Nathan K. Lee
nlee010@msn.com
Vita
Education
1996 MFA Scenic and Lighting Design, University of Hawaii at Manoa
1993 BA Theater/Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Employment
Summer 2007 Okoboji Summer Theatre (OST), Okoboji, IA
2005-Present Fort Lewis College (FLC), Department of Theatre, Assistant Professor
Summer 2006
and 2007 Diamond Circle Melodrama (DCM), Durango, CO.
2000-2005 Castleton State College (CSC), Department of Theatre Arts, Assistant Professor, Head of Technical Theatre and Design.
1998-2000 Arizona State University (ASU), Department of Theatre, Shop Supervisor
1996-1998 Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE), Department of Theater and Dance, Technical Director/Shop Foreman
1993- 1996 University of Hawaii, at Manoa (UHM), Department of Theatre and Dance Graduate Assistant, Kennedy Theatre Scene Shop
University/College Teaching
Fort Lewis College |
Arizona State University |
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Castleton State College |
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
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Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville |
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Workshops/Other Teaching
2007 Currently working on an article for USITT publication TD & T
2005-6 Song Box project, Creative Teaching on the Web, Juried Web Publication, http://www.users.muohio.edu/rozemaj/creativeteaching
2006 Thursday night Drop-in improv class, Durango Acting Studio (DAS), Durango, CO
2005 High School Master Class: “Scenic Design”, Fort Lewis College
2005 Portfolio and Resume Slam and Rebuilding, KC/ACTF Region 1, Rhode Island College
2004 KC/ACTF Region 1: Respondent Training, participant
2004 Act 1 Scene 1: Children Theatre Class, FlynnArts, VT
2003 Act 1 Scene 1: Children Theatre Class, FlynnArts VT
2003 Model Making, KC/ACTF Region 1, Keen State
2003 Lighting Scale Models, KC/ACTF Region 1, Keen State
2002 Model Making, KC/ACTF Region 1, Keen State
2002 Lighting Design, State Thespian Festival, CSC
1999 “How to build a staircase”, Tempe High School Drama Class (Arizona)
1998 “Introduction To Asian Acting Styles,” Illinois Stage High School Theater Festival
1997 Improv class. High School Day, SIUE
1996 Lecture on Kabuki voice training for Sukeroku
1995 Lecture demo of Kabuki make up for Sukeroku
1995 Workshop on Japanese movement for high school drama students
1993 Beijing Opera movement workshop for high school drama students
Service to Fort Lewis College
2006-Present Member of General Education Committee
2007-Present Member of General Education Policy Committee
2005-Present Member of The Department of Theatre's Play Season Selection Committee
2007 New Student Orientation group
2006 Fall Part of a Learning Community
2006-Present Advisor to Undecided Majors
2005-Present Organizer for The Department of Theatre's High School Master Class
Fall 2007 College Preview Day sample class
2007 Winter Technical assistant for FLC Athletic Department, Night of Champions
Service to Community
2007 Habitat for Humanity volunteer, Durango, CO
2007 Vice Commissioner for Education Committee Programming, 2008 Houston Conference, USITT
2007 Winter Assistance to Durango Lively Arts production
2006, 2007 Technical Advisor for Durango Foundation for Educational Excellence Fall Fundraiser
2005-Present Act Too Players board member, Durango, CO
2007 Winter Assisting with Leadership La Plata's Regional Culture & Fine Arts Class
Panels
2008 A panel on small theatrical productions and advising theatre majors, USITT
2007 “New Tech from Old Tech: uses for you older lighting instruments” poster exhibit, USITT
2007 “I Got an A in Sorting Screws: Creating a meaningful practicum experience,” USITT
2006 “Clown Car of Education: Fundamentals of Design: The Clown Car of Theatre Education, USITT
2006 “The Liberal Arts High Wire: Balancing the Workload”, USITT
2005 "Power Your Program by Empowering Your Students," USITT
2004 “Incorporating Issues of Diversity in the Design and Technical Curriculum,” USITT
2004 “Bun Raku Puppetry: A Venerable Style Applied to New Curriculum,” USITT
2003 Panel Leader: “What the Heck They are Looking For,” USITT
2002 “What They Didn't Tell You In The Job Description,” USITT
2002 “The Design Process: First Production Meeting,” KC/ACTF Region 1, Keen State
Scenic Design
2007 Father Joy, Durango Lively Arts, CO (DLA)
2007 O'Conner Girls, IA (OST)
2007 Boeing, Boeing, OST
2007 Death of September, an original film, FLC
2007 Wizard of Oz, CO (FLC)
2007 Waiting for Godot, Fort Lewis College, FLC
2006 Three Tall Women, FLC
2006 Muysua and Maria Magdalena, reconstruction of design for Bernardo Rey, FLC
2006 Folding Paper Cranes, FLC
2006 Wiley and the Hairy Man, DLA
2006 Parallel Lives, DAS
2006 Angels in America, part 2, FLC
2006 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, FLC
2005 Angels in America, part 1, FLC
2005 The Rivals, Castleton State College, VT (CSC)
2004 Hair, CSC
2004 Spoon River Anthology, CSC
2004 Doctor Faustus, CSC
2003 The Boys Next Door, CSC
2003 Cloud 9, CSC
2003 Lysistrata, CSC
2002 Still Life With Iris, CSC
2002 The Beauty Queen of Leenan, CSC
2002 The Threepenny Opera, CSC
2002 The Diary of Anne Frank, Northwest Children's Theatre, OR
2001 Getting Out, CSC
2001 Crimes of the Heart, CSC
2001 Extremities, CSC
2001 Museum, CSC
2000 The Rocky Horror Show, CSC
2000 Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's MacBeth, CSC
1998 Seduced, HotHouse Theatre Co., St. Louis, MO.
1996 Dance In Concert '96, SIUE
1996 Fortinbras, Kennedy Theatre (KT), UH
1996 Reckless, KT UH, Late Night Theatre.
1995 Kecak, KT, UH
1994 Arkansaw Bear, When the Wild Smiled, Wanderings, KT, UH
1994 Kãmau, Kumu Kahua Theatre (KKT), Kumu Kahua (KK)
1994 Caucasian Chalk Circle, KT, UH
1993 Theatre Fest '93, Honolulu Theatre For Youth (HTY)
1993 Baltimore Waltz, KT, UH
1992 Kvetch, KT, UH
1991 Present Tense, KT, UH
1990 Private Lives of the Master Race, KT, UH
1990 My Beatles, KT, UH
Lighting Design
2007 Father Joy, DLA
2006 Three Tall Women, FLC
2006 Folding Paper Cranes, FLC
2006 From Rags to Riches, A 4-Legged Fortune, Vaudeville Revue, DCM
2006 Parallel Lives, DAS
2006 Voices in American Drama, FLC
2006 Angels in America part 2, FLC
2005 The Rivals, CSC
2004 Doctor Faustus, CSC
2003 The Boys Next Door, CSC
2003 Cloud 9, CSC
2003 Lysistrata, CSC
2002 Still Life With Iris, CSC
2001 Getting Out, CSC
2001 Museum, CSC
2000 The Rocky Horror Show, CSC
1998 Haggerty: a ghost story of the heart, Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Arts Center, New York City, NY
1998 The Shadow Box, SIUE
1997 Museum, SIUE
1996 Dance In Concert '96, SIUE
1996 Fortinbras, KT, UH
1995 Life Is A Dream, KT, UH
1995 MacBeth, KT UH
1995 Spring Dance Concert 1995, Mid-Pacific School of the Arts (MPSA)
1994 D-Force, Light Design, KT, UH, Hawaii State Theatre Council Po'okela award nominated
1994 Spring Dance Concert 1994, MPSA
1994 Arkansaw Bear, When the Wild Smiled, Wanderings, KT, UH
1994 Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnal, KT, UH
1994 Comedy Tonight, Lighting consultation, Neil Blasdell Concert Hall
1994 Caucasian Chalk Circle, KT, UH
1993 Theatre Fest '93, HTY
1993 Noodle Doodle Box, KT, UH
1993 Sheep Spring, KT, UH
1993 Lesbians Who Kill, reconstruction of design for Split Britches, KT, UH
1992 Kvetch, KT, UH
Sound Design
2006 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Hellen Gahagan Douglas, Voices in American Drama, FLC and Santa Monica, CA.
2006 Parallel Lives, DAS
2001 Extremities, CSC
1997 Dance In Concert '97, SIUE
Costume Design
1996 Waiting For Godot, KT, UH
Technical Direction
2007 Waiting for Godot, Wizard of Oz, FLC, Diamond Circle Melodrama, Death of September, Father Joy
2006 Three Tall Women, Muysua, Maria Magadalena, Folding Paper Cranes, FLC
2006 Diamond Circle Melodrama, CO
2006 Voices in American Drama, FLC
2006 Parallel Lives, DAS
2006 Angels in America part 2, FLC
2006 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), FLC
2006 The Guys, FLC
2005 Angels in America part 1, FLC
2005 The Rivals, CSC
2004 Hair, CSC
2004 Spoon River Anthology, CSC
2004 Doctor Faustus, CSC
2003 The Boys Next Door, CSC
2003 Cloud 9, CSC
2003 Lysistrata, CSC
2002 The Beauty Queen of Leenan, CSC
2002 The Threepenny Opera, CSC
2001 Getting Out, CSC
2001 Crimes of the Heart, CSC
2001 Museum, CSC
2000 The Rocky Horror Show, CSC
2000 Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's MacBeth, CSC
1998 The Music Man, SIUE
1998 Brigadoon, SIUE
1998 A Doll's House, SIUE
1998 The Shadow Box, SIUE
1998 Seduced, HotHouse Theatre Co.
1997 Dance In Concert '97, SIUE
1997 Museum, SIUE
1997 The Sound Of Music, SIUE
1997 Annie, SIUE
1997 Hello Dolly!, SIUE
1997 Beyond Therapy, SIUE
1996 Dance In Concert '96/Opus, SIUE
1996 The Sea Gull, SIUE
1996 Fortinbras, KT, UH
1995 Kecak, KT, UH
1994 Arkansaw Bear, When the Wild Smiled, Wanderings, KT, UH
1994 Kãmau, KK, KKT
1994 Caucasian Chalk Circle, KT, UH
1993 Theater Fest '93, HTY
1993 Baltimore Waltz, KT, UH
1993 The Singular Life of Albert Nobs, KT, UH
1992 Kvetch, KT, UH
1990 Private Lives of the Master Race, KT, UH
1990 My Beatles, KT, UH
Puppet and Mask Design
1994 When the Wild Smiled, Puppet Design, KT UH
1993 The Birds, Puppet Design, KT, UH
1991 The Slaying of Gavaka!, Mask Design, KT, UH
Miscellaneous Designs
2006 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Hellen Gahagan Douglas, Visual graphics
2006 Durango Acting Studio, Ad layout in Durango Brat
2006 Durango Acting Studio, Web design, http://www.geocities.com/durango_act_studio/
2003 Cloud 9 poster design
2003 Cloud 9 Properties design
1995 Dream Play, Poster Design, KT UH
1994 Arkansaw Bear, When the Wild Smiled, Wanderings, Poster Design, KT UH
1992 Lost Tales of the Formicans, Properties Design, KT, UH
1992 The Sound of a Voice, Properties Design, KT, UH
1991 The Smartest Little Girl In the World, Properties Design, Media-Write Productions
1989 Elizabeth I, Properties Design, KT, UH
Miscellaneous Work
2001-2005 Lumber yard driver, loader, and customer service for Gilmore Home Center, Bomosen, VT.
2002-2005 Overhire light and stage crew for the events at the Paramount Theater, Rutland, VT
1998 Summer Set up for trade show at Honolulu Convention Center with Attco.
1998-1996 Slides for SIUE Theater Department Archives
1998-1996 Video taping for SIUE Theater Department Archives
1996 CAD class taken at the UH School of Engineering
1995 Title slides for KK
Running Crew
2006 Muysua, Maria Magdalena, Light Board Operator, FLC
2006 Durango Foundation for Educational Excellence fundraiser, Light Board Operator, Durango, CO
2006 Snowdown children’s follies, Spotlight Operator, Durango Art Center, Durango, CO
1995 Das How Come, Stage Manager
1995 Spring Dance Concert 1995, Light Board Operator, MPSA
1994 Our Hearts Were Touched by Fire, Slide Operator, KT, UH
1994 Kikunobu Kai Japanese Dance Concert, KT, UH
1994 Trojan Women, Spotlight Operator, KT, UH
1994 Spring Dance Concert 1994, Light Board Operator, Bakken, MPSA
1994 Speed the Plow, Set Change Crew, KT, UH
1993 Woyzeck, Light Board Operator, KT, UH
1993 The Birds, Light Board Operator, KT, UH
1993 Lesbians Who Kill, Light Board Operator, KT, UH
1992 Christmas Cake, Light Board Operator, KK, Tenney Theatre (TT), Honolulu, Hawaii
1992 Once Upon One Time, Stage Manager, KT, UH
1991 Once Upon One Time, Stage Hand, KT, UH
1991 Asa Ga Kimashita, Morning Has Broken, Light Board Operator, KK, TT
1990 Private Lives of the Master Race, Light Board Operator, KT, UH
1990 My Beatles, Light Board Operator, KT, UH
1990 Bye Bye Hana Buta Days, Spotlight Operator, KT, UH
1989 Elizabeth I, Stage Hand, KT, UH
Construction
2007 Waiting for Godot, Wizard of Oz, (OST)Boeing, Boeing, Ah! Wilderness, O'Conner Girls, Father Joy, Death of September.
2006 Folding Paper Cranes, Muysua, Maria Magdalena, Three Tall Women
2005-6 Angels in America part 1, The Complete Work of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Angels in America
part 2, Parallel Lives, Diamond Circle Melodrama, Wiley and the Hairy Man
2004-5 Spoon River Anthology, Hair, The Rivals
2003-4 Cloud 9, The Boys Next Door, Doctor Faustus
2002-3 The Beauty Queen of Leenan, Still Life With Iris, Lysistrata
2001-2 Crimes of the Heart, Getting Out, The Threepenny Opera
2000-1 Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's MacBeth, The Rocky Horror Show, Museum
1999-0 Skin of Our Teeth, Sense of Place, Measure for Measure, Origin of the Sea, Goats
1998-9 Mother Hicks, As You Like It, Lemon Sky, Balm in Guilad, Electropus
1997-8 Museum, Dance In Concert '97, Seduced, The Shadow Box, A Doll's House, The Music Man, Brigadoon
1996-7 The Sea Gull, Dance in Concert '96, Beyond Therapy, Hello Dolly!, Annie, The Sound Of Music
1995-6 Fortinbras, Cultivated Lives, Dragonsong, Dragonquest, Fall Footholds, Spring Footholds, Kecak, Das How Come, The Marriage, Waiting For Godot, Reckless, Oleana
1994-5 Arkansas Bear, Wanderings, When the Wild Smiled, Fall Footholds, Spring Footholds, Sukeroku, D-Force, Einstein Talks Like A Regular Guy, Our Hearts Were Touched By Fire, Dream Play, Betrayal
1993-4 Caucasian Chalk Circle, Sir Gwain And Lady Ragnell, Shajiabang: Spark Amid The Reeds, Noodle Doodle, Marry Wives Of Windsor, On The Verge, Speed The Plow, Woychek, Onoe Kikunobu Dance Concert, (Suzuki) Trojan Women, Mibu Kyogen
1992-3 Valley Of The Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Lanling, Once Upon One Nuddoh Time, Baltimore Waltz, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs, Kvetch, Korean Dance, Lone Star/Laundry and Bourbon, Dance Concert
1991-2 Rep a Trois: A monster has Stolen the Sun, Children of War, Li K'uei Tightens His Belt, Tales of the Lost Formicans, Bunraku: Love Suicide at Sonezaki, West Side Story, The Blind Giant is Dancing, Once Upon One Time
1990-1 Dr. Faustus, Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Duck Variations, Road to Tokyo, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Blood Relations, Bye Bye Hana Buttah Days
1989-90 Yu Tangchung: The Jade Hall of Spring, Monkey Magic, Islands, The Tempest
Technical Training
1999 Welding 101, Mesa Community College (not a certification class)
1997 Synergetic Audio Concepts 2-Day Sound System Operation Seminar
Craft work
1997 Stained Glass
1994 Paper making
1993 Paper lanterns
Actor Training At University Of Hawaii
1996-1989 Improv Comedy Theater
1994 Japanese Dance
1994 Japanese Movement
1994 Japanese Voice
1994 Stage Combat
1993 Chinese Movement
1993 Chinese Voice
1993 Experimental Theatre Studio: Split Britches
1992 Bunraku Puppetry Training
Acting
2007 Member of Durango Dot Comedy Improv, Durango, CO
2007 Father Joy, Role: Paul, Durango Lively Arts, Durango, CO
2007 Imporv performer, 2nd Annual Smackdown, Durango Dot Comedy
2003 Benvolio, Romeo and Juliet, Poultney Summer Theatre, VT
2003 Demetreus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Poultney Summer Theatre, VT
2003 Street singer, The Threepenny Opera, CSC
1997 Loose Screws Hard Wood, Improvisational comedy performance
1996 Life Stories, Dancer in an MFA Dance thesis
1996 Cultivated Lives, Role: Akira Nakagawa
1995 Loose Screws Improvisational comedy performance for First Night
1995 Loose Screws Improvisational comedy performance for Ward's Rafters
1995 MacBeth, Role: Duncan, Murderer 2, Young Siward
1995 Sukeroku, Role: Sembei, Japanese Kabuki
1994 Shajiabang, Spark Amid the Reeds, Role: Xiao Wong, NFA Solider, Modern Revolutionary
Beijing Opera
1994 Manoa Writing Program Video, Student.
1992 Kvetch, Role: Clarinet player
1992 Once Upon One Noddah Time, Role: Simon
1992 Li K'uei Tightens His Belt, Role: pilot, Asian fusion
1991 The Slaying of Gavaka!, Role: Gobuh, Indonesian style puppet play
1991 Yu Tangchung, Jade Hall of Spring, Role: Bandit, Traditional Beijing Opera
1990 The Road to Tokyo, Role: Actor, Japanese Kabuki
1990 Action, Role: Shooter, Sam Shepherd
1989 Islands, Role: Reader, Readers' theatre of Chinese immigration
Tours
1995 Sukeroku , Taken to the Maui Arts and Cultural Center
1991 Yu Tangchung: The Jade Hall of Spring , Taken to China
1990 The Road to Tokyo , Taken to the KC/ATCF in Sonoma
Awards
2000 Outstanding New Faculty Award, Castleton State College
1998 Invited to Arena Stage's Allen Lee Hughs Fellows weekend for an interview (not selected)
1996 Joel Trapido, Excellence in Technical Theatre. Kennedy Theatre, Department of Theatre and Dance
1993 Earl Ernst, Asian Theatre Award, KT
1993 Richard Mason, Theatre Design Award, KT