About the Artist
MEGHAN RAHAM is a scenic and costume designer, and Associate Professor in the Department of Performing Arts at American University. Her theatrical design work has been produced by Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Round House Theatre, Ford's Theatre, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Folger Theatre, Arena Stage, Studio Theatre, and Theatre J; nationally at Steppenwolf Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, The Building Stage, Victory Gardens, and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), the Kansas City Repertory Theatre (Kansas City), Barrington Stage (Mass.), the Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles), and Lincoln Center Theatre (NYC); and internationally in Prague (Czech Republic), Edinburgh (Scotland), India, Korea, Cyprus, and Poland. She was nominated for the Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (Best Set Design and Best Costume Design for the world premiere musical Venice) and the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Set Design (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Round House Theatre).
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Artist's Statement
This body of scenic design work reflects a recent evolution from a more realistic approach towards a sort of visual essentialism; attempting to capture the performative essence of the form and content of a play in simple, open-handed poetic visual gestures. The environment thus becomes both more and less important—allowing the action of the play to draw focus, but also fundamentally supporting it and providing resonant ways to frame each moment.
