1999 » USA » National Exhibition - Stage and Costume Design

United States of America

From very beginning of our conceptual conferences, the exhibition coordinators wanted to show the broad range of design in the United States. In addition to those working on Broadway and in our spectacular regional theatres.we are committed to exhibit the work of designers of the theme parks, outdoor theatre, and live performance for television, as well as more traditional theatre forms. USITT, the exhibit primary sponsor, asked that we also show the range of experience of designers working in our US theatres, so you will see the work of designers in our "World of Design" exhibit who are known throughout the world as well as those young designers whose first opportunity for world exposure is PQ '99. We are pleased to bring this range of talent to share with you.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Alexandra Bonds

* 16.03.1950
Specialization: costume designer, Author, Professor
Education: MA University of Denver, BS Stracuse University
Collaboration with theatres: University of Oregon Theatre Department
Additional information: Born in Arkansas. She graduated with MFA from University of Denver and currently teaches as Professor of Costume Design at University of Oregon. She participated in the PQ in 1987.

Exhibiting works

• Carlo Goldoni: (The Servant of the Two Masters), Robinson Theatre (Robinson Theatre), 1996, Director: Kirk Boyd, ; Identification of exhibit: costume, photo, costume renderings and photographs
• Bruce BROCKMAN

Kansas City, Missouri
Additional information: Born in Kansas City, Missouri. Vystudoval na Illinois State University. V současné době přednáší scénografii na divadelním oddělení Oklahoma State University.

Exhibiting works

• Caryl Churchill: Top Girls (Top Girls), University of Idaho (University of Idaho), 1995, Director: Charles Ney, ; Identification of exhibit: model , sketch, photo, model, renderings and photos
• Eric Fielding

* 1950, Provo, Utah
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Information from catalogue 1991: Stage designer. Editor of Theatre Design & Technology. He exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial in 1987, in the exposition awarded by the Golden Triga - the main prize. Information from catalogue 1999: He graduated with MFA from Goodman School of Drama (Chicago). Currently operates as freelance scenery designer. He is Professor / Resident Designér at Brigham Young University, Department of Theatre, Provo, Utah. He participated in the PQ in 1987, 1991 and 1995. In 1991 he was designér and exhibition coordinator of the USA exhibition „Mozart in America" (Gold Medal Award). In 1995, he was designer of the USA exhibition „Designed in the USA".

Exhibiting works

• Molly Newman, Barbara Damashek: (Quilters), Brigham Young University Theatre (Brigham Young University Theatre), 1998, Director: Tim Threlfall, ; Identification of exhibit: photo, others, digital renderings, photos
• Gage Williams

Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Born in Dallas, Texas. He has MFA from Southern Methodist University. Operates as resident set designér at Idaho Repertory Theatre and Assistant Professor at University of Utah. In 1994, he received the Cable Ace Award for art direction on Mastergate.

Exhibiting works

• L. M. Montgomery, R. N. Sandberg: (Anne of Green Gables), Childsplay (Childsplay), 1997, Director: Pamela Sterling, ; Identification of exhibit: model , photo, model, photos
  
  
  
• Richard L. Hay (Richard  Hay)

Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Born in Wichita, Kansas. He graduated with MA from Stanford University, California. Currently operates as scenery designer at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland and teaches as Associate Professor at Stanford University, California. He participated in the PQ in 1987. From USITT, he received the Distinguished Achievment Award for Scene Design: State of Oregon Governor's Award for the Arts.

Exhibiting works

• Lorraine Hansberry: (Les Blancs), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), 1998, Director: Timothy Bond, ; Identification of exhibit: model , photo, model, photos
• Margaret Mitchell

San Antonio, Texas
Specialization: scenographer, Author
Additional information: Born in San Antonio, Texas. She is a scenery and costume designer with an MFA from University of Texas in Austin. Currently she works as Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas. She exhibited at the PQ in 1991 (school section).

Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: (Macbeth), University of the Incarnate Word (University of the Incarnate Word), 1996, Director: Donna Aronson, ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, costume renderings
• Madeleine Sobota

Additional information: Born in Chicago, Illinois. She has MFA from Ohio State University and MA from Northwestern University. Currently, she teaches scenery and lighting design at Butler University, Indianopolis, Indiána.

Exhibiting works

• Janusz Glowacki: (Antigone in New York), State University of New York Buffalo (State University of New York Buffalo), 1995, Director: Kazimierz Braun, ; Identification of exhibit: model , photo, models, photos
• William Bloodgood

Glen Cove, New York
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Born in Glen Cove, New York. He graduated with MFA from Penn State University 1976. Currently co-operates with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland.

Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), 1998, Director: Penny Metropulos, , ; Identification of exhibit: model , photo, model, photos
• Robert Brill

* 04.09.1963, Salinas, CA
Education: BA University of California, San Diego
Collaboration with theatres: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center Theatre, NYSF/Public Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club
Additional information: Operates as freelance scenery designer in New York City.

Exhibiting works

• Joe Masteroff, John Kander: (The Cabaret), Roundabout Theatre Company, Studio 54 Theatre (Roundabout Theatre Company, Studio 54 Theatre), 1998, Director: Sam Mendes (spolurežisér / co-director)
  Rob Marshall (choreograf /  choreographer), ; Identification of exhibit: others, display boards with large format, digital output prints, collage
• Virgil Charles Johnson

* 04.11.1939, Minneapolis, MN
Education: BFA Boston University, MA Northwestern
Collaboration with theatres: Goodman, Steppenwolf
Continuing collaboration with directors: Barbara Gaines
Additional information: Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated with MA from Northwestern University. As a costume designer, he currently works as Professor of Design, Chair of Design Studies at Northwestern University. He twice received the Joseph Jefferson Award for the Best Costume Design (1985, The Goverment Inspector and 1994, A Little Night Music).

Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: (Love's Labour's Lost), Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), 1998, Director: Ina Marlowe, ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, costume renderings
• Eugene Lee

* 09.03.1939, Beloit, WI
Education: MFA Yale University School of Drama, BFA  Art Institute of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University
Collaboration with theatres: Broadway
Additional information: Born in Beloit, Wisconsin. He has a MFA from Yale University and holds Honoráry PHD's from DePaul University, Rhode Island College and the Rhode Island School of Design. He is the recipient of many awards including the Tony Award, The American Theatre Wing Design Award, The Drama Desk, and The Outer Critics Circle Award. Currently, he co-operates with Trinity Repertory Theatre as Resident Designér and works as Associate Professor at Brown University. He participated in the PQ in 1987. three honorary Ph.D diplomas

Exhibiting works

• Edgar L. Doctorow: (Ragtime), The Shubert Theatre + Ford Center for the Performing Arts (The Shubert Theatre + Ford Center for the Performing Arts), 1997, Director: Eugene Lee, , ; Identification of exhibit: model , model ;
  Comments: The Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, 1997
  Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 1998
  
  
  
• Julie Taymor

Newton, MA
Education: BA Oberlin College
Collaboration with theatres: Broadway, Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera
Additional information: Born in Newton, Massachusetts. She has designed sets, costumes, masks and puppets for theatre, film and television. She has BA from Oberlin College, Ohio. Operates as director and designér of theatre, opera and film and is currently directing the feature film Titus. She received the Tony Award for directing and costume design for The Lion King (1998), Jury Award at the Montreal Festival of Films on Art for Oedipus Rex (1993), two Obies for Juan Darien and Best Drama Award in Tokyo at the International Electronic Cinema Festival (1992).

Exhibiting works

• Walt Disney: (The Lion King), various theatres (various theatres), 1998 ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, photo, renderings, photos ;
  Comments: Walt Disney (theatricals)
• Nancy Hills

San Mateo, California
Additional information: Born in San Mateo, California. She graduated with MFA at the University of Oregon. Currently operates as costume designer and teaches as Associate Professor at Utah State University.

Exhibiting works

• Jean-Baptiste Molière: (The Miser), Old Lyric Repertory Company Logan (Old Lyric Repertory Company Logan), 1997, Director: Lynda Linford, , ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, others, panels with renderings and collage
• John Culbert

Athens, Ohio
Additional information: Born in Athens, Ohio. He graduated with MFA from New York University. He is a scenery designér and is currently the Professor/Associate Dean at The Theatre School, DePaul University.

Exhibiting works

• Jaques Rampal: (Celimene and the Cardinal), Court Theatre Chicago (Court Theatre Chicago), 1998, Director: Charles Newell, ; Identification of exhibit: model , photo, model, photos
• John Lee Beatty

Palo Alto, California
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Information from catalogue 1975: Born in Palo Alto, California; studied at Brown University /graduated 1970/ and Yale School of Drama /1973, MFA/; created and toured with his puppet theatre for three years; assistant to Douglas W.Schmidt /1973-74/; designed Off Broadway productions Some People, Some Other People... and The Wager; designed Off Off Broadway productions Marouf for Manhattan Theatre Club and Diary of a Scoundrel for Gene Frankel's Workshop; designed sets and costumes for Brecht's Baal at the Yale Repertory Theatre; currently resident designer at the Queens Playhouse where he designed Room Service, Come Back, Little Sheba, The Amorous Flea and An Inspector Calls; member United Scenic Artists. Information from catalogue 1999: Currently co-operates with Lincoln Center Theatre, New York and others as scenery designer. Formerly, he tought at North Carolina School of Arts, Brooklyn College and Tisch School of the Arts, New York. He participated in the PQ 1987. He has received these prizes and awards: Tony, Obie, Outer Critics Circles, Drama Desk, Jefferson, LA Drama Critics.

Exhibiting works

• Anton Chekhov: Ivanov (Ivanov), Lincoln Center Theater Company (Vivian Beaumont Theatre) (Lincoln Center Theater Company (Vivian Beaumont Theatre)), 1997, Director: Gerald Gutierrez, ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, renderings
• Ralph Funicello

New York
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Born in 1947 in New York. He has designed sets for Broadway and for major USA regional theatres (Act, Mark Taper Forum, Guthrie Theatre Seattle Repertory Theatre). He graduated with BFA from New York University. Currently (1999) operates as scenery designér at Old Globe Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre a American Conservatory Theatre and teaches at Powell Chair in Design and San Diego State University. He participated in the PQ in 1987.

Exhibiting works

• Tom Murphy: (She Stoops to Folly), South Coast Repertory Theatre Costa Mesa (South Coast Repertory Theatre Costa Mesa), 1995, Director: Barbara Damashek, ; Identification of exhibit: model , photo, model, photos
  
  
  
• Marie Cloud

Oklahoma City
Additional information: Born in Oklahoma City. She graduated with MFA from University of Oklahoma. Currently teaches at the College of Architecture, University of Oklahoma and operates as scenery designer. She has received these awards: National Design Finalist for Student Design Awards (Kennedy Center), American College Theatre Festival (1996 and 1998), Rose Brand Scenic Design Award (student) 1998.

Exhibiting works

• Robert Nemiroff: (To Be Young, Gifted and Black), Weitzenhoffer Theatre, University of Oklahoma (Weitzenhoffer Theatre, University of Oklahoma), 1995, Director: Clifford Reed, ; Identification of exhibit: model , photo, others, model, information sheets, photographs
• Tony Andrea

Brockton, Massachusetts
Additional information: Born in Brockton, Massachusetts. He graduated with MFA from University of Connecticut. Currently operates as a freelance scenery designer.

Exhibiting works

• Jean-Baptiste Molière: (The Miser), Connecticut Repertory Theatre (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), 1998, Director: Bob Mc Donald, , ; Identification of exhibit: model , sketch, photo, model, photographs, drawing ;
  Comments: Director: Robert Mc Donald
• David Barber

Tulsa, Oklahoma
Additional information: Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He graduated with BFA from University of Texas in Austin and currently works as a freelance designer based in New York City.

Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: (Richard III), Colorado Shakeespeare Festival (Colorado Shakeespeare Festival), 1998, Director: James Symons, ; Identification of exhibit: model , model
• Deborah Bartlett-Blair

Syracuse, New York
Additional information: Born in Syracuse, New York. She graduated with MFA from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and currently works as professor of Costume Design at Wright State University, Dayton (Ohio). She participated in the PQ 1987.

Exhibiting works

• Noel Coward: (Hay Fever), Festival Theatre, Wright State University (Festival Theatre, Wright State University), 1997, Director: Robert Hetheringon, ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, costume renderings
• Janice Benning

Washington, D.C.
Additional information: Born in Washington, D.C. Costume designer. She graduated with MFA from University of California, San Diego. Currently works as Assistant Professor at University of Colorado, Boulder.

Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: (Richard III), Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), 1998, Director: James Symons, ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, costume renderings
• Charles Berliner

San Francisco, California
Additional information: Born in San Francisco, California. He graduated with MFA from Brandeis University. Currently operates as a freelance scenery and costume designer. He participated in the PQ in 1987. In 1971 he received the prize Amicus Polonaie (Poland Magazíne).

Exhibiting works

• Eugene Labiche, Marc-Michel: (The Italian Straw Hat), National Theatre of the Deaf Chester (National Theatre of the Deaf Chester), 1994, Director: Ken Albels, ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, costume, others, drawings, renderings, collage, costume and hat
• Cristine P. Duffield

Additional information: She graduated with BA from San Diego University. Currently operates as Costume Cutter at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California.

Exhibiting works

• Alfred Jarry: (Ubu Roi), San Diego State University Theatre (San Diego State University Theatre), 1996
• Bill Forrester

Marionville, Missouri
Additional information: Born in Marionville, Missouri. He graduated with MFA from Yale University, School of Drama. Currently co-operates as freelance designér with Arizona Theatre Company, Tacoma Actors Guild, Sacramento Theatre Company, Tacoma Opera, Village Theatre (Issaquah, Washington) and teaches at University of Washington.

Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: (Love's Labour's Lost), Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), 1998, Director: Ina Marlowe, ; Identification of exhibit: model , model
• Desmond Heeley

Staffordshire, England
Additional information: Born in Staffordshire, England. A self-taught educated set and costume designer. Currently co-operates with Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, Canada. He teaches at Tisch School for the Arts (New York University), Central School Arts and Crafts (London), BanffCentre (Canada), Brandeis University (USA) and other places. He received these awards and prizes: 2 Tony Awards (Brodway Debut), 1968; Ireně Saaroff Lifetime Achievment Award, 1994, USITT Lifetime Achievment Award, 1997, Hope Abelson Award, Chicago, 1996. His works are the property of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Theatre Museum in London, the Library of the Performing Arts (Lincoln Center, NYC) and private collections.

Exhibiting works

• Peter Shaffer: (Amadeus), Stratford Festival (Stratford Festival), 1996, Director: Richard Monette, ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, renderings (courtesy of Martine Becu)
• John Iacovelli

Reno, Nevada
Additional information: Born in Reno, Nevada. He graduated with MFA at New York University. Currently operates as scenery designer in Babylonian Productions and South Coast Repertory Theatre and also as a production manager for film and television. He is Professor of Theatre at University of California, Riverside.

Exhibiting works

• J. M. Barrie: (Peter Pan), Marquis/Gershwin Theatres Brodway (Marquis/Gershwin Theatres Brodway), 1998, Director: Glenn Casale, ; Identification of exhibit: model , photo, others, model, photos and other materials
• Tom McPhillips

Additional information: He works as designer at Atomic Design Inc., Lititz, Pennsylvania and also for art tours and television.

Exhibiting works

• : (Live by request for arts and entertainment network), 1998, Director: Larry Jordan, ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, photo, photos, sketches
• Michelle Ney

Dallas, Texas
Additional information: Born in Dallas, Texas. She has MFA from University of Texas in Austin. Currently operates as freelance scenery and costume designér and teaches at University of Idaho.

Exhibiting works

• Gaetano Donizetti: (Alixer of Love), University of Idaho (University of Idaho), 1995, Director: Kelsey Hartman, ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, renderings
• Linda Pisano

Logan, Utah
Additional information: Born in Logan, Utah. Graduated with MFA from The Ohio State University, Columbus. She currently works as costume designer with BalletMet Columbus, Ohio and as Assistant Professor of Theatre at Kenyon College, Ohio. In 1998, she received the Peggy Ezekiel Award for Excellence in Design and the Peggy Ezekiel Award for Distinguished Work in Design.

Exhibiting works

• : (Beyuty and the Beast), BalletMet Columbus (BalletMet Columbus), 1997, Director: David Nixon, ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, costume renderings
• Cameron Lee Roberts

Additional information: Kostýmní výtvarník, získal bakalářský titul na Utah State University, v současné době studuje divadlo na Yale University.

Exhibiting works

• Aurand Harris: (Androcles and the Lion), Utah State University Children's Theatre (Utah State University Children's Theatre), 1996
• Joseph Varga

West Germany
Additional information: Born in West Germany. He has MFA from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Currently works as Associate Proffesor/Resident Set Designér at University of Wisconsin, Madison. As freelance scenery designer, he co-operates with numerous theatres in USA (e.g. Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cincinnati Playhouse, Off-Off Broadway etc.) He participated in the PQ in 1987.

Exhibiting works

• John Briggs, Dennis West: (Dracula, a Rock Opera), Clarence Brown Theatre, University of Tennessee Knoxville (Clarence Brown Theatre, University of Tennessee Knoxville), 1995 ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, photo, renderings, sketches, photos
• Robert M. WILSON

Waco, Texas
Additional information: Born in 1944 in Waco, Texas. Theatre artist and director. He has BA from Pratt Institute and honoráry doctorates from Pratt and California College of Arts and Crafts. He works independently, recently with Metropolitan Opera, Berliner Ensemble Berlin, Grande Opera de Geneve, Chatélet Paris. He teaches at Shanghai Theater University. He was nominated for Pulitzer Prize, received the Dorothy & Lillian Gish Prize, Harvard Excellence in Design Award, Obie, Rockefeller fellowships, Guggenheim fellowships, Premio Abbiati, German Theater Critics Award, Theater Wing Design Award, Bessie Award, Drama Desk Award for Direction, premio Europa Award (Taormina Arte) and Premio Ubu Awards.

Exhibiting works

• Henrik Ibsen: (Lady from the Sea), Teatro Comunale di Ferrara (Teatro Comunale di Ferrara), 1998, Director: Robert M. WILSON, , ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, sketches ;
  Comments: Author: Susan Sontag after Henrik Ibsen
  
  
  
• Laura Crow

Specialization: costume designer, Professor
Additional information: Costume designer participating in the Crowd at PQ03 She graduated from Boston University with BFA and from University of Wisconsin with MFA. Works as costume designer and professor of costume design at University of Connecticut. There was every attemt to bring multi-cultural influences into fantasy life created for these children suffering from displacement during World War II. England. By combining different types of iconic ritual dresses, the results wore theatrical in scale, extremely colorful and fantastical.

Exhibiting works

• Ruth and Augustus Goetz: (The Heiress), Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), 1998