Webster University
Tech Theater - Scene Painting

Session1	NOT AVAILABLE
Grades	9 - 12
Tuition	$995
Audition	No Audition Required

Tuition includes room and meals
Grade entering in Fall 2010

Camp/Workshop Details

Program Director: John Wylie
Faculty: Dunsi Dai

To say you're a "real theatre artist" is to say you've done it all. In that tradition, Webster Conservatory's faculty takes you back stage to learn the craft. You'll learn how to create and master the effects that turn a set into a story-telling devise. You learn techniques and work with media and fabrics used in scenic painting, layout, color theory and equipment. The week will culminate with a produced portfolio of projects.

* Additional Camp/Workshop Information

Students check-in between 1 - 2:30pm on the first day of camp.
Flights should arrive into Lambert-St. Louis (STL) on the First Day of camp between 10am and 12:30pm.
Flights should depart from Lambert-St. Louis (STL) on the last day of camp after 6pm.
Transportation is available to and from Lambert-St. Louis (STL) for $30 each way.

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Directors and Faculty

John Wylie

Program Director

John Wylie is the Head of the Production programs at Webster University where he teaches Technical Direction and Lighting. Locally, John has designed for The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Opera Theater of St. Louis, the Missouri Rep, Metro Theatre Company, the St. Louis Black Rep and Shakespeare Festival St. Louis. In 2009 alone, John designed lighting for The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis' productions of Souvenir and Evie's Waltz; Merry Wives of Windsor for Shakespeare Festival St. Louis; To Kill A Mockingbird for Metro Theatre Company and Barnum for the St. Michael's Playhouse.

Dunsi Dai

Faculty

Dunsi was born and grew up in China. He received his BA in Stage Design from the Central Academy of Drama, which is the best theatre training program in that country. He designed professionally national wide there, and taught scene design at the Central Academy of Drama for four years before he came to the States in 1986 for further education. In the States, Dunsi received a MA in Theatre History/Stage Design from Stanford University in 1989, and a MFA in Scene Design from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992 . As a professional scene designer (USA Local 829), Dunsi has designed both Off-Broadway as well as at regional theatres across the country. The scope of his design works include: straight drama, musical, opera, experimental production, children theatre, event/corporative theatre. His favorite designs including RITA'S RESOURCE (Pan Asian Rap, NYC), ONCE UPON THE MATRASS (Brook Hollow Players, NY), CARMAN (Trenton State Theatre, NJ), DESERT SONG (Hampton Playhouse, NH), WEST SIDE STORY (Struthers Library Theatre, PA), MARA/SADE (Stanford Rep, CA), BIG RIVER (The Human Race Theatre, OH), BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY (True Color Theatre, GA), WIT (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), WATER NIGER and WAITING FOR GODOT (St. Louis Black Rep.), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Stages of St. Louis), OFF THE MAP (TNT), HEARTS and KINDER TRANSPORT (The New Jewish Theatre), TWO HEADED (Black Cat Theatre), REMNENT and AN ALMOST HOLLY PICTURE (Mustard Seed Theatre), MAME and 1776 (Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre). His scene design of REMNENT (Mustard Seed Theatre, 2007) received Kevin Kline Award of Outstanding Scene Design (2008). His scene design of TWO HEADED (Black Cat Theatre, 2008) was nominated for Kevin Kline Award of Outstanding Scene Design (2009). As a teacher, Dunsi taught scene design at State University of New York at Stony Brook (1992 -1996) and the Central Academy of Drama in China (1982-1986). He is a professor of scene design in Webster University, teaching scene design in the Conservatory of Theatre Arts.

Location Information

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Webster is dedicated to academic excellence, innovation in higher education, meeting students' needs in an ever-changing world and incorporating an international perspective throughout the curriculum.

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Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice. The faculty is comprised of college professors representing their schools and professional industry artists. Images are of USPA programs, but may not represent actual program or location. Photos by Tito Deverya (UCLA TFT), and Lauren di Matteo.

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