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Centenary College of Louisiana
And
The Community Foundation and United Way
Present
Regional High School Theatre Festival
Schedule
Dec 1-3, 2017 Friday Dec 1
st:
When What Where
3:00-5:00pm Registration MLP Lobby
5:00-5:20pm Opening Ceremonies Stage
President Holoman and Professor Don Hooper
5:30 pm Bailey-Alan/First Show Load In Loyola Stage
6:10- 6:30pm Loyola Response Classroom
Logan Sledge and Sharla Cowden MLP 106
6:30 pm Bailey-Alan/Second Show Load Green Oaks Stage
7:10-7:30pm Green Oaks Response Classroom
Jodie Glorioso and Logan Sledge MLP 106
7:30 pm Load in Captain Shreve Stage
8:15 p.m. Parent pick up
8:10-8:30 Captain Shreve Response Classroom
Paul Crook and Chad Anthony Miller MLP 106
Saturday Dec 2nd
:
When What Where
Workshops:
9:00-10:20am
Voice for the Stage: Prepare to be heard I Whited
With Jodie Glorioso-Centenary College Room
This workshop is for students that did not attend last year‘s
workshop. Robert Barton and Rocco Dal Vera have created a
voice recipe for the actor in the text, ―Voice Onstage and Off.‖
This workshop will use the nine voice ingredients exploring the
actor‘s instrument for creating voice for the stage.
Participants are to have a short monologue prepared and to
wear clothing to move and work.
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When What Where
Workshops:
9:00- 10:20am
Theatre as a Profession Hall of Fame
With Wes Grantom-NYC Fame Room
Professional theatre director, Wes Grantom provides an in-depth
look into the business of being a working artist. During this talk,
Wes covers everything you would ever want to know about the
career of a working artist including: starting your career, how to get
work, ways to market yourself, survival jobs and more. The session will conclude
with a 20-minute Q&A.
9:00- 10:20am
Yoga For Actors Dance
With Logan Sledge-Centenary College Studio
The actor‘s body is his/her main instrument for
communication. This workshop uses the practice of yoga to
show how it can benefit actors by helping them develop
physical awareness, strength, balance, flexibility, and the
mind/body connection. Please wear clothing you can move in!
9:00- 10:20am
College Audition/Interview Secrets: What Do They Want? MLP 106
With Sharla Cowden-University of Evansville Classroom
The college audition process can be confusing and stressful.
This workshop will help to take the mystery out of the process and
provide no-nonsense advice on how to best present oneself in the
college interview process and avoid common pitfalls of social
interaction. Networking hints, clothing advice, and electronic and
social media skills will also be covered. Feel free to bring your resume for tips!
9:00- 10:20am
Better Living Through Improv With Chad Anthony Miller-NYC Kilpatrick
Improvisation is a skill, which can be used in all walks of life. Auditorium
This introductory workshop will not only immerse students in
both short-form and long-form improvisation, but also open the
door to creating characters for sketch comedy. Many of the
techniques studied will be those currently used by performers in
Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings. The workshop
will also draw upon acting skills, which include listening, physicality,
object work, and audience and ensemble engagement. Students will
have the opportunity to present individual work, as well as performing
as a team.
The goal of the intensive — in addition to having fun in a creative,
collaborative environment — is to present skills to students using
various games. exercises, and performances that will translate into
future improvisational opportunities both on or off the stage,
whether at an audition or a job interview.
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When What Where
Workshops:
9:00- 10:20am
Hack! Stab! Slash! MLP Stage
With Jay Stratton-UTEP
A quick and dirty stage combat tutorial in Single Sword
[weapons available].
9:00 – 10:20am
Dramatic Action: Beginning your play or screenplay. Green Rm
Jeremy Reynolds-LaTech MLP
Description - In this workshop students will discuss key concepts
and strategies for beginning to craft a play or screenplay. We'll focus
on the fundamental concept of dramatic action and engage in exercises
to kickstart the writing process.
9:00 – 10:20am
Online Personal Branding for the Performing Arts Professional:
Tips and Tools to Build Your Online Presence Smith 107
With Kim Condon - BPCC
Building your digital brand as an actor and performing artist is
essential. You as an actor are a product and products need to be branded
so target audiences know what to expect when they decide to ―purchase‖ it
(or cast you!). But what is brand as it pertains to you as an actor? You‘re
the only person to figure it out, but not without the help from digital media
expert Kim Condon to break it down for you. Learn how to analyze your
brand, the tools to build your digital presence (social media, website, blog,
podcasts, etc.) and quick and easy ways to create content to post, optimize
and feed your digital presence.
When What Where
Workshops:
10:30-11:30am
Voice for the Stage: Prepare to be heard III Whited Room
With Jodie Glorioso-Centenary College
This is a continuation of the workshops presented last year.
Robert Barton and Rocco Dal Vera have created a voice recipe
for the actor in the text, ―Voice Onstage and Off.‖ This work-
shop will use the nine voice ingredients exploring the actor‘s
instrument for creating voice for the stage. Participants are to
have a short monologue prepared and to wear clothing to move
and work.
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When What Where
Workshops:
10:30-11:30am
Generating Your Own Work Hall of Fame
With Wes Grantom-NYC Room
This is an important workshop for aspiring theatre artists and their
teachers, focusing on self-producing (something many professional
artists have to do). Drawing on over 15 years of experience in New
York City, Wes leads this session, which is full of helpful tips about
starting a company, finding space, maintaining not-for-profit status
and more. Helpful resources and organizations will be referenced
throughout, so if you are serious about creating your own work, be
ready to take notes.
10:30-11:30am
Viewpoints Dance Studio
With Logan Sledge-Centenary College
This workshop examines Viewpoints, a movement
philosophy that explores the issues of time and space.
Originally developed for dance by Mary Overlie, this
technique was adapted for stage acting by Anne Bogart and
Tina Landau. In theatre, it allows a group of actors to
function spontaneously and intuitively, and to generate bold
new work quickly by developing flexibility, articulation,
and strength in movement.
10:30-11:30am
Theatre Management: The Care and Feeding of Artists MLP 106
With Sharla Cowden-University of Evansville Classroom
Everyone in the theatre need not strive to be an artist, but should
possess a passion for the artistic process itself. Theatre managers
are the people who bring together the idea, artist, place, and audience.
This workshop will outline the specific career paths within the
10:30-11:30am
Acting for the Camera MLP Stage
With Chad Anthony Miller-NYC
This workshop will focus on preparing for on-camera auditions
and acting projects. Students will receive constructive feedback on
their monologues, which will serve as text for their on-camera work.
Each student will receive constructive feedback on their techniques
and have the opportunity to take adjustments to their work –
similar to an on-camera audition.
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When What Where
Workshops:
10:30-11:30am
Tackling the Bard Kilpatrick
With Jay Stratton-UTEP Auditorium
Whenever I see Shakespeare, I think, what would my dad say?
Probably something like ―Everybody talked funny and all the men
were wearing pantyhose!‖ Acting Shakespeare comes with a big language
challenge. This class focuses on practical tools to make Shakespeare accessible
and fun.
10:30-11:30
Shurtleff’s Guideposts for Actors: How to Make Clear & Strong Choices
With Ray Scott Crawford – BPCC Smith 107
Michael Shurtleff has been a casting director for Broadway shows
like Chicago and Becket and for films like The Graduate and Jesus
Christ Superstar. His legendary guideposts have launched hundreds
of successful careers and this workshop lets students in on the secret.
Participants will learn a clear and precise way to personalize scripts
and make strong character choices for acting on stage, tv and recordings.
11:30-12:50 BOX Lunch IN THE CAFETERIA Provided by Centenary
When What Where
Workshops:
1:00-2:20pm
Audition Bootcamp Whited Room
With Wes Grantom-NYC
This is an interactive workshop in which participants given sides
and invited to audition for a hypothetical production. Constructive
feedback is given at the end of each audition and tips on preparation,
focus and audition etiquette will be provided to help participants
understand what to expect from professional auditions.
1:00-2:20pm
Actioning the text Dance Studio
With Logan Sledge – Centenary College
Actioning provides the stimulation for the actor to directly play
each line of the text and develop alternative ways of bringing their
character to life. The technique encourages performances with
accurate and dramatic communication between characters. Actioning
heightens the actor‘s spontaneity, discouraging him or her from
monotonously and automatically replicating a tone. Actioning keeps
the text alive by ensuring the drama is active and subject to constant
redefinition.
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When What Where
Workshops:
1:00-2:20pm
College Audition/Interview Secrets: What Do They Want? MLP 106
With Sharla Cowden-University of Evansville Classroom
The college audition process can be confusing and stressful.
This workshop will help to take the mystery out of the process and
provide no-nonsense advice on how to best present oneself in the
college interview process and avoid common pitfalls of social
interaction. Networking hints, clothing advice, and electronic and
social media skills will also be covered. Feel free to bring your resume for tips!
1:00-2:20pm
Making the First Impression - Audition Monologues MLP Stage
With Jay Stratton-UTEP
Auditions are unique and challenging acting opportunities!
Your nerves tingle, your stomach churns, and you have one
minute to land your monologue. This class will discuss the
audition environment and will introduce crucial skills and techniques
to make sure your monologue is everything you want it to be.
1:00-2:20pm
Better Living Through Improv With Chad Anthony Miller-NYC Kilpatrick
Improvisation is a skill, which can be used in all walks of life. Auditorium
This introductory workshop will not only immerse students in
both short-form and long-form improvisation, but also open the
door to creating characters for sketch comedy. Many of the
techniques studied will be those currently used by performers in
Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings. The workshop
will also draw upon acting skills, which include listening, physicality,
object work, and audience and ensemble engagement. Students will
have the opportunity to present individual work, as well as performing
as a team.
The goal of the intensive — in addition to having fun in a creative,
collaborative environment — is to present skills to students using
various games. exercises, and performances that will translate into
future improvisational opportunities both on or off the stage,
whether at an audition or a job interview.
1:00-2:20pm
The Magic Garment: Understanding the Power Behind Costume Design
With Kim Condon – BPCC Smith 107
The costume designer‘s art lies in effective interpretation and
execution. Doing so successfully requires a solid foundation in general
artistic principles and the application of those principles. This workshop
takes a look at the power behind costume design and the important role
the costumer plays to transform actors into characters and to transport
the audience to a different time and place.
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When What Where
2:45pm Bailey-Alan/Load in Bossier TAPS Stage
3:25-3:45pm TAPS Response Session Classroom
Sharla Cowden and Wes Grantom MLP 106
3:45pm Bailey-Alan Load in Magnet Stage
4:25-4:45pm Magnet Response Session Classroom
Jay Stratton and Chad Anthony Miller MLP 106
4:30 p.m. Parent pick up
Sunday Dec. 3rd
: When What Where Workshops:
8:30 am Scholarship Auditions MLP Stage
All actors will gather in the Classroom MLP 106
10:30am Callbacks MLP Lobby
1:00-2:00 Tech Auditions
(Currently we only have two students. Expect changes) Smith 203
1:00-2:20pm
Page to Stage Hall of Fame
With Wes Grantom-NYC Room
Go inside the process of a professional director to understand what
a director does from the moment a producer offer them a job. Wes
will chose a recent production and talk through each step of the process
including collaborating with designers, casting, rehearsal, tech, previews
and opening. Design and production images will be shared throughout the
presentation to help paint a full picture of the process.
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When What Where
Workshops:
1:00-2:20pm
Shurtleff’s Guideposts for Actors: How to Make Clear & Strong Choices
With Ray Scott Crawford – BPCC Smith 107
Michael Shurtleff has been a casting director for Broadway shows
like Chicago and Becket and for films like The Graduate and Jesus
Christ Superstar. His legendary guideposts have launched hundreds
of successful careers and this workshop lets students in on the secret.
Participants will learn a clear and precise way to personalize scripts
and make strong character choices for acting on stage, tv and recordings.
1:00-2:20pm
Better Living Through Improv With Chad Anthony Miller-NYC MLP Stage
Improvisation is a skill, which can be used in all walks of life.
This introductory workshop will not only immerse students in
both short-form and long-form improvisation, but also open the
door to creating characters for sketch comedy. Many of the
techniques studied will be those currently used by performers in
Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings. The workshop
will also draw upon acting skills, which include listening, physicality,
object work, and audience and ensemble engagement. Students will
have the opportunity to present individual work, as well as performing
as a team.
The goal of the intensive — in addition to having fun in a creative,
collaborative environment — is to present skills to students using
various games. exercises, and performances that will translate into
future improvisational opportunities both on or off the stage,
whether at an audition or a job interview.
1:00-2:20pm
Fabric Magic with Magic Markers Classroom
With Michele L. Dormaier-La Tech MLP 106
An alternative method to fabric decoration, embellishment,
dyeing and painting fabrics with the use of markers.
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When What Where Workshops:
2:00-3:00 Tech Callbacks (expect changes) MLP Lobby
2:30-3:45pm
Theatre as a Profession Hall of Fame
With Wes Grantom-NYC Fame Room
A talk focused on the business of being a working artist
covering how to get work, ways to market yourself, etc.
2:30-3:45pm
College Interviewing Secrets: I Want Them To Remember Me With Sharla Cowden-University of Evansville MLP 106
This workshop seeks to give no-nonsense advice on how to Classroom
best present oneself in the college interview process and avoid
common pitfalls of social interaction in professional settings.
Networking tips, proper clothing advice, and electronic and social
media skills will also be covered.
2:30-3:45pm
Acting for the Camera MLP Stage
With Chad Anthony Miller-NYC
This workshop will focus on preparing for on-camera auditions
and acting projects. Students will receive constructive feedback on
their monologues, which will serve as text for their on-camera work.
Each student will receive constructive feedback on their techniques
and have the opportunity to take adjustments to their work –
similar to an on-camera audition.
2:30-3:45pm
Hack! Stab! Slash! Whited Room
With Jay Stratton-UTEP
A quick and dirty stage combat tutorial in Single Sword
[weapons available].
When What Where Workshops:
4:00pm Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks Stage
Don and Logan
4:30 p.m. Parent pick up Fini
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Workshop Presenters
Wes Grantom
Wes Grantom is a professional director and producer working in New York City.
His recent directing credits include beep boop by Richard Saudek at Ars Nova,
Older Brother's Almanac in Edinburgh Fringe Festival, A Comedy of Tenors by
Ken Ludwig at Pioneer Theatre Company, Toxic Avenger by David Bryan and Joe
DiPietro at Pittsburgh CLO, Lone Star Spirits by Josh Tobiessen with Crowded
Outlet, Eager to Lose by Matthew-Lee Erlbach at Ars Nova, The Steadfast by Mat
Smart and Mine by Bekah Brunstetter. Wes has a number of Broadway credits as
resident and associate director, working alongside James Lapine, Emma Rice, John
Rando, Anthony Page and Rufus Norris. He is a recipient of multiple Drama
League Fellowships, a member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab, a graduate of the
University of Evansville and the Artistic Director of Crowded Outlet.
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Logan Sledge
Logan Sledge is a proud member of Actors‘ Equity Association and the Screen
Actors Guild. A Shreveport native, he received a BA in Theatre Arts from
Centenary College before moving to California and receiving an MFA in Acting
from California State University, Fullerton. Sledge remained in Los Angeles until
2008, doing film and commercial work. While working as an actor he also taught
acting and voice and movement courses at California State University, Fullerton,
Citrus College, and South Coast Repertory Youth Conservatory. Sledge has
appeared in numerous River City Repertory Theatre productions. He was most
recently seen in Venus in Fur and True West. Sledge is now in his fourth year as
Assistant Professor of Theatre at Centenary College of Louisiana. He will be
directing Of Mice and Men at Shreveport Little Theatre in April, 2018.
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Sharla Cowden
Sharla Cowden is the Managing Director at the University of Evansville
Department of Theatre. She implements the department‘s national recruiting
strategy and sees over 2000 auditions each year. In addition, she is the co-
coordinator for the prestigious National Unified Auditions in New York, Chicago,
and Los Angeles. At the University of Evansville, Ms. Cowden is responsible for
creating and implementing an annual season subscription campaign and
coordinating all promotional elements for a six-production season. She also serves
as the academic advisor to 40 college freshmen and is a mentor to the 12 students
on the theatre management degree track, a highly selective program designed to
educate and train future arts leaders. She formerly worked as the Managing
Director of Connecticut's Hartford Children's Theatre, Marketing Associate at
Hartford Stage, Marketing Director for the University of Oklahoma School of
Drama, and spent eight
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Chad Anthony Miller
Chad Anthony Miller is a West Texas native, and works bi-coastally in both LA
and NYC. His comedy projects have been featured on Huffington Post, College
Humor, and Funny Or Die. He has performed Off Broadway at both Signature
Theatre and Playwrights Horizons. His first indie feature, An Ordinary Family,
premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2011 and won Best Narrative
Feature at the New Orleans Film Festival. Selected TV: Criminal Minds, General
Hospital, 30 Rock. Web series: Ponies! Live On Broadway (also co-producer),
Counseling Crazy. Theatre: The Christians (Playwrights Horizons); The Butter &
Egg Man (Retro Productions); Trey Parker’s Cannibal! The Musical (Coeurage
Theatre Company), Blogologues with Allison Goldberg and Jen Jamula, Wild Blue
(Hyper Aware Theatre Company).
He has improv and sketch training from both Upright Citizens Brigade and The
Groundlings, and he teaches improv throughout the city and was a visiting artist at
Summer At Cornish at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle in both 2015 and
2016. This past summer he taught musical theatre in China.
He is currently developing a TV pilot PHYLLIS based on life with his West Texas
mom, and this spring he will return to his hometown to direct ―Ripcord‖ for
Lubbock Community Theatre.
Follow his chadventures at: www.thechadanthonymiller.com.
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Jodie Glorioso
Ms. Glorioso received her graduate degree from Southern Methodist University in
the Professional Acting Program. After brief work as a performer she served as a
program director in the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, Division
of the Arts in Louisiana. There she administered the federal dollars from the
National Endowment for the Arts. During her tenure with this position she
continued her theatre work with many regional theatre groups as well as the other
art forms including dance, music, and visual arts but in an administrative capacity.
She has continued her work with our community arts organizations as a volunteer
and recently, back on the stage at the Marjorie Lyons Playhouse, Centenary
College. She operates and manages a special events facility and planning service
that also allows her to work with the performing arts groups that use the building.
This facility became SciPort, their temporary home. She has worked in the
management of properties and business of Santa Maria Corporation. She has
served on various boards statewide, on grant review panels for the arts, and
appointed by the Governor as Commissioner on the State Tourist Commission as
the Arts representative. Her work in the public arena for the arts has taken her
around the world enabling her to have experienced the performing arts in the
People‘s Republic of China, Europe, Canada, South America, and Mexico. In the
works now is the cultural exchange with Cuba and the League of Historic Theatres.
Also, currently she teaches Voice for the Stage in the theatre department at
Centenary College of Louisiana
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Jay Stratton
Jay Stratton (Director)
A proud member of AEA, Jay got his MFA from the Alabama Shakespeare
Festival and spent 17 years as a professional actor in New York City. Now a
professor at UTEP in West Texas, Jay has worked at theatres and universities
across the country.
Before UTEP, Jay taught acting at Miami University in Ohio and Nassau college in
New York. Jay has directed numerous college productions as well as professional
productions at The Monomoy Theatre on Cape Cod and Chester Theatre Company
in Western Massachusetts.
As an actor Jay has worked in film, television, Off Broadway and regionally across
the country. Some of Jay‘s favorite acting projects include shows at 59E59, The
Pearl Theatre Company, and The Peccadillo theatre Off Broadway. Regionally Jay
has acted with the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Pittsburgh Public, The
Denver Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Playmakers Rep, Pioneer Theatre
Company, The Asolo, Two Rivers Theatre, and many others.
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Paul Crook
Paul B. Crook teaches both undergraduate and graduate acting and directing courses and
supervises all student directing projects, in addition to directing for the Department of Theatre.
Additionally, Paul serves as the department's Director of Recruiting. Paul has previously served
as the Director of Theatre Arts for Andrew College in Cuthbert, GA; on the faculty of Shelton
State Community College Theatre; as a Distance Educator for the University of Alabama
Department of Theatre and Dance; was one of the founding directors of the Kentuck Players in
Northport, AL and also served as the Artistic Coordinator for the SecondStage Theatre in
Tuscaloosa, AL.
In addition to his work at Louisiana Tech, Paul has directed and acted in theatres around the
nation. His book, The Art and Practice of Directing for the Theatre, is available from
Routledge press, and was called the "'go-to' text for our next generation of theatrical directors"
(Richard St. Peter in a book review for Southern Theatre magazine). He has previously served as
the Associate Artistic Director for the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, a summer rep theatre
in Durant, OK and currently serves as the Artistic Director of The B & B Theatre, a company
that he formed with his wife, Mary Fran, a theatre professor at Grambling State University. Two
of the plays Paul has written: Brit Lit, OR All You Need to Know to Survive Senior English but
Were Afraid to Ask and AMLIT!were commissioned for production by Stage Centre, an
educational touring theatre company, and toured across the state of Alabama. Two of his ten-
minute plays: ―Front Porch Requiem‖ and ―LAVALOOOOO!!!‖ were selected for performance
at the nationally known Kentuck Festival of the Arts Ten Minute Play Festival.
Paul is a member of the Southeastern Theatre Conference, where he is a past-chair of the College
and University Division, the Leighton Ballew Scholarship Committee, the KEAP Award, the
Publications Committee, and the Acting/Directing Committee. As part of his work for SETC,
Paul writes occasionally for the ―SETC News‖ and Southern Theatre magazine. He also is a
past-chair for the state of Louisiana for the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival,
Region VI.
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Michele L. Dormaier
Michele L. Dormaier is the resident Costume Designer for the Department of
Theatre at Louisiana Tech University. Michele was awarded a Masters of Arts in
Theatre from Louisiana Tech University, and a Bachelor of General Studies from
the University of South Dakota with emphasis in Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social
Sciences, concentrating on Theatre and Dance. The essence of her studies was
costume design and history, dance performance and teaching, as well as acting;
culminating in her thesis: ―The Evolution of Costume in Ballet.‖ She has trained as
a dancer at American Ballet Theatre in New York, and was in the Professional
Programme of The Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Additionally, she has taught dance and
choreographed, and is an avid ballroom and swing dancer. She presented her
research ―The Influence of the East on Western Ballet Costume in the Early
Twentieth Century‖ at the Southeastern Theatre Conference's Research
Symposium in Atlanta in April of 2016. She has formerly served as the Company
Manager for The Huron Playhouse in Huron, Ohio, the Assistant Costume Shop
Manager for the Des Moines Metropolitan Opera, and has designed and built
costumes for theatres around the country.
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Dr. Jeremy Reynolds
Dr. Jeremy Reynolds is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Design and Technical Director at
Louisiana Tech University. In addition to teaching theatre design and technology courses,
Jeremy also regularly attends and presents his research at Association of Theatre in Higher
Education (ATHE), American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), the Mid-American Theatre
Conference (MATC) and other national theatre conferences. Jeremy recently attended the ATHE
Leadership Institute where he collaborated with Deans, Associate Deans and Department Chairs
from around the country on leadership issues facing theatre education. In August of 2017, he was
one of three scholars selected to present his research at the ATHE Conference Plenary session
‗Spectacular Technology‘. His paper, ―Spectacular Electricity: Technology and Visual Culture in
the Late Victorian Theatre‖, examines the use of electricity in special effects during the late 19th
century and the context of that technology within the visual culture of Victorian London.
Jeremy has worked professionally all over the country as a Director, Actor and Designer. Some
regional credits include directing the world premiere of Person or Persons Unknown in Chicago
at the Wing & Groove Theatre Company, resident Sound Designer for the Texas Shakespeare
Festival, and as Technical Director for the Washington Ensemble Theatre‘s west coast premiere
of God’s Ear in Seattle. Jeremy is active in Children‘s‘ theatre and spent two summers in
Anchorage, Alaska working with the renowned Alaska Theatre for Young People. He also
recently collaborated on creating a national drama curriculum for 3-6 year olds combining
theatre games and activities geared toward aiding developmental benchmarks. Jeremy previously
held positions at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, The Evergreen State College and with
the Zachary Community Schools. Jeremy holds a Ph.D. in Theatre History and Criticism from
Louisiana State University.
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Kim Condon
Kim Condon is the Events and Programs Coordinator for Bossier Parish
Community College‘s Division of Communication and Performing Arts. She‘s a
public relations specialist with six years of experience working in Shreveport-
Bossier City, Louisiana. Kim is an outgoing, comedic performance artist and
director that discovered the art of communicating through digital media design.
Plain and simple, managing a creative production for both a live audience and a
target audience is her specialty. She has worked as Canterbury Summer Theatre‘s
company manager, director and costumer for 5 seasons and the digital media
manager for SB Magazine before beginning her new position at the BPCC
Performing Arts Theatre. She received her Associate of Arts in Theatre from
BPCC followed by her Bachelor of Science in Communication/Public Relations
from LSU Shreveport.
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Dr. Ray Scott Crawford
Ray Scott Crawford, a North Louisiana native, earned a Ph.D. in Theatre from
Texas Tech University. He also attended Louisiana Tech University, earning an
M.A. in Speech/Theatre and an M.A. in English. After grad school, Crawford spent
the next 12 years in Chicago, acting, designing sets, and directing. His last
production, The Pack is Back, a musical about the famed Rat Pack which he co-
wrote and directed, enjoyed a healthy eight month run at Piper‘s Alley.
Currently, Crawford is Dean of Communication and Performing Arts at Bossier
Parish Community College and teaches acting, directing, theatre management and
speech. He has directed over 50 musical and dramatic productions for the school
over the past 18 years. Last year he received the National Kennedy Center
American College Theatre Festival‘s Award as one of the top five college directors
with his production of The Turn of the Screw. His direction has been recognized
on the state and regional level in KCACTF, as well.
Crawford is Artistic Director at the Canterbury Summer Theatre in Michigan City,
Indiana. In this position for over 30 years, he has directed and produced over 150
musicals and comedies.