Mattie Ruona
Contact info: (920)234-5798, marruona@gmail.com

SCENIC DESIGN
PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR
VENUE, YEAR
Our House Upended, DANSTAGE
THE MOUSETRAP
Icarus and Apollo, AFTERIMAGES
Michael Estanich
Tyler Marchant
Arista Detter
UW – Stevens Point, 2025
UW – Stevens Point, 2024
UW – Stevens Point, 2023
ASSOCIATE SCENIC DESIGN
PRODUCTION
DESIGNER
VENUE, YEAR
BRIGHT STAR
AMÉLIE
Ann Warren
Olive Halle
UW – Stevens Point, 2024
UW – Stevens Point, 2023
PROPERTIES DESIGN
PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR
VENUE, YEAR
LOVE’S LABOR’S WON
Dana Dancho
UW – Stevens Point, 2025
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
BFA Theatre Design and Technology, 2022-2026
Minor – Creative Writing, 2022-2026
WORK EXPERIENCE
POSITION
SUPERVISOR
VENUE, YEAR
Paint Shop Student Assistant
Prop Shop Student Assistant
Costume Shop Student Assistant
Emily Lotz
Emily Lotz
CeCe Sickler
UW – Stevens Point, 2024-2025
UW – Stevens Point, 2024-2025
UW – Stevens Point, 2023-2025
ACTIVITIES
CLASSES
THEA 248 – Costume Construction Techniques
THEA 252 – Musicals in American Culture
THEA 426 – Theatre Practicum (deck crew for A Christmas Carol)
THEA 399 – Advanced Costume Construction
THEA 399 – Directed Study (Assistant Scenic Design for Amélie)
DSN 101 – Foundation Studio: Drawing and Visualization
DSN 104 – Foundation Studio: Color, Light, and Perception
THEA 146 – Stagecraft
THEA 399 – Directed Study (Scenic Design for Afterimages 2023)
THEA 426 – Theatre Practicum (Assistant Stage Manager for She Loves Me)
THEA 445 – Scene Painting
DNCE 426 – Theatre Practicum (wardrobe crew for Afterimages 2023)
THEA 241 – Scene Design I
THEA 449 – Seminar in Technical Theatre
THEA 162 – Script Analysis
THEA 245 – Properties Design
THEA 345 – Theatrical Rendering
THEA 351 – Theatre History: Beginnings to 1660
THEA 426 – Theatre Practicum (ushering for Side by Side by Sondheim)
THEA 399 – Scene Design
THEA 242 – Lighting Design
THEA 352 – Theatre History: 1660 to 1915
THEA 426 – Theatre Practicum (deck crew for The Pirates of Penzance)
AWARDS AND HONORS
WI Academic Excellence Scholarship
Presidential Purple Scholarship
Invest In Your Purpose Scholarship
Jean DeRuyter Memorial Scholarship
Alice Rabenhorst Memorial Scholarship
Pointer Incentive Grant
REFERENCES
EMILY LOTZ
CECE SICKLER
TYLER MARCHANT
Asst Prof of Scenic Design
UW – Stevens Point
elotz@uwsp.edu
(414)755-9272
Blue Collar Costumes
Stevens Point, WI
bluecollarcostumes@gmail.com
(307)620-0392
Professor of Acting
UW – Stevens Point
tmarchan@uwsp.edu
(715)346-2530