Teaching Performance
Courses Taught:
TA 1301 Stagecraft (Lab)
TA 1310 Stagecraft: Scenery & Properties
TA 1320 Introduction to Lighting & Sound
TA 1610 Introduction to Drafting for Theatre (Lecture & Lab)
TA 3000 Production Participation
TA 4300 Drafting for Theatre (Lecture & Lab)
TA 4540P Selected Topics in Theatre: Advanced Stagecraft
TA 4990 Undergraduate Directed Study: Welding
Course Development/Modification:
Working with the chair of the Theatre and Dance Department, Daniel developed TA 4540p Advanced Stagecraft, an upper division special topics course. Additionally, he completed a course modification for TA 1310, as reflected in the Fall 2018 course catalogue.
Academic Advisement:
Daniel has served as a mentor to design and production students, providing opportunities to work on professional productions, including the Meshuga Nutcracker, at the Gindi Auditorium on the American Jewish University campus. Students are able to network with industry professionals, while gaining valuable on-the-job experience.
Faculty Technical Direction
As Faculty Technical Director, Daniel works closely with the department chair and production manager to develop a detailed production schedule and assist in the assigning, coordinating, and training of student crews for individual shows.
Once a particular play or performance has been selected, Daniel communicates with the director and artistic team to determine the necessary technical needs of the production, including but not limited to lighting, sound, and scenery. Additionally, Daniel makes himself available to work with and assist the designers, including faculty, industry professionals, and students. From there, he researches possible construction methods or procedures, develops construction drawings, and establishes materials estimates.
Further duties include: ordering materials, monitoring shop expenses, developing build (including paint) and load-in schedules, communicate technical drawings and schedules to shop crew, monitor daily progress of scenery construction, and address all concerns or developments that come up during the rehearsal process.
In collaboration with CSULA Staff, Daniel offers basic training sessions, instructing students on the roles and responsibilities of student shop and run crews, including safety procedures in the shop and on stage.
2019-2020
Angels in America
Funny House of a Negro
Fall Dance Concert
Lucinda y Las Flores de la Nochebuena
Bloodless
The DACA Project: Dreaming of our Future
2020-2021
See What I See
War of the Worlds
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Urinetown, the Musical
The John Lion New Play Festival
2021-2022
Invisible Women
Does He Like Black Girls?
Old Blood
Soledad
Los Faustinos
2018-2019
We, the Invisibles
Antigone
Student Choreography Concert
She Kills Monsters
The Unseen Hand
2017 – 2018
Holy Seductive Dance
Fuente Ovejuna
Performance Salon
Moving Dance Images
The Dead Guy
Hamlet
John Lion New Plays Festival
Dear John, Why Yoko?
Spring Dance Concert
2016 – 2017
Latina
Moving Dance Images
Candide
Die Fledermaus
Spring Dance Concert
Performance Salon
Daniel J Czypinski 