FALL 1995 * VOLUME 32 * NUMBER 5 Features PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL '95 9 Tbe world's biggest scenograpby exbibition BY RICHARD W. DURST THE OPENING ADDRESS TO PQ '95 _ 14 Cultural responsibility and tbe survival of tbe PQ BY HELMUT GROSSER ADDRESS TO THE OISTAT SMALL CONGRESS _ 16 Tbe beginnings and growtb ofOISTAT BY HELMUT GROSSER 16 WHAT IS OISTAT? Key issues facing OISTAT BY RICHARD W. DURST LOOKING FOR AMERICA _ 20 Is money the dominant visual icon ofAmerican stage design? BY TOM MARKUS AMERICAN DESIGNERS 20 Tbe six featured American designers sbare tbeir tbougbts on PQ '95 INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE U.S. DELEGATION PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL & THE U.S.A. History oftbe u.s. involvement in tbe PQ 26 _ BY JOEL E. RUBIN PICTURES OF THE EXHIBITIONS 30 Pictorial essays ofeigbt exbibits PHOTOS AND COMMENTARY BY MEMBERS OF THE U.S. DELEGATION SCHOOLS OF SCENOGRAPHY OF THE PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL '95 _ _ 45 PQ exbibits sponsored ~)I scboolsfrom around tbe globe BY SARAH NASH GATES AND TIM SATERNOW SEEING AMERICA CLEARLY _ 49 American plays witb non-American designs BY LINDA SARVER GARDZIENICE _ 53 Non-traditionaltbeatre in a Polisb rural Village ON THE COVER BY TOM MARKUS ATEXAS BIG CONFERE CE _ 57 Tbe 1996 USITT Conference & Stage Expo comes to Fort Wortb, Texas BY ROBERT LONCAR Resources LETTERS _ 60 REMEMBERING ... NEW PRODUCT REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS INSIDE USITT ADVERTISER INDEX _ 61 62 _ 66 _ 68 _ Tbe pboto ofHarlequin welcoming visitors into tbe Czecb Republic exbibit, and also inViting readers into tbis special issue on PQ '95, was taken ~)I Eric Fielding. We're deligbted to be able to feature several of Eric's pbotograpbs intbis issue. As tbe previous editors ofTD&T, Eric and bis wife Cecelia brougbt a caliber ofpresentation to tbis magazine tbat will be diffiCIIlt to matcb. Tbank you, Eric and Cece, for tbe jJbotos andfor allyourfine work. 72 TD&T F ALL I 9 9 3