Dan Scully

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Dan Scully is an American lighting and video designer who works for off-theater groups , on Broadway and for the Salzburg Festival .

life and work

Scully studied computer science at Harvard University ( bachelor's degree in 1999) and set design for theater and film ( master's degree in 2007) at NYU . But he was already working as a lighting assistant from 1998, for a tour of Fiddler on the Roof . From 2000 to 2004 he worked as a lighting designer for the Harvard University Dance Program . He has lived in Brooklyn with his wife Bernadette since 2005 and works as a freelance lighting designer for various theaters - mainly in New York , but also occasionally in the states of New Jersey , Massachusetts , Florida , where he has been regularly employed by the Asolo Theater Company since 2008 . Scully has also been working as a video designer since 2007 and has also worked in this role for the production of The Orchestra Rocks! worked at Carnegie Hall . Scully has a long-term collaboration with the director Brian Mertes , who also hired him for the lighting design for the new Jedermann production at the Salzburg Festival in 2013.

According to a statement on his website, Scully wants to use his work to "support the unique magic of the jointly experienced live event theater through light and images".

Important productions

play

  • 2006: Curse of the Starving Class - NYU Graduate Acting, Brian Mertes
  • 2007: Uncle Vanya - Lake Lucille Project , Brian Mertes
  • 2007: Caligula - SoHo Rep , Brian Mertes
  • 2007-09: The Greeks - Juilliard School , New York City, Brian Mertes
  • 2008 The Blonde, The Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead - Asolo Repertory Theater, Melissa Kievman
  • 2010: The Americans - Juilliard School, Brian Mertes
  • 2013–14: Jedermann - Salzburg Festival , Brian Mertes and Julian Crouch

music

  • 2008: Seven Last Words - Lincoln Center Chamber Orchestra, Scott Evans
  • 2013: The Orchestra Moves! - Carnegie Hall , Susan Fenichell

dance

  • 2008: Chunk in Nine Pieces - The Merce Cunningham Studios

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Scully, Dan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American light and video designer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century