Ningning YANG

Scenic and Costume Design

Ningning Yang is a scenic designer for theatre and screens. Also an exploring artist currently interested in the audiovisual experience. Born and raised in China, she pursued fine arts until she fell in love with theatre through bootlegs and occasional touring shows, then decided to come to the US to pursue scenic design. She is a Syracuse University and Carnegie Mellon School of Drama alumni. For Ningning, scenic design is translation- I work to understand the core of the story and the vision of my collaborators, translating into something tangible. A "physical world" that works with movement and time to serve the storytelling. Recent & upcoming productions include the Recurring & House of Blue Robes (LAByrinth Theater Company), Dragon Mama & WTF Cabaret (Williamstown Theater Festival), Pippin (Syracuse University Drama Department), Ariodante (Pittsburgh Opera) and she has also designed for three site-specific productions with Southern Plains Productions that took place in a planetarium, a farmers market and a mercantile. Ningning also enjoys creating audiovisual installation pieces that immerse, interact, and heal.