Academic Positions

 

Core Faculty

National Theater Institute, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center

(2018 - Present)

- Transmedia Storytelling

- Production Design 

- Costume Design

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Visiting Professor and Granada Artist-in-Residence

University of California Davis

Department of Theater and Dance (2025)

- Immersive Theater 

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Visiting Faculty

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

Graduate Design Department  (2023)

- Costume Design II

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Visiting Professor and Granada Artist-in-Residence

University of California Davis

Department of Theater and Dance (2023)

- Transmedia Storytelling (MFA students)

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​Visiting Faculty

Mannes School of Music 

Opera Department (2021)

- Opera and Technology

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​Visiting Faculty

University of Missouri Kansas City

Department of Theater (2019)

- Design intensive workshop (BFA and MFA students in theater and film)

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​Visiting Faculty

Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall (2016)

- Visual Design and Technology for Performance

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            Lectures

Dalhousie School of Music

San Diego State University, Department of Theater

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            Panel Discussions

"The Future Is Now" Innerworkings

"New Opera Now" Wingspace Theatrical Design

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            Advisory Boards

Tzykun has served on the advisory board of National Endowment for the Arts, as well as of San Diego Opera's Opera Hack and Austin Opera’s Innovation Council, in collaboration with other thought leaders and technologists from major corporations and cultural institutions to find new paths forward from the intersection of historical arts and emerging technology.

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            Degrees

MFA in Design for Stage and Film

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

Full tuition scholarship

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BFA in Design for Theater

Tel Aviv University 

Magna Cum Laude

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