Vita Dunsi Dai Dunsi Dai Scene Designer, United Scenic Artists, Local 829 Professor of Scene Design at Webster University 1522 Centenary Ct., Valley Park, MO 63088, Tel: 636-825-0734 (H), Tel: 314-968-6932 (O), Fax: 314-963-6102 (O) E-mail: daidu@webster.edu, Web Site: http://faculty.webster.edu/daidu Scene Designer: 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 The Killing of Sister George Mary Poppins White to Grey Sight Unseen Quills Purlie Little Mermaid Peter Pan Speed the Plow Jane Eyre Wiz Good Doctor Eurydice Value of Names Annie A Midsummer Night’s Dream Imaginary Jesus Winter’s Tales Godspell Treading Backwards thru Quick. Wizard of OZ Giver Pericles Art Tartuffe Romeo and Juliet People’s Violin Fortinbras Oliver The Adventure of Tom Sawyer Sty of Blind Pig Conversations with My Father Adventure of Tom Sawyer Fiddler on the Roof Wonders of the World Diary of Ann Frank An Almost Holy Picture To Kill a Mocking Bird A Song for Coretta The Good Time Almost Kills Me Blues to An Alabama Sky Sonia Flew Sabina Red Herrings Brooke Edwards, director Max&Louie Production, MO Lara Teeter, director Variety Children Theatre, MO Deanna Jent, director Mustard Seeds Theatre, MO Bobbie Miller, director New Jewish Theatre, 2015, MO Brook Edwards, director Max & Louie Production, MO Ron Himes, director St. Louis Black Rep, MO Lara Teeter, director Variety Children Theatre, MO Lara Teeter, director Variety Children Theatre, MO Tim Ocel, director New Jewish Theatre, MO Deanna Jent, director Mustard Seeds Theatre, MO Ron Himes, director St. Louis Black Rep, MO Bobby Miller, director New Jewish Theatre, MO Deanna Jent, director Mustard Seeds Theatre, MO Alec Wild, director New Jewish Theatre, MO Lara Teeter, director Variety Children Theatre, MO Chris Anthony, director St. Louis Black Rep, MO Deanna Jent, director Mustard Seeds Theatre, MO Deanna Jent, director Mustard Seeds Theatre, MO eDeanna Jent, Director Mustard Seed Theatre, MO Wayne Loui, director The Black Cat Theatre, MO Variety Children Theatre, MO Lara Teeter, director Carol North, director Metro Theatre of St. Louis MO Andrea Fry, director St. Louis Black Rep, MO Andrea Fry, director St. Louis Black Rep. Deanna Jent, director, Mustard Seed Theatre, MO Robin Weatherall, direct. The New Jewish Theatre, MO Deanna Jent, director New Jewish Theatre, MO Deanna Jent, director Fontbonne University, MO Lara Teeter, director Variety Children Theatre, MO Lara Teeter, director Variety Children Theatre, MO Andrea Fry, director True Color Theatre, Atlanta Sidney Friedman, director New Jewish Theatre, MO Lara Teeter, director The Variety, MO Deanna Jent, director Mustard Seeds Theatre, MO Deanna Jent, director Orange Girls, MO Steven Woolf, director Arrow Rock Lyceum Thea. MO Bruce Longwolth, director Mustard Seed Theatre, MO Carol North, director Metro Theatre of St. Louis Erik Kilpatrick, director St. Louis Black Rep Deanna Jent, director Mustard Seed Theatre, MO Andrea Fry, director True Color Theatre, Atlanta Tom Marin, director New Jewish Theatre, MO Annamaria Pileggi, direc. New Jewish Theatre, MO Paul Pagano, director Fontbonne University, MO 1 Vita 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2000 2000 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 Dunsi Dai Privet Lives Hanna’s Suitcase Chaim's Love Song Last Seder The Tale of Allerqist’s Wife Bluish Two Headed Cheery Docs Kinder Transport Sugar Women’s Minyan Remnant Broadway Bound What’s Wrong With This Picture Guys and Dolls Broken Glass Sweet Charity Via Dolorosa 1776 The Sister Rosensweig From Door to Door Big River Valhalla Merchant of Venice I’m Not Aparport Harvey You are a Good Man Charlie Bro. Unexpected Tenderness Aida Pippin Tally’s Folly Hearts River Niger Bash Guys and Dolls Waiting to be Invited Don’t Dress for Dinner Oklahoma Jesus Christ Superstar Only Haven Mame Man of La Mancha Women Who Steal West Side Story A Chorus Line Fiddler on the Roof. Joseph and His Amazing Techni. WIT Phantom Fiddler on the Roof Wizard of OZ South Pacific Waiting for Godo The Family of Mann Edi Avioli, director Carol North, director Deanna Jent, director Doug Finlayson, director Edward Coffield, director Bill Whitaker. Director Kim Hughes, director Deanna Jent, director Doug Finlayson, director Peter Reynolds, director Deanna Jent, director Deanna Jent, director Gary Baker, director Edward Coffield, director Ron Himes, director Deanna Jent, director Brandon Mcshaffrey, dir. Doug Finlayson, director Peter Reynolds, director Melton Zoth, director Edward Coffield, director Joe Deer, director Deanna Jent, director Robin Weatherall, direct. Linda Kennedy, director Doug M., director Kristen B, director B. Schwartz, director Michael Bollinger, direct. Phillip Coffield, director Deanna Jent, director M. Zoth, director Buddy Butler, director T. Bishop, director Peter Reynolds, director Ron Himes, director Kat Singleton, director Phillp Coffield, director Michael Bollinger, direct. Joe Deer, director Peter Reynolds, director Melton Zoth, director Carter Lewis, director Cary Libkin, director M. Hamilton, director Philip Coffield, director Philip Coffield, director Susan Gragg, director Chip Hipkins, director, Mhichael Hamilton, dire. Phillip Coffield, director Peter Reynolds, director J. Joblin, director Bob Miller, director Black Cat Theatre, MO Metro Theatre of St. Louis New Jewish Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO Black Cat Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO Mustard Seed Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO St. Louis Black Repertory Co. The New Jewish Theatre, MO Maple Rep. MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO The Human Race Theatre, OH HotCity Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO Maple Rep, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO The New Jewish Theatre, MO St. Louis Black Rep. MO Most Harmless Theatre, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO St. Louis Black Rep Company, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Musework, OH Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Repertory theatre of St. Louis Struthers Library Theatre, PA Stages of St, Louis, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, MO Strouthers Library Theatre, PA Stages of St. Louis, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO St. Louis Black Rep. Co., MO The New Theatre, MO 2 Vita 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1992 1992 1992 1991 1991 1991 1989 1988 1987 1984 1983 1981 Dunsi Dai Big River The King and I Children of Eden Queen of Shiba Good News Off the Map A Question of Mercy Psychopathia Sexualis Joseph and His Amazing Techni. Tambourines to Glory I Ought to be in Pictures L’Historie du Soldat I Sing Too Black Theatre Sala Cinderella Desert Song Not Now, Darling South Pacific Gossip Once Upon Mattress Africa Atunbi Carmen Fiddler on the Roof Oleanna Blood Wedding Ma Rainy's Black Bottom Rita's Resources Raft of Medusa Diary of Ann Frank Cinderella The Pied Piper The Bacchae Keep the Home Fires Burning On Strivers Row Silence! The Court is in Session Italian American Reconciliation Jungle Book The Rivals Stony Brook Dance Ensemble M. Butterfly Rivers of China Ceilly Hey! The Nightingale The Goose of Cairo A Little Hotel on the Side Marat/Sade Streetcar Named Desire A Midsummer Night's Dream Family Returning True Son Phillip Coffield, director Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Joe Deer, director Strouthers Library Theatre, PA Michael Bollinger, direct. Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO W. Soloman, director St. Louis Black Repertory Co. MO S. Charles, director The Principia Theatre, MO A. Wilcox, director The New Theatre, MO Steve Woolf, director Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, MO Joe Hanranhan, director The New Theatre, MO P. Coffield, director Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, MO Ron Himes, director St. Louis Black Repertory Co. MO Edi Avioli, director Off the Cuff Productions, MO S. Gordon, director Conservatory of Theatre, Webster U. Ron Himes, director St. Louis Black Repertory Co. MO Ron Himes, director St. Louis Black Repertory Co. MO Ron Himes, director St. Louis Black Repertory Co. MO S. Lawless, director Hampton Playhouse, NH S. Whiling, director Hampton Playhouse, NH J. Defina, director BroadHollow Players, NY Amy Sullivan, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY C. Dufrenoy, director BroadHollow Players, NY John Cameron, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY R. Parrish, director Trenton State Theatre, NJ J. Defina, director BroadHollow Players, NY Farley Richmond, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY John Lutterbie, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY D. Evens, director Trenton State Theatre, NJ K. Kuroda, director Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. NY Tom Neumiller, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY Farley Richmond, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY C. Krohn, director Houston Children Theatre Festival, TX C. Hudson, director Houston Children Theatre Festival, TX Teresa Kim, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY J. Bell, director Bandwagon Theatre, NY Kathrin Ervin, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY Farley Richmond, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY John Cameron, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY C. Hudson, director Houston Children Theatre Festival John Cameron, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY Ryen Thomas, coordinat. Stony Brook Theatre, NY Farley Richmond, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY Robert Wessller, director Stony Brook Theatre, NY W. Bruehl & A. Sullivan Stony Brook Theatre, NY David Bauer, director Illinois Opera Theatre, IL K. Klippstatter, director Illinois Opera Theatre, IL Wendy Knight, director Illinois Repertory Theatre, IL David Saltz, director Stanford University, CA R. Eddelman, director Stanford Actor Project, CA Humphrey Gyde, director Stanford University, CA Shi-Ben Bai, director Central Academy of Drama, China Xiao-Ping Wei, director Jilin Repertory Theatre, China Hong Li, director Jilin Repertory Theatre, China Art Director (Movie/ TV/Industrial): 2008 Israel 60th Anniversary Celebration, Zelda Sparks, producer JCC, MO 3 Vita 2007 1993 1985 Dunsi Dai IBEV Expo Complete Silence Family Game in Seconds Andy Ruhlin, producer C. Shepherd, director Z. Zhang, director The Spark, MO Shepherd Production, NY Beijing TV Station, China Awards and Works in Exhibitions: 2015 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2001 2000 1999 1996 1996 1994 1992 1991 1982 1980 Best Scene Designer on 2015 GO LIST! St. Louis Today, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Two Headed Scene Design, Nominated for Outstanding Set Design, Kevin Kline Award, The Professional Theatre Council Remnant Scene Design, Winner of Outstanding Set Design, Kevin Kline Award, The Professional Theatre Council Remnant Scene Design, Group Show, Design Expo, USITT ’07 Two Headed Scene Design, Chinese Scene Design Project, Messing Award, Webster University River Niger Scene Design, Group Show, The World Stage Design, Toronto, Canada Waiting for Godot Scene Design, Wit Scene Design, River Niger Scene Design, Group Show, Design Expo, USITT ’04 (Inclusion for TD&T publication Summer issue, 2004) Women Who Steal Scene Design, Digital Design on Screen, USITT ’01 Wit Scene Design, Group Show, Design Expo, USITT ‘00 Nominated as the best scene designer of the year by St. Louis Post-Dispatch for scene design Wit for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and scene design Waiting for Godo for St. Louis Black Repertory Company. Name and resume was published and distributed in Artist Bulletin by Theatre Communication Group (TCG) Rita’s Resource Scene Design, Group Show, SUNY Stony Brook Faculty Publication Exhibition M. Butterfly Scene Design, Group Show, Design Expo., USITT '94 Young Designers Forum Juried Participant, USITT '92 Conference Ah, Wilderness Scene Design, Group Show, PQ'91, Prague, Czechoslovakia Sunset Oil Painting, Group Show, Beijing Spring Exhibition, China Great Wall Oil Painting, Group Show, Beijing Oil Painting, China Grants 2008 Faculty Development Award: Chinese Scene Design, Webster University 2004 Faculty Development Award: Master Watercolor Study in UK, Webster University 2003 Grant 9 project: Teaching with Technology, Webster University 2001 USITT Grant and Fellowship Committee 2001 Grant: Today’s Chinese Scene Designers, USITT 1997 Technology Grant: Teaching with Technology, Webster University Professional Membership: 1996- United Scenic Artists Local 829 (USA) 1992- United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT). Professional Conference: 2015 Portfolio Review Invited Reviewer 2014 Portfolio Review Invited Reviewer 2013 Portfolio Review Invited Reviewer 2012 Portfolio Review Invited Reviewer 2010 Portfolio Review USITT ’15 Conference USITT ’14 Conference USITT ’13 Conference USITT ’12 Conference 4 Vita 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2001 2000 2000 1998 1997 1994 1994 1993 1992 Dunsi Dai Invited Reviewer USITT ’10 Conference Designers with International Background, Panelist, USITT “09 Conference Design EXPO Participant, USITT ’08 Conference Portfolio Review Invited Reviewer USITT ’07 Conference Portfolio Review Invited Reviewer USITT ’06 Conference Portfolio Review Invited Reviewer USITT ’05 Conference Portfolio Review Invited Reviewer USITT ’04 Conference Computer Application Development Panelist, USITT ’01 Conference Design Expo. "00 USITT '00 Conference Participant Designs From China Panelist, USITT ’99 Conference Teaching with Computer Panelist, USITT ’98 Conference Technical Resource On-Line Panelist, USITT ’97 Conference Introducing Cultural Diversity into Your Theatre Program Panelist, USITT '94 Conference Design Expo. '94 Participant, USITT '94 Conference Incorporate Culture Diversity in Academic Theatre Environment Panelist, USITT '93 Conference Young Designers Forum Juried Participant, USITT '92 Conference Teaching Experience: 1996- 1992-96 1982-85 Professor of Scene Design, Webster University (Associate Professor 1996-2008): Scene Design I & II, Scenography, Rendering, Computer Aided Rendering for Theatre, BFA, Introduction to Drawing, Scene Design Seminar. Assistant Professor of Scenic Design, State University of New York at Stony Brook: Scene Design I & II, Scenic Design Theory and Practice, Rendering for Theatre, Scenic Painting, Costume Design I, Drafting for Theatre, Introduction to Theatre, Introduction to Design, AutoCAD for Theatre. Lecturer of Stage Design, the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, China: Stage Design III, Painting III. Computer Skills: (PC & Mac) Computer Aided Drafting, Computer Aided Rendering, and Web Publishing. Applications: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Dreamwaver, Power Point, Corel Painter... Courses Taught: Undergraduate: 1982-85 Scene Design III 1992- Scene Design I&II 1996- Scenography 5 Vita Dunsi Dai 1996- Rendering 1997- Computer Aided Rendering for Theatre 1998-99 Internet for Theatre 1992-96 Introduction to Theatre 1992-96 Introduction to Design 1992-96 Drafting for Theatre 1994 Costume Design I 1992-96 Scenic Painting 2004 Introduction to Drawing 2005- BFA 2013= Scene Design Seminar Graduate: 1992-96 Scene Design I & II 1992-96 Design Theory and Practice 1992-96 Rendering for Theatre 1992-96 Scenic Painting New Courses Offered at Webster University: 19971998-99 20052013- Computer Aided Rendering for Theatre Internet for Theatre. BFA Scene Design Seminar University and Department Service: 2014 20132009 20082000-2001 1999-2001 1996-98 1996- Faculty Promotion Reviewer Student Academic Adviser Faculty FDL Reviewer Speaker Committee Library Committee International Study Committee Academic Technology Task Force Student Scene Design Adviser Service to Professional Community: 2014 2013 2012 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2001 2000 1999 1998 Invited Reviewer Invited Reviewer Invited Reviewer Invited Reviewer Invited Reviewer Invited Reviewer Invited Portfolio Reviewer Invited Reviewer Invited Portfolio Reviewer Invited Portfolio Reviewer Invited Reviewer Invited Portfolio Reviewer Invited Portfolio Reviewer Invited Portfolio Reviewer Young Designer’s Forum, USITT ’14 Conference, Dallas, TX Young Designer’s Forum, USITT ’13 Conference, Long Beach, CA Young Designer’s Forum, USITT ’12 Conference, Milwaukie, WI Young Designer’s Forum, USITT ’10 Conference, Kansas City, MO Young Designer’s Forum, USITT ’09 Conference, Cincinnati, OH Young Designer’s Forum, USITT ’08 Conference, Houston, TX USITT ’07 Conference, Phoenix, AZ Young Designer’s Forum, USITT ’01 Conference, Louisville, KE USITT ’05 Conference, Toronto, Canada USITT ’04 Conference, Long Beach CA Young Designer’s Forum, USITT ’01 Conference, Long Beach CA USITT ’00 National Conference, Denver, CO USITT ’99 National Conference, Toronto, Canada USITT ’98 National Conference, Long Beach, CA Education: 1992 MFA, Scene Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 6 Vita 1989 1982 Dunsi Dai MA, Theatre History/Stage Design, Stanford University BA, Stage Design, the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, China References: Jan Albus CEO Variety Children Theatre www.varietystl.org Office: 314-720-7701 Tisa Chang Artistic Director Pan Asian Rep. 47 Great Jones St., New York, NY 10012, Tel: 212-505-5655 (O) Deanna Jent Artistic Director Mustard Seed Theatre 6800 Wydown Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63105-3098, Tel: (314) 889-4561 Patricia Zaback Executive Artistic Director BroadHollow Players 200 Stewart Ave., Bethpage, NY 11714, Tel: 516-713-1100 (O) Kathleen Sitzer Artistic Director The New Jewish Theatre 2 Millstone Campus Dr. St. Louis, MO 63146, Tel: 314-4442-3257 (O) Michael Bollinger Executive Director Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts 110 W. Finney Avenue, Suffolk, VA 23434, Tel: 757-923-0003, ext. 3031(O) Ron Himes Producing Director St. Louis Black Repertory Company 634 N. Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104, Tel: 314-534-3807 (O) Peter Sargent Dean of the College of Fine Arts Webster University 470 E. Lockwood Ave. St. Louis, MO 63119-3194, Tel: 314-968-7006 (O) 7