Wladimiro A. Woyno R.
Wladimiro A. Woyno R. is a projection designer and technologist passionate about live performance. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, he holds an MFA in Design from Yale School of Drama and a BFA in Design and Production from the University of British Columbia. A devoted collaborator with the creative teams of several companies, he is often prototyping tools, images and visual environments that engage the sensory imagination.
With a technical background in stage lighting, video and carpentry, his work explores the adaptation of new technologies into the theatrical tradition. Interested in the development of theatre spaces, show control and scenography he is an avid learner, constantly inventing and exploring.
His credits include Since I Can Remember (The Wooster Group), Kiss (Yale Repertory Theatre, USA); Parade (Nederlands Dans Theater, Netherlands); The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (Ghost River Theatre, Canada); This American Wife (Next Door @ NYTW); Salome (M3 Productions, Brooklyn); If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka, Bulgaria! Revolt!, The Merchant of Venice (Yale School of Drama, USA); RE:UNION (Yale Cabaret); Gallery+Lumia (Yale Art Gallery); Ziriguidum (Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Canada); and Sometime Between Now and When the Sun Goes Supernova (Theatre Junction, Canada).
He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Theatre Production and Design Area at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts.
He is currently an Associate Member and a Technical Artist at The Wooster Group.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education and training
EDUCATION
Institution
Dates
MFA in Design
BFA Theatre Design and Production
Stage Carpenter Work/Study
Scenic Carpenter Work/Study
Lighting Technician Work/Study
International Baccalaureate
Yale School of Drama
University Of British Columbia, Canada
The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
The American School of São Paulo
Class of 2018
Class of 2012
October 2009 – August 2010
May 2009 – September 2009
June 2008 – August 2008
Class of 2007
Current and previous employment
Employment
employer
dates
Assistant Professor
Theatre Production and Design
Technical Video Artist – Associate Member
Master Electrician
Assistant Technical Director Audio/Video/Rigging
Stage/Lighting/Projections Technician
Frederic Wood Theatre Rental Technician
Dorothy Somerset Studio House Technician
AMS Resource Groups Design
and Publications Coordinator
Simon Fraser University
School for the Contemporary Arts
The Wooster Group
Theatre Junction GRAND
Kidd Pivot: The Tempest Replica Tour
Shadbolt Arts Centre, Burnaby
University of British Columbia, Canada
University of British Columbia, Canada
UBC Alma Mater Society
July 2019 – Current
June 2018 – Current
March 2013 – May 2014
August 2012 – December 2012
December 2011 – March 2013
April 2011 – April 2012
September 2010 – April 2011
September 2008 – April 2009
Teaching Experience
Employment
employer
dates
Lecturer in Drama – Real-Time Rendering Seminars
Graduate Fellow – Classes / Workshops
TA – Digital Imaging for Designers
TA – Digital Imaging for Designers
TA – Introduction to Projection Design
Workshop Instructor – Show Control Systems
Yale School of Drama
Yale Center for the Collaborative Arts and Media
Yale School of Drama
Yale School of Drama
Yale School of Drama
Canadian Institute for Theatre Technologies
Spring Term 2019
August 2016 – May 2018
August 2017 – May 2018
August 2016 – May 2017
August 2015 – May 2016
August 2013
Production History
Design Experience - Projection, Lighting and Set
Position/Role | Show/Event | Director | Company | Venue | Year |
| Projection Designer | Since I Can Remember | Elizabeth LeCompte | The Wooster Group | The Performing Garage | 2019 |
| Projection Designer | The Seagull | Adrian Giurgea | Colgate University | Brehmer Theater | 2018 |
| Projection Designer | Salome | James Rutherford | M3 Productions | Irondale Center | 2018 |
| Projection Designer | This American Wife | Michael Breslin | New York Theater Workshop | Next Door Theater | 2018 |
| Design Master’s Thesis | Pier | Wladimiro Woyno | WAWR | 205 Park Street | 2018 |
| Projection Designer | Kiss | Evan Yionoulis | Yale Repertory Theatre | Yale Repertory Theater | 2018 |
| Projection Designer | This American Wife | Michael Breslin, Patrick Foley | Yale Cabaret | Yale Cabaret | 2017 |
| Projection Designer | RE:UNION | Jecamiah Ybanez | Yale Cabaret | Yale Cabaret | 2017 |
| Projection Designer | If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must be a Muhfucka | Elizabeth Dinkova | Carlotta Festival | Iseman Theater | 2017 |
| Projection Designer | Everything That Never Happened | Jesse Rasmussen | Carlotta Festival | Iseman Theater | 2017 |
| Designer and Director | Lumia in the Contemporary Light | Wladimiro Woyno | Yale Art Gallery | Yale Art Gallery | 2017 |
| Projection Designer | EXPO Lobby Installation | Wladimiro Woyno | USITT Expo 2017 St. Louis | America’s Center Convention | 2017 |
| Projection Designer | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Lucie Dawkings | Yale School of Drama | Iseman Theater | 2017 |
| Projection Designer | Bulgaria! Revolt! | Elizabeth Dinkova | Yale School of Drama | Iseman Theater | 2016 |
| Lighting Designer | Pieces | Sarah Dolan | o2 Dance Company | Currie Barracks | 2016 |
| Director & Designer | Vignette of a Recollection, A VR Experience | Wladimiro Woyno | Yale Cabaret Satellite Festival | 205 Park Street | 2016 |
| Projection Designer | The Merchant of Venice | Kevin Hourigan | Yale School of Drama | Iseman Theater | 2016 |
| Lighting Designer | The Wizard of Oz | Morris Ertman | Rosebud Theatre | Rosebud Opera house | 2015 |
| Lighting Designer | Ziriguidum | Kim Cooper | Decidedly Jazz Danceworks | Theatre Junction | 2015 |
| Set & Lighting Designer | A Date with the Night | Eric Rose | Globe Theatre | Globe Theatre Cabaret | 2015 |
| Projection Designer | The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst | Eric Rose | Ghost River Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects | Martha Cohen Theatre | 2015 |
| Lighting Designer | Year of the Horse | Kim Cooper | Decidedly Jazz Danceworks | The Grand | 2014 |
| Lighting Designer | Dancers in Love | Vicki Adams Willis | Decidedly Jazz Danceworks | The Grand | 2014 |
| Lighting Designer | Answers | Sarah Dolan | o2 Dance Company | The Grand | 2013 |
| Projection Designer | Parade | Crystal Pite | Nederlands Dans Theatre 1 | Lucent Dans Theatre | 2013 |
| Lighting Designer | The Edge Project | Shawn Macdonald | Green Thumb Theatre | Round House Arts Centre | 2013 |
| Lighting Designer | Stationary: A Recession-Era Musical | Laura Mclean | Delinquent Theatre | The Cultch | 2012 |
| Lighting Designer | Coercion | Genevieve Fleming | Hardline Productions | The Cultch | 2012 |
| Lighting and Set Designer | Burnt By The Sun | Elizabeth McLaughlin | United Players | Jericho Arts Centre | 2012 |
| Set,Lighting,Projection Designer | Thane of My Existence | Chris McGregor | Thane Malabar | CBC Studio 700 | 2012 |
| Set and Lighting Designer | Problem Child and The End of Civilization | Chris Robson | UBC Theatre | Telus Studio Theatre | 2012 |
| Lighting Designer | 10x10x10 | Martha Carter | The Dance Centre | Vancouver Dance Centre | 2011 |
| Set and Lighting Designer | Figment | Chris Robson | Butter Dragon Productions | Studio 15 | 2011 |
| Lighting Designer | Imagine! | Dawn Ewen | Gateway Theatre Academy | Gateway Theatre | 2011 |
| Scenographer | Songs from Spoon River | Tom Scholte | Songfire Theatre | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2011 |
| Scenographer | Try Me, Good King: The Wives of Henry VIII | Tom Scholte | Songfire Theatre | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2011 |
| Lighting / Set Designer | Love/Stories | Brian Cochrane | Kinectichism Theatre | Little Mountain | 2011 |
| Lighting Designer | Seussical the Musical Jr.and Silverwing | Bev Sauve | Gateway Theatre Academy | Gateway studio B | 2011 |
| Lighting Designer | Wild Honey | Brian Cochrane | UBC Theatre | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2011 |
| Lighting / Projection Designer | Dead Man’s Cellphone | Chris McGregor | UBC Theatre | Telus Studio Theatre | 2011 |
| Lighting Supervisor | UBC Brave New Play Rites Festival | Various | UBC Theatre | Dorothy Somerset Studio | 2011 |
| Lighting Designer | UBC Brave New Play Rites festivals | Various | UBC Theatre | Dorothy Somerset Studio | 2009 |
| Set / Lighting Designer | Armitage | Brendan Albano | UBC Player’s Club | Havana Theatre, Vancouver | 2008 |
Associate / Assistant Design Experience
Position/Role |
Show/Event |
Director |
Company |
Venue |
Year |
| Associate Projection Designer | The White Devil (VD:Yana Birÿkova) | Louisa Proske | Red Bull Theater | Lucille Lortel Theatre, NYC | 2019 (Ongoing) |
| Associate Projection Designer | Imogen Says Nothing (VD:Yana Birÿkova) | Laurie Woolery | Yale Repertory Theater | Yale University Theater | 2017 |
| Associate Projection Designer | Ghost, O Musical (PD:Zachary Borovay) | Jose Possi Neto | 4 ACT | Teatro Bradesco, SP, Brazil | 2016 |
| Associate Projection Designer | Grand Spectacular (VD: Sean Niuwenhuis) | Brain Foley | The Calgary Stampede | Stampede Grandedstand | 2016 |
| Asst. Video Designer | Yale Opera:Don Quixotte (Video Designer: Yana Birÿkova) | Linda Brovsky | Yale Opera | Yale Opera | 2016 |
| Asst. Projection Designer | The Skin of Our Teeth (PD: Rasean Davonte Johnson) | Luke Harlan | Yale School of Drama | Yale Repertory Theater | 2015 |
| Asst. Video Designer | Canadian Classic (VD: Sean Nieuwenhuis) | Brian Foley | The Calgary Stampede | Stampede Grandstand | 2015 |
| Associate Video Designer | Barnburner (VD: Sean Nieuwenhuis) | Dave Pierce | The Calgary Stampede | Stampede Grandstand | 2014 |
| Asst. Projection Technologist | Vessel | Tiff Tregarthen | Out Innerspace | Shadbolt Arts Centre | 2013 |
| Associate Video Designer | Titanic-A New Musical | Max Reimer | Theatre Under the Stars | Malkin Bowl | 2012 |
| Projection Technologist | Inheritor Album | Lisa Gelley | 605 Collective | National Arts Centre | 2012 |
| Asst. Lighting Designer/Associate Projection Designer | The Sound of Music (LD: Sharon Huizinga) | Chris McGregor | Gateway Theatre | Gateway Theatre | 2011 |
| Asst. Lighting Designer | Three Fold (LD: James Proudfoot) | Robert Glumbek | Ballet BC | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2011 |
| Associate Lighting Designer | RedShift Music Society: The Vertical Orchestra | Jordan Nobles | RedShift Music Society | Vancouver Public Library | 2011 |
| Lighting Supervisor | Brave New Play Rites Festival | Various | Various | Dorothy Somerset Studio | 2011 |
| Associate Projection Designer | Revolv-a-lution | Yaletown Mini | Illuminate Yale Town | Yaletown Mini | 2011 |
| Asst. Lighting Designer | The Madonna Painter (LD: Mandi Lau) | Craig Holzschuh | UBC Theatre | Telus Studio Theatre | 2010 |
| Asst. Lighting Designer | Gormenghast (LD: Ron Fedoruk) | Stephen Malloy | UBC Theatre | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2008 |
Selected Technical Experience
Position/Role |
Show/Event |
Director |
Company |
Venue |
Year |
| Technical Video Artist | THE B-SIDE: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons” | Kate Valk | The Wooster Group | Los Angeles REDCAT, St Ann’s Warehouse Brooklyn | 2018 |
| Technical Video Artist | The Town Hall Affair | Elizabeth LeCompte | The Wooster Group | Sydney Opera, Barbican London, Kaat Yokohama, Kyoto Experiment | 2018 |
| Technical Video Artist | A Pink Chair | Elizabeth LeCompte | The Wooster Group | Bard College | 2017 |
| Projection Programmer | Scenes from Court Life (VD: Yana Birÿkova) | Mark Wing-Davey | Yale Repertory Theater | Yale University Theater | 2016 |
| Projection Programmer | Cymbeline (PD:Rasean Davonte Johnson) | Evan Yionulous | Yale Repertory Theater | Yale University Theater | 2016 |
| Projection Programmer | Peerless (PD: Shawn Boyle) | Margot Bordelon | Yale Repertory Theater | Yale Repertory Theater | 2015 |
| Technical Director | The Highest Step in the World | Eric Rose | Ghost River Theatre | Persephone Theatre | 2014 |
| Projection Technologist | Sometime Between Now and When the Sun Goes Supernova | Mark Lawes | Theatre Junction | The Grand | 2013 |
| Tour Assistant TD:Audio/Video/Rigging | The Tempest Replica | Crystal Pite | Kidd Pivot | Canada/USA/Germany | 2012 |
| Head Electrician | Two Merchants | Dana Chalmers | UBC Theatre | Telus Studio Theatre | 2011 |
| Head Electrician | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Stephen Heatley | UBC Theatre | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2010 |
| Head Electrician | The Idiots Karamazov | Chris McGregor | UBC Theatre | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2009 |
| Head Electrician | Medea | Lois Anderson | UBC Theatre | Telus Studio Theatre | 2009 |
| Head Electrician | Unity 1918 | Stephen Drover | UBC Theatre | Telus Studio Theatre | 2008 |
| Head Electrician | Festival Dance | Robert Glumbek | The Banff Centre | Margaret Greenham Theatre | 2008 |
| Lighting Work/Study | Summer 2008 (10 Productions) | Various | The Banff Centre | The Banff Centre | 2008 |
| Projections Editor | Brave New Play Rites Festival | Various | UBC Theatre | Dorothy Somerset Studio | 2008 |
| Lighting Crew | Learned Ladies | Patrick Gauthier | UBC Theatre | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2008 |
| Lighting Crew | A Midsummer’s Night Dream | Stephen Heatley | UBC Theatre | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2007 |
Skills, Awards & Association
| Languages | Bilingual in English and Spanish; fluent in Portuguese. |
| Software | Proficient in MS Office, Python, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premier, InDesign, VectorWorks, Lightwright, Watchout, Isadora, TouchDesigner, and Qlab. PC and Mac friendly |
| Lighting Consoles | Proficient in ETC (EOS series, Express series) and DMX protocols for custom interfacing. |
| Membership | Associated Designers of Canada (ADC) Associate Member. |
| Automation Consoles | Basic Operator Training on Niscon’s Raynok System. |
| Awards and Grants | 2018: Yale University Dexter Wood Luke Memorial Prize Awarded to third-year students whose sense of curiosity and sense of joy have enriched the lives of their colleagues at Yale School of Drama 2018: Third Place at the The Reality of Global Climate Change Hackathon at Yale’s Center for the Collaborative Arts and Media in collaboration with Michael Costagliola. 2016: DMCA Interdisciplinary Arts Awards support collaborative arts projects by Yale University students, both graduate and undergraduate. Awards were granted in amounts of up to $5,000 to projects that demonstrated an ability to collaborate across fields with creative and critical insight, and thereby reflect the interdisciplinary arts research mission of the DMCA. 2016: Hewlett-Packard Blended Reality Grant to develop a Virtual reality piece that explores a theatrical narrative development process within this new paradigm media. 2012: Kensaku Asano Memorial Award in Theatre for an unshakably positive attitude toward theatrical work, a gift for encouraging other students, and a healthy sense of humour at all times 2010/2011: Arts undergraduate research assistant (AURA) grant to create the scenography for two art song cycles presented by the Vancouver International Song Institute as part of Professor Robert Gardiner’s Digital Video Illumination research 2007: Entrance Scholarship to UBC’s Undergraduate |
| Other Interests | Juggling, violin making, photography, poetry, publications layout editing |