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The Richard Hay Undergraduate
Scene Design Award
The Awards for Young Designers, Managers, & Technicians in the Performing Arts, known throughout USITT as the YDMT
Awards, bring recognition and support to young designers, managers, and technicians at the beginning of their careers. They
are made possible by generous gifts to USITT from their sponsors.
2023 Winner: Cecilia Shin
Cecilia Shin is a set and stage designer, born
and raised in Hong Kong. She is a current
fourth-year student at the School of Drama,
Carnegie Mellon University, pursuing a BFA
in scenic design. She is also pursuing a minor
in architecture history from the School
of Architecture. Working in both film and
theatre, she is enraptured by stories and creating
worlds for captivating and compelling
individuals to exist in. She is always excited to
work with collaborators to tell stories through
a spatial and visual lens. Shin has worked
on various TV and film projects produced by
major production companies in Hong Kong,
including Shaw Brothers Studios and We
Pictures. During the semester, she focuses on
theatre work. Most recently, Shin was awarded
the 2022 Carnegie Mellon University School
of Drama Lloyd Weninger Award for Stage
Design, which recognizes excellence in scenic
design for undergraduates within the program,
selected by the faculty.
Distinguished Achievement Award,
Education
The Distinguished Achievement Awards honor individuals who have established meritorious career records in specific fields
of expertise in any area of design or technology in the performing arts or entertainment industry.
2023 Award: Judith Dolan
Judith Dolan has been recognized nationally
and internationally for her costume designs.
A long-time collaborator with director Harold
Prince, she began her association with the
original production of Stephen Sondheim's
Merrily We Roll Along, as well as several other
Broadway productions, including Alfred Uhry's
Parade and Candide for which she received a
1997 Tony Award for Best Costume Design.
Another collaboration with Prince, the musical
The Petrified Prince at the Public Theater
in NYC, earned her the Lucille Lortel Award
for Excellence in Costume Design and a 1995
Drama Desk nomination. Dolan studied directing
with Carl Weber, who was affiliated with
Bertolt Brecht and the Berliner Ensemble. As
a director-designer, she has mounted productions
of Brecht's adaptation of The Duchess
of Malfi; a compilation of Tennessee Williams
plays, paintings, art songs, poetry and short
stories entitled His Manner of Returning; and
August Strindberg's Motherly Love. She has
developed a number of new plays and musicals,
including composer Mary Lee Kortes' The
Songs of Beulah Rowley and Stoker (music by
British composer Joe Jackson) for the Directors
Company in New York with actors Tom Hewitt
(Bram Stoker) and Jim Dale (Sir Henry Irving),
among others. Dolan is currently collaborating
with Joe Jackson developing staging and design
for his concept album of " Victorian " music
halls entitled Max Champion: What a Racket.
Dolan holds an MFA and a PhD from Stanford
University. She is currently a Distinguished
Professor of Theatre and Dance at University
of California, San Diego.
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