"My process begins and ends with the story - what should the audience walk away from the production with? In the words of an undergraduate professor Steve Burch “Why this piece? Why now?” How do we make it relevant to the audience? Everything is measured against this rod - how does this choice help us tell this story better than any other one we can make?

 

To this process of dramaturgy and understanding of the theatrical process I add rich strokes of skillful model making and creative instincts driven by character and experimentation in the white card model, infusing my work with a new perspective while employing digital tools such as Photoshop, InDesign, and CAD to convey strong concepts.

 

I strive to interpret period detail through a dramatic lens - taking the bits that best serve and mixing in hints of other spices to serve the audience a sumptuous feast. I consider not only the space as a set designer, but also the people who inhabit it as a designer of character and costume. I conceive a space with its own history while supporting the narrative of a piece into which interesting, engaging characters can breath life into a story.

As artist we should not set out to try and create something ground breaking, instead we should set out to move people with our work to the point that the resulting stampede breaks the ground. Above all, you have to make space in your life for people, because without living our own life we cannot hope to impact the lives of others."

 

- Brad Caleb Lee

Designer/Assistant Director

 

 

An Alabama native, Brad resides in the UK after being awarded a Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Visa.  He was the Program Coordinator for the 2019 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design & Space. He holds an MA w/Merit in Theatre Design from The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama as well as a BA Theatre and a BS of Commerce & Business Administration from The University of Alabama. His design for Dogville is an official selection to World Stage Design 2017 and his design work has been seen in Italy, Prague, The United Kingdom, Massachusets, Connecticut, Alabama, and Chicago for which he has been nominated and received numerous local awards. In 2015, he co-designed Make/Believe, the British Pavilion for The Prague Quadrennial, which was awarded a Jurors Special Prize. He is a member of BAFTA Cymru, The Society of British Theatre Designers, The United States Institute of Theatre Technology, OISTAT (International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects, and Technicians),  Alpha Psi Omega, and Phi Eta Sigma. His graduate coursework was supported by the Worshipful Livery Company of Wales, The Friends of RWCMD and Phi Eta Sigma. He also received recognition from The Worshipful Felt Makers Guild of London, The Southeastern Theatre Conference, and was shortlisted for The Linbury Prize.  He has presented at a number of international conferences and is the international and co-layout editor for Blue Pages, the quarterly magazine of SBTD, as well as the English language editor for a number of Czech books and publications.