Friday, October 19, 2007

"Peter Pan" at Book-It Repertory

PETER PAN at Book-It Repertory Theatre in Seattle
Opens November 30. Model & Production Shots








Tuesday, October 2, 2007

"Orpheus" Takes Flight

ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD (Offenbach) at Tacoma Opera - General Director Kathryn Smith - at the Rialto Theatre November 2 & 4, 2007: Direction by Chris Nardine, Musical Direction by Bernie Kwiram, Costumes by Alex Lewington, Lights by Scott O'Donnell
60'x28' Drop Paint Elevation (1/2" scale) Model Shots, and production photos





"Disney's Beauty & the Beast"

DISNEY'S BEAUTY & THE BEAST - Tacoma Musical Playhouse, Summer 2007




Monday, October 1, 2007

Dramas & Comedies

A great deal of my career seems to have been spent convincing directors that walls for walls' sake are boring. Luckily for me, some of them didn't need a lot of persuasion. I always want to hone in on the details - those things that you remember about a place years after the wall mass is long forgotten. In the heightened emotionality of dramas, this can be incredibly effective and provide opportunities for Lighting to play a much more active and evocative emotional role. You will also see, I've come up with some successful traditional settings too. It's still all in the details!


OF MICE AND MEN - 2004


TEN LITTLE INDIANS - 2004


HAVING OUR SAY - 2004

THE PIANO LESSON - 2001

TREASURE ISLAND - 2004

Musicals & Opera

Coming from a background of "less is more," which early exposure to thrust and arena staging provided me, I have accepted the challenge repeatedly of staging large musicals in small spaces and working earnestly to burn them down to their essence while still providing some sort of visual, organic logic to the environment:




THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE from 2007
































R & H's SOUTH PACIFIC - 2002


















HELLO, DOLLY! - 2003


















THE WIZARD OF OZ - 2003


















CAMELOT - 2004


















(Lights and Set) 1776 - 2006


















VIVA LA MAMA - 2005