Jay Tyson

Jean Yvonne (Jay) Tyson (they/them) is a multidisciplinary designer for stage and screen whose primary interests center around challenging and re-conceptualizing familiar narratives, exploring the relationship between art and psychology, and creating pieces that showcase the importance of representation. While obtaining a BA in Theatre and Film & Media Studies at Whitman College, their short documentary The Most Dangerous Stage was screened at international film festivals, and their scenic and costume work for theatre received critical recognition through the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, including the Regional and National Awards for Excellence in Scenic Design (2020), a position as the Francis Starr Todd Design Fellow with the Seven Devil's Playwrights Conference (2020), and an internship with the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas' summer training program (2021). In addition to filmmaking and designing, assisting, or helping with the construction of 30+ plays, musicals, and operas in academic theater, they have designed for square product theater in Colorado (2022) and Pacific Resident Theater in Los Angeles (2024). They will graduate from UCLA with an MFA in Scenic & Production Design for Theatre, Film, and Television in June, 2025.