FALL 1996 * VOLUME 32 * NUMBER 5 I Features 9 PITTSBURGH "America's Renaissance Cit)''' is tbe site of tbe 1997 USITT Conference & Stage E.\po BY LEON I. BRAUNER lHOUGHfS ONTIDNKING _ 12 Tbeatre artists need to pa), attention to advancements in scientific discoveries BY BEEB SALZER NO WOMEN AND TIlEIR CONTRIBUTION TO CONTEMPORARY CZECH SCENOGRAPHY _ 19 Tbose amazing Czecb designers come in botb genders BY JARKA M. BURIAN THIRTY YEARS OF MULTIPLE-USE CONCERT HALL lHEATRE DESIGN 30 Sbrinking budgets demand facilities be engineered to accomodate man)' different uses BY GEROGE C. IZENOUR _ 41 MID-SIDE RECORDI GAND PLAYBACK TECHNIQUES An old broadcast recording trick gives new dimensions to tbeatre sound scores BY RICHARD THOMAS ATREADMILL FOR EDWI DROOD _ 46 A Broadwa)' special effect on a universit)' tbeatre budget BY BRUCE DUERDEN PumNG PERSONALITY IN YOUR PORTFOLIO AND RESUME _ 49 Impersonal dOCllments witb personal flair BY TARA MAGINNIS .011 Resources 60 NEW PRODUCT REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS _ Cover Fabrics are Czecb designer jana Zboi'i/ova'sfavorite scenic material, as can be seen in ber beautiful rendering for Princess Turandol 65 68 INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS the INSIDE USITT _ 70 ADVERTISER INDEX _ 72 Correction: On p. 43 oftbe Summer issue, we misspe//ed Tim Poertner's name-several times--jor wbicb we sincere()' apologize. TD&T F ALL I 9 9 6 3