Newsletter April 2021 SPOTLIGHT AMERICAN NEW WAVE IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, THE SCENOGRAPHER BEGINS ITS FIRST ‘OVERSEAS JOURNEY’ TO DISCOVER DESIGN FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE BY YOUNG CREATIVES FROM THE 1980S TO THE PRESENT DAY. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A EUROPEAN THEATRE MAGAZINE IS ENDEAVOURING TO GIVE AMPLE SPACE TO YOUNG AMERICAN DIRECTORS, SET AND COSTUME DESIGNERS WHO ARE AMONG THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE ON THE THEATRE SCENE AND WHO HAVE MADE – OR ARE MAKING - A NAME FOR THEMSELVES AT THE TURN OF THIS CENTURY. A BROAD-BASED PANORAMA OF THE VITALITY AND ORIGINALITY OF THEATRE IN THE UNITED STATES, A MULTICULTURAL GALAXY MADE UP OF A DIVERSITY OF ETHNIC INFLUENCES WILL TAKE SHAPE. The prestigious selection includes includes the following authors: BEOWULF BORITT (Set and Costume Designer); THADDEUS STRASSBERGER (Director and Set Designer); WILSON CHIN (Set Designer); ARNULFO MALDONADO (Set and Costume Designer), DAVID CHACON PEREZ (Director and Set Designer); ALEX TIMBERS (Director and Writer). BEOWULF BORITT is a New York City-based scenic designer for theater. He is known for his Tony Award winning design for the play Act One in 2014 (This issue is the first in the collection. It is already available in both digital & print editions.). Read more: https://www.thescenographer.org/boritt-beowulf/ THADDEUS STRASSBERGER is an American and citizen of the Cherokee Nation opera director and scenic designer. In 2005 he was awarded the European Opera Directing Prize by Opera Europa for his work on Opera Ireland’s production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola. WILSON CHIN is an award-winning production designer and producer from Redwood City, CA and based in New York City. Wilson has been a visiting teacher/lecturer at Northwestern University, NYU Tisch, SUNY Purchase, UC Berkeley, University of North Carolina School ofDrama and Yale School of Drama. ARNULFO MALDONADO is a New York City based set and costume designer. Arnulfo is a recipient of a Princess Grace Fabergé Theater Award and a multiple Henry Hewes Design nominee. He recently received the 2020 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Set Design, as well as a Special Citation Obie as part of the Creative Team of the Pulitzer Prize winning A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson. DAVID CACHON PEREZ is an internationally award-winning creative professional based in New York City, servicing the global entertainment business in television, themed events, theatre, and live entertainment. He has demonstrated success as an Artistic Director, Original Production Designer and Director for Nickelodeon, MTV, Viacom CBS, NBC Universal, PBS, Telemundo and Univision (the largest Hispanic TV station in the US.) ALEX TIMBERS is an American writer and director and the recipient of Golden Globe, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and London Evening Standard Awards, as well as two OBIE and Lucile Lortel Awards. He is the recipient of the 2019 Drama League Founder’s Award for Excellence in Directing and the 2016 Jerome Robbins Award for Directing. He was nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award. Interviews THE THIRD 2021 ISSUE CELEBRATING THE WORKS OF A PORTRAIT OF THADDEUS STRASSBERGER FRENCH THEATRE DIRECTOR VINCENT BOUSSARD THADDEUS STRASSBERGER IS AN AMERICAN OPERA IS IN PRODUCTION AND WILL BE UNVEILED IN APRIL. DIRECTOR AND SCENIC DESIGNER WHO LIVES IN ANOTHER GREAT AND PRESTIGIOUS EDITORIAL WORK. THE LONDON, UK. HERE, STRASSBERGER OFFER US A FIRST AND ONLY ONE DEDICATED TO THE GREAT FRENCH GLIMPSE INTO WHAT IT IS LIKE TO TAKE ON THE ROLE AS THEATRE DIRECTOR. BOTH DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER, WITH INSIGHT INTO HIS APPROACH AND HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE PRODUCTION. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JEAN-JACQUES GROLEAU Additional texts from: MAIN TEXT BY YEHUDA SHAPIRO BENOÎT MERNIER (Composer and Organist), EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DANA PINTO CRISTINA PASAROIU (Soprano), Additional texts from: CHRISTIAN LACROIX (Fashion and Costume designer), JAX MESSSENGER (Lighting designer) and eighteen director’s notes by Vincent Boussard. PAUL TATE DE POO III (Set designer) Educational Path THE EDITORIAL TEAM OF SCENOGRAPHER OFFERS A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO THE REGULAR LECTURES THAT EVERY DESIGN UNIVERSITY IS ORGANISING ONLINE. WE HAVE CREATED A FEW PAGES ON OUR WEBSITE DEDICATED TO TRAINING. SCENOGRAPHY NOTEBOOKS” ARE BORN: DOCUMENTS, ARTICLES, REVIEWS IN DIGITAL FORMAT, ADDRESSED TO THOSE WHO TEACH AND STUDY SCENOGRAPHY IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. FREE TOOLS TO DOWNLOAD AND ARCHIVE. VISIT THE EDUCATIONAL PAGE Our scenic division includes project managers, artists, sculptors and engineers. We offer a wide range of automation solutions from variable speed hoists to 3D tracking and cue-based motion control systems, along with a full-service machine shop and a comprehensive fabrication department. Our company’s roots are in theatre – so much so that our founder began his career as an apprentice in a scenic carpentry shop. Through time, no company has done more than PRG to expand the role technology plays in fostering creative excellence on the stage. Additionally, there is no segment where our proprietary innovations, ranging from scenic automation to lighting, networking and video, have had a greater impact. ARCHITECTURE & ENTERTAINMENT BIMONTHLY ARCHITECTURAL AND THEATRICAL STAGECRAFT Supplement of the theatrical magazine THE SCENOGRAPHER THE NEW MAGAZINE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, IS TO LAUNCH A FIXED EDITORIAL PROGRAMME WITH THE CENTRAL AIM TO STIMULATE DIALOGUE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, RETROFITTING AND REGENERATION OF BUILDINGS DESTINED FOR HOSTING THE PERFORMING ARTS. THE AIM IS THAT OF CREATING A FERTILE TERRAIN OF RESEARCH THAT IS CAPABLE OF MONITORING AND OBSERVING THE SUCCESSION OF DISCOVERIES AND ARTISTIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE. FOUR THEATRE DESIGNED BY STEVEN CHILTON ARCHITECTS. 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