Takeshi Kata (Set Design): NY Credits; Orson’s Shadow (Barrow St. Theatre), BFE (Playwrights Horizons), The Last Sunday in June (Rattlestick, Century Center), Gone Missing (The Civilians), Happy Journey/Pullman Car Hiawatha (Keen Company), Roulette (John Houseman Theatre), Where We’re Born (Rattlestick), Woyzeck (Active Eye). Regional Credits; Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dallas Theatre Center, Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Skylight Opera Theater, American Players Theatre, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Triad Stage, Southern Rep, among others. MFA Yale School of Drama, BFA Ithaca College Department of Theatre Arts.
Live Design Magazine - Young Designers: 5 For Fighting
Oct 1, 2005
This is our sixth year of showcasing up-and-coming young talent as part of our Young Designers To Watch, and it has grown to become quite a popular annual event. This year's group is as diverse as ever, with representatives from the West Coast, the East Coast, even the Far East. Just don't tell us these five designers aren't gonna make it big. Them's fightin' words.
TAKESHI KATA, SCENIC DESIGNER
The old chestnut “like father, like son” can certainly apply to scenic designer Takeshi Kata, 31. He was heavily influenced by his father, Masaru, who teaches set design in Japan, where Kata grew up. “He said you have to understand that if it's about you, you're in the wrong profession,” Kata says. “You have the script, audience, and performer. If those three relationships work and the story is being told, then that's all you need. The last thing you want to do is get in the way of the storytelling; understand how the story is being conveyed and support that. I have a tendency to do something simpler and understated and stay in the background.” more
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