James P. Taylor

Professor of Theatre; Chair of Theatre and Dance

jptaylor@pomona.edu

Office:

Seaver Theatre

212

(909) 607-4383

With Pomona since:

1991

Office Hours:

Tuesday
9:00 am-11:00 am
Thursday
9:00 am-11:00 am

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Expertise

Jim Taylor is an expert in the creation of set and lighting design for theatrical productions. Over the course of his career, he has designed over 100 productions in the academic and professional theatre, both in the United States and abroad.

In addition to his theatre design work, he has a research interest in Philippine theatre, begun during a Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines in 1997–1998. He also has done research in the works of the South African playwright Athol Fugard and in the translation of Shakespeare's plays to film.

Areas of Expertise

THEATRE

Theatre Design and Technology
Lighting Design
Scene Design
Philippine Theatre
Athol Fugard and the Theatre of Contemporary South Africa.

Research Interests

Set Design
Lighting Design
Philippine Theatre
Athol Fugard
Shakespeare on Film

Work

Lighting Design: Clifford Odet's Depression-era classic Awake and Sing, A Noise Within Theatre (Glendale, CA), runs March 20--May 2010

Lighting Design: Molière’s Don Juan, A Noise Within Theatre (Glendale, CA), February 2008

Lighting Design: Great Expectations (Best Production, L.A. Drama Critics Circle), A Glass Meangerie, What the Butler Saw, A Winters's Tale (Best Production, L.A. Drama Critic's Circle), A Christmas Carol for A Noise Within theater

Piglas (Flight) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Tanghalang Pilipino, Manila, 1996-1998

Summer Repertory Theatre, 1995 and 1999

Therese Ng Liseaux, a world premiere by Jovy Mirvoy, Tanghalang Ateneo, Manila, 1997

Glendale CASet Design: King Lear, Macbeth, Henry V, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, 1997

Education

Master of Fine Arts
Southern Methodist University

Bachelor of Arts
Colorado College

Recent Courses Taught

Independent Study in Theatre
Set Design with Lab
Lighting Design
Senior Project in Set Design
Senior Thesis in Theatre
Set Design
Theatre Crafts: Costumes/Scene/Prop
Theatre Production
Visual Arts of the Theatre
Critical Inquiry Seminar
Teaching Internship in Theatre

Awards & Honors

Freeman Foundation Grant, Pomona College. "Philippine Theatre in the post-Marcos era." 2004

Fulbright Senior Lectureship, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, 1997-1998

DramaLogue Award, Lighting Design Distinction, "The Glass Menagerie", A Noise Within, Glendale, California, 1996

Robbie Award Nomination, Lighting Design, Macbeth, A Noise Within, 2000

Pomona College, Summer Research Grant, for "Design for India's Sanskrit Drama", 1994

Grinnell College Research Grant: "CAD in the Liberal Arts Theatre Curriculum", 1990

Colorado College, Western States Arts Foundation Grant, 1975. Technical Direction for the Colorado Opera Festival