Late and Great theatrical artists and their work

1. PEGGY CLARK
LIGHTING DESIGN
•BORN September 30, 1915 in Baltimore Maryland.
•As a teenager acted and assisted in designing for the Penzance Players
•1935 Graduates from Smith College with degree in Dramatic Arts
•1938 Graduates from Yale with a degree in scenic design and lighting
•1939 Broadway Debut, costume design for The Girl from Wyoming, runs 89 performances
•1941 Broadway Scenic Design (Head) debut, Gabrielle, runs two nights.
•1946 Broadway Lighting Design debut, Beggar’s Holiday.
•1950-70 Clark designs lighting for Singer, Oldsmobile, Chevy and the Miss America Pageant.
•06/19/1996- Peggy Clark passes away. Her documents are moved to the Library of Congress

2. •Peggy Clark was born Margaret Bronson
Clark
•She married Lloyd R. Kelley who had been
the First Electrician on Beggars Holiday.
•He passed away in 1972
• Peggy taught at both Smith College and Yale
•Peggy was elected president of the United
States Scenic Artists 829
•She was the first woman to hold that
position
•Peggy taught at both Smith College and Yale
•Peggy was president of the French Bull Dog
Club of America
•Notable credits include: Brigadoon, Bye Bye
Birdie, and Auntie Mame,
•With Oliver Smith: On the Town, The Flower
Drum Song

3. Fall River Legend
Dances from the Golden Era
Uncle Harry

4. HOWARD BAY
SCENIC DESIGN
•BORN September May 3, 1912
•1930 he attends Carnegie Institute of Technology for his Sophomore year of College
•1932 goes to work for stock company in the Catskills
•Becomes caretaker for Horace Liveright, Broadway investor and Eugene O’neills publisher.
•1937 Designs scenery for Marching Song, he considers this the beginning of his career
•1933 Broadway Debut, There’s a Moon Tonight
•1960 Wins Tony Award for Toys in the Attic, 1966 Wins for Man of La Mancha
•1965 Founds the design program at Brandeis
•11/21/1986- Howard Bay passes away of a heart attack. He was design the Music Man

5. •In 1974 Howard wrote a document titled Stage Design
•Credits included 57 broadway shows by age 36
• He became friends with Lillian Hellman who later wrote
The Children’s Hour, The Little Foxes, and Toys in the Attic
•Bay lived and grew up in Seattle before moving to Denver.
•Bay’s collegiate career includes Marshall College,
Westminster College, and Carnegie. He did not receive a
degree.
•Howard did the movie scenic design for Up in Central Park,
in addition to the theatrical one.
•Howard also directed Crimes and Crimes in MA and As the
Girls Go on Broadway
•Notable credits include: Up in Central Park, Showboat, Music
Man
•Howard was the first United Scenic Artist president in 1942
who was a designer, not a painter.

6. Life and Death of An American

7. SHIRLEY PENDERGAST
LIGHTING DESIGN
•BORN 1932
•As a child came from a broken home, 6 months in Boston 6 months in NYC
• then school in NY summer in Boston
•Graduates with a degree in MicroBiology from Brooklyn College
•Becomes a bacteriologist with NYC Health Department
•Takes course in lighting at the Y
•Becomes a student at Lester Polakov’s Studio and Forum of Theatre Design
•Travels to Jones Beach with Peggy Clark to work with Clark on a daily basis
•1967 Encouraged by another mentor to take United Scenic Artists 829 Light Exam- fails
•Retakes in 1968 and passes. Becomes his assistant.

8. •Assists Tom Skelton on Wheres Charlie, Purlie,
Indians (Tony Nom)
•Assists Jen Tipton on Rex
• Assists Jules Fisher at Negro Ensemble
Company
•First Broadway solo design was The River
Niger
•Credits include Waltz of the Stork, Amen
Corner, Don’t Get God Started, Paul Robeson
•Loves R74 as a downlight
•First African American Woman to gain
entrance to United Scenic Artists in 1969
•First African American Woman to design for
Broadway in 1973

11. http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/22/theater/peggy-clark-pioneer-designer-of-stage-lighting-
dies-at-80.html
http://blogs.loc.gov/music/2012/07/clark-lights-up-the-library/
http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9804/clark.html
http://www.theatreface.com/profiles/blogs/distinguished-achievement-award-in-lighting-design-
at-usitt-2014
http://sightlines.usitt.org/archive/2014/02/ShirleyPrendergastLightingLuminary.asp
http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=25854