Scenic designer Riccardo Hernandez creates sets built from the text of a production, creating an honest space for actors and ideas to work within. Hernandez knew he wanted a career designing opera sets by age 10, went on to study at Yale with Ming Cho Lee, and later broadened his work to theatre. At Yale Repertory Theatre, he displays the simple yet aggressive set of "Battle of Black and Dogs" that reflects a cold inhuman world. Also shown is the seemingly collapsing set for the Atlantic Theater Company's "Gabriel" during the most important part of the production process - the technical rehearsal.