Faculty Profile

Degrees

MFA, Carnegie Mellon Univ; BFA, Carnegie Mellon Univ

Bio

He has designed costumes or scenery for over 100 theater and film productions across the country including the Seattle Group Theater, Honolulu Theater For Youth, Tacoma Actor's Guild, Pittsburgh’s City Theater, The American Studio Theater, and the Bronx Opera Company. Overseas, David designed costumes for La Boheme at the Chiang Kai-shek National Theater, Taipei, Taiwan.

He has produced and directed several short films which have won multiple awards including Best Short Film at the FAIF International Film Festival, the Audience Choice Award at the Brooklyn International Film Festival, and Best Director at the Tokyo International Short Film Festival.

In addition to his teaching, David has been designing scenery, costumes, and projections for Hofstra’s Department of Drama and Dance productions since 2000. David designed the new Hofstra Globe Stage, inaugurated at the 68th Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival in spring 2017 and was awarded the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teacher of the Year award in 2017.

Teaching Interests

Scenic design, costume design, projection design, costume history.

Research Interests

Whatever the play calls for!

Recent Courses Taught