2008 Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol Anaheim, CA dir. Jocelyn Brown The Chance Theater, 2008 Evita Anaheim, CA
SCENIC DESIGN FOR NEW WORK dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Native Voices at The Autry Bingo Hall by: Dillon Christopher Chitto Los Angeles, CA 2018 dir Sara Guerrero Skylight Theatre Company The Madres by: Stephanie Alison Walker Los Angeles, CA 2018 dir. Marilyn Tokuda East West Players, Tam Tran Goes to Washington by: Elizabeth Wong Theater for Youth Program 2018 Los Angeles, CA dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Playwrights’ Arena Billy Boy by: Nick Salamone Los Angeles, CA 2017 dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Playwrights’ Arena The Hotel Play Los Angeles, CA 2017 dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Native Voices at The Autry Fairly Traceable by: Mary Kathryn Nagle Los Angeles, CA 2017 dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Playwrights’ Arena Bloodletting by: Boni B. Alvarez Los Angeles, CA 2016 dir. Randee Trabitz John Lion New Play Festival Lifeline by: Robert Ellsworth Cal State, Los Angeles 2016 dir. Chris Anthony John Lion New Play Festival Circle of Death by: Gwendolyn Gabrielle Cal State, Los Angeles 2016 dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Playwrights’ Arena The End Times by: Jesse Mu-En Shao Los Angeles, CA 2016 dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera East West Players, Criers For Hire by: Giovanni Ortega Los Angeles, CA 2016 dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Playwrights’ Arena, Circus Ugly by: Gabe Rivas Gomez Los Angeles, CA 2015 dir. Janet Hayatshahi Pomona College, Kitimat by: Elaine Avila Pomona, CA 2015 Hey Brother by: Bekah Brunstetter dir. Alexis Jacknow FRESH PRODUCE’d 2014
FRESH PRODUCE’d Hey Brother by: Bekah Brunstetter dir. Alexis Jacknow 2014 Los Angeles, CA dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Playwrights’ Arena Painting In Red by: Luis Alfaro Los Angeles, CA 2014 dir. Jeff Wienckowski The Road Theatre Flower Duet by: Maura Campbell Los Angeles, CA 2014 dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Playwrights’ Arena by: Nathan Wang & Velina Hasu Houston 2014 Cinnamon Girl Los Angeles, CA dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Playwrights’ Arena Dallas Non-Stop by: Boni B. Alvarez Los Angeles, CA 2013 dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera Playwrights’ Arena by: Janine Salinas Schoenberg The Anatomy of Gazellas Los Angeles, CA 2013 dir. Joshua Kahan Brody Forum Theatre, The Santa Barbarians by: Sharif Abu-Hamdeh UCSD, CA 2012 dir. Anthony Luciano Forum Theatre, Gas House Baby by: David Myers UCSD, CA. 2012 dir. Andrew Borba Chautauqua Theater Company, by: Molly Smith Metzler 2011 Carve NY dir. Vivienne Benesch Chautauqua Theater Company, by: Michael Golamco 2011 Build NY dir. Ethan McSweeny Chautauqua Theater Company, by: Michael Mitnick 2011 Elijah NY dir. Jeff Wienckowski Arthur Wagner Theatre, by: Sharif Abu-Hamdeh 2011 Bodies in the Park UCSD, CA dir. Jonathan Josephson The Chance Theater, by: Jonathan Josephson 2008 The Giant and The Pixie Anaheim, CA
SCENIC DESIGN FOR UNIVERSITY/EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIONS dir. Louie Piday Los Angeles City College Pride and Prejudice Los Angeles, CA 2018 dir. Trevor Biship Chapman University Appropriate Orange, CA 2018 dir. Tina Kronis Los Angeles City College The Government Inspector Los Angeles, CA 2017 dir. Michael Nehring Musco Center for the Performing Arts Cabaret Chapman University 2017 Orange, CA dir. Dylan Thomas Cal State University, Die Fledermaus Los Angeles 2017 dir. Louie Piday Los Angeles City College Crocodile Seeking Refuge Los Angeles, CA 2017 dir. Oanh Nguyen Musco Center for the Performing Arts The Who’s Tommy Chapman University 2017 Orange, CA dir. James Gardner Chapman University Good Kids Orange, CA 2016 dir. Nanci Carol Ruby Chapman University Dog Sees God Orange, CA 2016 Assassins dir. Trevor Biship Cal State University, Northridge 2016 dir. Tina Kronis Los Angeles City College Model Behavior Los Angeles, CA 2016 dir. Dylan Thomas Cal State University, Hydrogen Jukebox Los Angeles 2016 dir. Trevor Biship Saddleback College Mauritius Mission Viejo, CA 2016 dir. Theresa Larkin Cal State University, Los Clybourne Park Angeles 2015 Urinetown dir. Kari Hayter Cal State University, Northridge 2015 dir. Dylan Thomas Cal State University, Orphee e Eurydice Los Angeles 2015 dir. Chad Restum Cal State University, Camino Real Los Angeles 2015 dir. Jeff Fazakerley Concordia University, The 39 Steps Irvine, CA 2015 dir. Candice Clasby Cal State University, Bus Stop Los Angeles 2015 Batboy dir. Janet Miller Cal State University, Northridge 2014 Die Fledermaus dir. Eli Villanueva Cal State University, Northridge 2013 dir. Joshua Kahan Brody Forum Theatre, Titus Andronicus UCSD, CA 2013 dir. Gregory Wallace Forum Theatre, In the Red and Brown Water UCSD, CA 2012
dir. Anthony Luciano Weiss Theatre, Spring Awakening UCSD, CA. 2012
ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGN dir. Kathleen Marshall The Hollywood Bowl Mamma Mia! Hollywood, CA 2017 des. Derek McLane dir. Robin Larsen South Coast Repertory Tales of a Fourth Grad Nothing Costa Mesa, CA 2017 des. Sara Ryung Clement dir. Baayork Lee The Hollywood Bowl A Chorus Line Hollywood, CA 2016 des. Robin Wagner dir. B.T. McNicholl The Hollywood Bowl Spamalot Hollywood, CA 2015 des. Joe Cielli Glengarry Glen Ross dir. Christopher Ashley La Jolla Playhouse, CA 2012 des. Todd Rosenthal Love’s Labour’s Lost dir. Ethan McSweeny Chautauqua Theater Company, NY 2011 des. Lee Savage Three Sisters dir. Brian Mertes Chautauqua Theater Company, NY 2011 des. Jim Findlay The Three Penny Opera dir. Jeff Wienckowski Potiker Theatre, UCSD, CA 2011 des. Ian Wallace Joe Turner’s Come and Gone dir. Kyle Donnelly Potiker Theatre, UCSD, CA 2010 des. Colin McGurk Motezuma dir. David Schweizer Long Beach Opera, CA 2009 des. Alan E. Muraoka
COSTUME DESIGN A Bright New Boise dir. Trevor Biship The Chance Theater, 2015 Anaheim, CA dir. Jeff Fazakerley Concordia University, The 39 Steps Irvine, CA 2015 Spring Awakening dir. Michael Arden Deaf West Theater, 2014 North Hollywood, CA UP! dir. Trevor Biship The Chance Theater, 2011 Anaheim, CA The Seagull dir. Tony Vezner The Chance Theater, 2009 Anaheim, CA A Midsummer’s Night Dream dir. Melora Marshall Theatricum Botanicum, 2008 Topanga, CA.
ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGN Falstaff dir. Peter Kazaras UCLA Opera, CA. 2008 des. Anna Bjornsdotter Three Penny Opera dir. Peter Kazaras UCLA Opera, CA. 2008 des. Anna Bjornsdotter
ASSISTANT TO THE COSTUME DIRECTOR The Magic Flute costume dir. Anna Bjornsdotter Opera Pacific, 2008 des. Zandra Rhodes Santa Ana, CA La Boheme costume dir. Anna Bjornsdotter Opera Pacific, 2008 des. James Schuette Santa Ana, CA
PRO PERTY DESIGN Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles dir. Jessica Kubzansky The Getty Villa, 2015 Malibu, CA Passion Play dir. Trevor Biship The Chance Theater, 2014 Anaheim, CA Sheet Cake Sliding dir. Nicholas Newell Theatre of Note, Hollywood, CA 2013 Po Bo Tango dir. Oanh Nguyen East West Players, 2009 Los Angeles, CA Marry Me A Little dir. Jules Arron East West Players, 2009 Los Angeles, CA The Last Five Years dir. Jon Lawrence Rivera East West Players, 2009 Los Angeles, CA The Emperor of Atlantis/The Clever One dir. Andreas Mitisek Long Beach Opera, 2009 Long Beach, CA Motezuma dir. David Schweizer Long Beach Opera, 2009 Long Beach, CA The Cunning Little Vixen dir. Kenneth Paul Cazan Long Beach Opera, 2009 Long Beach, CA Long Day’s Journey Into Night dir. Heidi Helen Davis Theatricum Botanicum, 2008 Topanga, CA The School for Scandal dir. Ellen Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 2008 Topanga, CA Macbeth dirs. Ellen Geer & Theatricum Botanicum, 2008 Chad Jason Scheppner Topanga, CA As You Like It dir. Ellen Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 2008 Topanga, CA
SET DECORATION FOR TV
Vanderpump Rules, prod. des. Bruce Ryan BRAVO 2017 Season 5 Reunion art dir. Larry Wiemer The Real Housewives of Orange County, prod. des. Bruce Ryan BRAVO 2016 Season 11 Reunion art dir. Larry Wiemer The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, prod. des. Bruce Ryan BRAVO 2016 Season 6 Reunion art dir. Larry Wiemer The Real Housewives of Orange County, prod. des. Bruce Ryan BRAVO 2015 Season 10 Reunion art dir. Larry Wiemer The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, prod. des. Bruce Ryan BRAVO 2015 Season 5 Reunion art dir. Larry Wiemer The Real Housewives of Orange County, prod. des. Bruce Ryan BRAVO 2014 Season 9 Reunion art dir. Larry Wiemer prod. des. Bruce Ryan The History Channel Pawnography art dir. Larry Wiemer 2014 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, prod. des. Bruce Ryan BRAVO 2014 Season 4 Reunion art dir. Larry Wiemer The Real Housewives of Orange County, prod. des. Bruce Ryan BRAVO 2013 Season 8 Reunion art dir. Larry Wiemer prod. des. Bruce Ryan YouTube Space LA YouTube Pro Series art dir. Larry Wiemer 2013 prod. des. Bruce Ryan YouTube Space LA 2013 YouTube Fashion Lab art dir. Larry Wiemer prod. des. Bruce Ryan MTV Ain’t That America art dir. Larry Wiemer 2013 prod. des. Bruce Ryan YouTube Space LA YouTube Ready Sets art dir. Larry Wiemer 2013 prod. des. Candi Guterres BS-i 2008 The Scary City art dir. Allesandra Said
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE th Set Design Respondent Native Voices at The Autry Native Voices: 24 Festival of New Plays Los Angeles, CA 2018 rd Set Design Respondent Native Voices at The Autry Native Voices: 23 Festival of New Plays Los Angeles, CA 2017 Site Specific Designer The Getty Villa & Troubadour Roman Holidays and Consultant Theater Company 2017 Malibu, CA Featured Designer/Contestant Form Décor Form Décor’s DESIGN DARE James Pearse Connelly 2015 Production Design art dir. Greg Lucas Tomorrowland Prop and Costume Exhibit El Capitan Theatre, Walt Disney Studios Los Angeles, CA 2015 (Lower Lobby): Installation/Design Special Events art dir. Greg Lucas Avengers: Age of Ultron Prop and Costume El Capitan Theatre, Walt Disney Studios Los Angeles, CA 2015 Exhibit (Lower Lobby): Installation/Design Special Events th prod. des. Derek McLane 86 Academy Awards Art Department Academy of Motion Pictures Arts art dir. Joe Celli & and Sciences 2014 Consultant/Scale Model Fabricator Gloria Lamb Studio Assistant/Fine Art Fabricator Artist: Joyce Cutler-Shaw Exhibit: “What Comes To Mind” 2013 Las Floristas Headdress Ball Featured Las Floristas: “Flower Beverly Hills Hotel 2010 Designer Power” Las Floristas: “An Affair Las Floristas Headdress Ball Featured to Remember” Beverly Hills Hotel 2009 Designer