JUSTIN NEPOMUCENO

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 SCENIC DESIGN (SELECTED)

* WORLD PREMIERE 

PRODUCTION // DIRECTOR // VENUE, YEAR

*The Inn // Lanoree Blake // Spotlighters Theatre, 2026

*Charm Pass // Rain Pryor // Inheritance Theatre Project, 2026

You Can’t Take it With You // Michael Blum // Spotlighters Theatre, 2026

Seven Guitars // Benjamin Isaiah Black // Spotlighters Theatre, 2026

A Tuna Christmas // Adrienne Bergeron // Spotlighters Theatre, 2025

It’s My Party // Rikki H Lacewell // Pipeline Playwrights, 2025

Topdog/Underdog // Rain Pryor // Spotlighters Theatre, 2025

*Floating Down to Camelot // Cat Bustos // Spotlighters Theatre, 2025

Clydes // Rikki H Lacewell // Spotlighters Theatre, 2025

Baby with the Bathwater // Michael Blum // Spotlighters Theatre, 2025

Honey Bee Baby // Jalice Corral // Rapid Lemon Productions, 2025

On the Verge // Kimberley Lynne // Falls Point Corner Theatre, 2024

Machinal // Deidre McAllister // Falls Point Corner Theatre, 2024

Working for Crumbs // Alanna Kiewe // Spotlighters Theatre, 2024

Death Trap  // Stephen Foreman // Spotlighters Theatre, 2024

 A Raisin in the Sun // Rain Pryor // Spotlighters Theatre, 2024

*Pillar Rabbit  // Ta’Von Vinson // Spotlighters Theatre, 2024

The Wolves // Lanoree Blake  // Spotlighters Theatre, 2024

PROPS DESIGN (SELECTED)

* WORLD PREMIERE 

PRODUCTION // DIRECTOR // VENUE, YEAR

Between Riverside and Crazy // José Carrasquillo  // 1st Stage, 2026

*SOOS Musical // Erin Cleary // Imagination Stage, 2026

It’s My Party // Rikki H Lacewell // Pipeline Playwrights, 2025

Fair Play // Deidra LaWan Starnes  // 1st Stage, 2025

The Wizard of Oz // Hester Kamin // Theatre J, 2025

San Giovanni Battista // Timothy Nelson  // Catapult Opera, 2025

Piano Lesson // Danielle Drakes // 1st Stage, 2025

*SOOS Musical  // Enrique Vargas // Imagination Stage, 2025

*Covenant // Autumn Angelettie // Theatre Alliance, 2024

SCENIC CHARGE (SELECTED)

* WORLD PREMIERE 

PRODUCTION // DIRECTOR // VENUE, YEAR

A Soldier’s Play // Kevin McAllister // ArtsCentric, 2026

The Color Purple // Kevin McAllister // ArtsCentric, 2026

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom // Kevin McAllister // ArtsCentric, 2025

Falsettos // Rachel Sandler // ArtsCentric, 2024

Awards

  • 2024 Brush Mural Festival Rising Star

  • 2024 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant Winner

Additional Projects and Positions

  • IATSE LOCAL 22 Member

  • Resident Technical Director at Spotlighters Theatre for Seasons 62, 63, 64

  • Regular Assistant/Overhire at Ford’s Theatre, Baltimore Centerstage, Olney Theatre, Imagination Stage, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Everyman Theatre

  • Board Member of 501c3 ManneqART since 2018

  • Assisted and Associated for numerous scenic designers, including: Tony Cisek, Gisela Estrada, James Raymond, Sarah Beth Hall, and Johnny Robertson

  • Mentored by DMV Props Master Dre Moore

  • Worked with 200 Community Members to create a 45 ft long community mural

  • Invited to display sculptures at Baltimore Artscape 2024

  • Part of the team that designed and decorated the 2023/2024 WVU Hospital Gala

  • Guest Speaker at Towson University’s East Asian Art and Culture Center

  • Filmed segments for BBC’s report on American mask production during the 2020 pandemic.

  • Designed several interactive exhibits for the DoodleHATCH Interactive Art Museum

  • Part of the team that designed and organized the FantasyWOOD festival in Columbia MD.

Education

  • BFA, Towson University