Herbert D. Greggs Merit Award The Herbert D. Greggs Awards promote innovative, in-depth writing about theatre design and technology in TD&T. Named in honor of a highly-regarded former USITT General Manager, the Herbert D. Greggs Award was first given in 1979. The Merit Awards began in 1998. 2020 Winner: Sandra Goldmark "Circular Design and Production" from TD&T Winter 2019 Sandra Goldmark's insightful piece provides inspiration and potential solutions that help make sustainable practices achievable. The article draws from contemporary concerns and challenges readers to consider the value and cost of each item we place on stage, arguing that we should apply principles of circular design to our productions. One reviewer noted that "for far too long we have been an industry of rampant waste. I deeply appreciated both the systemic approach that was taken within this case study as well as the practical recommendations for operational change that the article challenged us all to adopt." Herbert D. Greggs Merit Award The Herbert D. Greggs Awards promote innovative, in-depth writing about theatre design and technology in TD&T. Named in honor of a highly-regarded former USITT General Manager, the Herbert D. Greggs Award was first given in 1979. The Merit Awards began in 1998. 2020 Winner: John Huntington, "Bridging Art and State-of-the-Art" from TD&T Summer 2019 John Huntington's thoughtfully contextualized article offers helpful guidance on how educators can best design entertainment technology programs to train students for the diversity of career paths open to them today. The piece also refers back to Huntington's 2002 article on these programs, allowing the discussion to be framed in a larger historical perspective that reveals how our technology 54 | THEATRE DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY | SPRING 2020 has changed and highlighting ways in which our training programs need to adapt. One reviewer called the article a "thought-provoking call to incorporate the latest technology into our teaching, preparing students for the jobs that actually exist in the many varied forms of today's performing arts."