KEN SAVAGE

This production of My Fair Lady explored the tensions between the British Asian and immigrant communities with the greater white British population in 1912 Edwardian London. The original costume designs of the show were inspired by Orientalism in fashion and images of "Asian" goods that were traded and exhanged in Edwardian London. For example, Ascot was inspired by the rigidity and delicate beauty of blue and white Chinese porcelain, which represented the appropriation of Asian goods by British trade. Eliza's costume designs not only showed her transformation from Cockney flower girl to "fair lady" but also highlighted her racial identity struggle from Asian to white British to hyrbid styles as she sacrificed parts of her Asian heritage in order to blend into the white upper class. 

As producer and director of My Fair Lady, Ken raised over $85,000 for this production, which played to two sold-out audiences in Stanford's worldclass Bing Concert Hall. For this production, Ken was awarded with the Robert M. Golden Medal for Excellence in the Humanities and Creative Arts, the Stanford Asian American Special Achievement Award, and the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Distinctive Contributions to Undergraduate Education-- the highest honor given to two graduating seniors.