Our Faculty
Luke Cantarella
Associate Professor
Acting Department Chairperson
Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Film and Screen Studies
Location
- @New York City
Office Hours
Fall 2014
Office Hours
Fall 2014
Office Hours
Fall 2014
- Biography
- Publications & Presentations
- Research & Creative Works
- Professional Contributions & Service
Biography
Luke Cantarella joined the faculty in the fall of 2012 as part of Pace's dynamic School of Performing Arts. Luke teaches in the design area focusing on scenic design.
Education
MFA , Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2000
Scenic Design
BS, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1994
Theater
Awards and Honors
Pace University,
2013
- Distinguished Service Award for the NYC campus
Art Directors Guild,
2010
- Art Directors Guild Award, Excellence for Production Design for a Period Film [nominee]
Kevin Kline Awards,
2007
- Kevin Kline Award [nominee]
Yale School of Drama,
2000
- Donald Oenslager Prize for Excellence in Set Design
Joseph Jefferson Committee,
1997
- Joseph Jefferson Citation for Excellence in Set Design
J,
1995
- Joseph Jefferson Citation for Excellence in Set Design [nominee]
PRESENTATIONS
Cantarella, L. V. (2016, November). Evidence, Accident, Discovery (115th Annual Meetings). Yes, We're Open: Place-Making in Brooklyn, New York. American Anthropological Association, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Cantarella, L. V. (2016, October). Productive Encounters Workshop. Productive Encounters Workshop. University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Cantarella, L. V. (2016, May). Biannual Meeting. Scenes from a Collaboration. Society for Cultural Anthroplogy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Production Design, Set Design, Design Thinking, Design Ethnography, Anthropology.
ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITS
Woody Sez: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie
[Theatre - Design scenery]
Seattle Repertory Theater,,
Seattle, WA, United States
Jane Eyre
[Theatre - Design (all elements)]
Center for Contemporary Opera,,
New York, NY, United States of America
Woody Sez: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie
[Theatre - Design scenery]
Vienna English Theater,,
Vienna, Austria
Follies
[Theatre - Design scenery]
The Repertory Theater of St. Louis,,
St. Louis, MO, United States
Newton's Cradle
[Theatre - Design scenery]
New York Musical Theater Festival,,
New York, NY, United States of America
The Call
[Theatre - Design scenery]
TheaterWorks,,
Hartford, Connecticut, United State
When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout
[Theatre - Design scenery]
Fallen Angels Theater Company,,
Theater Row, New York, NY, United States of America
Buyer and Cellar
[Theatre - Design scenery]
TheaterWorks,,
Hartford, Connecticut, United State
Ted's Talk
[Theatre - Design scenery]
David Strassman,,
Australia (Tour)
Street Scene
[Theatre - Design scenery]
Lyric Opera Baltimore/Peabody Institute of Music,,
Baltimore, MD USA
Auctioning the Ainsleys
[Theatre - Design scenery]
People's Light and Theater Company,,
Malvern, PA USA
Good People
[Theatre - Build scenery]
TheaterWorks ,,
Hartford, CT USA
Woody Sez
[Theatre - Design scenery]
Asolo Repertory Theater,,
Sarasota, FL USA
Woody Sez
[Theatre - Design scenery]
People's Light and Theater Company,,
Malvern, PA USA
Junie B. Jones: Essential Survival Guide to School
[Theatre - Design scenery]
Theaterworks USA,,
National Tour
Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man
[Theatre - Design scenery]
Matt Murphy Productions,,
New York, NY, USA
Fractalicious
[Theatre - Design scenery]
Transversal Theater Company,,
Interference Festival, Cluj, Romania
Row After Row
[Theatre - Design scenery]
People's Light and Theater Company,,
Malvern, PA USA
The Light in the the Piazza
[Theatre - Design scenery]
Pace Performing Arts,,
Pace University, New York, NY
The Other Place
[Theatre - Design scenery]
TheaterWorks ,,
Hartford, CT USA
Some Girls
[Theatre - Design scenery]
Pace Performing Arts,,
Pace University, New York, NY, USA
The Other Place
[Theatre - Design scenery]
The Repertory Theater of St. Louis,,
St. Louis, MO
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Wingspace Design Collective[Member]
United Scenic Artists, Local 829[Member in Good Standing]
