Archiving Technical Theater History

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A recording of the live episode we did on Facebook.   The audio is a bit wonky.  We're still working it out.  If you want to see the complete video, go to Archiving Technical Theater History on Facebook and look in our video section.   My guest was Hanne Nuyttens.  She came back to Trinidad after an adventure in South America.  It's great to catch up with her and...

I'm back.  after a bit of a hiatus, I'm finally going to get back into doing a show for you.  Its time to turn the mic on and hear what happens.   Show time is 7pm (EST).  Hopefully we'll be going live onto Facebook and or Youtube soon. Its no frills.  Just as is. If you have a question, comment, suggestion, send me an email at archivett24@yahoo.com

Wan-Jung Wei currently serves as the Executive Director to OISTAT Wan-Jung Wei is an arts manager, dancer and choreographer who continuously explores the relations between and possibilities of performing arts and politics through her dance works. Her dance project "Here, or There" was selected by Dumbo Dance Festival 2010 in New York. She believes that arts and politics are means of creating space...

Hello Everyone and Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast. Its number 50 and I couldn’t be more excited. Thank you to everyone who has stumbled across this work and taken the time to listen. Its be a crazy last week with a move from not only time zones but also climates. I’m a long way from Trinidad. Again, I want to extend my gratitude to all of you who take the time to listen. I would als...

Hello Everyone and Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast. This week I am grateful to be joined by Scenographer and Associate Professor of Wake Forest College Mr. Rob Eastman-Mullins. Rob Eastman-Mullins is a freelance scenographer—designing scenery, lighting, and costumes—and serves as Associate Professor of Design and Associate Chair for the Department of Theatre & Dance at Wake Fores...

Hello Everyone and Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast. This week I am grateful to be joined once again by Ms. Fiona Watt of the Society of British Theater Designers. Ms. Watt originally trained with the Motley Theatre Design Course in London. She is a freelance scenographer who enjoys exploring the relationship between existing architecture and the performance space, unlocking the hidde...

Michael Kruse is host and founder of the Title Block Podcast.   The Title Block is a podcast about Canadian theatre designers and their craft.  It is hosted by Michael Kruse, a former lighting designer.  Each episode he focuses on one designer and their body of work and talk about their training, philosophy and history. Michael Kruse is also the Chairman on the Board of Directors of...

Barbora Příhodová is a researcher, teacher, and curator in theatre studies. Her research focuses on design and space in performance, and her work bridges the United States and Europe. Born in the Czech Republic, she currently lives in the Philadelphia area and teaches as adjunct faculty.  She is one of the curators of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ Talks, 2019), th...

Andrew Enil is a lighting designer, programmer and entrepreneur.  While going to school at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, Andrew also works as part of the crew for the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts and as a local freelance lighting specialist.  Kerron-Daniel Ferreira is also a student at UTT as well as an business entrepreneur, musician and all around freelance product...

Kerri Ann Chandler is an studio and live audio engineer, producer, musician, instructor and friend from Trinidad and Tobago. Kerri was my first guest and its great to catch up with her again.  This time she is in New York City, attending class at NYU.  Kerri recently earned a Fulbright scholarship to do her Master's in Music Technology at the Steinhardt School.   I couldn't be more...

Brandon Wardell is a Lighting and Scenic Designer based out of Chicago, IL.  He is an Ensemble Member of Adventure Stage Chicago, an Artistic Associate of Steep Theatre Company, and Associate Professor of Lighting Design at Northern Illinois University.  Brandon is a member of USA Local 829. Professional Website:   https://www.brandonwardelldesign.com/ University Website:   htt...

Pavel Drábek is Professor of Drama and Theatre Practice at the University of Hull (UK), specialising in Shakespeare, early modern theatre, translation, adaptation and theatre theory. He also writes and translates for opera, radio and theatre. His selected works are České pokusy o Shakespeara (Czech Attempts at Shakespeare, 2012), Transnational Connections in Early Modern Theatre (co-ed. M. A. Katr...

   Welcome to Episode #41. My guest this week is once again, Ms. Pamela Howard (OBE). This week’s podcast though is not an interview. It is a replay of a lecture I attended at this year’s 2019 Prague Quadrennial in the Czech Republic. The event I was attending was Gallery Talks, a part of the Fragments Exhibition. This Exhibition offered the opportunity for small audiences to hear from s...

Jerôme Maeckelbergh studied Fine Arts (painting and sculpture), and drunk too much with drama students, who later became directors. This resulted in a scenographers career with a first production in 1974. He has designed more than 50 productions, with work selected for the PQ '83 ("Shunt on to a siding" by Geiffrig) and '87 ("The possessed" by Albert Camus, "The bear and the Pasha" by Eugène Scrib...

   Professor Kenyon serves as Head of the Lighting Design Program at Penn State.  An active professional designer with over 150 designs for theatre, dance, opera, and musicals to his credit, Prof. Kenyon has recently designed the lighting for several Penn State locations, including the 2013 re-creation of the iconic Nittany Lion Shrine, the Art Room in Schreyer House, and the new theatre space inc...

World Stage Design 2021 - Official Site April Viczko is a set, costume, lighting and projection designer. Recent selected credits include: costumes for Butcher at Alberta Theatre Projects, In the Heat of the Night at Vertigo Theatre, set and costumes for As You Like It at Citadel Theatre, set design for Home at The Belfry and lighting design for V ictor and Victoria’s Terrifying Tale of Terrible T...

Psyche Chui has worked as a professional lighting designer and theatre educator for over 29 years. She has been invited as Guest Lecturer and/or Visiting Professor by the Theatre Academy of Finland, Central Academy of Drama, China and Singapore Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts , and is regularly invited to speak at international lighting symposiums and professional or academic conferences,  inclu...

Hello everyone and welcome to this latest episode of the podcast.  Coming up on this episode is my second collection of interviews. This time with some of the student presenters at PQ2019. I wish I could have spoken to more students, but time and schedule were working against me. I do appreciate those that did though, their work was fantastic.  I really encourage you to please help conti...

   Hello everyone and welcome to this latest episode of the podcast.  I am finally home from both The Prague Quadrennial and Stage Set Scenery Event in Berlin, Germany.  I would like to give a big shout out to everyone who organized, participated and put their time and effort into making it happen. A lot of praise should go to the many members of the PQ Team, Interns, Ambassado...

   Hello everyone and welcome to this latest episode of the podcast.  The Prague Quadrennial is wrapping up and it has been another wonderful experience seeing all the national and student exhibits, listening to the discussions, immersing myself in many of the experiences, getting to make new friends and of course seeing old ones.  It has also provided me the opportunity to get...

Roma Patel is a Scenographer and digital artist that designs interactive and site-specific performance, theatre and digital installations in the UK and Europe. Her work focuses on the points of intersection between scenography and interactive technologies. Her current work merges electronic and wearable technology in scenography for theatre early years and is influenced by her work with the Irish...

   Hello Everyone and welcome to Episode #32 of the podcast. Even though the PQ is coming up in a few days and I’ve been crazy busy preparing a PQ FlashTalk, I couldn’t let a week go bye without bringing you another interview. It just took a little bit longer than I had planned   This week my guest is Mr. Ed De Shae Mr. Ed De Shae is an exceptional person who I’m grateful to have kn...