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Tilly is an English theatre designer based New York and a third generation theatre artist - hailing from Irish, English  and Greek actors and musicians. 

Awards include The Balsamo Grant for Emerging Immigrant Artists, The Irish Arts Design Award, Irish Times Theatre Award Nomination, Drama Desk nominations, Lucille Lortel nominations and The Onstage Critics Award

Upcoming work includes 'I Need That' by Theresa Rebeck directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel at The American Airlines Theatre.

In New York she has worked with companies such as Roundabout Theatre Company, Lincoln Center, The Atlantic, Playwrights Horizons, MCC, Ars Nova, WP Theatre, Red Bull Theater Company, Clubbed Thumb, Here Arts Centre,  The Barrow Group, New Georges and La Mama Theatre. 

Regionally her work has been seen at ART, Berkeley Rep, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Wilma, Shakespeare Theatre DC, Goodspeed Opera, Two Rivers Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Pittsburgh Public. and Westport County Playhouse.  Opera credits include The Boston Lyric Opera, The Philadelphia Opera, The Curtis School of Music and The Juliliard School of Vocal Arts.

Tilly has been a guest artist and guest designer at  Duke University, University of Rochester, Rutgers University, New York University, Brown-Trinity Graduate program, Fordham University , PPAS in NYC, Trinity College Dublin. She has taught at  Brown University's directing MFA program, University of Rochester, NYU Abu Dabi and Bennington University.

She received her M.F.A from NYU Tisch School.