Assistant Professor, UT Live Design and Production
Bio
Josafath Reynoso is an internationally acclaimed scenic designer and scenographer with more than 25 years of experience across Off-Broadway, regional LORT, and international stages. Born in Mexico, Reynoso’s work is deeply informed by a transnational perspective that merges architectural precision, visual poetry and cultural depth. He is the recipient of the 2023 Robert L. Tobin Director-Designer Prize from OPERA America, the Gold Medal for Scenic Design at World Stage Design 2017 (Taipei), and the 2015 USITT Scenic Design Award.
In the U.S., his designs have been seen at South Coast Repertory, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Arizona Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory, Virginia Stage Company and many more. Internationally, he has designed productions for Teatro del Borde (Argentina), Escena 8 (Venezuela), and KCDC (Israel), among others. He currently serves as Head of the Scenic Design MFA Program at the University of Texas at Austin, Associate Chair of Programming for the USITT International Activities Committee and is founder and Chief Editor of SKENE.pub, an international magazine dedicated to performance and design. He is also a founding member of Red Escénica Migrante, supporting Immigrant Latin American and Spanish-speaking designers worldwide.
Areas of Expertise
Scenography
Publications
Skene.pub
Recent Works
- Anna in the Tropics, American Players Theatre, 2025
- Maybe Tomorrow, Abingdon Theatre Company, 2025 (Off-Broadway debut)
- Something Rotten, Tecnologico de Monterrey, 2024 (Mexico debut)
Josafath Reynoso is an internationally acclaimed scenic designer and scenographer with more than 25 years of experience across Off-Broadway, regional LORT, and international stages. Born in Mexico, Reynoso’s work is deeply informed by a transnational perspective that merges architectural precision, visual poetry and cultural depth. He is the recipient of the 2023 Robert L. Tobin Director-Designer Prize from OPERA America, the Gold Medal for Scenic Design at World Stage Design 2017 (Taipei), and the 2015 USITT Scenic Design Award.
In the U.S., his designs have been seen at South Coast Repertory, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Arizona Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory, Virginia Stage Company and many more. Internationally, he has designed productions for Teatro del Borde (Argentina), Escena 8 (Venezuela), and KCDC (Israel), among others. He currently serves as Head of the Scenic Design MFA Program at the University of Texas at Austin, Associate Chair of Programming for the USITT International Activities Committee and is founder and Chief Editor of SKENE.pub, an international magazine dedicated to performance and design. He is also a founding member of Red Escénica Migrante, supporting Immigrant Latin American and Spanish-speaking designers worldwide.
Scenography
Skene.pub
- Anna in the Tropics, American Players Theatre, 2025
- Maybe Tomorrow, Abingdon Theatre Company, 2025 (Off-Broadway debut)
- Something Rotten, Tecnologico de Monterrey, 2024 (Mexico debut)
Contact Information
Email address
josafathr@
Website
https://liveartdesign.com
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