Atkin Pace, M.F.A.

Assistant Professor of Theatre Design/Technology (part-time)
Theatre Design/Technology Program
Conservatory of Theatre Arts

Office: Social Sciences Bldg., Rm. 2026
Tel: (914) 251-6855
Fax: (914) 251-6841

Atkin Pace’s Broadway credits include The Boy From Oz, Flower Drum Song, The Producers, The Wild Party, Saturday Night Fever, and The Lion King. His regional credits include the Yale Rep, San Francisco Spring Opera, Pennsylvania Stage Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, George Street Playhouse, and California Actors Theatre. Pace has been a guest artist at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; Queens College; Amherst College; Trinity College; San Jose State University; and several universities and institutes in South America.

Education

• 1975 M.F.A. Yale University, School of Drama - Scene Design
• 1968 B.F.A. University of Utah - Directing

Positions

• Lecturer, 1992-present, Purchase College
• Assistant Professor/Guest Artist, 1981 San Jose State University
• Guest Artist, 1978, University of Wisconsin
• Guest Artist, 1983 and 1993, Brigham Young University
• Guest Lecturer, 1998, Rocky Mountain Theatre Association Conference
• Fulbright Lecturer, 1980, Peru.

Areas of Expertise
Scene design, drafting for the theatre, scale model building and painting, supervising the design studio, technical problem solving and supervising shop production of scenery, scene painting, supervising scenery installation in the theatre, supervising technical rehearsals with scenery, lights, etc.; teaching the above specialties

Honors and Awards
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, 1977,1960,1986,1994; John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship,1979; American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award, 1984; New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship,1985,1992; Carleton College Distinguished Achievement Award, l989; Bessie Award for Set Design, 1992; Award for Excellence in Design, The Art Commission of the City of New York; etc.

Courses Taught
SUNY: Drafting for the Theatre, Scene Design I, Scene Design for Graduate Students
SJSU: Scene Design, Stagecraft

Design Experience

Broadway Shows

Just So!, Julie Boyd, Director, Jack Lawrence Theatre

Cantorial, Charles Maryan, Director, The Lambs Theatre

Off Broadway and Regional Shows

Designed sets and sometimes costumes for 82 shows in New York and regional theatres, including San Francisco Spring Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Circle Repertory Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Center for Contemporary Opera, Ford's Theatre and Promised Valley Playhouse.