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alisonyanota@gmail.com
Alison Yanota is a Theatrical Designer and Technician who is currently based in Canada
Associated Member with the Associated Designers of Canada (I.A.T.S.E. Local ADC 659)
University of Alberta; Edmonton, AB - MFA in Theatre Design, 2016
University of Alberta; Edmonton, AB - BFA in Theatre Design, 2015
Mount Royal University; Calgary, AB - Theatre Arts Diploma in Technical Theatre, 2011
2025 After The Trojan Women, Common Ground Arts Society, Set and Lighting Design, Dir. Elizabeth Hobbs
2024 The Heathers, MacEwan University Theatre, Costume Design, Dir. Leigh Rivenbark
2024 Stars on Her Shoulders, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, Dir. Heather Inglis
2024 Woman in Black, Teatro Live!, Set Design, Dir. Andrew Ritchie
2024 Candy and the Beast, Northern Light Theatre, Lighting Design, Dir. Trevor Schmidt
2024 Twelfth Night, MacEwan University, Lighting Design, Dir. Doug Mertz
2023 MOB, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, Lighting Design, Dir. Heather Inglis
2023 Empty the House, Ammolite Opera, Set and Costume Design, Dir. Tayte Mitchell
2023 100 Words for Snow, Northern Light Theatre, Production Design, Dir. Trevor Schmidt
2023 Spring Awakening, MacEwan University, Costume Design, Dir. Dawn Sadoway
2023 100 Years of Darkness, Inside Out Theatre, Set and Lighting Design, Dir. Jules Dameron and Karen Johnson Diamond
2022 Company, MacEwan University, Set Design, Dir. Marianne Copithorne
2022 Deathtrap, Teatro Live!, Lighting Design, Dir. Nancy McAlear
2022 Misery, Keyano Theatre, Set and Costume Design, Dir. Luay Eljamal
2022 KL and The Wolf (WORKSHOP), Design consultant, Dir. Nadien Chu
2022 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Set and Costume Design, Dir. Dave Horak
2022 Measure for Measure, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Set and Costume Design, Dir. Nancy McAlear
2022 Caribbean Muskrat, Teatro La Quindicina, Lighting Design, Dir. Stewart Lemoine
2022 SHED, Pam Tzeng, Costume Builder/Consultant, Choreographer: Pam Tzeng
2021 The Great Whorehouse Fire of 1921, Northern Light Theatre, Production Design, Dir. Trevor Schmidt
2021 Hiraeth, Bright Young Things, Lighting Design, Dir. Rachel Peake
2021 Feverland, Teatro La Quindicina, Lighting Design, Dir. Belinda Cornish & Stewart Lemoine
2021 A Fit Happy Life, Teatro La Quindicina, Lighting Design, Dir. Belinda Cornish
2021 Lost Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, Lighting Design, Dir. Belinda Cornish
2020/2021 Crime and Punishment, Cloudsway Dance, Production Design, Dir. Kunji Ikeda
2020 No Guesses Found (Workshop), Creation Piece by Amber Borotsik, Production Design, Dir. Dave Horak
2020 GEF! (Workshop), Impossible Mongoose, Production Design, Dir. Corben Kushneryk - POSTPONED
2020 Between Us - Handsome Alice Theatre, SET AND LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Vanessa Porteous
2020 Every Brilliant Thing - The Citadel Theatre, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Dave Horak
2020 Premium Content (Tour) - MMMC with the High Performance Rodeo, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Geoffrey Simon Brown
2019 The Wedding Party - Alberta Theatre Projects, LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Darcy Evans
2019 The Particulars - Workshop, Punctuate! Theatre, SET AND COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Matthew MacKenzie
2019 The Worst Thing I Could Be (Is Happy) - Workshop, Tiny Bear Jaws, SET AND COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Tanya Rintoul
2019 Guys and Dolls, Grant MacEwan University, SET DESIGN, Dir. Leigh Rivenbark
2019 After The Fire, Punctuate! Theatre, SET AND COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Brendan McMurty-Howlett
2018 Scorch, Bustle and Beast Theatre Company, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Brenley Charkow
2018 The Comedy Company, Shadow Theatre, SET AND LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. John Hudson
2018 Premium Content, Major Matt Mason Collective, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Geoffrey Simon Brown
2018 Miss Katelyn's Grade Threes Prepare for the Inevitable, Tiny Bear Jaws, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Emma Tibaldo
2018 Mixie and the Halfbreeds, fu-GEN Theatre, SET AND LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Jenna Rodgers
2018 The Lonely Diner, Vertigo Theatre, LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Kelli Fox
2017 A Christmas Carol, Keyano Theatre, LIGHTING AND COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Karen Johnson-Diamond
2017 Apple, Sage Theatre, SET AND LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Jason Mehmel
2017 SCENT BAR, Ghost River Theatre, VENUE DESIGN, Dir. Eric Rose
2017 La Boheme, Opera Kelowna, SET AND LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Jessica Derventzis
2017 Seussical the Musical, Storybook Theatre, SET DESIGN, Dir. Simon Mallett
2017 Spoon River Anthologies, Keyano Theatre, SET AND LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Karen Towsley
2017 9 Parts of Desire, The Maggie Tree, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Vanessa Sabourin
2017 Crime Does Not Pay, Downstage, LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Simon Mallett
2017 So Dark the Sky (Workshop in Progress), Ghost River Theatre, SET, LIGHTING AND COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Eric Rose
2017 Wait Until Dark, Vertigo Theatre, LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Simon Mallett
2016 Oil Men (Short Film), Oleander Films, ART DIRECTION, Dir. Sam Larson
2016 Breathing Through A Straw (Short Film), COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Leigh Rivenbark
2016 Pacamambo, Cardiac Theatre for Edmonton Fringe, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Harley Morison
2016 This is War, Punctuate! Theatre, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Glenda Stirling
2016 A Midsummer Night's Dream, University of Alberta (Studio Theatre), PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Marti Maraden
2015 Beyond Therapy, University of Alberta (Studio Theatre), LIGHTING AND COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Glenda Stirling
2015 Suburban Motel Series, Punctuate! Theatre, LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Elizabeth Hobbs, Jeffrey Page, Geoffrey Ewert
2015 Miss Julie, University of Alberta (Media Room), COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Ashley Wright
2014 Salome, University of Alberta (Media Room), SET AND LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Christopher Bullough
2014 Beware Beware, Duckrabbit (Edmonton Fringe), PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Joe Perry
2014 The Grey Zone, Theatre Virus (Calgary and Edmonton Fringe), PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Thomas Cainer
2014 Control, Major Matt Mason, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Joe Perry, Evan Medd, Mathieu Bourassa
2014 La Nuit La Raison Dort, L'UniTheatre, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Celine Gareau-Brennan, Melissa Masse
2014 Dirt, Punctuate! Theatre, LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Elizabeth Hobbs
2014 Ironmistress, University of Alberta (Media Room), COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Amanda Bergen
2013 Richard III, University of Alberta (Media Room, LIGHTING DESIGN, Dir. Lucy Collingwood
2013 Girls! Girls! Girls!, Major Matt Mason, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Geoffrey Brown, Joe Perry, Mathieu Bourassa
2013 Vice Re-Versa, Punctuate! Theatre, COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Elizabeth Hobbs
2012 Air, Major Matt Mason, PRODUCTION DESIGN, Dir. Geoffrey Brown
2011 Manley Dunn, Sage Theatre's Ignite! Festival, COSTUME DESIGN, Dir. Jacqueline Russel
2025 I Love the Smell of Gasoline, Pencilkit Productions, ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER, Des. Echo Zhou
2015 A Dream Play, University of Alberta (Studio Theatre), ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER, Des. Zsofia Opra-Zsabo
2014 Loveplay, University of Alberta (Studio Theatre), ASSISTANT SET DESIGNER, Des. Robert Shannon
2014 Blood Wedding, University of Alberta (Studio Theatre), ASSISTANT TO THE LIGHTING DESIGNER, Des. Sean McMullen
2013 Pains of Youth, University of Alberta (Studio Theatre), ASSISTANT TO THE COSTUME DESIGNER, Des. Hannah Matiachuk
2011 Destroy, Major Matt Mason, ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER, Des. Brooklyn Ritchie
2022 Bones of Crows, Ayasew Ooskana Pictures, SET COSTUMER, Des. Carmen Thompson
2012 Hell on Wheels (TV Series), HOW Productions, STITCHER, Des. Carol Case
2011 Hell on Wheels (TV Series), HOW Productions, STITCHER, Des. Wendy Partridge
2025 Silence, Opera Nuova, Scenic Painter/Dresser, Des. Daniela Maselis
2016 Robin Hood, Red Deer College, Scenic Paint Supervisor, Des. Angela Dale
2016 Or the Whale, University of Alberta (Studio Theatre), Scenic Painter, Des. Narda McCarroll
2013 Pool (No Water), University of Alberta (Studio Theatre), Scenic Painter, Des. Guido Tondino
2013 Kill Me Now, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, Scenic Artist, Des. David Skelton
2013 Grandstand Show, Calgary Stampede, Stitcher, Des. Angela Dale
2012 Grandstand Show, Calgary Stampede, Stitcher & LED Costume Technician, Des. Angela Dale
2011 Grandstand Show, Calgary Stampede, Stitcher, Des. Angela Dale
2022/23 - Present Sessional Instructor - Props and Paint Grant MacEwan University
Description: Covering Props and Paint classes for Josee Chartrand, and Daniela Maselis (as well as previous props instructor Robyn Ayles). Teaching students the fundamentals of props building and scenic painting.
2020 Art Teacher - C&C Educenter
Description: Created course plans based on the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) method of teaching for children between the ages of four years old to nine years old. Taught classes for a two week period over the course of a summer camp.
2019 Design Instructor - National Devised Theatre Intensive Ghost River Theatre
Description: Worked as part of a teaching team to instruct professionals on the methods used to create devised work as developed by Ghost River Theatre and Eric Rose. This culminated in a final workshop performance of a 30 minute piece that was created and performed by the students of the intensive.
2018 Design Instructor - Artstrek Theatre Alberta
Description: Worked as part of a teaching team to instruct teenagers, aged 12 - 18, about the basics of scenography.
2016 Drama 457 Production/Performance (Teaching Assistant) University of Alberta
Description: Advisor to students who have taken on the role of designer in this class' production. Aids students in the conceptual, planningand implementation stages of the design process.
2015/2016 Production Techniques, Scene Painting (Primary Instructor) University of Alberta
Description: Scenic Painting for Theatre. This class was developed to teach students basic and advanced scene painting techniques as used in the industry today.
2024 Outstanding Lighting Design (Nominated) Elizabeth Sterling Awards MOB Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
2023 Outstanding Lighting Design (Won) Elizabeth Sterling Awards ONE HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW Northern Light Theatre
2017 Outstanding Set Design (Won) Betty Mitchell Awards CRIME DOES NOT PAY Downstage Theatre *Associate to Anton De Groot
2017 Jury Award for Best Alberta Short (Won) Edmonton International Film Festival OIL MEN Oleander Films
2017 Best Alberta Short (Won) Calgary International Film Festival BREATHING THROUGH A STRAW
2017 Outstanding Independent Production (Nominated) Elizabeth Sterling Awards 9 PARTS OF DESIRE The Maggie Tree
2016 Outstanding Independent Production (Nominated) Elizabeth Sterling Awards THIS IS WAR Punctuate! Theatre
2015 Outstanding Independent Production (Nominated) Elizabeth Sterling Awards THE SUBURBAN MOTEL SERIES Punctuate! Theatre
Available upon request.