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The Design Program at the University of Hawaii is an active, multi-cultural theatre-training program which seeks to provide a balance of formal theatre education and practical theatre experience. This is achieved by offering exposure to and opportunities to design for a wide variety of production forms, including Asian Theatre, Western Theatre, Youth Theatre, Environmental Performance and Dance. |
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| Students focus on one of three disciplines, Scenic, Lighting, or Costume Design, or any combination of the three to suit their individual interests, with a concentration in Technical Direction planned for the near future. One of our program¹s strongest convictions is that whenever possible, students receive preference over faculty designers with regard to design opportunities and every student design is mentored by appropriate design faculty from conceptualization to execution. Students begin the practical part of their program by designing in our 150 seat, flexible and intimate, black box theatre working on a season of approximately ten student mounted productions, including an exciting late night theatre series which begins after hours when other performance venues have closed for the night. They progress quickly to our 600 seat proscenium theatre designed by I.M. Pei, which is the normal venue for M.F.A. Design Thesis Projects. Here student designers work with faculty directors or choreographers on four regular season main stage productions and one dance concert. Occasionally, as is often the case with the Asian Theatre and Dance productions, students will also work alongside visiting directors, choreographers or guest artists with a national or international reputation. Additionally, on a case-by-case basis, qualified students are presented with opportunities to design, work or intern at select area theatres or schools, including Kumu Kahua Theatre and the Honolulu Theatre for Youth. Design classes are small by choice, allowing for personalized attention and ample time for conceptualization, skill development, presentations, discussions and critiques. Select classes (THEA 640, 653, 656) are repeatable, variable topic courses permitting topics of particular student interest to be introduced and explored in detail. Past topics for have included, Millinery, Dressing Techniques for Kabuki Theatre, Building A Jingju (Chinese Opera) Headdress, Designing for Asian Theatre, Asian Fusion, Designing for Youth Theatre, Designing for Environmental Theatre, Focus on Julie Taymor and Disney Imagineering. |
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| Graduates of the Design program of the University of Hawaii work nationally in both the educational and professional world. They hold teaching positions with reputable colleges and universities where they also function as working professional designers, as well as resident design or technical positions with community, semi-professional or regional theatre producing organizations. Many have found that their multi-cultural exposure to theatre and dance received at the University of Hawaii make them unique on the job market. |
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