Associate Professor
Scenic and Properties Design
she/her/hers
mabisbee@hawaii.edu
Courses:
THEA 240 Introduction to Technical Theatre
THEA 343D Scenic Painting
THEA 343E Props and Crafts
THEA 353 Beginning Scenic Design
THEA 448 Drafting
THEA 499 Directed Work
THEA 641 Historic Costume and Decor
THEA 642 Drawing and Rendering for Performing Arts
THEA 650 Professional Development
THEA 652 Intermediate Scenic Design
THEA 653 Advanced Scenic Design
THEA 657 Seminar in Design
THEA 690 Graduate Theatre Workshop
THEA 695 Creative Projects
Michelle A. Bisbee holds an MFA in Scenic Design from the University of Arizona and a BFA in Technical Theatre from Kent State University. Michelle has cultivated strong passion and skills in all areas of scenic design taking particular interest in model building (both digital and analog), scenic painting, and properties design; including puppets. Taking a more scenographic approach to her design work, Ms. Bisbee prefers a truly collaborative and inclusive environment where everyone’s ideas and voices are heard. She has worked locally, in Hawaiʻi, with Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre, Mānoa Valley Theatre, Diamond Head Theatre, Chaminade University, Ohana Arts, and Kauaʻi Community Players. Nationally, she has worked professionally as a scenic designer, properties master, artisan, scenic artist, fabricator, and in restoration for companies such as The Henry Ford Museum, Cirque du Soleil’s KÀ, Cirque du Soleil and The Beatles’ Love, the Music Theatre of Wichita, and many others.
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