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The Theater Project Thinks About...


Set Design

April 30, 2023

Host Mark Spina sits down with Fred Kinney, a professor of scenic design at California State University, Fullerton to walk us through what the set design process might be for a production of The Glass Menagerie. 



Credits:

Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 


References:

Bio: Fred Kinney is a California based designer who has designed over 80 theatre productions as well as trade shows and television. He has worked at numerous theaters, including California's South Coast Repertory and San Diego Repertory, and New Jersey's Shakespeare Theatre, New Jersey Repertory Company, and even The Theater Project. He has also designed in Europe at Vienna’s English Theatre. TV credits include Larry the Cable Guy’s Christmas Extravaganza, Jeopardy!, Urban Monk, and Basketball Wives.  

Fred is a professor of scenic design at California State University, Fullerton. He has been a Visiting Artist at Stanford University & at Montclair State University, NJ.

The Glass Menagerie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie

The Burgdorff Center for the Arts

http://www.maplewoodartsandculture.org/the-burgdorff

Proof

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(play)

Arthur Miller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller

Tennessee Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Williams

Romeo & Juliet

https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/romeo-and-juliet/

Company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_(musical)

West Side Story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story

Jessica Tandy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Tandy

Kathereine Hepburn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn

Laurette Taylor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurette_Taylor

French Scenes

Definition: A "scene" division within a play marked (as in French drama) by the entrance or exit of an actor.

Wit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wit_(play)


The Glass Menagerie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie

The Burgdorff Center for the Arts

http://www.maplewoodartsandculture.org/the-burgdorff

Proof

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(play)

Arthur Miller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller

Tennessee Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Williams

Romeo & Juliet

https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/romeo-and-juliet/

Company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_(musical)

West Side Story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story

Jessica Tandy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Tandy

Kathereine Hepburn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn

Laurette Taylor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurette_Taylor

French Scenes

Definition: A "scene" division within a play marked (as in French drama) by the entrance or exit of an actor.

Wit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wit_(play)


The Glass Menagerie

The Burgdorff Center for the Arts

Proof

Arthur Miller

Tennessee Williams

Romeo & Juliet

Company

West Side Story

Jessica Tandy

Katharine Hepburn

Laurette Taylor

French Scenes

Wit


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie

http://www.maplewoodartsandculture.org/the-burgdorff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(play)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Williams

https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/romeo-and-juliet/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_(musical)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Tandy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurette_Taylor

Definition: A "scene" division within a play marked (as in French drama) by the entrance or exit of an actor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wit_(play)