This document will chronicle the design work of Kevin Dudley at the University of Iowa from August 2013 through the spring of 2016. The images included in this document are representative of the design work for realized productions, large and small scale, and selected explorations in course work. The work represented here includes: drafting, paint elevations, and sketches (both hand and digital). This document will stand as a record my design process and final product used to explore our humanity through theatrical design.

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The goal of this thesis is to take an in depth look at the process of creating a scenic design for Temple Theatre’s production of Anything Goes by Cole Porter. This paper will break down the designer’s personal process in developing the design. In addition, it will break down the process of translating the design into a realized set. In particular, a look at how Anything Goes worked in relation to an ideal production situation. / Theater

Urinetown: The Musical is a meta-theatrical musical that addresses issues such as sustainability, corruption, and human intentions. For my design of Urinetown: The Musical, I sought to poetically represent the world of the play without interfering with the story telling. From start to end, this is my process. / Theater

This thesis examines, details, and evaluates the process used while executing the scenic design for a production of Spring Awakening, produced by Temple University's Department of Theater. I will discuss each part of the design process as well as the technical rehearsal process and evaluate the choices made. / Theater

This thesis paper will explain my set design process for Temple University's 2014 production of Macbeth. I will cover the steps from receiving the assignment to opening night and evaluate its purpose in my education toward a Master's of Fine Arts. / Theater

Every day we encounter objects and use them for purposes related to improving our life. However, sometimes the reason these objects are manufactured is because of capitalistic gain rather than the need for improved quality of life. In fact, the more objects that are produced by American companies, the more garbage is inevitably ending up in landfills. The installation work, Ocean of Objects, arranges mundane objects in a different context within a diorama. The United States is in an age of consumerism where our relationship to the objects we buy defines the way we conceptualize our relationship to the physical environment we are in. As a theater artist, I studied scenic design and installing scenery for productions. The exhibition and diorama are created using methods of theatrical scenic design, and digital elements such as projections help reinforce the narrative setting. I sense that if people paid more attention to how things get made and then discarded and changed the perception of their environment through the objects they buy and use, then they could build a better community with each other. / Master of Fine Arts / The effectiveness of waste management impacts every person. Most people tend not to think about what they throw out once it leaves their home. To create a better ecology, it is critical to persuade people that their individual effort makes a difference. In the process of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," individuals can try in the latter two steps. Besides recycling, people have the power to buy less and find new ways to use objects that become "disposable" after their initial use. The exhibition Ocean of Objects puts members of the Blacksburg, Virginia community in close contact with objects, and asks them to reconsider how they buy and use things in their daily lives.