Lighting Designer United Scenic Artists/IATSE # 829
Website: www.HideakiTsutsui.com 772 Villa Flores Dr. Email: [email protected] El Paso, TX 79912 Mobile: 915-329-2107
Curriculum Vitae
Education Master in Fine Arts Theatre Design - Lighting Design: Florida State University 2001 Bachelor in Science Technical Theatre Studies – Emphasis in Lighting Design: Northern Arizona University 1998
Teaching Experience University of Texas at El Paso 2008 - Present Associate Professor THEA 1313 Introduction to Theatre THEA 3305 Principle of Lighting and Sound Design THEA 3342 Lighting Design I THEA 4312 Advanced Lighting Design II THEA 4312 Advanced Lighting Design III THEA 3332 Lighting Programming THEA 3111 Sound Design THEA 4119 Portfolio Development THEA 4304 Theatre Practicum for Non-major THEA 2110 Theatre Practicum in Lighting & Sound THEA 3110 Theatre Practicum in Lighting & Sound THEA 4110 Theatre Practicum in Lighting & Sound THEA 4111 Theatre Practicum in Lighting & Sound THEA 4112 Theatre Practicum in Lighting & Sound THEA 4114 Capstone/Theatre Practicum Entrepreneurship in the Arts *In development (Will be offered Fall 2021)
Coe College Guest Artist “Lighting Design and Stage Manager” 2019
University of Wisconsin at La Crosse Guest Artist and Workshop 2018
Stanford University Lighting Designer: The Demo 2015
University of Wisconsin at Madison Guest Artist and Workshop 2012
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Guest Lecturer “Lighting Industry and Design” 2002 & 2005
Aquinas Institute of Rochester Guest Lecturer “Life as an Artist and Lighting Design” 2001
Florida State University Guest Lecturer “Lighting Industry and Design” 2002 Instructor “Intro to Stage Lighting 101” 1999 - 2001 Teaching Assistant: “Intro to Stage Lighting 101” 1998 - 1999
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Northern Arizona University Guest Lecturer “Lighting Industry and Design” 2003 Teaching Assistant Scene shop and Stagecraft Class 1998 High School Workshop USITT Student Chapter, Local High Schools 1997 - 1998 Scene Shop Manager Run and organized NAU Theatre Scene Shop 1996 - 1998
Professional Positions University of Texas at El Paso Associate Professor Lighting and Sound 2008 - Present Lighting Designer Freelance / Self Employed 1999 - Present VP of Operations Eggshell Light Company, Inc. 2005 - 2008 Lighting Designer Eggshell Light Company, Inc. 2005 - 2008 Master Electrician Phoenix Productions 2003 - 2004 Assistant Lighting Designer Freelance / Self Employed 2001 - 2004 Associate Lighting Designer Freelance / Self Employed 2002 - 2004 Teaching Assistant/Instructor Florida State University 1999 - 2001
Theatre & Dance - Lighting Design Dir. / Choreographer Venue Year One Boy’s Day (In development) Mikel Rouse Krannert Center 2019-2021 Real Women Have Curves1 Adriana Dominguez UTEP 2019 Oedipus El Rey Deanna Downes UTEP 2019 Hand to God Rebecca Rivas UTEP 2018 Short of Desire and Other American Stories Cristina Goletti Luminaria Festival 2018 Big Fish Mary Leonard University of Wisconsin La Crosse 2018 Medea Jay Stratton UTEP 2017 Virginia Arts Festival John Beetle Chrysler Hall 2016 *American Ballet Theatre, Mark Morris Dance Group, Tokyo Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Richmond Ballet & Others. The Demo Mikel Rouse The Lied Center of Kansas 2016 King Lear Jenny Lord UTEP 2016 The Demo Mikel Rouse Bing Concert Hall at Stanford Univ. 2015 Sweeney Todd Norma Saldivar Madison Opera 2015 The Demo Mikel Rouse Krannert Center at Univ. of Illinois 2014 Nai Ni Chen Dance Company Nai Ni Chen UT Tyler & Other Venues 2013 The Cradle Will Rock Norma Saldivar University of Wisconsin Madison 2012 Viva! El Paso Jaime Barba McKelligon Canyon Theatre 2012 - 2015 Othello Chuck Gorden UTEP 2012 The Seagull Joel Murray UTEP 2012 The Three Musketeers Chuck Gorden UTEP 2011 Dracula Chuck Gorden UTEP 2011 Thanks 40: Garth Fagan Dance Garth Fagan Joyce Theatre NYC 2010 Hylozoic: Garth Fagan Dance Norwood “PJ” Pennewell Joyce Theatre NYC 2010 Gravity Radio Mikel Rouse Brooklyn Academy of Music 2010 The End of Cinematics – World Tour Mikel Rouse BAM, Riverpool, etc… 2005 – Present Cameraworld Mikel Rouse National Tour 2003 – Present Failing Kansas Mikel Rouse World Tour 2001 – Present Billy The Kid – Dance concert Myron Nadel UTEP 2010 Of Mice and Men Joel Murray UTEP 2010 Glass Menagerie Carlos Saldana UTEP 2009 Mid Summer Night’s Dream Chuck Gorden UTEP 2009 Doubt Joel Murray UTEP 2009 Carmen – Dance concert Lisa Smith & Myron Nadel UTEP 2009 Christmas Carol Carlos Saldana UTEP 2008 The Threepenny Opera Chuck Gorden UTEP 2008 Obake! – Japanese Ghost Stories David Furumoto Honolulu Theatre of Youth 2007 Mexico Gateway to Americas Horacio Lacona The Warwick Hotel – NYC 2003 New York Solo Festival John Chatterton Where Eagles Dare Theatre – NYC 2003 Midtown International Theatre Festival John Chatterton Raw Space – NYC 2001 – 2003
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Favorite Colors Ernest Abuba Abington Theatre - NYC 2003 City of Dreams Michael Alltop Raw Space - NYC 2002 Moscow Circus Sasha Vosk PBS Filming & National Tour 2002 La Pasión Según San Marcos Osvaldo Golijov US Tour: BAM, Krannert Center, etc 2002 InArte: “A Bite of the Big Apple” Miguel Braganza II York Theatre – NYC 2002 Rhinoceros Cosmin Chivu MITF - NYC 2001 The Cabinet of Dr Caligari David Leidholdt MITF - NYC 2001 Mr. Pim Passes By John Giampetro Common Basis Theatre – NYC 2001 How To Eat Like A Child David Leidholdt Performing Arts School – NYC 2001 Steel Magnolias Michael Richey Theatre Southeast – Tallahassee 2000 School House Rock Live! Peggy Brady TCC Theatre – Tallahassee 2000 Irish & American Ballet Joyce Straub The Tallahassee Ballet 2000 Summerfun Theatre Inc. Montclair New Jersey Barrymore Russ Ratsch 1999 The Old Neighborhood Maurice Moran 1999 Communicating Doors Rebecca Strum 1999 Labor Day Maurice Moran 1999 How I Learned to Drive Rebecca Strum 1999 Last Night of Ballyhoo Philip Sprayberry 1999 Southern Academy of Ballet Arts Natalia Botha Various Venues 1999
Corporate, TV & Live Event – Lighting Design (Selected) PTC (Pacific Telecommunications Council) PSAV and Walt Disney Hilton Hawaiian Village 2020 Foodland 70th Birthday Bash PSAV Turtle Bay Resort, HI 2020 NCAA Final Four Promo Shoot CBS Sports US Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN 2019 Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii Shinnyo-en Alamoana Beach Park 2011 – Present PTC (Pacific Telecommunications Council) PSAV and Walt Disney Hilton Hawaiian Village 2019 Foodland 70th Birthday Bash PSAV Turtle Bay Resort, HI 2019 NCAA Final Four Promo Shoot Turner Broadcast/PARTech Alamodome San Antonio, TX 2018 *Featuring Panic! At the Disco The Greenroom Music Festival Creativeman Waikiki Shell 2017 *Featuring Def Tech, KETSUMEISHI, Suga Shikao and The Wailers, The Legends of Mele BOZ BASH Waikiki Shell 2017 Lantern Floating Festival Shinnyo-en Alamoana Beach Park 2008 - 2010 Lantern Floating for Peace in NY Shinnyo-en Lincoln Center New York 2015 Lantern Floating for Peace in NY Shinnyo-en Lincoln Center New York 2014 Herbalife Current Affairs Hawaii Convention Center 2014 IBM Grand Opening Gala Eggshell Lighting Howard Hughes Corp. 2014 Intuit Corporate Gala Eggshell Lighting Moana-Surfrider 2013 Euro Cinema Grand Gala Honolulu Current Affairs Sheraton Waikiki 2013 APEC 2011 Conference Receptions PSAV Honolulu, HI 2011 Kevin Hart Live at Concert Eggshell Lighting Honolulu, HI 2011 Royal Bliss Concert at Snow Basin PSAV Park City, Utah 2011 Royal Cosmetics Japan Ueda Production Royal Hawaiian Hotel & Resort 2009 Chandeal Crea Production Hilton Hawaiian Village 2009 Cindy Lauper King Michel Concerts Sheraton Waikiki 2008 Cessna PSAV Marriott Ihilani Pavilion & Ballroom 2008 New York Life Envisions Ent. & Prod. RITZ Carlton Kapalua 2008 KTC SCI Hawaii Convention Center 2008 HAPA Concert HAPA Kahala Hotel & Resort 2008 Boeing In-House Production Hawaii Convention Center 2008 Cisco Systems Canadian Event Extraordinary Events Hawaii Convention Center 2008 Kaiser Permanente Kiser Event Dept Hilton Hawaiian Village 2008 The Breath Concert America Lung Association Hawaii Theatre 2008 Liberty League: Beyond freedom Be Better Be More Prod. HHV Tapa Ballroom 2008 Docomo Japan Better Way Tours Hawaii Convention Center 2006 - 2008
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Century 21 Conference PSAV Hilton Hawaiian Village 2007 KTC Japan SCI Hawaii Convention Center 2007 Melveen Leed Na Mele – PBS Hawaii PBS Studio 2007 Jimmy Borges After Dark PBS Hawaii PBS Studio 2007 Raietea Helms Na Mele – PBS Hawaii PBS Studio 2007 Makana Na Mele – PBS Hawaii PBS Studio 2007 Return To Romance Matt Catingub Hawaii Theatre Center 2007 Shinasawa Conference Event House Hilton Hawaiian Village 2007 AVEX Convention Event House Hilton Hawaiian Village 2007 Band of the Pacific US Air Force Hilton Hawaiian Village 2007 ASBMR Convention PSAV Hilton Hawaiian Village 2007 X1 Fight Big Mahalo Productions Blaisdell Arena 2007 Sacred Hearts Ball Sacred Hearts Academy Hilton Hawaiian Village 2007 Coors Party AVHQ Hilton Hawaiian Village 2007 Pacific Business News PSAV Hilton Hawaiian Village 2007 LPGA AVHQ Turtle Bay Resort 2007 Brother Noland Na Mele – PBS Hawaii PBS Studio 2006 Andre Kim Fashion Show AVHQ Turtle Bay Resort 2006 Nissin Cup Noodle SCI Halekulani Hotel 2006 FENDI Fashion Show FENDI Hilton Hawaiian Village 2006 GMA TV (Filipino TV Show) GMA Waikiki Shell 2006 Schering Plough Convention Hideaki Inoguchi - Director Hawaii Convention Center 2006 Reve Photography Party Reve Photography Neil Blaisdell Exhibition Hall 2006 Prudential Korea Prudential Korea Fort Derussy 2006 Daiwabo Award Show Hideaki Inoguchi - Director Hilton Waikiki 2006 Sacred Hearts Ball Sacred Hearts Academy Sheraton Waikiki 2006 AROSA Award Party SCI Hawaii Convention Center 2006 Pacific Business News PSAV Hilton Hawaiian Village 2006 Miki Event SCI Sheraton Waikiki 2006 LPGA AVHQ Turtle Bay Resort 2006 Autodesk Ten 4 Productions Hilton Waikaloa 2005 Studio 54 Party Ten 4 Productions The Hyatt Kauai 2005 General Motors Award Party Hannaford Productions Ihilani Resort 2005 Jack In The Box Convention AVHQ Turtle Bay Resort 2005 ACG Convention SCI Hawaii Convention Center 2005 Naris Event (Japan Cosmetic) Hideaki Inoguchi - Director Hawaii Convention Center 2005
Assistant Lighting Designer OMNIUM GATHERUM Will Frears Variety Arts Theatre NYC 2003 LD: Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer
Associate Lighting Designer Cook, Dixon, and Young CDY National Tour 2003 - 2004 LD: Dale Jordan
Three Mo’ Tenors Marion J. Caffey National Tour 2001 - 2003 LD: Dale Jordan
Lighting Director Sing Along Santa in Korea Phoenix Productions Seoul, Korea 2002 - 2003
Production manager and Coordinator Lantern Floating for Peace in NY Shinnyo-en Lincoln Center New York 2014-15 Nai Ni Chen Dance Company Nai Ni Chen UT Tyler & Other Venues 2013 Diana Philip Richardson Hawaii Convention Center 2013 Failing Kansas Mikel Rouse Melbourne, Australia – Int. Art Fest 2003
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Installations Chamizal National Memorial El Paso, TX 2018 Rum Fire (Opening Party) Sheraton Waikiki 2008 Paradise Cove Kapolei, Hawaii 2007
Master Electrician (Selected) Honda Japan Hawaii Convention Center 2008 Chris Brown Blaisdell Arena 2008 Chicago in Concert Hilton Hawaiian Village 2008 Incubus Waikiki Shell 2008 Gwen Stefani Blaisdell Arena 2007 Bonnie Raitt Waikiki Shell 2007 Nine Inch Nails Blaisdell Arena 2007 Exile (Japanese Musicians) Hilton Hawaiian Village 2007 Billy Joel Blaisdell Arena & Maui Arts Cultural Center 2006 Black Eyed Peas Blaisdell Arena 2006 Pearl Jam Blaisdell Arena 2006 Michael Buble Blaisdell Arena 2006 Chris Issak Blaisdell Concert Hall 2006 Jack Johnson Waikiki Shell 2006 IBM Japan Sheraton 2006 Kanye West Blaisdell Arena 2006 Tool Blaisdell Concert Hall 2006 UB 40 Waikiki Shell & Maui Arts Cultural Center 2006 ProBowl Party Ihilani Resort 2005 - 2006 Eagles Blaisdell Arena 2006 Motley Crue Blaisdell Arena 2005 Norah Jones Blaisdell Arena 2005 Jimmy Buffett Waikiki Shell 2005
Phoenix Productions: Smoky Joe’s Café National Tour 2004 Clifford The Big Red Dog Live National Tour 2003 - 2004
Awards & Honors TETA Designer of the Year 2018 Texas Educational Theatre Association 2018 UTEP Accomplished Faculty University of Texas at El Paso 2016 Excellence in Lighting Design Award Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 2011 Young Designers’ Forum Winner United States Institute for Theatre Technology 2001 ETC Awards Top Students Scholarship Live Design International & Electronic Theatre Controls 2000 Scholarship to the BLMC seminar Broadway Lighting Master Class NYC 2000 Excellence in lighting design Florida State University 2000 Excellence in lighting design Florida State University 1999
Publications 100@100: Selected 100 Featured Professors at UTEP 2014 PLSN (Projection, Lights and Staging News) Magazine: “Measuring up LEDs” June 2011 Stage Direction Magazine - “Projecting to The Balcony” January 2010 Stage Direction Magazine: - “Confrontational Projection” May 2009
Professional Design Work Review, Featured in Magazine, Article or Broadcast (Selected) NCAA Final Four 2019 CBS Sports 2019 NCAA Final Four 2018 Turner Broadcasting System 2018 Sweeney Todd: BWW (Broadway World), The Capital Times and The Badger Herald 2015
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The Demo: New York Times, WIRED, Popular Mechanics, PC Magazine and others 2015 Viva! El Paso: El Paso Times 2015 Lantern Floating Hawaii: Honolulu Star Advertiser Newspaper 2013 – Present Lighting and The Design Idea by Linda Essig and Jennifer Setlow Third Edition Present Lighting and Sound America Magazine: “The Synthetic World of Classic Theatre” October 2011 Stage Directions: Color in the New Light” October 2011 PLSN (Projection, Lights and Staging News) Magazine: “Measuring up LEDs” at University of Texas at El Paso June 2011 Live Design Magazine: “Gravity Radio Gravitates” December 2010 Village Voice NYC: Garth Fagan Dance “Thanks 40” Joyce Theatre November 2010 ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls) News On-Line: The Ion®-ization of entertainment lighting control October 2008 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2007 Featured in Live Design Magazine: “The End of Cinematic” January 2006
Service and University Administrative positions (Selected) UTEP Edge Mentorship Program - Team Leader Present UTEP Edge Fellow 2019-Present La Comedia of Errors Grant Project 2019-Present UTEP Theatre & Dance Department Tenure Track Dance Faculty Search Committee 2019 & 2020 UTEP Theatre & Dance Department Workload Committee 2018 & 2019 UTEP ED&I Workshop Oedipus El Rey Guest Artist; Gabriel Barrera & Sharifa Johka from OSF 2019 UTPW: 1st UTEP Technical and Performance Workshop with ETC, Altman, Rosco, and Barbizon - Director 2019 UTEP Theatre & Dance Department Recruitment Committee “Bridge to the Future” - Director 2019 UTEP Liberal Arts Hooding Ceremony Lighting 2018-Present UTEP LAHP (Liberal Arts Honors Program) Liaison 2011-Present UTEP Theatre & Dance Department Scholarship Committee Chair 2010-Present UTEP Theatre & Dance Department Recruiting Committee Chair 2018-Present UTEP Theatre & Dance Department Portfolio Review Program 2010-Present UTEP Theatre & Dance Department Head of Department Computer Lab 2009-Present UTEP Gold Nugget Award Lighting 2018 & 2019 UTEP Theatre & Dance Department Chair Search Committee 2016 & 2017 UTEP “Playmakers” Scholarship Recipients Student Organization 2009-2018 UTEP Theatre & Dance Department Website Master - www.theatredance.utep.edu 2008-2017 UTTW: UTEP Technical Theatre Workshop with Guest Artist; Gabriel Barrera and other workshops (ED&I) 2018 UTTW: UTEP Technical Theatre Workshop with ETC, Altman, Rosco, Barbizon and Chanel 9 El Paso 2017 UTTW: UTEP Technical Theatre Workshop with Guest Artist; Clint Alen and other workshops 2016 Wise Theatre Lobby and House Lighting Design 2016 UTTW: UTEP Technical Theatre Workshop with ETC, Altman, Rosco, and Barbizon 2015 UTTW: UTEP Technical Theatre Workshop with ETC, Altman, Rosco, and Barbizon 2014 UTTW: UTEP Technical Theatre Workshop with ETC, Altman, Rosco, and Barbizon 2013 UTTW: UTEP Technical Theatre Workshop with Rosco and Barbizon 2011 Green Project: First Theatrical Production Entirely lit by LEDs 2011 UTTW: UTEP Technical Theatre Workshop with Creative Stage Lighting: Richard Cadena 2010 UTTW: UTEP Technical Theatre Workshop with Apollo Design: Rich Dale 2010 UTTW: UTEP Technical Theatre Workshop with Strand Lighting: Bobby Harrell 2009 Media Server Workshop at UTEP with TMB: Loren Barton - Presenter 2009 UTEP Workshop: ETC Ion Lighting Console seminar with Heidi Bowers 2008
Professional Service and Development Consultant Chamizal Theatre lighting renovation Project 2018 & 2019 USA 829 Union Member United Scenic Artists 829 2003-Present Mentor of Gateway Program USITT 2017-Present Mentor of People of Color Network USITT 2017-Present Vice Commissioner of Design (Lighting Commission) USITT 2017-2019 Coordinator “Diversity in Production and Academics in Theatre” USITT Conference 2019 Mentor of Gateway Jr. Program USITT 2017 Vice Commissioner of Programming USITT 2016 Tsutsui Pg 6/7
OISTAT (International Organization of Scenographers Theatre Architects and Technicians) Delegate for Lighting 2015-2017 Vice Commissioner for International Activities USITT 2015-2017 Presenter and Session Chair “LD of color” USITT Conference 2014 Presenter and Session Chair “How I Got There” USITT Conference 2013 Presenter “Incandescent vs. LED” USITT Conference 2013 Coordinator “Media Server Basics I & II” USITT Conference 2013 Coordinator “Media Server Advanced” USITT Conference 2013 Presenter “Being a Good Lighting Assistant” USITT Conference 2012 Presenter “Preparing for a Career on the Road” USITT Conference 2012 Consultant to Don Dill of Vision 2 Vision (www.Vision2Vision.com) 2011 –Present Lighting commission session chair USITT Conference 2011 Presenter “Teaching Interactive Digital Media” USITT Conference 2011 Lighting commission session co-chair USITT Conference 2010 Presenter “What’s in your Too Box?” USITT Conference 2009 Presenter “Skills for lighting Technicians” TETA: Texas Educational Theatre Association 2010 Presenter “Lighting for Rock ‘n’ Roll” TETA: Texas Educational Theatre Association 2009 Professional Display TETA Designer of the Year 2018 2018 Professional Display USITT Conference The Cradle Will Rock 2013 Professional Display Designfest: Of Mice and Men KC/ACTF: Region VI 2011 Professional Display Design Fest: Glass Menagerie and other shows at TETA 2010 Professional Display Design Fest: The Threepenny Opera at TETA 2009 Member CAATA (Consortium of Asian American Theatres & Artists) 2017 - Present Member USITT 2008 - Present Member Texas Educational Theatre Association 2008 - Present
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