Resume

Paul Clay – Designer

Not God –  Theater work from poetry
Written by Marc Straus. Directed by Nancy Robillard.
Set, and Video Design
Luna Stage, Montclair NJ, 2009

Commedia – Contemporary Opera
Music, book, and lyrics by Louis Andriessen. Directed by Hal Hartley.
Set Design
De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam, NL, 2008

Alice, End of Daze – Multi Media Theater
Written and Directed by Beth Skinner.
Lighting, and Video Design
Triple Shadow at La MaMa E.T.C., NYC, 2008

Sea Change – Visual Theater
Written and Directed by Beth Skinner and Triple Shadow.
Set, Lighting, and live Video Design
Triple Shadow, USA entry, Cairo International Festival for Expirimental Theater, Cairo, Egypt, 2005

Perfect – Multi Media Theater
Written by Kaite O’Reilly. Directed by John McGrath.
Set, Lighting, and live Video Design
Contact Theatre, Manchester, UK, 2004

So that You Could See Us Coming – Contemporary Dance
Created by David Neumann in collaboration with Laurie Anderson. Choreographed by David Neumann.
Set Design
Face the Music and Dance, modern choreographers and contemporary musicians in commissioned world premiere collaboration, Symphony Space New York City, NYC, 2001

To Lie Tenderly – Contemporary Dance
Created and Choreographed by David Dorfman.
Set and live Video Design
David Dorfman Dance at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), 2000

Bright Lights, Big City – Musical Theater
Music, book and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman based on the novel by Jay McInerney. Directed by Michael Greif.
Set Design
New York Theatre Workshop, NYC, 1999

Subverse – Contemporary Dance
Created and Choreographed by David Dorfman.
Set Design
David Dorfman Dance at the American Dance Festival, Durham NC, 1999

Rent – Pulitzer prize winning Broadway Musical
Music, book and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. Directed by Michael Grief.
Set Design
Nederlander Theater, NYC, 1997

Take My Breath Away – Contemporary visual art/theater
Written and Directed by artist Beth B.,
Set Design
BAM’s Artist in Action Series, at PS122, NYC,1997

Iphigenia and Other Daughters – New Play
Written and Directed by Ellen McLaughlin
Set and Lighting Design
Chautauqua Theater, Chautauqua, NY, 1996

The Model Apartment – Contemporary Play
Written By Donald Margulies. Directed by Lisa Peterson.
Lighting Design
Primary Stages Company, NYC, 1995

Wild Ancestors – Visual Theater
Written and Directed by Beth Skinner and Ed Herbst
Lighting Design
Thunder Bay Ensemble at the La MaMa Annex Theater, NYC, 1995

Skin – New Play
Written by Naomi Iizuka, adapted from Georg Buechner’s “Woy-zeck”. Directed by John Edward McGrath.
Set and Lighting Design
Soho Rep, NYC, 1995

Still – Contemporary Dance
Created and Choreographed by David Neumann
Set and Lighting Design
PS 122, NYC, 1995

Mother – New Play
Written by Patricia Spears Jones. Directed by John Edward McGrath.
Set, Lighting, and live Video Design
Mabou Mines at La MaMa E.T.C., NYC, 1994

Pirate Jennie – Contemporary Dance
Written and Directed by Clove Galilee
Set and Lighting Design
Performance Space 122, NYC, 1994

Wifey – New Play
Written and Directed by Tom Noonan
Lighting Design
Paradise Theater Co., NYC, 1994

Reel to Real – New Play
Written and Directed by Frederick Neumann
Set, Lighting, and Video Design
Mabou Mines at The Kitchen, NYC, 1994

What Happened Was… – Feature Film
Written and Directed by Tom Noonan
Visual Advisor
Grand Jury Prize, Sundance and Silver Hugo Award, Chicago International Film Festival, 1994

A Dry and Thirsty Land – New Play
Written By Colette Burson. Directed by Jeanne Wagner
Set and Lighting Design
Here, NYC, 1993

Breathing It In – New Play
Written and Directed by Edwardo Machado
Set and Lighting Design
Downtown Art Company, NYC, 1993

Walter’s Finest Hours – New Play
Written and Directed by Susan Marshal
Lighting Design
Downtown Art Company, NYC, 1993

Untitled (Detail) 1992 – Contemporary Dance
Created and Choreographed by Susan Marshal
Set Design
Susan Marshal & Co. dance, The Joyce; The Kitchen, 1992

Bombazeen – New Play
Written and Directed by Nancy Salomon Miranda
Set and Lighting
At Nada, NYC, 1992

A window on the Nether Sea – New performance work
Written and Directed by Lora Nelson and Paul Clay
Set and Lighting (Paul Clay and Lora Nelson)
Downtown Art Co., NYC, 1991

The Empire – New Play
Written and Directed by Steve Shill
Lighting
Steve Shill Company, The Institute for Contemporary Art, London, England, 1989

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said – New Play
Written by Linda Hartinian, adapted from the novel by Philip K. Dick. Directed by William Raymond.
Video Design
Mabou Mines, NYU Mainstage, NYC, 1988

Face Down – New Play
Written and Directed by Steve Shill
Lighting
Steve Shill Company, The Institute for Contemporary Art, London, England, 1987

It’s A Man’s World – Multi Media Theater
Written by Greg Mehrten. Directed by David Schweitzer
Live Video Design
Mabou Mines at Apple Corps Theater, NYC, 1987

 

AWARDS
“Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards”
Best Design. PERFECT, Set, Lighting, and live Video and computer Design, Contact Theatre, Manchester, UK, 2004

“Municipal Arts Society Times Square Spectacular” from Tibor Kalman for marquee, and exterior of the Nederlander theater, 1997

“Drama Desk” award, Best Set Design, RENT, Los Angeles, 1997

“National Endowment for the Arts/ TCG Fellows” grant, 1994

“Bessie award” (with Lora Nelson & Cydney Wilkes) in the “Creator” category for “…superb direction, Design, and choreography” of A Window on the Nether Sea, New York, 1991

 

EDUCATION
B.A., Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1984
Cum Laude Graduate
Lambda Alpha, National Anthropology Honor Society
Dean’s List