Theatre Design & Technology - Summer 1989 - 4

EDITORS' NOTE
Ah, summer. The promise of lazy days,
relaxed schedules, a slower paceunless, of course, you're involved in
theatre! We hope that, in the midst of
mounting your stock or Shakespeare
productions, rushing through your
summer teaching load, or dashing
wherever the season takes you, you'll
spend a few minutes relaxing with us.
In addition to our regular columns,
this issue offers a continuation of two
conversations begun in the Spring issue. In "The Theatre Underclass" (see
p. 5), lucy Terry Nowell expands on the
controversial questions posed by Dennis Dorn and lisa Schlenker-Aitken
concerning job satisfaction-or lack
of it-among university technicians.
Alexander F. Adducci's beautifully illustrated article on the newly created
Northern Illinois University/lyric Opera of Chicago Collection of historic
scenic design (see p. 8) should help
ease David Cockayne's fears that our
priceless scenographic heritage is being trashed, not treasured.
Mark Reaney, William Wallace, and
Patrick Finelli offer a three-way dialogue (see p. 23) on implementing
CAD systems on a small-scale basis.
We also with this issue welcome
long-time TD& T contributors Jarka
Burian and Delbert Unruh to our roster
of contributing editors, and look forward to publishing significant articles
from both of them in the Fall issue.
-Eric & Cecelia Fielding

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THEATRE DESIGN & TECH 1'.'OlOGY

On the cover: The model for the
Act Two set from a Lyric Opera of
Chicago production of La Boheme.
Photo:
orthern Illinois University/Lyric Opera of Chicago
Collection.
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