Set design for theater, dance, opera, and film, Drawing for the designer. Model-making and color theory. Drafting. Broadway Musicals. Students interested in pursuing architecture and installation design are also welcome.
Selected Designs Organized by Producing Theater:
American Conservatory Theater/San Francisco:
THE GAMESTER, THE CONSTANT WIFE, LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING A FIELD, THE MISANTHROPE, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK, OLD TIMES. HECUBA (twice), THE ROSE TATTOO, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, THE TEMPEST, OLEANNA, ARCADIA, OTHELLO, ROSENCRANTZ … ARE DEAD, UNCLE VANYA, ANGELS IN AMERICA pts. 1 and 2, ANTIGONE, PECONG, ONCE IN A LIFETIME, FULL MOON, HAMLET
Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.:
THE GREAT SOCIETY, ALL THE WAY, AH, WILDERNESS!, SHE LOVES ME, BORN YESTERDAY, THE PIANO LESSON, CAMELOT, SOUTH PACIFIC, A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, OTHER DESERT CITIES
Berkeley Repertory Theater:
BLUE DOOR, HOMEBODY/KABUL, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, THE HEIRESS, HEARTBREAK HOUSE, SLAVS!, SIGHT UNSEEN, THE LADY FROM THE SEA (also at the Huntington, Boston), ENDGAME/ACT WITHOUT WORDS, PRIVATE LIVES, DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE, THE CONVICT’S RETURN, MAJOR BARBARA, FUENTE OVEJUNA ,WAITING FOR GODOT, RECKLESS, THE ROAD TO MECCA, THE VIRGIN MOLLY, THE WINTER’S TALE, THE MISANTHROPE, THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS, THE REVENGER, TWELFTH NIGHT
California Shakespeare Theater:
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE WINTER’S TALE, LOVE’S LABOURS LOST
CenterStage, Baltimore:
DON JUAN (Moliere), A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, THE MISANTHROPE, TINTYPES, THE SLEEP OF REASON
Ford’s Theater, Washington, D.C.:
STATE OF THE UNION
The Goodman Theater, Chicago:
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE THREE MOSCOWTEERS (with the Flying Karamazov Brothers)
The Guthrie:
THE RAINMAKER
The Huntington, Boston:
THE WAY OF THE WORLD, ARISTOCRATS, UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, HYDE PARK, THE WINTER’S TALE
The Jewel Theater:
COMPLICATIONS FROM A FALL, WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, THE BOOK CLUB PLAY, GUYS AND DOLLS
The Magic Theater:
FAMILY BUTHCHERS, TRIPTYCH
Manhattan Theatre Club:
TRANSLATIONS (American premier), THE RESURRECTION OF LADY LESTER, THE PHILANTHROPIST, SKIRMISHES, ALLIGATOR TALES, ELBA
Milwaukee Repertory Theater:
THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY, DON JUAN ON TRIAL, THE GREATER GOOD
The Old Globe:
GROUNDSWELL, OPUS
San Jose Repertory:
ARMS AND THE MAN, HARVEY, WALLFLOWERING, THE SISTERS MATSUMOTO, THREE DAYS OF RAIN, RABBIT HOLE
Seattle Repertory Theater:
JAR THE FLOOR, AS YOU LIKE IT, A DOLL’S HOUSE, GUYS AND DOLLS
Shakespeare Santa Cruz:
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, ENGAGED, THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW/THE TAMER TAMED
Theatreworks:
WHEELHOUSE, [title of show], THE CLEAN HOUSE, M. BUTTERFLY
Other Selected designs for Theater:
EYEPIECE written by Rinde Eckert, PENELOPE written and performed by Ellen McLaughlin, DAVID COPPERFIELD at Steppenwolf Theater, JUNO’S SWANS and THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY at Second Stage, NYC, FIGARO’S MARRIAGE, RUNDOWN and TRUE WEST at American Repertory Theater, Cambridge MA, ANON(ymous) at Children’s Theater of Minneapolis, SMASH at Asolo, WOODY GUTHRIE’S AMERICAN SONG at Syracuse Stage, A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY, ROOSTERS and A NARROW BED at the Eureka Theater, MERCENARIES at The Women’s Project. NYC, VISITATIONS: 2 new operas - scores by Jonathan Berger, libretti by Dan O'Brien, DETROIT '67 at Actor's Theatre of Louisville.
Designer in Residence at the O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference for three years
Broadway: CHARLIE AND ALGERNON, score by Charles Strouse
Museum Design:
WE’RE STILL HERE Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz
TECHNOLOGY BENEFITTING HUMANITY Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose
Film:
- Production Designer: LIFE TASTES GOOD, written and directed by Philip Gotanda
- Assistant Art Director: FLETCH RETURNS, THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN
- 5 Bay Area Critics’ Circle Awards: THE HEIRESS, THE ROSE TATTOO, HEARTBREAK HOUSE, PRIVATE LIVES THE LADY FROM THE SEA
- 2 Dean Goodman Awards: LIAISONS DANGERUOUS, JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK
- 2 DramaLogue Awards: THE HEIRESS, RECKLESS
- 2 SF Chronicle’s Outstanding Achievement Awards in Theater: A NARROW BED, TWELFTH NIGHT
- Backstage West Garland Award: LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
- SF Bay Guardian Upstage/Downstage Award: : "Kate Edmunds, for everything”
- Arizoni: THE HEIRESS
Professional Affiliations:
- 1998 – 2000 Associate Artist, American Conservatory Theater/SF
- 1984 –1986 Associate Artist, Berkeley Repertory Theater
- 1981 - present, Member, United Scenic Artists/ USA 829
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