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Professor Emeritus, St. Olaf College. Theater Department- Design and Technical Production


 Teaching and Professional Work

    My faculty position at St. Olaf and in the Theater Department included course teaching, on-going involvement with the theater production program, academic advising, advising CIS majors, occasional supervision of academic internships and informal mentoring. I enjoyed helping students encounter the arts and understand the place that design and technical production has in the expression of live performance. Translating the ideas and action of a story or event into effective imagery and sounds that effectively communicate an idea to the audience is a complex and rich experience.
    The Theater Department viewed the theater production program as a co-curricular experience- a kind of laboratory where students practiced and extended the ideas and learning that were introduced and applied in courses. My work for the production program included designing, project management, planning and drawing, scene painting, and lighting & sound supervision. Included as well were teaching and supervision of student designers, theater practicum lab students and student workers. I was part of weekly production meetings through most of the academic year as well as technical rehearsals, cueing rehearsals, performances, and strike as part of the full arc of bringing productions to the campus.
    Creative projects for theater and live performance have made up the heart of my professional activity during my career and these have included scenery design, lighting design, sound design and scenic art (scene painting). Early on in my career, I began my involvement with professional organizations and have held a variety of positions in both the regional and national organizations of the United States Institute for Theatre design and Technology (USITT www.usitt.org).     USITT is one of the largest and significant professional organizations focusing on theater and live performance design as well as technical production. This organization has had a commitment to education from the time of its inception in the 1960s. The organization is unique in that it includes clear connections with the professional theater and live performance industry as well as connections with theater and live performance across the globe through OISTAT (International Organization of Scenographers and Theatre Technicians, www.oistat.org). Visit the links in the sidebar of the home page to learn more about my classes, design work, consulting and more.

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