Joe C. Klug – School of Theatre, Film & Television

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Assistant Professor

Drama Bldg, Room 256
520-621-5862

Masters of Fine Arts, University of Illinois At Urbana Champaign
Bachelors of Science, Kansas State Universtiy

Joe is an Assistant Professor in the School of Theatre film and Television. Joe’s scenic design work has been seen across the country at Orlando Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Summer Repertory Theatre Festival, The 6th Street Playhouse (Santa Rosa, California), Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Music Theatre Works (Chicago), First Stage Children’s Theatre (Milwaukee), Bristol Valley Theatre Company, The Hangar Theatre (New York), The Mead Theatre Lab (Washington D.C.), Oregon Cabaret Theatre (Ashland), The Garden Theatre (Orlando), Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre. He was recently one of the designers for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology's USA Student Exhibit for the 2015 cycle of the Prague Quadrennial; the international theatre design conference in the Czech Republic. Joe received his Masters of Fine Arts in Scenic Design at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Photo Gallery: www.jckscenicdesigns.com
Live Design Magazine's 30 under 30 Interview and Feature: http://www.livedesignonline.com/theatre/30-under-30-joe-c-klug-scenic-designer
Theatre Times Interview: https://thetheatretimes.com/less-is-more-or-less-is-less-the-balancing-act-of-designing-big-musicals-in-small-spaces/?fbclid=IwAR0EdrUGRRWERyDRfzHGZC_TJLmN3142z0uxNOg7syCBL8BUXmWZIc7dRAQ

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New voices and new visions from a world, interrupted. The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre and TFTV present a devised work written in collaboration with Theatre Studies students from The University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television. In From the Fishbowl, visual theatre creator Wolfe Bowart directs a cast of performers who glide magically and seamlessly between stage and screens.

Join members of the creative team for a premiere screening and artist talkback about creating new theatre in a socially distanced world on April 1, 2021 at 6pm.

FROM THE FISHBOWL will be streaming online April 1 - 18, 2021 through The Scoundrel & Scamp. Tickets are $11 per device and can be purchased here: am.ticketmaster.com/arizonaarts/fromthefishbowl. ... See MoreSee Less

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TFTV student filmmaker Andy Zhao’s film "Asian and American" is featured in the annual documentary showcase What’s Up, Docs?, streaming digitally for the first time through The Loft Cinema. This year’s lineup features 15 short documentaries made by TFTV students, and focuses heavily on Tucson and some of their own personal experiences.

Zhao, a Film & Television junior, decided to focus on a topic that he has known since childhood. In his film "Asian and American", the “and” between identifiers acknowledges the cultural tightrope walked by Asian-Americans. Especially during adolescence, people of color experience a push toward Americanization that causes an obscuring of the self and disconnect from one’s heritage. Zhao explores this phenomenon in his latest documentary through profiles of three young Asian-American individuals that have experienced a similar separation from their roots. Shoon Shojima, Sandy Trieu, and Matthew Potwardowski share their stories of growing up Asian in America. The profiles include their struggles with masculinity, identity, and conformity and the ways in which they have begun to reconnect and remain in touch with their culture.

"Asian and American" is one of fifteen documentaries in What’s Up, Docs? streaming for free through The Loft Cinema at: youtu.be/1Hgm2Nu7aew

Read more at Arizona Daily Wildcat: www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2021/02/o-asian-and-american ... See MoreSee Less

OPINION: Discussing cultural disconnect with student filmmaker Andy Zhao

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Asian-Americans face discrimination throughout real-life encounters and representation on media every day. “Asian and American” by University of Arizona student Andy Nguyen Zhao addresses these struggles, and is being showcased at the What's Up, Docs? film festival.

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Nice piece on Andy's excellent film, Selena Kuikahi! Check out this op-ed in today's NYT. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/opinion/anti-asian-violence.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Ho...

The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre presents FROZEN FLUID, the lauded new work by rising playwright and TFTV alum Fly Jamerson. TFTV Instructor Claire Mannle directs alum Emily Fuchs and current student Zoe Keeter alongside Em Bowen and Steve McKee. Raulie Martinez, an alum of TFTV's Design & Technical Production division, serves as video designer and associate producer.

This Antarctic gender non-conforming creation myth tells the stories of three scientists amid a melting tundra. FROZEN FLUID is a meditative exploration of gender, faith, and climate change.

Join a special online showing and artist talkback on Saturday, February 20th at 1pm or stream online February 14-27.

Tickets are $11 per device with donations encouraged: scoundrelandscamp.org/frozen-fluid ... See MoreSee Less

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Solution Number Two, one of the short documentaries currently making its premiere as part of What's Up, Docs?, recently featured in a story for UA News. The documentary by TFTV filmmakers John Taylor and Carter Hayek chronicles the university's efforts to track campus spread of coronavirus by testing wastewater from student dorms. Taylor and Hayek sat down with microbiologist Dr. Ian Pepper, Director of the University's Water and Energy Sustainable Technology (WEST) Center, who discussed the groundbreaking work which helped stop at least one COVID-19 outbreak during the first week of fall classes.

Solution Number Two is one of fifteen documentaries in What's Up, Docs streaming for free through The Loft Cinema from February 4-17, 2021. Stream now at: youtu.be/1Hgm2Nu7aew ... See MoreSee Less

Student-Produced Documentary Chronicles UArizona Success Taming COVID-19 Through Wastewater

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"Solution Number Two," a short documentary produced by students in the School of Theatre, Film and Television, premiered last week and is available to stream through Feb. 17.

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TOMORROW: Join TFTV Director Andy Belser's 'Aging and the Arts - Posture and Balance' session!

This ‘Aging and the Arts’ series will demonstrate awareness through movement with mental and physical exercises from the Feldenkrais Method, led by Andy Belser, certified Feldenkrais instructor and director of the School of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts.

You can register to attend any of the sessions at the following link: arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CjuUCwpFQ0OxLVFM1nNb8A ... See MoreSee Less

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Winter in Tucson...

This photo was taken over the weekend by Justine Collins, Assistant to the Director here at TFTV. We are so lucky to have amazing faculty and staff who share their talents and passions with us! ... See MoreSee Less

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