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HCC Drama Department
Mailstop 5-1
P.O. Box 98000
Des Moines, WA 98198
The HCC Drama Department is committed to providing you with a strong foundation for your education and career in dramatic performance or design. We offer a comprehensive selection of courses and encourage our students to explore all aspects of the theatrical process so that they become well-rounded artists. Our program is predicated on participation in quarterly mainstage productions and provides intensive training for students pursuing Acting, Stagecraft or Theatrical Design experiences.
Hamm sketch
The Golden Six mosaic floor
Moreau Sketch
Charlie Brown set

Richard Lorig is the Drama department's resident designer and production manager. As an instructor, he teaches Theatrical Design, Makeup and Stagecraft as well as Introduction to Drama. Rick is also a Film Appreciation instructor for the Humanities department.

Rick explored most of the facets of the theatrical experience before settling into his current career as a designer. He has performed (musicals, drama, improv), designed (costumes, scenery and lights) and directed. He attended graduate school at Arizona State University and received his MFA in Scenography. While at ASU, Rick studied performance with Lee Breuer and worked with the Institute for Studies in the Arts.

Rick is also a freelance designer whose recent work includes Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Taproot Theatre. Additionally, he has designed for Village Theater, Empty Space, Tacoma Actor's Guild, Bathhouse Theatre, Ethereal Mutt, NWAAT, Exchange Theatre, Civic Light Opera, Alice B. and Childsplay Inc. Rick served as Surface Designer for Inter*Im’s 2003 Bruce Lee Collector’s Exhibit.

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