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Conference Presenters
BIOGRAPHIES
Julie Adams
Focus on Operations and Programming -
Supporting the Vision and Mission of Multi-
Venue Campus Buildings
Judy Adamson is costume director for
PlayMakers Repertory Company and head of
the graduate costume production program at
the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
She worked for Barbara Matera, Ltd. for many
years. She has draped at Utah Shakespearean
Festival for the past seven summers, collaborating
with Bill Black on numerous shows.
Costume Designer and Draper Collaboration
From Studio to Stage
Loren Ahles, FAIA specializes in the design
of projects for arts instruction and performance
over the past two decades. These
learning environments have been focused in
college and university settings but always involve
a larger community.
Theatres as Catalyst for City Revival
Erik A. Alberg is a sound and lighting designer
working as the technical director for the
performing arts at Hope College. His job includes
working as the principal sound and
lighting designer for the college’s dance department,
and teaching sound and lighting for
dance. He also works with Aerial Dance Theater,
Contemporary Motions Dance Company,
and IN Sync Dance Theatre. His design work
has been seen or heard at the Pennsylvania
Shakespeare Festival, Hope College, University
of Delaware, Boarshead Theatre Company,
and Heritage Theatre Company.
Sound Playback Party/Archive Project
Demonstration
Mick Alderson is technical director/lighting
designer for the theatre department at the
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. He is Vice-
Chair for Membership of USITT-Midwest Regional
Section. Mick received a BA in
speech/theatre from the University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh and an MFA in stage lighting
from Indiana University. He is a member of
IATSE Local 470, the stagehands’ union for
Northeastern Wisconsin, and is webmaster of
the Local’s website at www.ia470.com.
Knots, Knots, Knots
Joe D. Aldridge is the coordinator for the
new interdisciplinary program for Entertainment
Engineering and Design at the University
of Nevada at Las Vegas. He is currently
USITT Vice-President for Conferences, finishing
his third term. He was recently elected to
the position of President Elect for USITT. He
represents USITT on the ETCP Council and
sits on the executive board of that organization.
ALL CONFERENCE EVENT - Keynote, Kick Off
Event & Annual General Meeting, All Ex-
hibitors Meeting, Conference Committee
Meetings, Exhibitors Committee Meeting,
First Timers Reception hosted by the Caucus
on Human Issues
Josh Alemany is the director of product
marketing for Rosco Laboratories, focusing
most of his efforts on developing new products
which make life and art better for lighting
designers, electricians, scenic artists and technicians
in all facets of production. Joshua’s
own history in entertainment production as a
production manager, technical director, and
designer in New York city and los Angeles give
him an understanding of the needs of these
artists and technicians and a rolodex of people
to advise him.
Using and Mixing the New Theatrical Palette
of Gels, Dichroics, and LEDs
Matthew Allar‘s recent work as a scenic
designer includes productions of Where’s
Charley?, The Shape of Things, The Prime of
Miss Jean Brodie, Azur (Nazareth College),
Arcadia, Hair (Elizabethtown College)
Marat/Sade, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Cornell College), Top Girls (Albright College),
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Eastern
Univ.), and The Pillow of Kantan (Muhlenberg
College). Matthew serves on the faculty of
Nazareth College as an assistant professor of
scenic design and is a member United Scenic
Artists 829.
Ongoing BFA & BA Discussion: Case Study
Tray Allen attended David Lipscomb University
in Nashville, Tennessee, to study engineering
but became involved with the theatre
department. After graduating with a BS in engineering
science, he worked for Bradfield
Stage Lighting in Nashville then as a master
electrician for Opryland USA. After marrying
and moving to Knoxville, Tennessee, he
worked for James Thomas Engineering in
1992 and is now the vice president of sales.
Stump the Rigger
Jonathan Allender-Zivic is a second
year graduate lighting designer at Western Illinois
University and holds a bachelor’s degree
in theatre from Rocky Mountain College,
Billings, Montana. Jonathan has been working
in the field of technical theatre for over 11
years in a variety of positions ranging from
technical director and lighting designer to
electrician. He is in his second term as Treasurer
of Western Illinois University’s Student
Chapter.
Next Generation Digital Portfolios
Renee Alper is an accomplished actress,
director, playwright, and public speaker. She
is currently starring in a touring production of
her one-woman auto-biographical musical,
Non-Vertical Girl. Other acting credits include
the title roles of Hedda Gabbler, Mrs. Warren’s
Profession, and Lady Windemere’s Fan. She is
also a singer/songwriter, and has produced
several recordings of her work. She has gone
to over 800 plays in about eight years, and can
be seen zooming around town with her canine
sidekick, Moonbeam. Renee is a Cincinnati,
Ohio resident that is affiliated with the Renegade
Garage Players, Cincinnati’s inclusive
arts, service, and education organization.
Students with Disabilities in the Technical
Theatre Classroom
Cynthia Amnéus has served as associate
curator of costume and textiles at the Cincinnati
Art Museum since 1998. She received her
BA from Edgecliff College of Xavier University
and her MA from Illinois State University. She
joined the museum staff serving as collection
manager and preparator in the costume and
textile department.
Preserving Antique Garments
Karen Anselm
KCACTF Design Chairs Business Meeting
Ann Archbold joined the University of
Wisconsin at Madison faculty this fall as resident
designer and head of the MFA lighting design
program. Her professional credits include
over 300 designs for theatre, industrials,
opera, dance, live concerts, and television
throughout the United States and internationally;
the San Francisco Opera Center; numerous
Los Angeles-based productions (won
Drama-Logue Awards for Serenading Louie
and The Shoemakers), and San Diego’s Old
Globe Theatre. She went to Wisconsin after
heading the MFA lighting design program at
Florida State University for six years. She is a
member of United Scenic Artists 829, IESNA,
and USITT (Vice-Commissioner - Lighting and
a current Board of Directors member). She
holds degrees from the University of Michigan
and San Diego State University.
Media Servers, University of Wisconsin Reception
Dr. Ann Elizabeth Armstrong is an
associate professor of theatre at Miami University
of Oxford Ohio. She teaches directing,
dramatic literature, and community-based theatre.
Her publications include Radical Acts:
Theatre and Feminist Pedagogies of Change
(Aunt Lute books) and other articles on topics
such as feminist theatre, theatre of the oppressed,
and intercultural theatre. She is currently
directing the world premiere of a play
about the civil rights movement by playwright
Carlyle Brown called Down in Mississippi. Dr.
Armstrong is creating curriculum about theatre
for social change at Miami University and
will share strategies of inclusiveness for the
classroom and rehearsal process.
Students with Disabilities in the Technical
Theatre Classroom
Robert S. Armstrong provides technical
sales information and product support for
Pathway Connectivity. Prior to joining Pathway
nearly two years ago, Robert spent seven
years with Theatre Calgary as the technical director.
Previously, he was based in Toronto as
a freelance designer, critic and technical director
for, among others, Parallel Productions
and The Theatre Centre. Robert holds a degree
in theatre from the University of Toronto
and is a graduate of the National Theatre
School of Canada.
Lighting Networks 101.101.101.101
Lea Asbell-Swanger is assistant director
of Pennsylvania State’s Center for the Performing
Arts where she is responsible for the
general management of the center including
production, audience services, sales and
ticketing, and contract negotiations. She is a
Vice-Commissioner for the Management Commission.
Community Impact of the Arts-An International
Perspective, Transition Advisory Team
Meeting, Transitioning USTT’s Organization
from an Operations Model to a Governance
Model with an Executive Director, USITT Living
History
Project
Christopher Ashworth is a software
engineer living in Baltimore, Maryland. He has
had one foot stuck firmly in both computer
science and theatre most of his life, but made
it official when he graduated from Carleton
College with a double major in both fields in
2002. His subsequent work took him to New
Mexico as an actor and to Kentucky as an apprentice
at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. In
2005 he completed his master’s degree in
computer science from the University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill. Since 2004, he has been
the lead developer of QLab, the popular show
control software for Mac OS X.
Sound Playback System Round Table
Bruce C. Auerbach just concluded his
sixth year as chair and artistic director of the
department of dance and theatre at University
of North Carolina Charlotte. For more than 25
years, he has designed scenery and lights for
dozens of university and regional theatre productions
and has taught graduate and undergraduate
courses in set and lighting design as
well as computer-aided design for the stage.
His presentations have been seen throughout
the United States and Canada at USITT Conferences.
He edited the first edition of Practical
Projects for Teaching Lighting Design. He
designed scenery for the documentary film,
What Farocki Taught, which was selected for
the Whitney Museum’s Biennial 2000 in New
York City. Previous to working at UNC Charlotte,
he was a member of the faculty of the
University of Notre Dame where he served as
director of theatre and associate chair of the
department of film, television, and theatre.
Ongoing BFA & BA Discussion: Case Study
Shan Ayers is an associate professor of
theatre at Berea College in Kentucky. He
teaches courses in scenic, lighting, and sound
design, and technology, stage management,
and theatre history. His area of research interest
is Japanese theatre forms, especially Bunraku
puppetry and Noh. He has been involved
in USITT since 1987.
Stage Management: No Class, No Problem,
Study Abroad: Good For Us All
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