Scott N Andrew

Media Design

Scott Andrew’s media design practice is defined by the full integration of digital art into the ephemeral energy of live performance. His work moves beyond traditional projection, establishing media as a co-creative force that actively informs the dramaturgy of dance, theater, and spectacle.

Andrew specializes in creating dynamic visual environments, utilizing sophisticated tools including video mapping, live capture, custom animation, and AI-generated content. This technical vocabulary is consistently deployed to explore themes of queer futurity, celebrate divas and icons, and realize visually stunning, maximalist spectacles.

This section highlights a portfolio of diverse projects:

  • Dance & Collaborative Works: He provided the visual landscape for The Marthaodyssey (a 2024 NDP Finalist that recontextualizes Martha Graham's archive with Madonna's music in collaboration with Jesse Factor), the profound community-focused movement piece Sum of Y’all (PearlArts Movement & Sound), as well as Underland x Alice (Kontara Morphis) and Dragonfly Dawn (Joanna Abel), focusing on fully immersing the audience in the work's speculative narrative.
  • Theater & Opera: He has designed intricate video systems and compelling visual content for new stage productions, including the timely political drama First Lady (PICT Classic Theatre) and the contemporary opera Looking at You (Carnegie Mellon University School of Music).
  • Performance & Nightlife: This work also encompasses high-profile annual events, including the large-scale multi-channel video installations for the House Party benefit at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, media design for the Pittsburgh Opera Annual Fashion Show, and performing live improvisational visuals as his VJ persona, Fagnelly.

These collaborations underscore Scott Andrew’s belief that the live stage is the most gratifying context for his work to exist, providing a platform to elevate and embellish works by underrepresented voices.

Projection of a woman with red lips and brown hair, chin resting on her hand, on a dark, ribbed surface.

First Lady

2025
Scott Andrew's media design for PICT Classic Theatre's production of Sedef Ecer's "First Lady," directed by Adil Mansoor. Blending video art and contemporary performance.
Performance art piece featuring two dancers in loose pink pants, set against a backdrop of a projected close-up of an older woman's face, with musical instruments visible on the side.

Ego

2025
Multimedia performance "Ego" by Ramin Akhavijou, with media design by Scott Andrew. Explores identity, technology, and the psychological influence of AI on personality.
Two aerialists in a hoop, one in a fringed costume, in muted gold tones against a black background.

Dragonfly Dawn

2025
Scott Andrew's media design for Joanna Abel's dance work, "Dragonfly Dawn." Experience an ethereal dance journey set in a mystical forest, featuring a battle between natural forces and an evil harpy.
Performance art on a stage with a yellow backdrop. Two figures, one lifting the other in an embrace. Both are dressed in black, with white socks visible on the lifted figure. Stage floor reflects the warm light.

sum of y'all

2025
Multimedia dance installation "sum of y'all" by Staycee Pearl, featuring Media Design by Scott Andrew. It explores themes of gentrification, community erasure, and ritual in historically Black spaces.
Performance art scene with figures around a striped table; one figure upside down wearing roller skates.

UnderlandxAlice

2024
Media design for Kontara Morphis' dance theater work "UnderlandxAlice." This piece explores self-realization, visibility, and discovery through the lens of an alternate world.
Two figures from behind, one's arm around the other, watching a black and white film projection in a dark room.

Perseverance

2024
Media design by Scott Andrew for 'Perseverance,' the world premiere stage memoir of Holocaust survivor Melvin Goldman's journey from Auschwitz to postwar Pittsburgh.
Silhouetted figures stand before a projected backdrop of blue and white architectural elements with dark accents. The backdrop features abstract shapes and geometric patterns.

Salle Cinq

2024
Scott Andrew's animation for the performance of the song, 'Salle Cinq', a multimedia work presented by Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble at the Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival at the University of Pittsburgh.
Three black silhouettes of figures in hats dancing against a vibrant red background.

Show Queen

2023
Show Queen is a multimedia dance piece by Scott Andrew and Jesse Factor, blending movement and otherworldly video to critique and celebrate the Broadway diva and queer fandom.
Stage performance with two singers in striped dresses, guitarist, and abstract projection. Brick wall backdrop. Colors include yellow, red, blue.

Opposites Abstract

2023
Media design for the performance "Opposites Abstract," blending AI-generated and collaged visuals inspired by Mo Willems and Pablo Neruda's poetry for a dance piece at the New Hazlett Theater.
Symmetrical purple and silver tinsel streamers with neon purple lights, reflecting on a dark background, framing "HOUSE PARTY" text.

House Party

2022-2025
Scott Andrew's media design for House Party, the annual KST benefit. Experience immersive dance, neon-noir cabaret, and live performance inspired by Studio 54 and the Met Gala.
Gene Kelly and Billy Strayhorn in a vibrant pink and orange gradient, with "SUITE LIFE" in white text at the top.

Suite Life

2022-2023
Scott Andrew's media design for 'Suite Life' at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, reimagining the legacies of Billy Strayhorn and Gene Kelly through theatrical jazz and immersive visual effects.
Silhouetted figures of three people stand against a bright blue screen displaying white code. Stage lighting and structural supports are visible.

Looking At You

2022
Media Design by Scott Andrew for the opera 'Looking at You' (2022). A dramatic story of surveillance, whistleblowers, and uploading consciousness in the digital age.
Outdoor video installation: metal scaffolding supports a screen displaying vibrant red, purple, and yellow abstract patterns.

Streaming Space

2019
Scott Andrew's video work is featured in "Streaming Space," a 24-foot Afrofuturist media installation by Alisha B. Wormsley and Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson that promotes healing and spiritual reflection in Market Square.
Collage of two drag queens: one on a glittery floor with green hair, the other in white holding a sword.

The Diva Saga

2019
Multi-channel video installation and performance where Veronica Bleaus, the 'worst drag queen,' battles digital avatars. Explores queer identity, camp, and fantasy through video games, anime, and music.
Performers on a stage with a large screen projecting a purple and green star, and a side screen with smaller images.

Schoolhouse Rock!

2016
Media design for the 2016 musical production of Schoolhouse Rock! at McCoy’s Grand Theater, Moorfield, WV, featuring fast-paced, catchy educational tunes.
Night scene through rain-streaked car window; blurry lights, side mirror, dark interior.

Fagnelly

2006-2026
Fagnelly: A manifesto of sci-fi queers and camp icons, blending performance, video feedback, drag, and gay mythology to disrupt the fabric of space-time with chintzy splendor.