ABOUT
Suzu Sakai is a NYC & Tokyo based freelance theater & production designer. Working and having experience in theater production & design in NYC, Tokyo, and in other large cities, she has a passion for all aspects of artistic development and collaboration, as well as storytelling through new mediums in digital art & media.
Recent productions include: Constellations (Forestburgh Playhouse, NY), more, more, more & Soft Apples (Yale Cabaret, CT), and Straight White Men (Southwark Playhouse, UK), including festival shows in New York as well as working in production management at PARCO Inc. and space design in the digital art & media industry in Tokyo. She has assisted Broadway designer Anna Louizos, as well as other off-Broadway designers in both set & lighting. Suzu holds a B.A. in Theater from Smith College, MA, and is currently working on her MFA in Theater Design at The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Born in Tokyo, growing up in California, Chiang Mai, and Hiroshima, Suzu is passionate about education and cultural issues around the globe, and hopes to bridge the world through artistic storytelling. |
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2023
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The Light by Loy A. Webb / Directed by Christina Franklin
Musical: Lizard Boy by Justin Huertas / Directed by Brandon Ivie
Color Boy by Esperanza Rosales Balcarcel / Directed by Jecamiah M. Ybanez
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Set Design / Chester Theater (MA, USA)
Set Adaptation & Environment Design / Yale Iseman Theater (CT, USA)
Set Design / Yale Iseman Theater (CT, USA)
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2022
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2021
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~ 2020
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Virtual Identity / Directed by Suzu Sakai
Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs / Directed by Sam Rush
Opera: Alexander's Feast by Handel / Directed by Steve Kunis
Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman / Directed by Hannah Sachs
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Creative Direction / Studio Bybros Akasaka (Tokyo, JPN)
Set Design / New Century Theater (MA, USA)
Lighting Design / Harvard University (MA, USA)
Set & Lighting Design / Smith College Theater (MA, USA)
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