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.

She received her MFA in Scenic Design from the Pennsylvania State University. Production credits include 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.

Alivia Cross is glad to be making her MacHaydn scenic design debut in the ‘23 season. Alivia is currently a Theatre Design MFA candidate at Pennsylvania State University. Her research focus is the intersection between Theatre arts, education, and safety. She recently presented her work as part of the Mid-America Theatre Conference. Prior to graduate training, she worked as a scenic artist at various theatres, including, The Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, FL, Naples Players in Naples, FL, and Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor, ME. Alivia recently returned from Prague, Czech Republic where she was researching sustainability practices within theatre arts at the Prague Quadrennial. Alivia received her bachelor’s degree in Technical Theatre and Psychology from Wheaton College, MA in 2019.