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listings of individual members, and logos and descriptive information about our contributing and sustaining members.
the final phase of the periodicals transition project occurred early in 1990 with the publication of the spring issue
of TD&T. Produced for the first time utilizing dtP technology,
cecelia and i assumed total control for the editing, design,
and layout of the quarterly journal. the issue was created on
the computer in our home office and then the files were sent
to the printer in virginia on bernoulli disks where they were
output on a high-resolution image setter. the back shop at
byrd Press integrated the advertising artwork into the spaces provided. then a blue line (and selected color proofs)
was sent back for proofing and approval. once everything
was in order, the issue was printed, bound, and mailed to
the membership.
the spring 1990 issue of TD&T was notable not only for
being the first one prepared using desktop publishing technology, but it also commemorated the 30th anniversary of the
u.s. institute for theatre technology and introduced the first
re-design of the quarterly journal in several years. the issue
contained articles and images looking back on the first three
decades of the institute, similar to what is included in this issue celebrating the 50th anniversary. the spring 1990 issue
also announced the expansion of the volunteer editorial staff
for the usitt periodicals to include an associate editor from
each of the commissions, the ten special interest groups that

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make up the body of organization, signaling our efforts to facilitate the regular inclusion of content of interest for a broad
range of the membership.
over the years we included a variety of inserts in TD&T
to feature special projects of the various commissions. these
inserts including position papers like "the technical director in educational theatre"; standards like the "usitt scenic
design and technical Production graphic standard"; and catalogs for the u.s. exhibits to the Prague Quadrennial and the
biennial usitt design expo. the spring 1990 issue included
the gallery guide for the sixth biennial usitt design expo,
"art for the stage," which was presented at the 1990 conference & stage expo in Milwaukee.
for the Winter 1994 issue-a bit more than five years
after assuming the editorship of usitt periodicals and four
years after first desktop published issue-we re-designed the
format and layout of the journal and, in the four issues that
year, celebrated the first three decades of TD&T by publishing a retrospective of significant articles from the past. the
first issue of the 30th volume contained a reproduction of an
article published in the very first issue of the journal. the issue also included, as an insert, another position paper: "the
essential relationship: curriculum and Production."
in the fall of 1992, i resumed my academic career
and returned to the faculty of the department of theatre at
brigham Young university. in 1993, i was appointed chair of

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