» Mr. Donald Guy

Assistant Professor

College of Performing Arts

Department of Theatre

Entertainment Technology / Production Manager

Office:

Entertainment Technology Center, Room 110

Phone:

714-744-7059

Email:

guy@chapman.edu

Website:

http://www.donguyld.com

Education

The University of Alabama, Bachelor of Arts
University of California, Irvine, Master of Fine Arts

Biography

Don specializes in Entertainment Technology and also serves as the Production Manager for the College of Performing Arts.  He received an MFA in Design from the University of California, Irvine and a BA in Theatre from the University of Alabama.  In addition to his work at Chapman, he is a prolific designer for dance, theatre, industrials, themed entertainment and architecture.

Dance design credits include: Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and The Nutcracker for the Saint Louis Ballet; Romantique, More Morra, Elliptique and Le Reve for choreographer Gen Horiuchi; Ash, Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Games, Songs of the Disinherited, Delicious Obsession/Sweet Bondage and District Storyville for choreographer Donald McKayle; Circle of Fifths and Tribute for choreographer Christopher d'Amboise; Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Concerto Grosso, Holberg Suites, ETC!, and Fiesta for choreographer David Allan; Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Giselle, Coppélia, Firebird and The Nutcracker for Festival Ballet, and well over 450 dance pieces for numerous choreographers and dance companies across the country.

Theatre design credits include: Masters of Illusion Live! in Singapore, Philippines, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut; The Magic of Paris at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV; International Magic Festival at the Badminton Theatre in Athens, Greece; Shirley Valentine at the Laguna Playhouse; Ghosts! at the Nugget Casino in Reno, NV; Magikus for Famma Events in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Booth! The Musical at the Skirball Performing Arts Center in NYC; The Grand Tour, Grand Hotel, Rounding Third, Master Harold ... and the boys, and The Immigrant at the Colony Theatre; A Picasso at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; La Posada Magica at the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory; The Tempest for the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis; Jubilee at Radio City Music Hall; and Carnival of Wonders at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, the Reno Hilton in Reno, NV, the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV and Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI for award-winning magicians Kalin and Jinger.

Themed Entertainment and Architectural Design credits include:  Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Universal Studios Japan, Universal Studios Orlando, Universal Studios Hollywood, Rockefeller Plaza - Exterior, Master Card, Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid, MTR Disney Station - Hong Kong, MTR Yam O Station – Hong Kong, TV Guide Building, South Coast Repertory, Anheuser Busch, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, Catalina's Bar and Grill, Emporio Armani, Chanel, Gucci, Macy's NYC, Grace Building, Benetton Sportsystems, Chilpancingo Park and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Production Studios at the World Trade Center.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Presented the "Art of Science" (lecture/demonstration) at the Nicholas Academic Center as part of the Chapman University Visiting Scholars Series.

Lighting Designer for 3rd International Magic Festival, Magicorp Productions, Badminton Theatre, Athens, Greece, 2012. (Starring Jeff Hobson, Michael Giles, David Kaplan, Michael Holly and Jeff Singer)

Lighting Designer for Rimers of Eldritch, Holly Derr, Director, Chapman University, 2012.

Set Designer for Rimers of Eldritch, Holly Derr, Director, Chapman University, 2012.

Lighting Designer for Temporal, Alicia Okouchi-Guy, Choreographer, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA, 2012.

Lighting Designer/Director for Masters of Illusion – Live!, Palace Theatre, Stamford, CT, 2012.

Lighting Designer/Director for Masters of Illusion – Live!, New Jersey Performing Arts Center – Prudential Hall, Newark, NJ, 2012.

Lighting Designer/Director for Masters of Illusion – Live!, McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, NJ, 2012.

Lighting Designer/Director for Masters of Illusion – Live!, The Theatre at Westbury, Westbury, NY, 2012.

Lighting Designer for The Sleeping Beauty, Salwa Rizkalla, Artistic Director, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2012. (Starring Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky - American Ballet Theatre)

Production Coordinator/Technical Director for The Sleeping Beauty, Salwa Rizkalla, Artistic Director, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2012. (Starring Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky - American Ballet Theatre)

Lighting Designer for Concert Intime, Alicia Okouchi-Guy, Artistic Director, Chapman University, 2012.

Lighting Designer for Summertime, Tamiko Washington, Director, Chapman University, 2012.

Set Designer for Summertime, Tamiko Washington, Director, Chapman University, 2012.

Lighting Designer/Director for A Readers’ Theatre Evening: Excerpts from The Trial of God, Nina Lenoir, Director, Chapman University, 2012.

Set Designer for Magic Flute, Peter Atherton, Director, Opera Chapman, Chapman University, 2012.

Lighting Designer for Spring Dance Concert, Jenny Backhaus, Artistic Director, Chapman University, 2012.

Lighting Designer for Swan Lake, Gen Horiuchi, Choreographer, Saint Louis Ballet, St. Louis, MO, 2012.

Architectural Lighting Designer for the Chilpancingo Park in Guerrero, Mexico, 2011. Project to be completed in Spring of 2013.

Technical Consultant for Twisted Branches, Eddie Garcia, Choreographer, El Portal Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.

Lighting and Set Designer for Macbeth, Tom Bradac, Director, Chapman University, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Interference, Alicia Okouchi-Guy, Choreographer, Ballet Etudes Choreographer's Showcase, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Interference, Alicia Okouchi-Guy, Choreographer, Pasadena Dance Festival, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Coppelia, Salwa Rizkalla, Artistic Director, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011. (Starring Megan Fairchild and Andrew Veyette - New York City Ballet)

Lighting Designer for Alice in Wonderland, Charles Maple, Choreographer/Artistic Director, Maple Youth Ballet, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for 2nd International Magic Festival, Magicorp Productions, Badminton Theatre, Athens, Greece, 2011. (Starring Raymond Crowe, Michael Goudeau and Kalin & Jinger)

Set Designer for Die Fledermaus, Peter Atherton, Director, Opera Chapman, Chapman University, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Laurencia, Vakhtang Chabukiani, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for In the Line Between, Edward Liang, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Moorhuhn, Dmitrij Simkin, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011. (Starring Daniil Simkin - American Ballet Theatre)

Lighting Designer for Les Bourgeois, Ben Van Cauwenbergh, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011. (Starring Daniil Simkin - American Ballet Theatre)

Lighting Designer for Talk to Her, Yuri Possokhov, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011. (Starring Lorena Feijoo and Vitor Luiz - San Francisco Ballet)

Lighting Designer for Lady of the Camellias, Val Caniparoli, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011. (Starring Lorena Feijoo and Vitor Luiz - San Francisco Ballet)

Lighting Designer for Mopey, Marco Goecke, Choreographer, Saint Louis Ballet, St. Louis, MO, 2011. (Starring Sokvannara Sar from the award winning film "Dancing Across Borders")

Lighting Designer for Allegro Brillante, George Balanchine, Choreographer, Saint Louis Ballet, St. Louis, MO, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Romantique, Gen Horiuchi, Choreographer/Artistic Director, Saint Louis Ballet, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Tribute, Christopher d'Amboise, Choreographer, Saint Louis Ballet, St. Louis, MO, 2011.

Lighting Designer for gone, Alicia Okouchi-Guy, Choreographer, Studio 1100, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Grace, Alicia Okouchi-Guy, Choreographer, Studio 1100, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Turning Tables, Alicia Okouchi-Guy, Choreographer, Studio 1100, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Donald McKayle, Choreographer, Studio 1100, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Songs of the Disinherited, Donald McKayle, Choreographer, Studio 1100, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Romeo and Juliet, Gen Horiuchi, Choreographer/Artistic Director, Saint Louis Ballet, St. Louis, MO, 2011.

Lighting Designer for The Magic of Paris, starring Stephane Vanel, Paris Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Carnival of Wonders, Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, 2011. (Starring Master Magicians: Kalin, Jinger & Hobson)

Lighting Designer for Urinetown, Todd Neilsen, Director, Chapman University, 2011.

Set Designer for Fall Opera Scenes, Opera Chapman, David Alt, Director, Chapman University, 2011.

Lighting and Set Designer for America Celebration, Dale Merrill, Artistic Director, Chapman University, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Le Corsaire, Salwa Rizkalla, Artistic Director, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011. (Starring Jose Manuel Correño - American Ballet Theatre and Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg - Miami City Ballet)

Lighting Designer for Valse Fantaisie, George Balanchine, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Four Minute Warning, Andrea Schermoly, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Ila, Kerry Nicholls, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Who Cares?, George Balanchine, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011. (Starring Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg - Miami City Ballet)

Lighting Designer for Ave Maria, Igal Perry, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011. (Starring Jose Manuel Correño - American Ballet Theatre)

Lighting Designer for Shirley Valentine, Andrew Barnicle, Director, The Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach, CA, 2011.

Lighting and Set Designer for Wassail, Conservatory of Music, College of Performing Arts, Chapman University, 2011.

Lighting Designer for Temporal, Alicia Okouchi-Guy, Choreographer, Fall Dance Concert, Chapman University, 2011.

Production Coordinator/Technical Director for The Nutcracker, Salwa Rizkalla, Artistic Director, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2011.

Lighting Designer for The Nutcracker, David Allan, Choreographer, Brava, Riverside, CA, 2011. (Starring Sarah Van Patten and Pierre-Francois Vilanoba - San Francisco Ballet)

Lighting Director for BLiNK!, Chipper Lowell, Master Magician, 2010. (US Tour)

Set Design for Bus Stop, John Benitz, Director, Chapman University, 2010.

Lighting and Set Design for Cosi fan tutte, Peter Atherton, Director, Opera Chapman, Chapman University, 2010.

Lighting Designer for Don Quixote, Salwa Rizkalla, Artistic Director, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2010. (Starring Gillian Murphy and Marcelo Gomes - American Ballet Theatre)

Production Coordinator/Stage Manager for Don Quixote, Salwa Rizkalla, Artistic Director, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2010. (Starring Gillian Murphy and Marcelo Gomes - American Ballet Theatre)

Lighting Designer for Magikus, Famma Events, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2010.

Lighting Director for Cinderella, Charles Maple, Choreographer, Maple Youth Ballet, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Lighting Designer for Spring Dance Concert, Nancy Dickson-Lewis, Artistic Director, Chapman University, 2010.

Lighting Designer for Oops, Viktor Plotnikov, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Lighting Designer for Markitenka, Arthur Saint-Léon, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Lighting Designer for Le Corsaire “Pas de Deux”, Petipa, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Lighting Designer for Continuum, Christopher Wheeldon, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Lighting Director for Isba, Alvin Ailey, Choreographer, Ailey II, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Lighting Director for Splendid Isolation, Jessica Lang, Choreographer, Ailey II, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Lighting Designer for The Sleeping Beauty, Gen Horiuchi, Choreographer, Saint Louis Ballet, St. Louis, MO, 2010.

Lighting Designer for The Magic of the Orient Express, Dallas, TX, 2010. (Starring Master Magicians Kalin & Jinger)

Lighting Designer for Godspell, Todd Neilsen, Director, Chapman University, 2010.

Set Design for If All the Sky Were Paper, John Benitz, Director, Chapman University, 2010.

Lighting and Set Design for America Celebration, Dale Merrill, Artistic Director, Chapman University, 2010.

Lighting Designer for Swan Lake, Gen Horiuchi, Choreographer, Saint Louis Ballet, St. Louis, MO, 2010.

Lighting Designer for Laurencia, Staged by Yuri Fateyev, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA 2010.

Lighting Designer for Intimate Conversations, Molly Lynch, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Lighting Designer for Firebird, Nikolai Kabaniaev, Choreographer, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Production Coordinator/Technical Director for The Nutcracker, Salwa Rizkalla, Artistic Director, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Lighting Designer for The Nutcracker, David Allan, Choreographer, Brava, 2010. (Starring Sterling Hyltin - New York City Ballet)

Lighting Designer for Carnival of Wonders, Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 2010. (Starring Master Magicians: Kalin, Jinger and Hobson)

Production Coordinator/Stage Manager for Protégé & Stars Invitational Dance Festival, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2010.

Lighting and Set Designer for Interference, Alicia Okouchi-Guy, Choreographer, Fall Dance Concert, Chapman University, 2010.

Lighting Designer for Carnival of Wonders, Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, NJ, 2009. (Starring Master Magicians: Kalin, Jinger and Hobson)

Lighting Designer for Cinderella, Gen Horiuchi, Choreographer, Saint Louis Ballet, St. Louis, MO, 2009.

Lighting Designer for Carnival of Wonders, Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 2009. (Starring Master Magicians: Kalin, Jinger and Hobson)

Lighting Designer for the 19th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards, Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles, CA, 2009.

Lighting and Set Design for Lend Me A Tenor, Todd Nielsen, Director, Chapman University, 2009.

Set Design for Ladyhouse Blues, Tom Bradac, Director, Chapman University, 2009.

Set Design for Streamers, Baron Kelly, Director, Chapman University, 2009.

Lighting Design for Ghosts!, Kalin & Jinger, Master Magicians, Nugget Casino, Reno, NV, 2009.

Production Coordinator/Technical Director for The Nutcracker, Salwa Rizkalla, Artistic Director, Festival Ballet Theatre, Irvine, CA, 2009.

Lighting and Set Design for America Celebration, Dale Merrill, Artistic Director, Chapman University, 2009.

Lighting Designer for The Nutcracker, David Allan, Choreographer, California Riverside Ballet, 2009.

Lighting Designer for Grace, Alicia Okouchi-Guy, Choreographer, Fall Dance Concert, Chapman University, 2009.