Donald Guy

Don is an Assistant Professor of Theatre in Entertainment Technology and the Production Manager for the College of Performing Arts.  He received an MFA in Design from the University of California, Irvine and a BA in Theatre from the University of Alabama.  In addition to his work at Chapman, he is a prolific designer for dance, theatre, industrials, themed entertainment and architecture.

Dance design credits include: Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and The Nutcracker for the Saint Louis Ballet; Romantique, More Morra, Elliptique and Le Reve for choreographer Gen Horiuchi; Ash, Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Games, Songs of the Disinherited, Delicious Obsession/Sweet Bondage and District Storyville for choreographer Donald McKayle; Circle of Fifths and Tribute for choreographer Christopher d’Amboise; Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Concerto Grosso, Holberg Suites, ETC!, and Fiesta for choreographer David Allan; Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Giselle, Coppélia, Firebird and The Nutcracker for Festival Ballet, and well over 400 dance pieces for numerous choreographers and dance companies across the country.

Theatre design credits include: Magikus for Famma Events in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Booth! The Musical at the Skirball Performing Arts Center in NYC; Return directed by Donald McKayle; The Grand Tour, Grand Hotel, Rounding Third, Master Harold … and the boys, and The Immigrant at the Colony Theatre; A Picasso at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; La Posada Magica at the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory; The Tempest for the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis; Jubilee at Radio City Music Hall; and Carnival of Wonders at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, the Reno Hilton in Reno, NV and Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI for award-winning magicians Kalin and Jinger.
 
Themed Entertainment and Architectural Design credits include:  Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Universal Studios Japan, Universal Studios Orlando, Universal Studios Hollywood, Rockefeller Plaza - Exterior, Master Card, Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid, MTR Disney Station - Hong Kong, MTR Yam O Station – Hong Kong, TV Guide Building, South Coast Repertory, Anheuser Busch, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, Catalina's Bar and Grill, Emporio Armani, Chanel, Gucci, Macy’s NYC, Grace Building, Benetton Sportsystems, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Production Studios at the World Trade Center.

Don Guy's architectural lighting design for South Coast Repertory won an IESNA Illumination Design Award.