Paul Molina

MFA SCENIC DESIGN, 2024

A 2024 graduate of the MFA Scenic Design program, Paul Molina is a Salvadoran artist and designer who combines his experience in scenic design and interior architecture to create narrative spaces of childhood play. 

During his time at CMU, Molina designed the sets for productions including “A Little Night Music” and “Babel” in the School of Drama and the opera “Looking at You” in the School of Music. He is also the recipient of the 2024 Cody Renard Richard Scholarship, which supports the next generation of theater-makers of color working behind the scenes.

He recently received a Fulbright research grant, which he will use to spend nine months in Mexico City to work on a public art installation responding to the family displacement and gentrification caused by recent Airbnb rentals to digital nomads.