Tania Barrenechea

Tania is a scenic designer and artisan for the theatre. She received her B. Arch in architecture from Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in 2015. Before beginning her MFA, she worked as an architect for 5 years in the architecture studio Vicca Verde in Lima, Peru, starting as a trainee and working her way up to project manager.

She received her MFA in Scenic Design from the Pennsylvania State University. She received the Creative Achievement Award from the College of Arts and Architecture and the Anne Gibson Award for Professional Development in Theatre Design and Technology in 2020.

Production credits include Panto Alicia in Wonderland at Stages Houston directed by Marissa Castillo and Benito Vasquez, Godspell at MacHayden Theatre directed by Trey Compton, A Little Night Music directed by Phillip Fazio and To Kill a Mockingbird directed by Susan Schulman at The Pennsylvania State University. She has assisted Milagros Ponce de Leon in the Production of Miss You Like Hell at the Olney Theatre Center in Maryland and Life is a Dream at the Gala Theatre in DC.

She is the Head of Design at the University of Central Arkansas and an Assistant Professor of design at the Film, Theatre, and Creative Writing Department.