ABOUT
Gloria Sun is originally from Hong Kong and emigrated to New York in 2004 with her 4 cats and Westie-mix dog. She has since become a creative force in the NYC theatre scene.
With an emphasis in props and graphics design, she graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education Fine Art & Design and the First Institute of Art and Design. As a teenager, Gloria learned to sew and pattern-make by helping out in her Dad's handbag factory. She also gained lasting experience in business administration by organizing all of her Dad's export products to overseas markets.
After working in interior design firms and Illustration studios in Hong Kong, Gloria realized her passion lay in props creation for theatre and commercial projects. She also realized she was ready for new challenges on distant horizons. With absolutely no business contacts or professional prospects, Gloria packed up everything and moved to America.
Early on, while trying to make a name for herself and break into the NY theatre scene, Gloria paid her bills by handing out show postcards at the TKTS booth in Times Square. In 2005 she became acquainted with the puppet company, Lone Wolf Tribe after making props for one of their productions. She soon became their general manager, and handled the company's accounting and production management.
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With patience, tenacity, and an extremely focused work ethic, Gloria's skills as a multi-talented props artisan were slowly becoming recognized by other clients in the city. With her extensive range of expertise which includes sculpting, painting, pattern making, sewing, upholstery work, casting/mold-making, puppet making and welding, she has since complimented a long list of productions, both on and off Broadway.
Some of her credits include: "Hamilton", "The Cher Show", "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", "Carousel", "Meteor Shower", "Frozen", "Hello Dolly", "War Paint", "Something Rotten", "First Wives Club", "Sideshow", "You Can't Take it with You", "Aladdin", "Big Fish", "Book of Morman", "Cinderella", "Betrayal", Radio City, Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, Roundabout Theatre, Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Public Theatre, Atlantic Theatre, Fordham University, Manhattan School of Music and Big Apple Circus etc. Currently she is the Head of Prop at the Construction Shop in The Metropolitan Opera.
Gloria loves the immediacy of the theatre and always welcomes the challenge of working with new materials to expand her skill-set. She is a well organized, detail oriented, multi-tasking problem solver. Her participation in any given production can range from designing graphics for postcards and websites, to making props (from life-casts to electronics), to stage-managing and organizing an international tour. Sometimes she has done this all in one show!
With Gloria Sun Pro., she offers her total commitment as a props artisan to bring to life any vision a director and/or designer has for his/her work. She understands the needs of her customers, and prides herself in her always professional manner.
Gloria also loves animals, circuses & traveling. If she wasn't a props artisan, she'd probably work in a zoo or circus!
Her favorite poem is: Animals by Walt Whitman
