Sue LePage explained

Sue LePage
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma Mater:University of Guelph
Occupation:Set designer, costume designer
Years Active:1973–present

Sue LePage (born 1951)[1] is a Canadian set designer and costume designer based in Toronto.[2] She has designed for over 100 theatre productions including ballet and opera.[3] [4]

She is a two-time Dora Mavor Moore Award recipient and winner of a Sterling Award.

Life and education

LePage was born in and grew up in Toronto.[5] [6]

In 1973, she graduated from University of Guelph where she studied drama.

Career

After graduating university, LePage's first job in the field was as a junior production assistant for a short time at the Stratford Festival. Soon after, she went to Scotland to attend a program affiliated with the Edinburgh Festival.

For nearly 10 years, LePage continued as an assistant at the Stratford Festival while also doing her own design work for smaller theatres.

Her designs have since appeared in many other notable theatres and theatre festivals in Canada: Shaw Festival: Tarragon Theatre, Grand Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canadian Stage, National Arts Centre, Soulpepper, Young People's Theatre, Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres, Factory Theatre.

Awards

Dora Mavor Moore Awards

Other

References

  1. Book: World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: The Americas. Routledge. 2013. 9781136359217. Rubin. Don. 2. 135. Solorzano. Carlos.
  2. Michael Kruse.
    1. 18 Sue LePage
    . The Title Block Podcast. 4 July 2015. 1 April 2020.
  3. Web site: LePage, Sue. Charlebois. Gaetan. 2018-08-11. Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. 1 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Behind the Ballet: Sue LePage. Windle. Victoria. 21 May 2019. Canada's Ballter Jörgen du Canada. 1 April 2020.
  5. Book: The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre. Oxford University Press. 1989. 9780195406726. Benson. Eugene. 299. Conolly. Leonard.
  6. Web site: Sue LePage. National Arts Centre. 1 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Recipients. Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts. 19 March 2020.

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