Hi, I’m Abby!

Abby Bilson (she/her) is a third-year M.F.A. candidate in scenic design at Indiana University (IU) from Buffalo, NY. She graduated from Baldwin Wallace University with a B.M.E. in Music Education, and has taught music, theatre and dance at the middle school and high school level. She is the recipient of the Inaugural Cobalt Studios Scholarship and Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Applied Theatre Award of Excellence in Scenic Design. Some of her previous credits include: Sanctuary City  (IU, Scenic Designer), Reefer Madness (IU, Scenic Charge),  Vox Pop! (IU, Scenic Charge), Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (Interlochen, Scenic Designer), Everybody (BW, Scenic Designer), South Pacific, Funny Girl, White Christmas, and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (MSMT, Scenic Charge) and she recently completed a paint apprenticeship with the Santa Fe Opera.

When she’s not painting or designing, you can find her swing dancing to live jazz bands and line dancing anywhere there’s country music. She loves exploring national parks, visiting local coffee shops and singing opera.