Credentials

Education		M.F.A. Set/Lighting Design, The Ohio State University, 1985. M.A. Design/Technical Production, West Virginia University, 1982. B.A. Education, Bowling Green State University, 1977.

Honors/Awards		USITT Ezekiel Awards for excellence in scenic design, 1992-2001. Suny Award for Best Design, 2000. The Columbus Dispatch. Best Lighting Design Award for 1995. The Columbus Dispatch. American College Theatre Festival adjudications of excellence for scenic and lighting design, 1987-present.

Professional Experience		Currently Associate Professor/Faculty Designer, Dept. of Theatre & Dance, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH. A nationally recognized B.F.A./B.A theatre program averaging 130 theatre majors, 25 -30 of which are Design/Tech majors. Our pre-professional program sends students on professional internships in their senior year, spending a term working in the top regional theatres across the country. Duties include teaching, supervising, designing,and committee work, 1987-present. Freelance professional designer, 1983-present. Designer/Technical Director, Roth/Resler Theatre, Columbus, OH, 1985-87. Duties included set/lighting design and technical management of a 2 million dollar community theatre complex with an annual budget of 100 thousand dollars, and supervision of city-wide internships available through the public school system.

Professional Memberships		United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) - National United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) - Ohio Valley Section (Board Member)

Skills/Expertise		I have chosen the areas of computer-aided design and scenic painting as areas for intensive study and development. I have been at the forefront for developing and adapting theatrical uses for Autocad in drafting scenery and light plots; Adobe Photoshop for two-dimensional renderings and graphical manipulations; Animator Studio for 2-D animations; and 3-D Studio MAX for three- dimensional computer modelling, stage lighting studies, and architectural "walk- thru" animations of stage and theatre designs. I have spent considerable time, including two intense sabbaticals, in these areas and have incorporated computer drafting, graphics, and animation into Otterbein's curriculae of theatre, visual art, and graduate education programs. I also offer demonstrations, workshops and master classes in all aspects of computer-aided design. Past workshops include presenting at USITT-Ohio Vally conferences, teaching master classes for the Ohio State University, and offering community workshops. My animations were on display at the national USITT convention in Nashville, TN, 1994. I have also done freelance design work for the Internet. In addition to the computer-aided design expertise described above, I have designed over 120 productions to date and have considerable expertise in all aspects of set and lighting design including model-making, rendering, drafting, construction, and painting of all types of scenery and properties. I have designed plays, musicals, opera, dance, and industrials. As a designer I have worked with community, educational, and professional companies in a variety of theatre spaces.