Current/Upcoming Projects.

Scarce City, Lead Creator and Scenographer.
National Gallery Singapore. January to March 2025.

Port of Entry, Lighting and Multimedia Designer.
Albany Park Theater Project & Third Rail Projects.
Chicago, opened July 2023, open run.

Statement Piece, Set and Lighting Designer.
Written by Myle Yan Tay. Directed by Claire Wong.
Checkpoint Theatre, Drama Center Black Box, April 2025.

A little bit about me.

Hi! I’m Elizabeth Mak, an interdisciplinary artist and theatrical designer.

I am the Founder and Artistic director of Rainshadow Studios, a climate arts non-profit in Singapore. Our most ambitious project, Scarce City, will premiere at the National Gallery Singapore in January 2025.
As a designer, I believe in the power of visual, immersive, and experiential storytelling to change mindsets and move hearts to action in our communities.

Download my resumé here. Harvard Magazine also did a profile on me that you can read here.

In 2015, I wrote an artist manifesto. Feel free to peruse it here.’

My bio.

Elizabeth Mak is the Founder and Artistic Director of Rainshadow Studios, a climate arts non-profit in Singapore. As an interdisciplinary artist, she is exploring how participatory and experiential storytelling can reveal the way values and metrics shape our systems, contributing to systemic inequalities and the climate crisis. She is a Fellow with the Artistic Directors Academy at T:>Works Singapore.

Elizabeth is also an international theatrical designer with 12+ years experience in scenography, lighting, and multimedia design. She has worked on 150+ productions across the US (Broadway, off-Broadway, LORT), Canada, China, Hong Kong, Europe, and Singapore. Companies include HBO, The Public Theater, Kennedy Center, Third Rail Projects, Albany Park Theater Project, Signature Theater NYC, Baltimore Center Stage, Berline Staatsoper, Jiangsu Performing Arts Center, Hong Kong Performing Arts Festival, Singapore International Festival of Arts, and the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. Notable shows include Port of Entry, a 2.5-hour immersive experience running in Chicago, and The Chinese Lady, produced by Ma-Yi Theatre Company at The Public. Elizabeth was previously a member of IATSE Local USA 829 and board treasurer of Wingspace Theatrical Design. She holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and an AB from Harvard University.