He holds his MFA in set design from The University of Alabama and a BA in theatre from The University of Maine. Brave has designed and constructed sets for the worlds sixth largest Shakespeare Festival, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery Alabama. In the Gracie Theater at Husson University he designed the set for West Side Story, Spoon River Anthology, various NESCom Sessions and other events. Brave has designed for various television productions and currently has scenery used for broadcast for Maine Public Broadcasting Network pledge drives, The Nite Show with Danny Cashman and Greenlight Maine. In addition to traditional scenery he has designed digitally projected scenery for various productions including The Who’s Tommy and Studs Terkel’s Working.