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Jody J. Sekas is an assistant professor of
scene design/technology at Humboldt State
University. He holds a BA from University of
Wisconsin Eau Claire and an MFA in scene design
and technical direction from Humboldt
State. Through his resident design and collegial
experience he has designed over 70 productions
throughout the Midwest and
California.
Get Animated! 3D Animation for Design Communication,
Tricks of the Stage - Stage Magic
Rebecca Senske has designed costumes
for Bugs Bunny’s 50th Birthday Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day float and prototyped Smurfette’s
hand for her walk-around character pod
so well, the artist took one home for a memento.
Found-Object Costuming Challenge
Jakyung Seo, a lighting designer with an
MFA from the, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, is an assistant professor of lighting
at the University of Cincinnati. She has
taught lighting, sound design, and various
computer programs at California State University
Fresno, University of Toledo, and
Kyung Sung University in Korea. While teaching,
she has worked as a professional lighting
designer and assistant lighting designer in regional
theatres including Steppenwolf, Congo
Square, New World, and Lodestone Theatre in
Los Angeles. She has numerous professional
design credits in South Korea and Japan such
as Have Been Thinking, Medusacus, The Can,
Spring My Hometown, and What We Want,
which was awarded the best prize at The International
Dance Festival in Saitama, Japan.
She gave a lighting design lecture, Transnational
Aesthetics and the Impact on the Lighting
Designer’s Process at Scenofest 2007 in
Prague.
Magic Sheets Aren’t Magic!
Xiaolan Sha was the lighting designer for
the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the
Beijing Olympics in 2008, as well as the Opening
and Closing Ceremonies for the Beijing
Paralympics in 2008. The most influential
lighting designer in China, he has been responsible
for lighting designs for almost all
key national events within China. Trained at
Shanghai Academy of Drama, he is a national
grade-I lighting designer, the resident lighting
designer for the National Dance Company, and
Vice Director of the Lighting Committee for the
OISTAT Center in China. His design talents
have also been shown in theatres, opera,
dance, musicals, life events, and on television.
He is the recipient of several national awards
including Wenhua, Golden Eagle, StarLight,
Five-One and Chinese Academy Award.
Olympics Lighting Designer, Sha Xiaolan
Adam Shalleck has a degree in architecture
from Virginia Tech and worked in technical
theatre and entertainment. After 15 years
with other leading theatre consultants, he
founded the Shalleck Collaborative in 2003.
Focus on Operations and Programming -
Supporting the Vision and Mission of Multi-
Venue Campus Buildings
MarkW. Shanda is chair of The Ohio State
University department of theatre and its resident
technical director. He has been involved
in USITT for over 20 years and has regularly
led interactive workshops on networking and
creative problem solving. A current national
Director at Large, he served is the technical director
for the United States entry in the Prague
Quadrennial in 1999.
Networking Your Way Through Your Career
Kip Shawger is the Kennedy Center/American
College Theatre Festival national design
vice chair. A native of New Jersey who received
a BS in drama from Nebraska Wesleyan
University and an MFA in design from Bradley
University, he is an award-winning designer
with over 300 design credits and 30 years’ experience
in education, community, professional
theatre, television, and film. Currently
he is associate chair and head of design, department
of theatre and dance at Ball State
University.
KCACTF Design Chairs Business Meeting, The
State of Design and Technical Theatre in the
Kennedy Center American College Theatre
Festival
Jay Sheehan oversees the stage management
and production management areas of
for the school of theatre, television, and film at
San Diego State University. He also serves as
associate producer for the school’s annual
Theatre of the World Festival which is committed
to bringing international theatre for
youth to San Diego. He specializes in the area
of concert venue design and production management
for the music industry. He has
worked on over 400 large scale events and
concerts featuring artists such as Elton John,
Aerosmith, Dave Matthews Band, and Sting.
He is currently creating an arts and event management
program at SDSU which will begin in
the fall of 2009.
Producing at a Temporary or Non-Traditional
Event Site
Steven Shelley has created lighting, managed
production, and toured for over 35 years.
Recently, he worked for Patti LuPone, Paul
Winter, and the Spoleto Festival USA. He’s the
designer of the plastic Field Templates and the
VectorWorks toolkit SoftSymbols. He is the
author of A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting.
Magic Sheets Aren’t Magic!
Stirling Shelton received his BFA from
the University of Florida and his MFA from the
University of Missouri at Kansas City. He was
a dancing character for Walt Disney World and
a stage manager for Busch Gardens, Williamsburg,
Virginia. He is finishing his ninth season
as the technical director at Cincinnati Playhouse
in the Park. He also serves the Playhouse
as the safety officer. Stirling is an
adjunct instructor at the University of Cincinnati,
College-Conservatory of Music teaching
pneumatics, hydraulics, motors, electronics,
and motion control. He is Vice-Chair of Operations
for the Ohio Valley Regional Section of
USITT.
Hands-on Pneumatics, Incorporating Combat
into Your Production, Scenic Choreography:
Dynamic Movement in Scenic Design, Tour
of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Theatres
and Shops
Brian S. Shevelenko received a BA
from Carnegie Mellon University, a graduate
certificate from San Jose State University,
and an MFA in lighting design from
San Diego State University. Through the
years, Brian has taught theatre at all levels
from elementary through graduate students.
He has received numerous awards
for his theatre work including the “Best
Lighting Design in 2002” from San Diego
Playbill Magazine, The “Patte” Award from
KPBS, and the Linda Wallitner Memorial
Technical Vest for work on several shows
in the Northern California area. Brian designed
numerous shows at San Diego
State University including operas, musicals,
and plays. Brian has worked professionally
at the Chicago Shakespeare
Company, the Old Globe Theatre in San
Diego, the New York International Fringe
Festival, and other regional and local theatres
in Chicago, California, and Texas.
Before the Drafting: Developing your
Lighting Design
Robert Shook is a partner in the Chicago
office of Theatre Planners Schuler Shook.
Projects include Seattle’s McCaw Hall, Detroit
Symphony Orchestra Hall, and the Harris Theater
and Pritzker Pavilion, both in Chicago’s
Millennium Park.
Front of House Design, Architectural Dimming
and Control
Paul R. Shortt is professor emeritus of the
College Conservatory of Music University of
Cincinnati and is co-founder of its theatre design
and production program where he has
been resident set designer of approximately
250 opera, musical, and dramatic productions,
and professor for 37 years. AlHe so designed
for Cincinnati Playhouse, Opera, Ballet,
Symphony, and May Festival; St. Louis Rep;
Asolo Theater; and New York City, Philadelphia,
Louisville, Syracuse, Indianapolis,
Omaha, and Virginia Opera Companies. He is
co-founder and resident set designer for
Opera Theater Music Festival of Lucca (Italy),
Artist-in-Residence Cornell University, Member
APA-Phoenix Repertory Company, NYC.
20 USITT regional, university, and local design
awards. Theater designer and consultant for
Norwegian Caribbean Lines, Jack Rouse Associates,
and others. Graduate of U. of Michigan
and Yale School of Drama. Member
United Scenic Artists Local 829, Dramatists
Guild of America, and Cincinnati Literary Club.
From Model to Monumental - Advanced Scenic
Models Workshop, Quick & Dirty Modelmaking
Tom Siko
Working Outside the Black Box
Sam Skelton
Hands-on Pneumatics
Bruce Smith is the dean of the school of
liberal arts at the College of San Francisco. He
has been supervising visual and performing
arts, English, and foreign languages at CCSF
since 1999. He has been working on plans for
the CCSF Performing Arts Center for 10 years.
Focus on Operations and Programming -
Supporting the Vision and Mission of Multi-
Venue Campus Buildings
Dave Smith
Becoming the Safety Officer & Surviving as
the Safety Officer
David E. Smith is director of the theatre
sound design BFA and MFA programs at the
North Carolina School of the Arts. Before coming
to the United States, he spent eight years
at the Royal National Theatre in London, England,
as one of its senior sound designers/engineers.
He has designed sound at North
Shore Music Theatre in Massachusetts; Arena
Stage in Washington, D.C.; Trinity Repertory
Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island; Alliance
Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia; and Triad Stage in
Greensboro, North Carolina. In 1995, he was
nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for outstanding
sound design for The Revengers’
Comedies at Arena Stage. SoundPlug and
SafeFlame, two of his inventions, have enjoyed
much success within the international theatre
community.
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Reception
James Smith is the president of Soundsculpture
Incorporated and the designer of the
RC4 Wireless Dimming System. He teaches
firmware development at the University of
Toronto Professional Development Center and
has earned master certification from the Microchip
Consultant Review Board. He has
served as a director of Revolution Display Systems
Inc. and developed the control systems
for scrolling sign matrices seen in Times
Square, New York City, and Dundas Square,
Toronto.
Wireless DMX and Dimming in Practice -
Case Studies
Jeff Smith is a lead worker in the Division
of Hazardous Waste Management (DHWM) in
the Ohio EPA’s Southwest District Office in
Dayton, Ohio. Jeff has worked for the Ohio
EPA for 16 years. Prior to working in the
DHWM, Jeff served as an environmental monitoring
coordinator in Office of Federal Facilities
Oversight. In that position, he coordinated
Ohio EPA’s multi media environmental sampling
program for oversight at the United
States Department of Energy’s Mound Plant in
Miamisburg, Ohio. In his current position, Jeff
assists other inspectors with compliance issues,
investigates complaints alleging improper
management of hazardous waste,
conducts inspections of facilities that generate
hazardous waste and/or initiates and supports
enforcement activities as appropriate.
Jeff also provides technical assistance and education
to the regulated community, industry,
government officials, consultants, and citizens.
He is a current member of the DHWM
state Inspector’s Quality Committee, Environ-
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