A Master Class in The Collaborative Process: Scenic Design
with Ming Cho Lee
At the Kennedy Center, from July 5-17, 2004.
Application information for directors
Twelve scenic designers will work at the Kennedy Center with legendary designer and master teacher Ming Cho Lee.
Participants will work in collaboration with six resident directors and the participants of the Costume Design Intensive led by Constance Hoffman.
This rigorous master class will focus on the designer/director relationship by exploring project work selected from Shakespeare, the Greeks and Opera.
Projects 2004- to be determined
Projects 2003- KING LEAR, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Strauss' ELECTRA
Projects 2002- IPHIGENIA AT AULIS, Strauss' SALOME, THE TEMPEST, THE WINTER'S TALE
The full process—from discussion to research to thumbnails to sketches to modeling—will be practically explored in the Kennedy Center Design Studios
Class times:
9:30am-6pm Daily
Day off- Sunday, July 11th
Participation:
12 scenic designers, made up of faculty and students, will be accepted.
Tuition:
$900 for the master class
$850 for faculty or students from KCACTF participating institutions
$800 for faculty and students whose home institutions are offering scholarship or professional development support, at any level, for this opportunity
$30 materials fee
Tickets are available, at additional charge, for the Kennedy Center TENNESSEE WILLIAMS EXPLORED production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE featuring Sally Field as Amanda, designed by John Lee Beatty, Jane Greenwood and Howell Binkley, directed by Garry Hynes.
Housing:
Available at a rate of $40 per night- or $560 for the entire master class period- shared lodging- in the George Washington University Residence Halls, within easy walking distance to the Kennedy Center.
To Apply:
-A letter stating and detailing your interest in participating in the master class
-A resume detailing your design and related experience
-Up-to six color Xeroxes or digital photos from your portfolio offering a strong representative view of your body of work
Send to:
KCACTF Scenic Design
The Kennedy Center
Box 10808
Arlington, Virginia 22210
Or to:
ghenry@kennedy-center.org
by: Friday, April 2nd. Participants will be notified by April 30th.
(Early submission and acceptance notification may be possible if applicants' home institutions have earlier professional development funding deadlines. Please inquire at the e-mail address above)
The Teacher:
Ming Cho Lee is one of the foremost set designers in America today. His extensive credits include work in opera, dance, and theatre. Born in Shanghai, Mr. Lee attended Occidental College. He has worked with many leading dance companies, including Martha Graham, American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Eliot Feld Ballet, Jose Limon, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. From 1962 through 1973, he was the principal designer for Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. He has designed sets for several opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera. He has also designed for theatre groups including Arena Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Guthrie Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Manhattan Theatre Club, and for Broadway.
Internationally, Mr. Lee has designed productions for Covent Garden, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Teatro Colon, Royal Danish Ballet, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (Taipei), the Hong Kong Cultural Center, and Buhnen Graz (Austria). His numerous Awards and distinctions include a Tony Award, New York Drama Desk and New York and Los Angeles Outer Circle Critics Awards add Ovation Award (Los Angeles), three honorary doctorates, awards for long-term achievement from 6 major theatre and opera organizations, the Mayor's Award for Arts and Culture from New York City, and induction to the Theatre Hall of Fame. His work was shown recently in a retrospective at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and at the National Museum of History in Taipei, Taiwan. As an architectural consultant, Mr. Lee designed theatres for Joseph Papp's Public Theatre and the State University of New York at Purchase. He holds the Donald Oenslager chair in Design and is co-chair of the design department at the Yale School of Drama.
Recent designs include: Enigma Variations for the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto and the Savoy Theatre in London, The Hollow Lands for Southcoast Rep., Ah, Wilderness! for The Guthrie Theater and the Guthrie on Tour, A Touch of the Poet, The Faraway Nearby, Uncle Vanya and the revival of K2 for Arena Stage, The Woman Warrior for the Center Theatre Group, As You Like It and The Joy Luck Club for the Long Wharf, Waiting for Godot and A Winter's Tale for the Stratford Festival, A Comedy of Errors, Heartbreak House and Othello for Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Cherry Orchard for South Coast Rep., Macbeth , Mourning Becomes Electra , King John , Peer Gynt , The Merchant of Venice and Don Carlos for the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C., both parts of Angels in America and Guys and Dolls for the Dallas Theatre Center, The Notebook of Trigorin for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Long Day's Journey Into Night for Arizona Theatre Company, A Christmas Carol for McCarter Theatre, Death of a Salesman and A Touch of the Poet for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Silver Lining for Pacific Northwest Ballet, the opera Rashomon for Buhnen Graz, Burning the Juniper Branches and Portrait of the Families for Cloud Gate Dance Theatre.
The Collaborator:
Constance Hoffman, Costume Design: The Shakespeare Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, Glimmerglass/New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Center Stage, Second Stage. With Julie Taymor: Titus Andronicus , The Flying Dutchman , The Green Bird (Tony Nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award). 2000 Irene Sharaff Young Master Award.
Questions?
Gregg Henry
ghenry@kennedy-center.edu
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts