Live Design/LDI is pleased to present the 2017 Rising Star Award to scenic and media designer Bryce Cutler. Established by LiveDesign/LDI in 2005, the annual award recognizes a young professional working in the disciplines of scenic, lighting, sound, or projection design. Cutler will be honored at the Conference & Stage Expo, which takes place in St. Louis, M0, on March 8-11, 2017. A Rising Star reception will be sponsored by Show Sage.
“Bryce is as innovative and creative as he is professional,” says director and choreographer Jordan Nichols. “Bryce has the ability to create a vivid and dynamic canvas for costumes, lights, actors, and choreography to work together harmoniously.”
Cutler holds a BFA in scenic and media design from Carnegie Mellon University. He is co-founder of Third Space, a political theatre collective. He has worked at the Guthrie Theater, New York Stage and Film, the Folger Shakespeare Library, Abrons Arts Centre, HERE Arts, Arts@Renaissance, Incubator Arts, and Playhouse on the Square. Previous designs include premieres by John Patrick Shanley, Dael Orlandersmith, and Steve Mackey. He also served as the art director for Comedy Central’s @Midnight: NYC, and his work has been published in the Contemporary Performance Almanac. He is the recipient of the Lloyd Weinger Award for Scenic Design and the 2015 ArtsImpulse Award for Best Projection Design for Jesus Christ Superstar.
“I am grateful for the opportunity, and I feel so honored to have been accepted for this award,” says Cutler.
Rising Star Award Winners
2016 Stephen Moss, lighting designer
2015 Chris Wood, lighting & sound designer
2014 Janie Bullard, sound designer
2013 Aaron Porter, lighting designer
2012 Jason Simms, scenic designer
2011 Daniel Brodie, projection designer
2010 Ben Pilat, lighting designer
2009 Sean Savoie, lighting designer
2008 Elisheba Ittoop, sound designer
2007 John Horan, lighting designer
2006 Justin Townsend, scenic and lighting designer
2005 Kelly Hanson, scenic designer