From Broadway to the Big Screen: Alumni Careers in Design

🎭🎬 From Broadway to the Big Screen: Designing Worlds That Tell Stories

Join us for an inspiring conversation with UC San Diego alumni shaping the future of design across theatre, film, and immersive storytelling.

Robert Brill '88 is an internationally acclaimed scenic designer and current UC San Diego Theatre and Dance faculty member. A four-time Tony Award nominee, his work spans Broadway blockbusters, world-premiere operas at the Met, and immersive environments seen across the globe—from Hell’s Kitchen and Cabaret to collaborations with Disney and The Flaming Lips.

Al-e McWhorter '18 is a production designer and art director whose career bridges film, visual media, and world-building. A UC San Diego Visual Arts alum and AFI-trained production designer, she’s worked with Industrial Light & Magic and major brands like Coca-Cola and Honda. Al-e recently led art direction for The Musical, featured at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

Don't miss this rare chance to hear from Tritons creating the worlds around the stories we love.

• ✨EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE RSVP! ✨

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ABOUT THE CENTER:

The Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, part of the School of Arts and Humanities, serves as the university’s hub for creative and academic advancement in culture, music, theater, film and the arts. The center provides access and opportunity for UC San Diego students and scholars to pursue their passion in cinematics arts through research, scholarship, teaching, production and exhibition of film and moving-image arts. Established in late 2021, the program honors the memory of aspiring filmmaker Suraj Israni, who pursued film as a way to inspire social change.

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