CONTENTS THEATRE DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY SPRI~G DEPARTMENTS 48 THIRTY YEARS OF TD&T THE CONSULTANT: THEN AND NOW BY GEORGE IZENOUR 54 1994 VOL U ~I E 3 0 N U ~I B E R FEATURES 9 THE OMNIGARMENT: PUTTING DESIGN INTO THE HANDS OF THE AOOR A series o( (abric squares becomes a creative and servicable solution to providing a flexible neutral costume that becomes an on-stage tool (or the actor. BY TARA MAGI T IS COMPUTERS PERSONAL COMPUTER USE IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, PART TWO BY PATRICK GILL 13 THERE IS NO BLUE IN VLADIVOSTOK 57 A joumal contributing editor (inds, during a recellf pro(essional trip to \'(/estem Russia, that a lack o( technical sophistication may actually make (or better theatre. ENGINEERING BY BEEB SALZER ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS IN THEATRICAL UGHTING 19 BY JOEL E. RUB II JAROSLAV MAUNA: 62 METAPHOR AND THE "OTHER AOOR" OF AalON DESIGN The principles o( Action Design are clearly evident in a production o( Claw by one o( the design philosophy's masters, Czech scenographer Jaroslav i\!lalina. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL REPORT EDITED BY I ORMA ADLER BY DEI NIS CHRISTILLES 63 BOOK REVIEWS EDITED BY SYLVIA HILLYARD 64 NEW PRODua REVIEWS EDITED BY ELBIN CLEVELA TD 23 JAROSLAV MAUNA: CARMEN-PROFILE OF A THEATRICAL DESIGN The process o( Action Design is chronicled through the various creative phases o( a recent American production o( Carmen designed by Malina. BY DELBERT UNRUH 65 NEW PRODUCTS EDITED BY ROBERT HELLER 67 INSIDE USITT 69 27 LASERING: LASER UGHT AS ART, ART AS LASER UGHT One o( the newest tools available to the theatrical lighting designer is de(ined and even named by a Russian artist and technician. BY DMITRY MIKHALEVSKY INDEX TO 1993 TD&T VOLUME 71 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 35 FRANCESCO PIRANESI'S RECONSTRUalON OF THE ANCIENT THEATRE AT HERCULANEUM The dOCllmentation o( a long-buried Roman theatre illustrated and chronicled by Piranesi, one o( the (oremost 18th century stage designers, is published in English (or the (irst time. BY THOMAS AULT TD&T 1994 SPRING