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World Scenography 1975-1990, Book Signing
The eight editors of Volume 1 of the three volume series, World Scenography 1975 – 2015, will be at Drama Books signing Volume 1, which has just been released. The Drama Book Shop is the only vendor in New York.
World Scenography 1975-1990 is the first volume in a new series of books looking at significant stage design throughout the world since 1975. This volume, documenting 1975-1990, has been about four years in the making and has had contributions from hundreds of people in more than 70 countries. Despite this range of input, it is not possible for it to be encyclopedic, much as the editors would like. Neither is the series a collection of "greatest hits," despite the presence of many of the greatest designs of the period being examined. Instead, the object is to present designs that made a difference, designs that mattered, designs of influence; to document for posterity a collection of the significant theatrical set, costume, and lighting designs from the period.
"One of the most important works on scene design ever published." -- The DRAMA BOOK SHOP, Inc.
About the Authors: Eric Fielding is professor emeritus of scenic design at Brigham Young University; 30-year member of United Scenic Artists 829; USITT Fellow, former Vice-President, Founders' Award and Lifetime Member Award recipient; and former editor of TD&T. He served as designer for the gold medal-winning American exhibit at PQ'91; and was creator of the World Stage Design exhibition and director of its first mounting in Toronto, March 2005.
Peter McKinnon is professor of design and management at York University in Toronto; lighting designer on some 450 shows, principally dance and opera; an organizer of the Canadian exhibit at PQ'07; past president of Associated Designers of Canada; and 16-year member of the OISTAT executive committee. He has produced shows off- and on-Broadway and in Edinburgh. He edited One show, One Audience, One Single Space by Jean-Guy Lecat.
Eric Fielding, Co-Editor
Eric Fielding is Professor Emeritus of Scenic Design at Brigham Young University. A 30-year member of the United Scenic Artists 829, his freelance design credits include scenery and/or lighting for more than 250 plays, musicals, operas, concerts, pageants, events, films, and television productions; most of them for organisations in the intermountain West of the US. He is a fellow, former Vice-President, Founders' Award and Lifetime Member Award recipient of USITT. He is also 30-year member of the International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians, where he has served as Vice-Chair of the Scenography Commission, and for ten years as the Commissioner of Publications and Communications. He was editor of Theatre Design & Technology journal from 1988-95. He served as designer for the American exhibit at the 1991 Prague Quadrennial - winning a gold medal for "Mozart in America" that featured opera designs from throughout the country. He recently served as the creator, project director, and catalog editor of World Stage Design in Toronto during March 2005.
Peter McKinnon, Co-Editor
Peter McKinnon is Professor of Design and Management in the Department of Theatre at York University. He worked as a Lighting Designer on some 450 shows, principally for dance and opera. McKinnon has lit the ballets of John Cranko, Brian MacDonald, William Forsyth, Sir Anthony Tudor, Reid Anderson and John Butler, and dances of David Earle, James Kudelka, Paul Taylor, Judy Jarvis and Robert Cohan. He has lit plays and operas across Canada and internationally, including New York, Paris and London. He edited new Theatre Words, a dictionary of theatre terminology in some twenty-eight languages. He was one of the organisers of the Canadian Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial in 2007. He is a past President of Associated Designers of Canada and has been on the Executive Committee of the International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians for fourteen years. He has recently started producing shows, both off-and on-Broadway and in Edinburgh.
Associate Editors Dorita Hannah,
Associate Editor – Oceania
Dorita Hannah's focus is on the intersection between space and performance, allowing her to operate as an interdisciplinarian on a variety of projects and publications, ranging from design for performance through to buildings, exhibitions, fashion and installation. She has been involved in the Prague Quadrennial as exhibitor, designer of a central thematic exhibition and a jury member. Hannah recently co-edited a book on Performance Design and a themed issue on Architecture/Performance for the Journal of Architectural Education. She has been awarded a UNESCO Laureate in 1999 and is currently Chair for OISTAT's History and Theory Commission.
Kazue Hatano,
Associate Editor – Asia
Kazue Hatano is one of Japan's most sought after theatre designers forsets and costumes. In 1974, the Japanese Government awarded Kazue a two-year grant to work in Europe where she was an assistant for John Bury at the Royal National Theatre in London. In 1991, Kazue founded the Society of Japanese Theatre Designers. She has conducted many exhibitions and workshops in Japan and the UK; amongst them, the Japanese Theatre Design Exhibition 2001 at the Royal National Theatre in London. She has also been on the jury for the Prague Quadrennial 2003, the International and was a Jury member of World Stage Design 2005 in Toronto.
Ian Herbert, Associate Editor - Europe
Ian Herbert edited and published Theatre Record from 1981-2003, and is now its consultant editor. From 1984-91 he edited the technical theatre journal Sightline. He writes regularly for theatre journals world wide, including a fortnightly column in The Stage newspaper. President 2001-2007 of the International Association of Theatre Critics, he is now its Honorary President. In London he is also Chairman of the Society for Theatre Research, and a Trustee of both the Critics' Circle and the Mander & Mitchenson Theatre Collection.
Dr. Osita Okagbue, Associate Editor - Africa and the Middle East
Osita Okagbue holds a BA, MA and Ph.D in Drama and Theatre from the University of Nigeria at Nsukka, the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and the University of Leeds respectively. He is the founding President of the African Theatre Association and founding and current Editor of African Performance Review. His main research interests are in African theatre and performance, Caribbean theatre, postcolonial theatre, theatre-for-development, and African cultural studies.
José Carlos Serroni, Associate Editor - South America
José Carlos Serroni is an architect, scenographer, costume designer. Mr. Serroni has worked for several years with one of Brazil's most famous directors, Antunes Filho, in the Centre for Theatrical Research in São Paulo. He has been researching the Latin American Scenography scene since the eighties, and he also published the only book about Brazilian Theatre Architecture in his country. Mr. Serroni has taken part in the PQ 87 (Honorable Mention), 91, 95 (Golden Triga), 99 (Gold Medal for Theatre Architecture), and 2003. He was also president of the jury in the 2007 PQ.
OUT OF THE BLUE! BY BOBBY HOLDER
BOOK SIGNING/PERFORMANCE
A Fun Evening attended by actors, industry, and regular folks!
A few of Bobby Holder’s favorite actors will perform monologues from his book.
Nick Adams (Starring in Bette Midler’s Priscilla Queen of the Desert on Broadway)
Vern Tremble (Winner of TAPNYC Monologue Challenge 2012)
Ann Bonner (2-time finalist of TAPNYC Scene & Sketch-Comedy Challenge 2011/12)
Ashlie Atkinson (Won Theatre World Award for 'Outstanding Off-Broadway Debut' for Fat Pig by Neil Labute, appeared in the Broadway revival of The Ritz
About the Author: Bobby Holder is the Founder and the Artistic Director of The Actor's Project NYC. He has written, directed, performed, and produced many theatrical productions in NYC ranging from industry showcases to full-length original plays. Bobby graduated with a B.A. in Theatre from the University of West Florida and toured for several years as an actor with different theatre companies. Currently Bobby is directing industry showcases and plays for The Actor's Project NYC.
About the Book: Out of the Blue is a unique collection of monologues, scenes, and sketch-comedy. It is a unique collection because, not only does each piece stand alone, it also comes together as a whole production, which can be performed in one evening. Actors can use the monologues individually, when auditioning, or they can perform this manuscript as a complete show.
