Rew Tippin is...
...a theatre arts professional who has worked in many areas of the country and has an extensive knowledge of stage design, events, themed environments, and the equipment that makes it all work.
He holds a B.A in theatre from Stetson University where he also studied art, literature, and history. He apparently insists on using the Oxford comma.
Courteous, Kind, Professional.
The Pirates of Penzance (2018)
This one requires a little explanation. It is, in fact, Gilbert and Sullivan’s musical play, but the director’s concept required that it be uprooted from 1880’s Penzance and moved, instead, to 1920’s Coney Island, where it shall be played five times a day by a fairly motley troupe. For this design I pulled elements of…
Women Laughing Alone With Salad
This odd foray into internalized stereotypes and personal psychological hangups has a script which bounces from a park to a nightclub to the 1920’s to an upscale restaurant, so my sound design had to be similarly dexterous. I used a modern jazz style to introduce and frame the whole thing, and then individual scenes…
Northside Hollow
Northside Hollow is a play that takes place at the bottom of a mine shaft during and after a cave-in. The design team’s collective goal was immersion, and my design involved a lot of ambiance, the initial giant cave-in, residual rumbles, machinery, and small rockslides. IN the lobby before the show I had Appalachian…
Current Projects
La Cage Aux Folles @The Sharon Studio (Feb 3)
Theatre at Monmouth Summer 2023 Season
Pirates of Penzance @TAM (September)
A Woman of No Importance
Romeo & Juliet
What The Butler Saw
NCF Fetish Ball 2014 – Masquerade
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Taming of the Shrew
Our Town
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
The Oakland Ballet’s 2005 Season
Gretna Theater’s 2004 Season
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