Theatre Design & Technology - Spring 2006 - 5

from the

editor

In this issue we share with everyone some of the special
people and events from the 2006 Annual USITT Conference & Stage Expo. (We'll have more to share in the
summer issue.)
Jon Jory, former producing director of Actors Theatre of Louisville and founder of the Humana Festival of
New American Plays, was this year's conference keynote
speaker. His remarks both praised and challenged the assembled crowd of designers, technicians, and managers. Kimberly Corbett interviewed key participants in the annual USITT Architecture Awards and provides concise descriptions of the winning projects and reactions
from members of the jury. Marjorie Bradley Kellogg was recipient of this year's Distinguished
Achievement Award in Scene Design. A profile of Ms. Kellogg by Arnold Wengrow includes images of fourteen of her designs and commentary based on her statement during a conference
session that what she cares about are real things.
Three more articles report on some impressive activities and discoveries by USITT members. Frequent contributor M. Barrett Cleveland and his co-authors describe an innovative
partnership between the engineering and theatre departments at Colorado State University
which resulted in a new product debuted by Rosco at the 2006 USITT Stage Expo. Deborah
Bell reports on the 2005 International Mask Conference organized by Ron Naverson at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Finally, Robert Haven discovered during a visit to the hospital that ECG electrodes are not only indispensable to medical technicians, they are very
handy for attaching costume pieces to actors. -dr

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TECHNOL OGY
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A S S O C I AT E E D I T O R S
RAYMOND KENT
Architecture

PEGGY ROSEFELDT
Costume Design & Technology

PATRICK M. FINELLI
Computers & Software

WILLIAM KENYON
Education

JERRY GORRELL
Engineering

WILLIAM B. HEKTNER
Health & Safety

RICHARD DEVIN
Lighting Design

RICHARD PETERSON
Management

ROBERT L. SMITH & HEIDI HOFFER
Scenic Design

DAVE TOSTI-LANE
Sound Design

CORRECTION

BILL BROWNING

In the article about digital design in the winter 2006 issue, we forgot to give credit to two members
of the production team on The Memorandum at Marquette University. The director was John
Schneider and the costume designer was Connie Petersen.

Technical Production

ELBIN CLEVELAND
New Product Reviews

ARNOLD WENGROW
Book Reviews

WILLIAM J. BYRNES
Inside USITT

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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
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SARAH NASH GATES * JOEL E. RUBIN *
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