f------------------ ii)&i U)iii VOLUME XXII c o N * NUMBER 4 T * --------------------j WINTER 1987 E N T s Tableau synoptique franc;ais et anglais sur page 58. THEATRE PAINTING SEMINAR IN SALZBURG 5 by Cate Cannon, Lydia Figueroa, and Laura Grossman This is a report on a recent painting seminar. The authors were students sponsored by USITT. SOUND: R-DAT AND ALL THAT 7 by Charlie Richmond Is the newest format of Digital Audio Tape of any value to theatre? The USITT Sound Commissioner discusses the pros and cons. CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN DESIGN: CARRIE ROBBINS 8 by Arnold Aronson TDeJT continues its series on current American designers with costume designer Carrie Robbins whose work has been seen from Broadway to opera to Satmday Night Live. USITT DMX512 AND USITT AMX192 Costumes for The Tempest designed bv Carrie Robbins 22 by the USITT Dimmer Standards Committee These two new USITT standards cover digi tal protocol and analog multiplex protocol for data transmissions between controllers and dimmers. 9 THEATRE ARCHITECTURE 30 Continuing the publication of displays from the 1985 USITT Conference. In this issue: Maguire Theatre, Experimental Media Facility, The Walker Arts Center. BOOK REVIEWS 36 Encyclopedia of Architecture, A History of the Theatre, Register 85 86, Stage iVfakeup: Seventh Edition. Experimental Media Faci lily 30 On the cover: Sketch for Lauren Bacall as Alexandra del Lago in the revival of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of YOllth. The final design was a modification of this one. NEW PRODUCTS 41 OISTAT 54 A listing of contents from foreign journals. INDEX TO VOLUME XXII 62 TD&T· Wil TER 1987 3