SHOPPING CART
Brad Darvas
Associate Professor of Theatre; Head of Design
(Scenic and Props Design)
University of West Georgia
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Education:
Master of Fine Arts - Scenic Design: Wayne State University
Detroit, MI: May 2007
Certificate of Achievement - A Month in Moscow: Moscow Art Theatre School
Russia: June 2005
Bachelors of Art - Major: Theatre, Minor Irish Studies: Georgia Southern University: Dec. 2003
Teaching:
Assistant Professor of Theatre; Head of Design 2013- Current
Technical Director/Resident Designer, Adjunct; Theatre: 2007 - 2013
Theatre Department, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Spring 2007
Theatre Department, Wayne State University: Detroit, MI
Responsible for assisting in teaching Stage Craft; undergraduate students
Scenic Design
University of West Georgia: Carrollton, Ga; 2007-Current
Evil Dead: The Musical
The Scarlet Letter
Intimate Apparel
Antigone Project
Whispers and Lies
Side Show
The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls
Snapshot
Eurydice
Avenue Q
Mother Courage and her children
Tradin' Paint
The Compleat Female Stage Beauty
Blithe Spirit
Rent
Plumfield, Iraq
Lady Windermere Fan
Twelfth Night
Scapin
Tennesse Governors School; MTSU 2015
Scenic and Media Designer, Tech. Director, Props mentor
Alice in Wonderland
LeGrange College: LeGrange Georgia; 2009
The Miser
Hilberry Repertory Theatre: Detroit MI; 2005-2007
Translations
Amadeus
Antony and Cleopatra
Romeo and Juliet (Asst. to Larry Kaushansky)
Julius Caesar (Asst. to under Larry Kaushansky)
Georgia Southern University: Statesboro, GA; 2003
Book of Days
Technical Director:
University of West Georgia: Carrollton, Ga; 2007-2013
Avenue Q
Mother Courage and her children
Pericles
Broke-ology
25th Anual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Life is a Dream (UWG student written shot plays)
These Shining Lives
Rent
Bat Boy the Muscial
Plumfield, Iraq
In the Blood
Lady Windermere's Fan
The Foreigner
Flyin' West
Twelfth Night
Scapin
The Exonerated
The Shape of Things
Taming of the Shrew
Hilberry Repertory Theatre: Detroit MI; 2004-2007
Romeo and Juliet
Electra
Sylvia
I Hate Hamlet
Death of a Salesman (Assistant)
Lighting Design:
University of West Georgia: Carrollton, Ga; 2007-Current
Snapshot
Pericles
In the Blood
Georgia Southern University: Statesboro, GA; 2003-2004
Comedy of Errors
Book of Days
Ah, Wilderness!
Pirates of Penzance
Blood Wedding
Matchmaker
The LaramieProject
Lydie Breeze
Jitney
Scenic Painter:
University of West Georgia: Carrollton, Ga; 2007-Current
Hilberry Repertory Theatre: Detroit MI; 2004-2007
Painted all shows I designed; assisted on all other shows throughout season
Jewish Community Center: Bloomfield, MI: Commissioned: Lobby Mural lead by Anatoly Shapiro
Georgia Southern University: Statesboro, GA; 2000-2004
Academic Season (Under supervision of Gary Dartt and Patrick Battles)
Related Skills:
Advanced Carpentry
Welding (MIG)
Sculpting
Casting/Molding
Supervising/leadership
CAD Drafting (VectorWorks)
Adobe Photoshop
Zbrush (digital sculpting)
Painting
Rendering
Special makeup Effects Artist
Honor and Publications:
Honors:
KCATCF (region 5) Meritorious Achievement Award
Excellence in Design 2018 Evil Dead: The Musical
Excellence in Design 2017 The Scarlet Letter
Excellence in Design 2016 Antigone Project
Excellence in Design 2015 Side Show
Excellence in Design 2014 Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls
Excellence in Design 2013 Eurydice
Excellence in Design 2012 Blithe Spirit
Excellence in Design 2011 Compleat Female Stage Beauty
Excellence in Design 2008 Twelfth Night
Excellence in Technology 2010 Plumfield, Iraq
Excellence in Technology 2009 The Foreigner
Excellence in Technology 2008 Twelfth Night
Wilde Award Nominee 2007 - Best Set Design; Amadeus
Graduate Teaching Assistantship 2004-2007 - Hilberry Repertory Theatre
KCATCF (region 5) Nominee Student Lighting Design 2002-2004
Lydie Breeze
Blood Wedding
The Laramie Project
Publications:
Portfolio: Scenic Design and Art vol.2; Blurb inc. 2013
24 page, self published (through blurb.com) book containing theatrical design and artwork
Portfolio: Scenic Design and Art vol.1; Blurb inc. 2008
62 page, self published (through blurb.com) book containing theatrical design and artwork
UWG season Yearbook: 2007-2008; Blurb inc. 2008
Self-published (through blurb.com) book containing theatrical and artist work of University of West Georgia Theatre Department.
UWG season Yearbook: 2008-2009; Blurb inc. 2010
Self-published (through blurb.com) book containing theatrical and artist work of University of West Georgia Theatre Department.
Houses of the Dead; Blurb inc. 2009
Self-published book containing a collection of my photography from historic cemeteries.
Weblinks:
To view or purchase any of my published books
http://www.blurb.com/search/site_search?search=brad+darvas&filter=all
FOR FULL PDF FORMATED RESUME/CV
EMAIL: braddarvas@att.net