Madeline Whitesell Portfolio

Lady Bird

A Butoh theater production delving into the emotional experience of humanity in relation to nature, mortality, and renewal. During the performance, live environments were created using an analog overhead projector, ink, and colored lighting gels.

Role: Projections Designer/Live Projection Performer

Year: 2025

He Will Die Howling

A chamber music piece that uses the last words of King George III. At the end of his rule, the king suffered a mysterious illness of madess. Through this, he was locked away and abused by his children and royal court. He Will Die Howling examines the connection between power, status, and the family.

Role: Director/Lighting Designer

2023

PROPHET$ (2nd Workshop)

A music-driven play about searching for faith after a volatile religious upbringing. The story was structured as a church passion play, divided into 15 stations of the cross.

Role: Director/Lighting Designer

2023

Words and Music

A writer attempts to make his unconscious conscious. He wrestles with what he finds. Inspired by Carl Jung’s experiments with Active Imagination.

Role: Director/Lighting Designer

2022

It is a Comfort to Know (Staged Reading)

A dark comedy about a cult who knows they’ll die before the next sunrise, until they don’t.

Role: Director/Co-Production Designer

2022

Video Art Collaborations

Two music videos in collaboration with artist Kit Young about social isolation and physical alienation

Role: Director

Isolate (2021)

I don’t feel myself (2020)