ABOUT

About Suzu Sakai

Suzu Sakai is a now Tokyo based freelance theater/ spacial designer. Working and having experience in Set, Light, and Costume design in NYC, she has a passion for all aspects of artistic and production design. Recent productions include: Bakersfield Mist (Set Design; New Century Theater), Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman (Set & Lighting Design; Smith College), Alexander's Feast by Handel (Lighting Design; Harvard Early Music Society), and The Imperial Express (Assistant Set & Costume Design; Beijing Millennium Monument), including festival shows at the Fresh Fruits Festival and the Thespis Theater Festival. After interning for Broadway designer Anna Louizos and assisting set designer Lauren Helpern, she is currently back in Japan, now producing shows through PARCO. Suzu holds a B.A. in Theatre Design from Smith College, MA.

Born in Tokyo, growing up in California, Chiang Mai, Hiroshima, and Massachusetts, she is also passionate about cultural issues around the globe, and wishes to bridge the world through theater and art.

REQUEST RESUME

CV

Theater

Love Letters / EX Theater Roppongi / Dir. Shuntaro Fujita / Produced by PARCO / Production Management / December 2017
DannyKrisDonnaVeronica by Lawrence Dial / 4th Street Theater, NYC / Dir. Jeffrey Wise / Assist. Lighting Design / January 2017
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee / South Side High School, NY / Dir. Debra Tanklow / Set Design / November 2016
An Act of God by David Javerbaum / Arizona Theater Company / Dir. Marsha Mason / Assist. Set Design / October 2016
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen / Ophelia Theater Group / Dir. Kelly McCready / Set Design / October 2016
Tiger Style! by Mike Lew / La Jolla Playhouse / Dir. Jaime Castaneda / Assist. Set Design / September 2016
Hotel in Eden by Jackson Hanks / Hudson Guild Theater, NYC / Thespis Theater Festival / Dir. Nathaniel P. Claridad / Set Design / October 2016
Plenty of Light at the All Night Starlight Diner by Darcy Parker Bruce / WILD Project Theater, NYC / Fresh Fruits Festival / Dir. Mehr Kaur / Set & Costume Design / July 2016
Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs / Smith College Theater 14 / Dir. Sam Rush / Set Design / June 2016
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare / Davenport Theater, NY / Dir. Jeffrey Wise / Assist. Lighting Design / June 2016
Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman / Smith College Theater 14 / Dir. Hannah Sachs / Set & Light Design / October 2015

The Prodigal Son (workshop) / SDA Central Church, Harajuku (Japan) / Playwright, Producer, Director / Music by Jun Nemoto, arr. Yuka Fujita / August 2015
The Imperial Express / Beijing Millennium Theater (China) / Beijing Xinchan Performing Arts Co. Ltd. / Dir. Yi Liming / China - UK Literary Theatre Exchange / Assistant Set & Costume Design, Actor as Jenny / July 2015
Time Stands Still / Smith College TV Studio / Dir. Hannah Sachs / Light Design / November 2014
Taming of The Shrew / Smith College Theater 14 / Dir. Portia Krieger / Assistant Costume Design / October 2014
Family Duty / Smith College TV Studio / Adapted & Dir. Afreen Gandhi / Assistant Stage Management / September 2012

Opera

Carmen / Academy of Music, Northampton / Dir. Sam Rush / Costume Design / January 2017
The Ladies of Gilbert & Sullivan / Smith College Earl Recital Hall / Written & Dir. Elizabeth Biddle / Stage Management, Costume Management / April 2013
Alexander's Feast by Handel / Harvard University Horner Room / Dir. Steve Kunis / Light Design / December 2015

Dance

Tokyo GEGEGAY Vol.II / Yomiuri Otemachi Hall, Tokyo / written & dir. by MIKEY / Produced by PARCO / Production Management / January 2018
Smith College Senior Dance Concert 2015 / Smith College Hallie Flanagan Theater / Chor. Hannah Klales, Molly Tupper, Aleah Lazar / Light Design / April 2015

Curation

Life in Death / Smith College Botanical Garden / 2015 Chrysanthemum Show / Curation & Design / November 2015
Kimono by Design / Smith College Museum of Art / Student Picks / Curation / September 2012

Concert

桃神祭 (Toujinsai) / Momoiro Clover-Z Summer Concert / Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan / Props & Set Intern / August 2015

Intern

Death for Five Voices / Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, NY / Dir. Cara Reichel / Production Design Intern / March 2016
Hamlet-10 / Flamboyan Theater, NY / Dir. & Adapt, by Ross Williams / Light Intern, Board-op / March 2016
Julius Caesar / Davenport Theater, NY / Dir. Jeff Wise / Light Intern / March 2016