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Deceased Classmate: Dwight "Richard" Odle
FUHS CLASS OF 1959
FJC CLASS OF 1961
Deceased: July 20, 2018
Classmate City: Fullerton, California
Obit submitted by Brydon Shirk to Bob Gosney
ALUMNI STORIES: Dwight Richard Odle (Dick Odle)
http://fullertoncollegecentennial.com/alumni-stories/dwight-odle.html <<< read more about Richard here
EDUCATION:
* Fullerton Union High School 1956-1959
* Fullerton Junior College 1959-61 AA Theatre/Art
* University of Southern California 1961-62
* San Francisco State University 1962-63 BA Theatre
* Yale University School of Drama 1963-66 MFA Theatrical Design
"Fullerton College gave me exceptional design opportunities and
prepared me to launch a fifty-year career as a professional theatrical designer and producer specializing in art direction scenery, costumes,special events, pageantry and pyrotechnics. Also as an author,playwright, professor, lecturer, commentator and arts consultant".
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS:
* Stanford University Theatre Department 1966-67 Assistant Professor
* California State University Fullerton 1967-80 Professor of Theatre
* California Polytechnic University Pomona 1982-87 Visiting Professor/Theatre
* University of California Irvine DANCE 1987-95 Guest Professor/Designer
AFFILIATIONS:
* United Scenic Artists
* United States Institute of Theatre Technology
* Phi Kappa Phi (Life Member)
AWARDS:
* Lifetime Achievement in Scenic Design, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle -2005
* Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award for Career Achievement, Arts Orange County -2006
Selected List: Special Event Design:
* TOMMY WALKER PRODUCTIONS-1972-84
* PASADENA ROSE BOWL, JULY 4th SHOWS
* ANAHEIM STADIUM JULY 4th SHOWS
* PROVO, UTAH JULY 4th SHOWS w/ The Osmond Family
* SANDS, HILTON and UNION PLAZA HOTELS, Las Vegas
* LONDON BRIDGE DEDICATION, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Historical parade floats, costume publication, hot-air balloon design
* INTERNATIOONAL SHRINE EXTAVAGANZA, Texas Stadium, Dallas
With Bob Hope and Meredith Wilson
* KNOTT'S BERRY FARM, Roaring Twenties Area Dedication/TV Special
* U.S. PAVILLION, WORLD'S FAIR, Knoxville, Tennessee -1982 w/Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
* OPENING CEREMONIES, WORLD'S FAIR, Spokane, Washington -1974 w/ President and Mrs. Nixon
* DEDICATION GALA AND STAGE SETTING, SPOKANE OPERA HOUSE -1974
* JOHNE WAYNE STATUE UNVEILING, Great Western Savings, Beverly Hills
* SUPERBOWL XXVII HALFTIME SHOW, Los Angeles
* CHRISTENING OF THE ROYAL PRINCESSM PRINCESS CRUISE LINES, Port of Los Angeles -1984
* RADIO CITY HALL PRODUCTIONS -1987
Art Direction for Pope John-Pail II visit to Los Angeles in Dodger Stadium
* LOTTE WORLD THEME PARK, Seoul, Korea -1989; Title Character Show Scenery and Costumes
* PORT ADVENTURA THEME PARK, Barcelona, Spain -1995; American Western Stunt Show Scenic Environment
* PASADENA ROSE PARADE, Float Designs
* "ARTS ON THE GREEN", Major Fine Arts Festival, Costa Mesa,California -1984-89
* THE QUEEN MARY FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, Long Beach, California
* J.W. MARRIOTT HOTELS (5 Grand Opening Celebrations)
* HOLLYWOOD BOWL, Pyrotechnic extravaganzas -1980-1995
* NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA), Fort Worth 1984 with Buzz Aldrin
Selected Theatrical Scenic and/or Costume Design Credits:
# SOUTH COAST REPERTORY, Costa Mesa, California, 1978-2000
Some 90 productions as well as 35 years (to the Present) of costuming its annual presentation of "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"
# LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE, Laguna Beach, California “1988-the Present
Resident Scenic/Costume Designer for some 150 productions including 8 World and 12 American Premieres
# MCCOY-RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT, La Mirada, California, 1994-the Present
# FULLERTON MUSIC THEATRE (Civic Light Opera), Fullerton, California
Scenic Design for some 15 musicals staged at FUHS Plummer Auditorium
# SUNDANCE CHILDREN'S THEATRE, Sundance, Utah -1991-96;
Unique outdoor theatre at Robert Redford's mountain resort
# KNOTT'S BERRY FARM, Buena Park, California
# GOODTIME THEATRE -1992 & 93;
Costuming Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and her Halloween Revues
# BIRD CAGE THEATRE -1959-63
Wrote 5 old-fashioned melodrama: initial one-year/1500 performance-runs plus annual revivals through 1997; scenic-costume design
# SITMAR/PRINCESS CRUISE LINES -1987-90
On-board musical revues
# HOME BOX OFFICE/WESTWOOD PLAYHOUSE -1980
"VANITIE": Live stage and taped for television production
# NEDERLANDER ORGANIZATION -1980 Tour
"SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM" with Miss Peggy Lee
# THE OLDE COLLECTION LTD. Fullerton -2010-2014
A costume rental resource for professional designers in Orange County and beyond. In mid-2014, to become a permanent addition to the Dodge College of Film and Media Studies at Chapman University in Orange,California, as a unique educational resource for advanced film production students.
Selected Exhibitions of Designs and Art Work:
* MUCKENTHALER CENTER, Fullerton, California, One-Man Show-1969
* BENNET COLLEGE, Millbrook, New York -1969
* WRIGHT/HEPBURN/WEBSTER GALLERY, New York City -1971
* LIBRARY OF PERFORMING ARTS, LINCOLN CENTER, New York City - 1976
* YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, New Haven, Connecticut -1977
* TURNER/WAKEFIELD GALLERY, Los Angeles -1985
* ARTSPACE COLLECTION, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1997
Design used as textbook illustrations:
* /Theatre: a Contemporary Introduction/, Pickering, Jerry, West Publishing, 1975.
* /Stage Costume Design, Russel/, Douglas, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1975.
* /Transcending Boundaries/: My Dancing Life, McKayle, Donald, Routledge, 2002.
Selected civic activities:
* FULLERTON THEATRE LEAGUE, Founder -2005; to support the small theatre companies in the City
* FULLERTON HISTORIC THEATRE FOUNDATION, Co-Founder -2002: to raise public awareness, create a partnership with the City and save the downtown 1925 Fox Fullerton motion picture theatre from demolition and restore it for future use. Now under restoration: 2014.
"It has been an extremely busy but creatively fascinating, richly challenging and an ultimately rewarding life.!"/*DRO, May 2014*
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