Ben Lieberson

by Idris Goodwin

music by Divinity Roxx & Eugene H. Russell IV

Company One Theatre

Director: Summer L. Williams

Music Director: David Freeman Coleman

Choreographer: Victoria Lynn Awkward

Dramaturg: afrikah selah

Set Design: Danielle DeLaFuente

Costume Design: Danielle Dominique Sumi

Lighting Design: Christopher Brusberg

Sound Design: Nok Kanchanabanca

Projection Design: Rasean Davonté Johnson

Props Master: Arielle Greenspan

Technical Director: Ben Lieberson

Assistant Technical Director: Eliott Purcell

Fabrication by Wooden Kiwi Productions

Photos: Erin Crowley & Ben Lieberson

by Francisca Da Silveira

Company One Theatre

Director: Summer L. Williams

Dramaturg: Afrikah Smith

Set Design: Cristina Todesco

Assistant Set Designer: Eun Jeong Paik

Costume & Wig Design: Cassandra Queen

Assistant Costume & Wig Designer: Ashley "Saturn" Cooper

Lighting Design: Christopher Brusberg

Sound Designer: Anna Drummond

Props Master: Victoria Hermann

Technical Director: Ben Lieberson

Fabrication by Wooden Kiwi Productions

Photos: Christian Ruiz & Ben Lieberson

by William Shakespeare

Actors’ Shakespeare Project

Director: Igor Golyak

Set & Costume Design: Nastya Bugaeva

Lighting Design: Jeff Adelberg

Sound Designer: Dewey Dellay

Props Designer/Production Manager: Steve Vieira

Puppet Designer: Ksenya Litvak

Technical Director: Ben Lieberson

This production addressed the antisemitism in the text head on. Nastya Bugaeva's design included a 10'x10' platform, with built in marquee lighting, which needed to support dancing by a cast of 8. The entire platform was to disappear from the stage at intermission and return during the final moments of the show with an 8' plexiglass cube, containing one of the actors. We were able to achieve the effect with a set of pneumatic caster lifts that I designed, plus a pair of lever hoists to lower the cube onto the platform. The final unit with the actor and cube weighed approximately a half ton and was movable by a single crew member.

Photos: Nile Scott Hawver

Novel by Mary Shelley

Adapted by Nick Dear

Central Square Theater

Director: David R Gammons

Set Design: Cristina Todesco

Costume Design: Rachel Padula

Lighting Design: Jeff Adelberg

Sound Design: David Wilson

Technical Director: Cassie Chapados

Technical Design Consultant: Ben Lieberson

Fabrication by Wooden Kiwi Productions

In my role as a consultant, I engineered the central steel cube structure and designed a custom counterweight rigging system to control 4 articulating wall panels. I provided all of the technical drawings for the project and oversaw the fabrication and installation of the steel structure and rigging.

Photos: Nile Scott Hawver

Time Lapse Video: Ben Lieberson

by Anton Chekhov

Arlekin Players Theatre

Director: Igor Golyak

Set Design: Nikolay Simonov

Costume Design: Nastya Bugaeva

Lighting Design: Jeff Adelberg

Composer: Jakov Jakoulov

Technical Director: Ben Lieberson

Asst. Technical Director: Ilona Overweg

Props Master: Irina Vilenchik

Make-Up Designer: Anna Furman

Photos: Igor Klimov

by Anton Chekhov

Arlekin Players Theatre & Zero-Gravity (zero-G) Virtual Theater Lab

Director: Igor Golyak

Set Designer: Anna Fedorova

Costume Designer: Oana Botez

Lighting Designer: Yuki Nakase Link

Designer of Emerging Technologies: Adam Paikowsky

Robotics Designer: Tom Sepe

Projection Designer: Alex Basco Koch

Composer: Jakov Jakoulov

Sound Designer: Tei Blow

Production Manager: Jason Ries

Scenic Fabrication: Ben Lieberson

Based on designer Anna Fedorova’s drawings, I created a set of eight custom benches with steel frames and 1” baltic birch plywood seats. I also fabricated various smaller scenic & prop elements for the production.

Photos: Maria Baranova

by Hanna Eady & Edward Mast

Israeli Stage

Director: Guy Ben-Aharon

Set Design: Cristina Todesco

Costume Design: Charles Schoonmaker

Lighting Design: Jeff Adelberg

Sound Design: David Wilson

Technical Director: Ben Lieberson

Photos: Anna Olivella

Written by the ensamble

Music by Nathan Leigh

Liars & Believers

Director: Jason Slavick

Set Design/Scenic Artist: Rebecca Lehrhoff

Assistant Set Design & Technical Director: Ben Lieberson

Costume Design: Kendra Bell

Lighting Design: PJ Strachman

Puppet Design: Faye Dupras

Mask Design: Becca Jewett

Painters: Kate Keaton & Solei

Photos: Christopher McIntosh

Book by Dan Osterman

Music by Nick Thorkelson

Fort Point Theatre Channel

Director: Jaime Carrillo

Set & Props Design: Josh Kigner

Costume Design: Heather Oshinsky

Lighting Design: Ian King

Technical Director: Ben Lieberson

Photos: Kippy Goldfarb & Josh Kigner

Novel by William Wharton

Adapted by Naomi Wallace

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

Director: Steven Maler

Set & Costume Design: Clint Ramos

Associate Set Designer: Jeffrey Petersen

Lighting Design: Jeff Adelberg

Sound Design: J Hagenbuckle

Props Artisan: Sally Tomasetti

Scenic Assistant: Ben Lieberson

I worked with the scenic and props team to source materials and install the found object mural. I also assisted with the design and fabrication of the articulating LED wings.

Photos: Evgenia Eliseeva

by Eugène Ionesco

Wellesley College Theatre

Director: Marta Rainer

Set Design: Drew Chasse

Costume Design: Chelsea Kerl

Lighting Design: Bridget Doyle

Sound Design: George Cooke

Mask & Puppet Fabrication: Ben Lieberson

Based on sketches from costume designer Chelsea Kerl, I created 7 wire-frame masks and a matching rhinoceros puppet. I hand-shaped pieces of steel rod, welded them together, finished them with a high-gloss enamel, and mounted them onto helmets with ratcheting headbands. The result was easy for the actors to work with and durable enough to withstand an extremely physical production.

Photos: Mark Roemisch