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Nancy Mkaabal

About

I'm a scenographer and set and costume designer based in Haifa. Today I design stages and costumes for theatre, tour the world as a stage manager with Khashabi Theatre, art-direct commercials, and build my own apps.

Nancy Mkaabal

What I do now

Design. Stage and costume design for theatre. Deadlift, the scenography I made with Bashar Murkus, tours Sweden with Riksteatern in November 2026, and two new productions of mine are in the works in Haifa.

On tour. Since 2022 I've been stage manager and international touring manager at Khashabi Theatre, taking MILK, Yes Daddy and Al Sirah Al Hilaliyah from Avignon and Venice to Vienna, Edinburgh and Dublin.

On set. Art director and head of props on commercials since 2021, and set designer on ads such as Yafa Jeans' "Find Your Blue" and Blu Penguin. For TV, I was set dresser on the series 7 Figures and I'm location scout and coordinator on the series Al Sofa, which starts shooting on 15 November 2026.

Apps. I founded and designed two apps: Jayeen, for wedding invitations, RSVPs and seating on WhatsApp, and Wrapidly, production management for film and TV.

Off duty. I teach climbing and bouldering.

My path

I grew up in Haifa drawn to performance, and from age five to fifteen I studied classical piano, music theory, composition and choir at a music conservatory.

At eighteen, the Netflix series Abstract introduced me to stage and costume design. It led me to Tel Aviv University, where I earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in design for theatre, television and film.

Music has stayed with me alongside design: my life moves between the stages I design, the performances I manage and the melodies I make.

Side projects

Apps I've founded and built alongside my design work.