eastmard@wfu.edu
Rob Eastman-Mullins is a freelance scenographer—designing scenery, lighting, and costumes—and serves as Associate Professor of Design and Associate Chair for the Department of Theatre & Dance at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, USA. He has designed for Syracuse Opera, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Triad Stage, the Fletcher Opera Institute, New Theatre, Mosaic Theatre, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, and served as Art Director for the film China. Rob relishes working on new plays, and has designed for premieres with such playwrights as Jeff Baron, Catherine Bush, John Strand, Melinda Lopez, Vanessa Garcia, and Shirley Lauro. His designs have been seen on a national tour of Turkey and exhibited around the United States and the world.
In addition to designing for the stage, Rob enjoys riding motorcycles, playing darts, buying and wearing shirts that are actually interesting, traveling with his family, and pushing the limits of what other people find funny. He holds an MFA in scenic and costume design from the North Carolina School of the Arts.