Kip Marsh works professionally as a scenic and lighting designer and fine artist. He is on the faculty at Brooklyn College, CUNY, where he is the Head of the MFA and BFA programs in Stage Design and Technical Production and from 2011 to 2021 was the Chairperson of the Department of Theater. He additionally holds the position of Vice President for URTA-University Resident Theatre Association, and previously served a member of the board of directors and the Treasurer for the organization as well. In an arts leadership capacity, he has been responsible for setting up a number of professional partnerships with New York City theater and performing arts organizations to provide direct pipelines from student to professional artist. Notably, a multi-agenda partnership with The Public Theater; A summer residency program with LAByrinth Theater Company; Summer intensive with Movement Theater Studio providing Lecoq based training, and the NY Summer Sling, a national intensive training program for stage combat and fight choreographers. Additionally, he was the Co-producer of Design Showcase East, which provided a NYC portfolio review for graduating MFA and BFA students in Entertainment Design and Technology, and partnered with MOME (Mayors Office of Media and Entertainment) to provide Production Management for their Broadway in the Boros series, which brought free lunchtime Broadway performances to the 4 outer boros of NYC.
Notable Designs include: DANCE: Principal Designer with the critically acclaimed Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Divertimento - Dance Theater of Harlem, Soaking Wet - The Bang Group, Take The Floor - Cairo Opera House — THEATER: Everything Will Be Different, A 12 lb. Discourse at Soho Rep, Pericles - Red Bull Theater, and Steve Earle’s Karla at the Culture Project. Associate Set Designer on Imaginary Friends (Broadway) and Assistant Set Designer on The Beautiful Game (West End, London) and The Contract (National Ballet of Canada). HOSPITALITY Designs include the award-nominated restaurant The Biltmore Room (Best restaurant design of the year-NYC), The 5’s Bar at The Peninsula Hotel, Mocca Espresso Lounge in TriBeCa, and the nightclub Chateau in Greenwich Village.
Kip holds an MFA in Theater (Design) from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television and a B.S. in Cinematography with a minor in Fine Art from Ithaca College. Additional education includes: Harvard University’s Institute for Higher Education-Management Development Program and CUNY’s Academic Leadership Academy. He is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829, the national union for entertainment designers.
