Lawrence Larsen

About

Prof. Larry Larsen has been involved with theater since 5th grade when he played Schroder in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Larry has been the scenic and lighting design faculty for the University’s Theater Program for 33 years. Larry has also served as the Chair of the Department of Performing and Fine Arts and as an Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and is currently the Director of the Theater Program. Larry’s design work at UP for this past year includes the lighting for The Thanksgiving Play and The Lightning Thief. Last year’s productions included the lighting for The Effect and Pride and Prejudice. Larry has been working professionally as a scenic and lighting designer in Portland since 1988 when he moved to town to be the Design Associate for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival – Portland. His current design work includes The Million Dollar Quartet and The Silver Belles at Broadway Rose Theatre Co., and Bread & Roses Revels for Portland Revels for whom he has been the resident scenic designer since 2001. Over the years he has designed shows at Artists Repertory Theatre, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Lakewood Theatre Company, Portland State Opera Program, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Northwest Children’s Theatre, Mocks Crest Light Opera for which he was the Producing Artistic Director, Portland Actors Conservatory, Portland Civic Theatre, Portland Repertory Theatre, Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival/ Portland. He has an MFA in Theatre Design from the University of Washington.

Education

• Master of Fine Arts, Univ Washington Seattle