THE MOORS
Scenic design
*Selected for exhibition at World Stage Design 2025 in Emerging Set Design (Receiving Third Place)
NYU Tisch Graduate Production
Theater C, Paulson Center
Set in a remote Victorian mansion, The Moors is a darkly comic Gothic play about two isolated sisters whose struggle for power is disrupted by the arrival of a governess.

Inspired by the disorienting symmetry of the theater itself and the play's repetitive rooms, I designed two imposing, mirrored walls with audiences seated on opposing sides. A narrow entrance hallway lined with portraits of men leads into the grand hall, evoking patriarchal authority. Jacobean-style paneling, a mossy gray-green palette, and Victorian wallpaper extending from floor to walls suggest the bleak moors seeping into the mansion. The rigid architecture gives way to sudden transformations: the fireplace splits open as light floods the space, while an illuminated par wall later becomes the backdrop for the younger sister's imagined murder ballad concert.

Written by: Jen Silverman
Directed by: Scott Illingworth
Set Design: Joyce He
Lighting Design: Yiyuan Li
Costume Design: Qiuyi(Nuzzi) Li
Sound Design: Carsen Joenk
Photos by: Ella Bromblin,
Yiyuan Li & Nuzzi Li


This picture was shot with my iPhone during tech. It shows the stencil details on the wall.
Audience Entrance - Portrait Wall
Modern Props
Sketch Model Photo
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