Theatre Design & Technology - Oct 1972 - 5

EDITORIAL & NEWS

This is the first of what might be called "occasional"

serves a need and has time to do it, he should contact

pieces by your new Editor. It is doubtful if you would
bother to read him four times a year and even more
doubtful that he would have anything really worth
editorializing about. It will suffice to note that this page
will appear from time to time as future developments
require it.

Professor Bowman. The Journal will continue to carry
the bibliography as a regular feature if someone will take
it over.

NEWS
Richard D. Thompson, former Technical Secretary of

THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY has been
part of our scene for 7.25 years. Its impact on the theatre,
in a general sense, and on theatre technology, in particular,
is hard for your Editor to assess. It has been his pleasure
to have been associated with the magazine since its inception. However, that association has, perforce, been a
platonic one; that is to say, there has been no "heavy"
involvement. Now, the situation is changed and the
Editor is very much involved. In his opinion, the Journal's
impact will be hard to judge unless you, the reader,
respond. This response can take any form-letters, cards,
memoranda, phone calls, the submitting of manuscripts,
photographs, drawings, news, new products and techniques, new solutions to old problems-you consider
important. This feedback-and it is hoped not all of it
will be negative-will most certainly aid all of us involved
in publishing the Journal in gauging its impact and
improving its content. That, in essence, is our job: to
give you, the reader, the best publication possible. The
analogy, in this election year, to a constituency, the
membership of USITT and our other readers, in and out
of the limited geography of the theatrical world, is
inescapable. So, let us hear from you. We solicit, we need,
your ideas, criticisms, and assistance. The Editorial Office
address is: 1 Hillside Road, Newark, Delaware 19711.
Tel. (302) 731-5468.

USITT, joins the Editorial staff this fall as Associate
Editor. He will be responsible for the feature noted above,
"Recent Developments." Mr. Thompson is a graduate of
the Yale Drama School and presently lives in Hollywood,
California where he is a Senior Consultant with George T.
Howard and Associates.
Ms. Ann Brownlee is serving as Editor of the USITT
NEWSLETTER and Associate Editor of the Journal. She
requests that all timely news concerning USITT sections
and all other items of interest to the general membership
be sent to her at the New York office of the Institute.
Professor Ned A. Bowman, former Editor of TH EATR E
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, was elected as sixth
President of USITT at the 1972 Conference in San
Francisco. On the faculty of the Department of Speech
and Theatre Arts of the Un iversity of Pittsburgh, Ned
was the founding Editor of this publication and served
in that capacity for five years. For those readers who have
not had the pleasure of meeting him, we are pleased to
include his smiling likeness on this page.
Professor Bowman earned his Doctorate at Stanford
University where he wrote a dissertation on Theatre
Architecture under Wendell Cole. He has published a
number of articles in th is and other journals and is the coauthor, with Maxwell Silverman, of CONTEMPORARY
THEATRE ARCHITECTURE.

In the months ahead, the Editorial staff aims to search
out and publish a wide variety of material. We have no
specific hatchets to sharpen in any area and believe TD&T
shou Id include up-to-date information on recent theatres,
innovative methods and forms of production and the
latest marvels of theatre engineering, new looks at some
old theatres, spectacular tools, curricular ideas for the
70's, and many other surprises. Subsequent issues this year
will

include condensed versions of several discussion

panels at the 1972 USITT Conference in San Francisco.
We plan to bring back "Recent Developments" as a regular feature in the December issue. In all of this, we
regret to note that the Journal will no longer carry Ned
Bowman's "Recent Publications on Theatre Architecture."
Professor Bowman, President of USITT, feels that, "the
bibliography has outlived its usefulness. People don't
read it anymore." If anyone feels the bibliography still

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Professor Ned A. Bowman, President, U. S.
Institute for Theatre Technology.

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