Hello, I’m Nadir!
Originating in Atlanta and shaped by creative life along the East Coast, I am a scenic and production designer whose work lives at the intersection of storytelling, space, and soul. My designs are immersive—crafted to pull audiences in, not just to witness a world, but to feel it.
A proud Black creative and graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, I’ve had the privilege of expanding my artistry through the Kenan Fellowship at the Kennedy Center. Whether in theater, film, live events, or studio and gallery installations, my work is driven by depth, detail, and a dedication to stories—especially new works and works that elevates and celebrates the Black community.
I believe design is more than visuals; it’s a language. One that speaks to memory, place, and possibility. I am nomadic by nature and practice, always open to where the next project—or the next story—might take me.
See my CV below. Resume available upon request.
designbynadir@gmail.com
CV
THEATER
UPCOMING Appropriate Olney Theatre Center, March 2026, Dir. Jason Loewith
UPCOMING Red Pitch Olney Theatre Center, September 2025, Dir. Daniel Bailey
UPCOMING The Piano Lesson 1st Stage, June 2025, Dir. Danielle Drakes
Cullud Wattah Mosaic Theater, April 2025, Dir. Danielle Drakes.
American Fast Theater Alliance, March 2025, Dir. Reginald Douglas.
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill Mosaic Theater 2024, Dir. Reginald Douglas.
Frontieres Sans Frontieres Spooky Action 2024, Dir. Elizabeth Dinkova.
Sonnets & Soul Howard University, 2024, Dir. Dell Howlett.
The Chosen 1st Stage, September 2023, Dir. Alex Levy. [Helen Hayes Award nominated for Outstanding Set Design]
Confederates Mosaic Theater, October 2023, Dir. Stori Ayers.
The Honey Trap Solas Nua, November 2023, Dir. Matt Torney.
Monsters of the American Cinema Prologue, 2023, Dir. Jason Tamborini.
One in Two Mosaic Theater, 2023, Dir. Raymond Caldwell.
Anatomy of Love Solomon’s Word Theatre Initiative, 2023, Dir. Rickey Solomon.
Angel Number Nine Rorschach Theater, 2023, Dir. Jenny McConnell.
Sense & Sensibility Imagination Stage, 2023, Dir. Charlotte La Nasa.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Howard University, 2023, Dir. Kevin McAllister.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Olney Theatre Center, 2022, Dir. Kevin McAllister.
The Rainmaker 1st Stage , 2022 Dir. Deidra Starnes. [Helen Hayes Award nominated for Outstanding Set Design]
Playboy of the Western World Solas Nua, 2022, Dir. Shanara Gabrielle
Little Women Next Stop Theatre, 2022, Dir. Charlotte La Nasa.
Pass Over Chester Theatre Company, 2022, Dir. Christina Franklin.
Anatomy of Love Solomon’s Word Theatre Initiative, 2022, Dir. Rickey Solomon.
Lysistrata Theater at Monmouth, 2022, Dir. Danielle Drakes.
Maz & Bricks Solas Nua, 2022, Dir. Rex Daugherty
Christmas Eve Expats Theater, 2022, Dir. Karin Rosnizeck
Man Covets Bird Spooky Action Theater, 2021, Dir. Shanara Gabrielle
Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner Brown University, 2021, Dir. Jessica Smith
The Bacchae 2.1 Hangar Theatre, 2021, Dir. Cara Hinh
Wonderful Wizard of Oz Hangar Theatre Kiddstuff, 2021, Dir. Jasmine Gunter
Police Hangar Theatre, 2021, Dir. Nicholas Polonio
Elephant & Piggie: We’re In a Play Hangar Theatre Kiddstuff, 2021, Dir. Christian Avila
The Agitators Theater at Monmouth, 2021, Dir. Debra Ann Byrd
Forever Burning Coal, 2021 , Dir. Jordan Lichtenheld
Until the Flood Burning Coal, 2021, Dir. Renee Nixon
La Clemenza Di Tito A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, February 2020, Dir. Steve Lacosse
Pass Over Keys to the Kingdom, UNCSA December 2019, Dir. Sam Sherman
Pinocchio Maine State Music Theater, August 2019, Dir. Ray Dumont
Still Life with Rocket UNCSA School of Drama, February 2019, Dir. Mollye Maxner
ART SHOWS
[UPCOMING]
FILM
Absent Prod. Design. Short Film. Filmed in 2024, Written by Thomas Walter Booker, Dir. Amani Meliyah. [In Post Production]
Becoming Prod. Design. Short Film. Filmed in 2021, Written & Dir. Tramaine Raphael Gray
Kindred Kings Set Decorator. Short Film. Filmed in 2019, Written & Dir. Tramaine Raphael Gray
EDUCATION
UNCSA. BFA - Scenic Design
Hangar Theater Fellowship. Scenic Design
William R. Kenan Fellowship at the Kennedy Center. Scenic Design