Jun Maeda, the Obie Award-winning designer and resident set designer at New York’s acclaimed La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club since 1970, died April 6 from Covid-19 at Mt. Sinai West Hospital in Manhattan. He was 79.
His death was announced today by Mia Yoo, La MaMa’s artistic director.
“Jun Maeda was a La MaMa treasure and one of the pioneers of experimental theater,” said Yoo. “He was a master artist whose vision was transcendent and essential to the unparalleled body of work that was being done in the early days of experimental theater. His singular work and creative spirit continued up to his death, as will his influence on generations of theater artists.”
In a career spanning 50 years, Maeda worked with such directors as Andrei Serban, Harvey Fierstein, Peter Brook, Joseph Chaikin and La Mama founder Ellen Stewart, among many others. A graduate of Nihon University, Maeda arrived in New York...
His death was announced today by Mia Yoo, La MaMa’s artistic director.
“Jun Maeda was a La MaMa treasure and one of the pioneers of experimental theater,” said Yoo. “He was a master artist whose vision was transcendent and essential to the unparalleled body of work that was being done in the early days of experimental theater. His singular work and creative spirit continued up to his death, as will his influence on generations of theater artists.”
In a career spanning 50 years, Maeda worked with such directors as Andrei Serban, Harvey Fierstein, Peter Brook, Joseph Chaikin and La Mama founder Ellen Stewart, among many others. A graduate of Nihon University, Maeda arrived in New York...
- 4/30/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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La MaMa will honor film producer Joy Tomchin for her activism on behalf of the Lgbtq communities Donn Russell for his commitment to and support of nontraditional theatre and Roberta Uno for her leadership in philanthropy and cultural diversity at the annual La MaMa Gala tonight, November 2nd at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre 66 E. 4 St., it has been announced by Mia Yoo, the theater company's Artistic Director.
- 11/2/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
La MaMa will honor film producer Joy Tomchin for her activism on behalf of the Lgbtq communities Donn Russell for his commitment to and support of nontraditional theatre and Roberta Uno for her leadership in philanthropy and cultural diversity at the annual La MaMa Gala on Monday, November 2nd at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre 66 E. 4 St., it has been announced by Mia Yoo, the theater company's Artistic Director.
- 10/22/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
La MaMa Etc - one of the standard-bearers of experimental theater in New York and around the globe since it was founded in 1961 by the inimitable Ellen Stewart - will rename its Annex theater the Ellen Stewart Theater at a gala entitled "Celebrating Ellen" on Sunday, November 1 at 4 p.m. at the Annex, it has been announced by Mia Yoo, Associate Artistic Director of La MaMa, and Frank Carucci, President of the theater's Board of Directors.
- 11/1/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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