Theatre Design & Technology - Fall 1996 - 6

THEATRE DESIG\ & TECH\OLOGY
The jOlll'llal for
desigll & prodllclioll professiollals
ill the pe/formillg flrls.

Fall is mv favorite season: brisk mornings gile mc a fceling of energy and expectation. I scurn'
about pUlling things allav as I Ilatch the squirrels and chipmunks doing the same. Fall brings
change 10 us all-back to school and Ivork. looking fonvard to a
veal' hIli of projects. making plans 10 visitloled oncs during the holidal'S. This particular fall. mv lIife Deborah and I packed up our belongings and our dogs and mOled 10 Louisville. KeIlluck,·. Talk about
change! .-\her six veal's. I Ivas just getting used 10 that "Long Island
Ivhine." and developing a real tastc for some of Long Island's Ivines.
"Oil' I need 10 adjust to a mid-Ilest acceIll and pace. but I realll am
looking fonlard to being in the middle of things for a IIhile.
Our editorial mandate Ivith !D& Tis 10 cover all the iIllerest areas represented bv the ten lSITT commissions. The list of associate
edilOrs on this page indicates hOlv varied those iIllerests are. This issue. I hope. Ilill hale something of interest 10 eletyone.
~Ianv lSITT members spend time everv fall preparing seminars
and exhibits for the annuallSITT Conference & Stage Expo. so Leon Brauner. lSITT \'ice-President
for Conferences. offered to Ivhet our appetites for the pleasures of Pillsburgh. site of the 199- conference. Beeb Salzer. a frequent contribulOr to TD&T. reflects on the Ivonders of natural science.
particularly the discoveries made by scientists probing the mvsteries of the human mind. Another
frequent contributor, Jarka Burian. visits a subject Ilhich has had extensile cOlerage in these
pages: Czech scenography. This time his attention is focused on l\VO designers IIho. as thev sal'.
happen to be 1I'0men. George !zenour, knolm for his innolatile designs of theatre spaces. and also
for his outspoken attitudes about conventional theatre architeclllre. makes his case for flex.ible.
multiple-use auditoria. His three books on architecture are being republished bv Yale L-niversitl'
Press this fall and Joel Rubin gives us his insightful comments on all three. Richard Thomas. lSi'll'
Sound Co-Commissioner. reports on his use of a technique first presented at the Las Yegas conference in 1995 lI'hereby a broadcast technique knolm as mid-side stereophonv is used 10 add realism and localize sound sources in theatrical productions. ~Ianl lament the IvaI' modern musicals
are more spectacle than substance; none more than the small theatre technical direclOr Ivho is responsible for providing big-budget effects on a shoestring. Bruce Duerden has met the challenge
and shOll'S us his plan for building a treadmill for his unilersitY's production of Tbe .I/)'sfelJ oj
£rlll'ill Dl'Ood. Tara 1\laginnis shares Ivith !D&{ readers her solution 10 a common problem: hOlv
to gile vour resume and portfolio a personalitv IIhich reflects all vour skills and talents.
In last issue's editor's note. I asked "holl lIe doing'" I lias disappointed that nobodv sent me anI
strange postcards. but I Ivas glad 10 get the follolving commeIll from one reader: "The articles on
OSHA. Ivire rope terminations. tech packages. fall arrest slstems. etc. are right on the mark. I've
really seen enough profilcs of designcrs to last mc a lifctimc." (Eric Gralcs. Washington. DC). Yes.
Eric. lIe plan to do morc in-dcpth lechnical articles like thc oncs I'OU meIllioncd. but I trust vou
Ilon'l be offended ifrve also do the occasional probing article on an influential designer or two. e1r

Sialemems and opinions expressed in ani ell'S or edilorials in I Dc: I' are the e\pre"ion, of the indi, idual cOlllrihulor, and
do t10l necessariil' represenl Ihe policies or opinions of Ihe Lnited States IU,lillne for Theatre Technologl. Inc ..\lilenbemelllS appearing in Ihis puhlication are Ihe sole re,ponsihilitl of the alilenber.

EDITORIAL OFFICE
DAVID RODGER

Editor
DEBORAH HAZLETT

Art Director
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Louisville. KY 40241-2755
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ASSOCIATE EDITORS
STEVE POLLOCK

.-Irchitecture
ELIZABETH LEWANDOWSKI

Costullle
PATRICK M. FINELLI

COlllfluters

c- Software

SUZY CAMPBELL

Educatiou
WILLIAM B. HEKTNER
Herdth & Safety
RICHARD DEVIN

Lightiug Design
ROBERT L. SMITH

Scenic Design
KEN BELL

Sound Desigll
BILL BROWNING

Teclmica! Productioll
RICHARD PETERSON

Productioll & .i/allagelllellt
NORMA ADLER

IlIlerl/a/iol/a!,/ol/rl/a!s
ELBIN CLEVELAND

.l'ell' Prodl/c/ :II/IIOI/IICelllel//s
SYLVIA J. H. PANNELL

Book Retiell's
WILLIAM J. BYRNES

II/side CSIIT

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
ARNOLD ARONSON· JARKA BURIAN·
SARAH NASH GATES· JOEL E. RUBIN·
BEEB SALZER· DELBERT UNRUH· TOM
WATSON

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