Donald Guy

Don is an Assistant Professor of Theatre in Entertainment Technology and 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, theater, industrials, themed entertainment and architecture.  He has designed numerous shows from Off-Broadway to Tony Award-winning regional theaters. Dance design credits include: Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and The Nutcracker for the St. Louis Ballet, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, ETC!, and Fiesta for choreographer David Allan, The Nutcracker for Ballet Pacifica, Ash, Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Games, Songs of the Disinherited, Delicious Obsession/Sweet Bondage and District Storyville for choreographer Donald McKayle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and The Nutcracker for Festival Ballet and well over 300 dance pieces for numerous choreographers and dance companies across the country. Theatre design credits include:  The 19th Annual NAACP Awards at the Directors Guild of America, Booth! The Musical at the Skirball Performing Arts Center, Return directed by Donald McKayle, 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 and the Reno Hilton in Reno, NV 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, Master Card, Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid, TV Guide Building, South Coast Repertory, Anheuser Busch, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Production Studios at the World Trade Center. Don can be reached by email at guy@chapman.edu.

Don Guy's architectural lighting design for South Coast Repertory won an IESNA Illumination Design Award.