1)“Water Station” scenic design by “Lee” Xinyuan Li at UMass Amherst

2)“Sweat” scenic design by Calypso Michelet at UMass Amherst

3-6) “Notre Dame de Paris” (the French version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” musical theoretical scenic design by Calypso Michelet in the Park Avenue Armory

7-8) “Twelfth Night” scenic design by Drishti Chauhan at UMass Amherst

9) “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” theoretical scenic design by “Lee” Xinyuan Li for the Schoenfeld Theatre, NYC, winner of 2nd place at the Southeastern Theater Conference

10) “Into the Woods” scenic design by Drishti Chauhan at UMass Amherst

11-13)  “Dream Play” scenic design by “Lee” Xinyuan Li at UMass Amherst

14) “The Hatmaker’s Wife” scenic design by Drishti Chauhan at UMass Amherst

15-18) “Hero” theoretical stage adaptation of Chinese epic film by “Lee” Xinyuan Li for the Beijing Grand National Theatre

19-20) “The Monument of Connection” by Calypso Michelet at UMass Amherst, part of “Monuments of the Future”

21) “The Monument of Remembrance” by Calypso Michelet at UMass Amherst, part of “Monuments of the Future”

22-23) “Bluebeard’s Castle” theoretical scenic design by “Lee” Xinyuan Li

24-26) “Midsummer Night’s Dream” theoretical scenic design by “Lee” Xinyuan Li for Syracuse University Storch Theatre

27-28) “Marie-Antoinette” theoretical scenic design by Calypso Michelet

29) “Dance Nation” scenic design by Drishti Chauhan at UMass Amherst

30) “Snowflakes” scenic design by “Lee” Xinyuan Li at UMass Amherst

31) “Emilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight” theoretical scenic design by Drishti Chauhan for UMass Amherst Curtain Theater

32) “Everybody” theoretical scenic design by Drishti Chauhan for UMass Amherst

33) “Cherry Orchard” theoretical scenic design by Drishti Chauhan for UMass Amherst

34-35) “Sweeney Todd” theoretical scenic design by Drishti Chauhan for UMass Amherst

36) “Wicked” theoretical scenic design by Drishti Chauhan for UMass Amherst

37) “Orlando” scenic design by Drishti Chauhan for UMass Amherst

This Intro to Scenic Design course was taught remotely during the Covid pandemic. Selected Student Work: Photoshop compositions, found spaces, digital designs, physical models, and storyboard (mostly for Naomi Wallace’s play One Flea Spare) from top to bottom by: 1-3 Jesse Ball; 4-7 Susan Flint; 8-11 Fiona Herter; 12-13 Lindsey Barrett; 14-15 Phoebe Bell; 16-17 Mikayla Reid; 18 Susan Flint; 19 Mikayla Reid; 20-21 Aidan Gerard; 22-27 Mikayla Reid

The One Flea Spare Project happened remotely during the Covid pandemic. In 2020-21 Professor Klepikov’s Graduate (Group Studio) and Undergraduate (Intro to Scenic Design) courses at UMass Amherst participated in THE ONE FLEA SPARE PROJECT: PLAYS, PANDEMICS, & PARTNERSHIPS, a multi-disciplinary, inter-university, community theatrical endeavor led by designer Clint Ramos and organized around Naomi Wallace’s “One Flea Spare” to provide students at these different schools with a sense of community during the isolation of the pandemic. Participating schools included Fordham, Princeton, Georgetown Universities, and SUNY Purchase and offered courses that included “One Flea Spare” in their curriculum. Students could virtually attend open classes and other specially co-organized events. Below are examples from various stages of the design process created by Prof. Klepikov’s BA and MFA students at UMass Amherst. Credits in order of appearance: 1-3) Scenic design and 1/4” physical model by graduate student Carl Bridge; 4) Digital Vectorworks model of Carl Bridge’s design by graduate student Xinyuan Li (Lee); 5) Design process photos by Carl Bridge; 6-8) Scenic design and 1/4” physical model by graduate student Calypso Michelet; 9) Lit fragment of physical model by undergrad Fiona Herter; 10-11) Lit 1/4” physical model by undergrad Fiona Herter; 12) Lit 1/4” physical model by undergrad Jesse Ball; 13) physical model by undergrad Lindsey Barrett; 14-17) Lit 1/4” physical model by undergrad Susan Flint; 18-19) Digital Vectorworks model by undergrad Fiona Herter; 20) Digital Vectorworks model and design by undergrad Jesse Ball; 21-22) Digital Vectorworks model and design by undergrad Lindsey Barrett; 23-24) Digital Vectorworks model and design by graduate student Mikayla Reid; 25) Digital Vectorworks model and design by undergrad Phoebe Bell; and 26) Digital Vectorworks model and design by undergrad Susan Flint. 27) Photoshop composition by undergrad Jesse Ball; 28) Photoshop composition by undergrad Lindsey Barrett; 29) Photoshop composition by undergrad Phoebe Bell; 30) Photoshop composition by undergrad Susan Flint.

These are color studies by BA and MFA students from color courses I have taught at Princeton and at UMass Amherst over the years. They explore the prompts from Josef Albers' interaction of Color book. From Top to Bottom:

Volume+Speed+Weight by Mary-Frances Cusick; Gradient study by Jessica Zheng; Colored shadow study by Calypso Michelet; Copy of Degas by Lena Volpe; Colored shadow study by Carl Bridge; Found rainbow by Chenoa Albertson; Copy of Signac by Ben Stanton; Copy of Monet by Chenoa Albertson;  Speed by Shiye Su; Speed by Chenoa Albertson; Age Spectrum by Mikayla Reid; Color Walk portrait by Jenny Kaufmann;  Color Walk portrait by Tim Thong; Color Walk portrait by Kate Wang; Color Walk portrait by Ruby Guo; Color Walk portrait by Matthew Ramirez; Color Walk portrait by Dayna Valek; Color Walk portrait by Charlie Volker; Color Walk portrait by Lena Volpe; Color Walk portrait by Allie Klimkiewicz;  Color Walk portrait by Shiye Su.

These are scenic and in some cases costume designs created by BA undergraduate students which I taught at Brown and Colgate Universities and from the Advanced Design course co-taught for three years with lighting designer Jane Cox at Princeton University in which students designed realized productions.

0) “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” scenic model by Brenton Duhan.

1) “Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel” – set and costumes by Erin Valentine; lights by Sydney Becker.

2) “Elektra” scenic model by Catherine (Casey) Ivanovich.

3) “Elektra” costumes by Jules Peiperl;  set by Catherine (Casey) Ivanovich, lights by Doug Ashley.

4) “Elektra” costumes by Jules Peiperl;  set by Catherine (Casey) Ivanovich, lights by Doug Ashley.

5) “Spring Awakening” scenic model by Wesley F. Cornwell.

6) “Spring Awakening” set by Wesley F. Cornwell.

7) “Spring Awakening” set by Wesley F. Cornwell.

8) “Cloud Nine” set by Wesley F. Cornwell; costumes by Erin Valentine; lights by Sydney Becker.

9) “Cloud Nine” set by Wesley F. Cornwell; costumes by Erin Valentine; lights by Sydney Becker.

10) “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” scenic model by Blair Langford.

11) “Map of Virtue” scenic model by Courtney Mankowski.

12) “Map of Virtue” scenic model by Brenton Duhan.

13) “Map of Virtue” scenic model by Brenton Duhan.

14) “Map of Virtue” scenic model by Nicole Bilbo.

15) “Map of Virtue” scenic model by Blair Langford.

16) “Kingdom of Earth” scenic model by Casey Konys.

17) “Map of Virtue” scenic model by Neethi Abraham.

18) “Map of Virtue” scenic model by Allison Spanyer.

19) “Kingdom of Earth” scenic model by Jungmin Kang.

20) “Kingdom of Earth” scenic model by Zoe Peltz.

21) “Map of Virtue” scenic model by Jungmin Kang.

The Color and Proportion: Shadows and Reflections course was taught remotely during the Covid pandemic to a group of BA+MFA students from different design and art disciplines. The Color and Proportion course, normally taught in person, had to be completely reconceived for the remote context. SILK VS. POLYESTER: I invented this exercise to help students practice seeing and distinguishing the colors of material texture: they first created simple sculptures out of two blue pieces of organza, one - silk, and the other - polyester, and then translated those sculptures into a 2-D colored paper composition. Exercise Copyright © 2020 Anya Klepikov. All Rights Reserved. Student work by: 1) Mikayla Reid, 2) Calypso Michelet, 3) Chenoa Albertson, 4) Melissa Kordha, 5) Eliza Maggio, 6) Carl Bridge, 7) Alma Crawford-Mendoza, 8) Yi-Wei Wang, 9) Aidan Gerard, 10) Tess Beckwith

Undergraduate students from Intro to Scenic Design and from Advanced Design Studio created theoretical designs for Anne Carson's version of "The Bakkhai" through physical model building (except in one case of a digital rendering due to an injury). I was designing the costumes for a production of this play directed by Mike Donahue at Baltimore Center Stage at that time and was able to share the professional design process with the students. Designs and images are by: 1) Brendan O'Loughlin; 2) Brendan O'Loughlin; 3) Walt Manasse-Latham ; 4) Walt Manasse-Latham; 5) Billy Waisnor; Michael Donnelly; 6) Zaria Cannon; 7) Tam Watzman; 8) Sergio Martinez-Krawiec; 9) Sergio Martinez-Krawiec; 10) Kaitlyn Wilber; 11) Liv Darling; 12) Anna Zaczek; 13) Isabella Vitti; 14) Isabella Vitti