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Montclair State University

College of the Arts
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
Debra Bergsma Otte

Theatre and Dance Department

Tenure: September 2009

Associate Professor: September 2011


HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREES
Institution Dates Attended Degree and Major Date Conferred
New York University, 1975-1978 MFA, May 1978

Tisch School of the Arts Design for Stage and Screen


Calvin College 1969-1972 BA, Speech and Theatre May 1973 Minors: Psychology and Education
TEACHING CAREER AT MONTCLAIR STATE
Department Rank Dates

Theatre and Dance Associate Professor September 2011-present

Art and Design, Fashion Studies Associate Professor September 2011-present

Theatre and Dance Assistant Professor September 2006-June 2011

Art and Design, Fashion Studies Assistant Professor September 2006-June 2011

TEACHING CAREER OUTSIDE MONTCLAIR STATE
Institution Department Rank Dates

New York University Graduate Playwriting Program Guest Lecturer Fall 2007, 2008

Long Island University Theatre, Film and Dance Assistant Professor 2005-2006

Long Island University Theatre, Film and Dance Adjunct Professor 1994-2005

SUNY at Old Westbury Theatre Department Adjunct Professor various

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Coursework (since last personnel action in 2011)

Appointment is ¼ load in Fashion Studies Program, Art and Design Department and ¾ in Theatre and Dance Department.

Apparel Design: Flat Patterning, Fall and Spring 2011-2014

Apparel Design: Draping, Fall 2014

Introduction to the Theatrical Medium (Creativity) Fall 2011-2012

Costume Design I, Fall 2011-2014

Costume Craft, Fall 2011

Advanced Costume Design, Spring 2011-2013

Advanced Stage Makeup, Spring 2014

Production Practicum in Costume, Fall and Spring 2011-2014

Senior Project in Production and Design, Spring 2012–2013

Special Topics in Theatre, World Stage Design, Fall 2013

Special Topics in Theatre, Art and Performance Prague Quadrennial, Summer 2011
Mentorship of student costume, makeup and hair design for all theatre and dance productions (since last personnel action in 2011)

Supervision of research, close mentorship of design process with director, oversight and instruction in rendering of designs, continued mentorship with costume shop staff through the collection and build process, advisement through dress rehearsals, run and final strike.


Produced 2015-16 Research and pre-production January 2015-March 2016

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, student costume designer Caty Loughlin, student hair and makeup designer Nicole Ferrigno

Pride and Prejudice, student costume designer April Gormley, student hair and makeup designer Cheyenne Pellicoro

Triumph of Love, student costume designer Meghan Delanoy, student hair and makeup designer Deirdre Morgan

Works-A-Foot, student costume designers Cheyenne Pellicoro, Eden Tayar, Danielle Foreman, Christina Daly, Deirdre Morgan

99 Ways to Fuck a Swan, student costume design Eden Tayar

Producers, student costume design associate Samantha LaScala, hair and makeup design associate Deirdre Morgan

Drunken City, student costume designer Nicole Ferrigno

Dance Works, student costume designer Deirdre Morgan
Produced 2014-15

The Three Penny Opera, student costume designer Andy Bravo

Works-A-Foot, student costume designers Nicole Ferrigno, Meghan Delanoy, Samantha LaScala, Caty Loughlin

A Winter’s Tale, student costume designer April Gormley

Persians, student costume designer April Gormley

Wintertime, student costume designer Kasey Gillette

Hair student costume designer Derek Robertson

Dance Works, student costume designer Nicole Ferrigno
Produced 2013-14
Produced 2012-13
Produced 2011-2012 Academic Year. Research and pre-production February 2011-March-2012

A Chorus Line, student design Sue Hawley

Stage Door, student costume design Trish McLaughlin

Works-A-Foot, student costume designers John Marrazzo, Pia Kristjansen, Claire McEwan

Rags, student costume designer Natalia Weber

Romeo and Juliet, student costume designer Claire McEwan

Kiss of the Spiderwoman, student costume designers Julie and Alexandra Abene

Danceworks, student costume designer Natalia Weber

Don Juan, student costume designer Pia Kristjansen

Produced 2012-2013 Academic Year. Research and pre-production February 2012-March 2013.

Attempts on Her Life, student costume designer Sarah Stouff

Cloud Nine, student costume designer Pia Kristjansen

Carousel, student costume designer Clare McEwan

Works-A-Foot, Student costume designer Noelle Rasco

Insula, student costume designer Jessica Marrazzo

Equus, student costume designer Noelle Rasco

Peter/Wendy, student costume designer Christine Bennett

Dance Works, student costume designers Pia Kritjansen, Sarah Stouff

Wild Party, student costume designers Claire McEwan and Sarah Stouff and student makeup/hair designer Mallory Pace
Produced 2013-2014 Academic Year. Research and pre-production February 2013-March 2014.

Take Flight, student costume designer Noelle Rasco and student makeup/hair designer Andrea Claudio

Streetcar, student costume designer Sarah Stouff and student makeup/hair designer Derek R Robertson

Works-A-Foot, student costume designers Becky Erlitz, John Naughton, Kasey Gillette

Falsettos, student costume designers Brianna Chin, Andrea Bravo

42nd Street, student makeup/hair designer Derek Robertson

42nd Street, student costume assistant Kasey Gillette

Dance Works, student costume designers Meghan Delanoy, Andrea Bravo, Sarah Stouff

Middletown, student costume designer April Gormley

Big Meal, student costume designer Becky Erlitz

Big Meal, student hair and makeup designer Cheyenne Pellicoro

Costume Design - On-Campus (since last personnel action in 2011)

Works A Foot, Dance Works, multiple works with various choreographers - 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014

Sweeney Todd, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, dir. Jodi Capeless, 2011
Costume Associate - On-Campus

42nd Street, book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren, dir. Clay James, 2014. Research and rental 2013. Production phase 2014.
Curriculum Development (since last personnel action in 2011)

On-going curricular assessment is essential in this fast-changing field, with regular revision of the curriculum.


Curriculum revision for the Production and Design Program of the BFA in Theatre, submitted October 2013.

Multiple adjustments in course numbering, prerequisites and caps to bring curriculum into compliance.

Revision of two courses and reintroduction of these courses into the plan of study to better align this program with curricular offerings of other programs of design for stage and screen.

Courses revised and reintroduced into plan of study:



  • Concept and Collaboration for Designers and Directors

  • Advanced Scenography Studio

Curriculum revision for the Production and Design Program of the BFA in Theatre, submitted October 2012. Approved, Spring 2013.

New courses developed as part of this change:


    • Visual Media Design and Technology for Live Performance

    • Advanced Theatrical Sound Design

Curricular revision for the BA in Theatre Studies, BFA in Musical Theatre and BFA in Theatre, Concentration in Acting programs. Courses in technical theatre and related practicums as well as stage makeup were revised to provide added instruction and reduce lab time for students in these degree programs. Credit hours were adjusted to provide room in the curriculums for increased upper level coursework.


OTHER EXPERIENCE (prior to last personnel action) and EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE MONTCLAIR STATE

Freelance Costume Designer 1979-present

Design for television, film, industrials, theatre and dance. Costume design credits are included in publications and focus on new scripts.


Associate Professor

Montclair State University

Assistant Professor September 2006-July 2011

Associate Professor September 2011-present

Department of Theatre and Dance and Department of Art and Design, Fashion Studies Program

Teach in the areas of design, costume technology, makeup, costume history and related theory courses for Theatre, Dance and Fashion Studies. Design costumes, hair and makeup for the Department of Theatre and Dance productions, supervise costume production and the work of student costume and makeup designers.


Coursework taught:

Fashion Studies

Clothing and Culture

Fundamentals of Makeup for Beauty and Fashion

Advanced Makeup for Beauty and Fashion

Professional Makeup Practices

Apparel Design: Flat Patterning

Apparel Design: Draping

Internship in Fashion Studies

Theatre and Dance

Introduction to the Theatrical Medium (Creativity)

Costume Design I

Advanced Costume Design

Freshman Seminar

Independent Study in Creativity

Independent Study in Costume Craft

Stage Makeup

Advanced Stage Makeup

Production Practicum in Costume

Production Practicum in Operations

Senior Project in Costume Design

Internship in Theatre

Costume History

Costume Construction I

Costume Crafts

Advanced Scenography Studio

Graduate Thesis Advisor

“Signs on Stage: Semiology of Costume Design in Shakespeare’s Macbeth”



Program Coordinator, Production and Design

Montclair State University

September 2009-present

As Program Coordinator responsible for recruitment, curriculum development, scheduling, student advisement, adjunct hire and review, coordination of coursework with related programs including those in Theatre and Art and Design, and academic expenditures.


Program Coordinator, Makeup Artistry Certificate Program

Montclair State University

September 2008-present

Management of program including adjunct hires and review, coordination of coursework with related programs, scheduling, and student advisement.


Development of the Certificate Program in Makeup for Fashion and Beauty at Montclair State University in partnership with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Fall 2008. Submission of 18-credit curriculum with three new courses.

Visiting Professor, Arts Management

Long Island University September 2005-August 2006


Courses taught:

Introduction to Arts Management

Arts Management Seminar

Practicum in Arts Management

Internship in Arts Management

Marketing the Arts

Contracts and Law in the Entertainment Industry

Independent Studies in Theatre Management, Arts in Education

Thesis Advisement in Development and Marketing

Professional Theatre Practices



Acting Director, Arts Management Program 2001-August 2006

Administration of the Arts Management Program: complete revision and development of program curriculum; faculty selection, review and support; outreach and recruitment; advertisement and promotion for the program; interviews of all prospective students; advisement of current students; supervision of internships and practicum; outcomes assessment; management of budget and resources. The program grew from six majors in 2001 to 52 in 2005.


1994-2005

Adjunct Professor

Long Island University

Courses taught:

Theatre Management

Contracts and Law in the Entertainment Industry

Practicum in Arts Management

Internship in Arts Management

Current Theatre in New York

History of Style

Introduction to Theatre/Acting

Professional Theatre Skills

Professional Theatre Practices

Beginning Costume Design

Intermediate Design

Advanced Design

Makeup and Mask

Internship in Theatre

Internship in Arts Management

Independent Studies

Contracts and Law in the Music Industry

Contracts and Law in Art

Research and Bibliography for Management

Production Management

Advanced Stage Management

Research and Bibliography for Design

Intermediate Construction

Patterning

Draping


Fabric Science

Millinery

Mask Making

Honors Thesis Advisor

Costume Design – Exploration of Style: Third Child (a new collaboratively developed script), Orestes 2.0, The Orestia

Design in Collaboration: Dangerous Liaisons

Psychology and the Actor: Extremities

A Directing Thesis: Bawdy Shakespeare

Direction and Design: The Day Room

What constitutes ART? Increased Difficulty of Concentration

Production and the Playwright: Collaboration in the Theatre



Graduate Thesis Advisor

Management in Theatre

The Role of Management in Entertainment

Marketing the Arts

A Playwright in Collaboration: Pizza Answer

Development of an East/West Fusion Production: Medea

A Directing Thesis: The Ex Miss Copper Queen on a Set of Pills

A Directing Thesis: The Typists

Costume Design: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown

Research, Bibliography and Production in Costume Design


Director of Theatre/Resident Costume Designer

Long Island University

Administration of the Theatre Program: production support of the academic curriculum (Suzuki-based physical acting training), functioning as artistic director and general manager. Responsible for the appropriate development and production of Post Theatre Company Season within the framework of the established mission statement, as well as the hiring and supervision of a professional full-time staff of two technicians, one part-time staff technician, fifteen to twenty freelance designers and directors necessary to realize stated goals. Additional responsibilities include the training and supervision of 80 - 100 student staff and crews in house management, box office management, ticket sales, ushering, company management and production management; design and production of department and production publicity; public relations work including press releases for the season, each production and the American Theatre Festival; grant writing for special events including regional and international tours; tour management for five regional and two international tours. The position also includes fiscal responsibility for program budgetary resources allocated to academic support and production. The program offers a BA in Theatre, a BFA in Theatre with a focus in Acting, Production and Design, Directing or Playwriting, and an MA in Theatre Arts.
Director, American Theatre Festival

Long Island University

1994-2005 Planning, publicity, fiscal responsibility and administration of the American Theatre Festival held each spring on the CW Post Campus of Long Island University through the Theatre Program. The week of events is centered on a Post Theatre Company production and includes a keynote speaker, panels and workshops. Events are open to the community and campus.
Costume Shop Manager/Resident Costume Designer

Long Island University, Post Theatre Company 1989-1999

Build and maintenance of all Post Theatre Company and Post Concert Dance Company shows. Fiscal responsibility for operating and capital budgets specific to the costume shop. Training and supervision of graduate assistants and student crews.
Costume Shop Manager

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts 1987-1989

Responsible for draping, patterning and supervision of the costume construction for all Graduate Design shows supported by Graduate Design Department. Supervision of graduate assistants and training of graduate student crews.
Burlingame Studio - Studio Assistant 1985-1987

Facilitated private gallery placement and a solo exhibit at the Hartford Athenaeum. Management of the studio, maintenance of financial records, grant writing, display work and placements for Lloyd Burlingame, Chair, Design Department, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and freelance artist.


Owner, Operator: Silver Threads

1981-1986

Small Business - Design and Manufacture of Children’s’ Clothing

Established and licensed my own business in design and construction: employing one full-time and two part-time assistants. Personal responsibility for the management, marketing, finances, supplies, equipment and staffing as well as designs. Client companies included: Penny Whistle Toys, Ohio Ballet Company, Polaroid, CBS-The Body Human, Roundabout Theatre.


Henson Associates, Design Assistant 1978-1979

(Muppets, Inc.)

Puppet construction and costuming for THE DARK CRYSTAL. Display and graphics

Support for THE MUPPETS, the retrospective Henson exhibit that originated in the Lincoln Center Library Museum, June 1979, and toured nationally for two years.


Strategic Planning Consultant 1982 - present
Congress on Research in Dance, Executive Board Meeting: Assessment and Planning

Five-year plan established with clear objectives, measurable goals and assignment of specific responsibilities to individual board members and committees.

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region II, Leadership Retreats

Analysis of established culture within the organization, specific goals established with timelines, assigned responsibilities and budgetary revisions necessary for realization.



EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

It is my goal as a teacher to promote learning through an active process motivated by perceived need, structured in such a way that the material can be easily grasped, and then facilitated through experience. As a designer, I am most interested in promoting student growth in the area of visual communication and contribute to a visually literate population.


Motivation is key in education. Eager readiness, essential to learning, is developed through encouraging learners to analyze their own needs and set their own goals, in specific relationship to the material at hand. The introduction of problems and projects that require students to explore, invent, collaborate and hypothesize are essential elements of each of my courses.
Research-based learning opens diverse intellectual channels and stimulates thought. Students who utilize the result of learning through oral and written presentations have truly integrated the knowledge base. Collaboration with other learners encourages effective communication and problem solving. Teachers and students expect to gain new insights and knowledge through the process of a class.
Mentorship is a key component of my work as an educator. I believe that the availability of mentors early in the undergraduate process is essential as students begin to seek discourse and guidance. Collaborative work, shared experience and scholarship, open opportunity for informal discourse and opportunity to more fully understand each student’s learning style, gifts, and goals. It tends to promote mutual trust and respect between the student and teacher. Opportunity provided at Montclair State University for one-on-one mentorship through the design process is key to our student’s successful production designs.
Student educational need must drive curriculum. The structure and sequence of coursework must be intentional rather than haphazard or for department convenience. I have regularly revised the curriculum in the Production and Design Program, in part to better align with student educational needs and expectations. Also, in my experience, effective recruitment of those students whose own statements of interest closely parallel the program mission, lead to a motivated student body and high rates of retention.

SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY
PUBLICATIONS

Recent Published Works/Creative Works (since last personnel action)
Journal Publication

Approaching Design”, Western Theatre Review, Spring 2013.


Costume Design

Law of Return, new play by Martin Blank, dir. Elise Thoron, New York Theatre Workshop, August 2014.
Still Will Be Heard, new work conceived and composed by Liz Queler, dir. Mindy Cooper Grenke, Kasser Theatre, December 2013 and June 2014.
The Giver, adapted from the book by Lois Lowry, dir. Elise Thoron, American Place Theatre – Literature to Life, Young Audiences New York. Open in NYC and touring September 2013-May 2014
Burt Dow, Deep Water Man, conceived and composed by Maia Aprahamian, dir. Joan Jubett, Opera House Arts at the Stonington Opera House, July 2010 and July 2012

Work in Progress
Previous Publications (works completed prior to those listed above)
Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual with Debra Bergsma Otte and Sally Wadyka, Springboard Press. Book published, January 2009. Textbook used for ARTX 150, ARTX151, and ARTX152 at Montclair State University and for the Makeup Intensive at Emerson College.
Bobbi Brown Curriculum. Development and publication of curriculum, instructional manual, power point and additional classroom learning materials for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics training. Fall 2008
“Visual Literacy and Collaboration in Design for Theatre”, 11th Edition of the International Competitive Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture. Fall 2007
“Theatre de la June Lune”, Long Island Arts: 2002

Contributor to Designs for Stage and Screen by Lloyd Burlingame, 1998. Includes several realized designs and philosophy of design.

Cutters’ Research Journal, “Corset Construction and Sizing”, 1988

Cutters’ Research Journal, “Corset Patterning”, 1988


Costume Design: Montclair State University

Sweeney Todd, dir. J. Capeless, Spring 2011

Side Show, dir. Clay James, Spring 2010

Four Short, dir. Scott Richards, Montclair State University, Spring 2009

Blood Drive book and lyrics by Rachel Sheinkin and music by Joel Derfner,

Sled Ride book by Rochelle Bright and Gordon Leary, Music by Aravind Streenivasan,

From a Childhood by Maggie-Kate Coleman and Erato Kremmyda and

The Highwayman by Kirsten Childs

Eurydice, dir. Debbie Saivetz, Fall 2008

Machinal, dir. Rosemarie Andress, Spring 2008

Cabaret, dir. Clay James, Spring 2007
Costume Coordination: Montclair State University

Crazy for You, dir. Clay James, Fall 2008

42nd Street, dir. Clay James, Spring 2014
Costume Design: New Work (previously unproduced or revisioned scripts and dances)
Rosa Loses Her Face by Kitty Chen, dir. Nancy Robillard, Electric Theatre Company, Queen’s Theatre in the Park, October/November 2009

Against the Rising Sea, Queens Theatre in the Park, October 2009

Space Inside by Maria Porter and Bonnie Eckhart, January 2009

A Soft Escape by SM Shephard-Massat, dir. Seret Williams, NYC, March 2009

The Very Nearly Perfect Comedy of Romeo & Juliet, adapted by Zuppa del Giorno troupe, Electric City Theatre, February 2009

Men of Mahjong, by Richard Atkins, dir. Mark Medoff; Electric Theatre Company, November 2008; Queen’s Theatre in the Park, January 2009

Rose Colored Glass, by Susan Bigelow and Janice Goldberg, dir. Janice Goldberg, Shetler Studios Development Group, New Play Series, NYC, May 2007

Land O’ Fire, by Luis Santiero, dir. Jorge Luis Cachiero, Jersey City Theatre Center, February, 2007

Operation Opera, conceived by Zuppa del Giorno troupe, dir. Ed Chamaly, The NorthEast Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania. May 2006

Zuppa del Giorno, conceived and dir. David Zarko, The NorthEast Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania, May 2004

The Second Death of Priscilla, dir. Andrew Belser, Long Island University, 2001

The Iphigenia Defense, conceived and dir. Maria Porter, Brian Lady, Long Island University, 2000

Gilgamesh, conceived and dir. Handan Ozbelgin, Long Island University, 1997

Dead on My Feet, conceived and dir. David Herskovitz, Long Island University, 1996

The Husband, A Commedia Project, conceived and dir. David Zarko, Long Island University, 1993

Baseball Noh conceived and dir. Teviot Fairservice Pourchot, Long Island University, 1991

Targets, choreographer Cara Gargano, Post Concert Dance Company, Long Island University
Costume Design: Post Theatre Company, Long Island University

Winter Dance, two works, student choreographers, 2005

Trojan Women, dir. Georgia McGill, 2004

Crave, dir. Brian Lady, 2003

The Bakkhai, dir. Georgia McGill, 2001

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration, dir. Lisa Black, 2000

Take Ten, dir. Dan Capalbo, 1998

Dancing at Lughnasa, dir. Lisa Rothe, 1998

Sled, dir. Irwin Appel, 1998

The Tempest, dir. David Zarko, 1998

The Skriker, dir. Emma Griffin, 1997, 1998

La Bete, dir. Jon Fraser, 1997

The Dumb Waiter, 1997

On the Razzle, dir. Irwin Appel, 1997

The Ex Miss Copper Queen on a Set of Pills, 1996

Reckless, dir. Phylis Ravel, 1996

The Revusical, dir. 1996

The Oddysey, dir. Georgia McGill, 1996

Hell, Road, Earth, dir. Joe Daubenas, 1996

Suburbia, dir. Amy Green, 1995

Marisol, dir. Emma Griffin, 1995

Twelfth Night, dir. Georgia McGill, 1995

Into the Woods, dir. David Zarko, 1994

American Buffalo, dir. Joe Daubenas, 1994

Lysistrata, dir. Georgia McGill, 1994

Noises Off, dir. John Basil, 1992

Hello Out There, 1993

The Robber Bridegroom, dir. Jon Grodeski, 1993

Uncommon Women and Others, dir. David Zarko, 1992

John Brown’s Body, dir. David Gild, 1992

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Marc Horwitz, 1992

Shakespeare’s Women, dir. Joe Daubenas, 1991

House of Blue Leaves, dir. David Zarko, 1991

Kabuki Comedies, dir. Teviot Fairservice Pourchot, 1991

The Black Bowl, dir. Teviot Fairservice Pourchot, 1991

A Shayna Maidel, dir. David Gild, 1991

Across Siberia, dir. Marc Horwitz, 1990

Little Shop of Horrors, dir. Jon Grodeski, 1990

Cold Air, dir. Joseph Daubenas, 1990

Roosters, dir. Teviot Fairservice Pourchot, 1990

Suicide in B Flat, dir. Jeff Hilburn, 1989

A My Name is Alice, dir. Bonnie Eckhart, 1989

Bedroom Farce, dir. David Scanlan, 1989
Additional Commercial Costume Design: (A selected listing)

The Giver, dir. , Children’s Theatre Workshop, 2014

The Old Settler, by John Henry Redwood, dir. Susan Kerner, Luna Stage, October 2010

Macbeth, dir. Jeffrey Frace, Opera House Arts at the Stonington Opera House, August 2008

The Odd Couple, dir. Ed Chamaly, The NorthEast Theatre, May 2008

Twelfth Night, Riverside Shakespeare Company, NYC

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, SUNY at Old Westbury

Irene, Western Michigan Summer Theatre, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Trojan Women, Urban Performance Group, NYC

School for Scandal, Urban Performance Group, NYC

Life is a Dream, New York University

Burger King Industrial, Jack Morton Associates

Sports Illustrated Industrial, Jack Morton Associates

The Nut Farm, Trolley Car Company, NYC

Jack and Jill, Linda Tarnay Dancers, NYC

The Natural, Equity Showcase, NYC

CBS, The Body Human - High school of Performing Arts segments – Costume



OTHER EVIDENCE OF SCHOLARLY OR CREATIVE ACTIVITY

Invited Presentations
Runway Makeup 2015. Costume Commission workshop for United States Institute of Theatre Technology, March 2015.
Getting Wiggy, Costume Commission workshop for United States Institute of Theatre Technology, March 2014.
Effective Face Charting Conference presentation and workshop for KCACTF Region II Festival, January 2014
Armor, Patterning and Construction Conference presentation and workshop for KCACTF Region II Festival, January 2014
Imaging the Role, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region II. January 2013.

Workshop for actors and designers in the use of visual research tools for character development.


Visual Dramaturgy: Mining the Script for Visual Metaphor, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, Region II, January 2010, 2011 and Region III, January 2009
Portfolio Review, Region III, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, January 2009
The Great Management Race, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

University of the Arts host, January 2009

Carnegie Mellon University host, January 2008

SUNY New Paltz host, January 2006, 2007

Creation of a four-day competition/training opportunity in theatre management for students and faculty. Workshops prepared and presented in the areas of not-for-profit theatre company models, mission statement development, cost structures and budgeting, staffing, marketing, public relations, and development.
Design Bash, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, SUNY New Paltz host, January 2007
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) August 2006

Session Coordinator: “Pay to Play”: Practices and Policies in Funding College Theatre Production

Presentation of funding models with analysis of the relative effectiveness of each paradigm. Implications for mission, culture and learning outcomes for academic theatre departments will be discussed.
Design Bash, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, SUNY New Paltz host, January 2006, 2007.
Collaboration Tank for Designers, Dramaturges, Directors and Playwrights, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, SUNY New Paltz host school, January 2006.
Arts Management, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, SUNY New Paltz host school, January 2006 and 2007.
Portfolio Review, Region V, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, January, 2005
Portfolio Preparation, Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2004 and 2005.

Concept Development in Design for the Stage, Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2004 and 2005

Response Training. Faculty Respondent Training, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, January 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014


Abstracts and Papers Contributed at Professional Meetings
Theater as a Learned Collaboration: Innovative Strategies for BA Programs.

August 2009. Association for Theatre in Higher Education

Imaginative solutions to address the development of the level of respect for all the contributions of the theater production collaborative team.

With Jim Fisher, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Dan LaRoque, Auburn University, Barb Blackledge, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Maggie Lally, Adelphi University.


Visual Literacy and Collaboration in Design for Theatre”, Scenography International Conference: Transliteracy – The History and Theory of Scenography – interdisciplinary making and reading of images in entertainment environments. Prague, June 2007
Academic Conference presented by The Honors Program of the Long Island University. November 2005

Research – who does it? How do you do it?

“Research in the Performing Arts: Alternative Theories and Practice



GRANTS

Grants Funded

Research: Student/Faculty Exchange and Artistic Collaboration in Latin America, Global Education, Montclair State University, January 2012.


International Perspectives on Art in Performance, June 2011. Global Education, Montclair State University, June 2011.
Visual Literacy and Collaboration in Design for Performance: Prague Quadrennial, Global Education, Montclair State University, June 2007.
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Honors and Awards

Road Warrior Award, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region II, for leadership in response training and service through production response. 2016


2014 Profession Excellence Award, Excellence Through Advising, Center for Leadership Development and Campus Connections, Montclair State University
Assessment Participation Award, Provost’s Office, Montclair State University, 2013 and 2014.
Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Outstanding Service to KCACTF Region II and The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, April 24, 2005

Kennedy Center Gold Medallion awarded for Excellence and Service in Arts Education, January 2000

Fifteen-Year Service Award, Long Island University, 2005

Outstanding Service Award - Long Island University, 1996

Certificates of Excellence for Costume Design, Region II, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival: Cabaret, Trojan Women, Lysistrata, Twelfth Night, The Husband, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Iphigenia Defense, Skriker, Marisol, Into the Woods

Certificate of Recognition for New Program Development. Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region II


National Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Costume Design for The Skriker, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Service to Montclair State University

Global Education Grant Review Committee 2015-16

Career Development Committee Chair, 2010

New Faculty: Faculty Scholarship Program session speaker, Fall 2008

Continuing work in curriculum development with the Education Team at Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Service to the College of the Arts

Convocation Committee 2010 to 2014

College Career Development Committee 2009 to 2015

Facilities Committee Chair 2010 to present

Development of a Certificate Program in Makeup for Fashion and Beauty in partnership with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics

Production assistance in costuming (School of Music), Elmer Gantry, Fall 2007, American Spring 2008, Chopin Nocturne, Spring 2010.

Costume oversight and production Gala Spring 2013, Scholarship Benefit Performance 42nd Street 2014

Service to the Department/School

Participated in portfolio review at National Unified Interviews in Art (Purchase and Philadelphia) and National Unified Auditions/Portfolio Reviews for Theatre (New York, Chicago, Las Vegas) 2013, 2012, 2010

Department of Theatre and Dance, Personnel Action Committee

Department of Theatre and Dance, Curriculum Committee

Department of Theatre and Dance, Season Committee

Department of Theatre and Dance, Chair Facilities Committee

Department of Theatre and Dance, Strategic Planning Committee

Department of Theatre and Dance, Production and Design Recruitment

Department of Theatre and Dance, Production and Design Student Advisor

Theatre Day Workshop Presenter

Search Committee for Faculty Scenic Designer

Fashion Studies Program, Student Advisement


Service Off-Campus

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) 1991-present

Participation in this national program that promotes excellence in college and university theatre has been in a variety of roles - from initial participation in my own institution, as a respondent for approximately 100 productions within the Mid-Atlantic Region, through service on the Region II Executive Committee, on the national level as an Executive and National Board Member, and as a respondent nationally in the area of design and production response at the eight regional festivals.

KCACTF National Selection Team, Spring 2011. One of three theatre professionals to select four college theatre productions, from the 56 presented in regional festivals across the nation, to be produced at the Kennedy Center in April of 2011.
Member-at-Large, National Executive Committee, 2008-2011.
Kennedy Center American College Theater Region II Selection Committee and Production Respondent. Respondent to over 150 productions in the Middle Atlantic Region. 1991-present
National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region III, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Michigan, January, 2009.
National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region V, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, January, 2007
National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region III, University of Illinois, Normal, Illinois, January, 2006
National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region IV, Palm Beach Community College, West Palm Beach, Florida, February, 2005

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region V, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, January, 2005

Festival Production Respondent for Region V, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, February, 2005

Workshop Leader, Theatre Management, Region IV Kennedy Center American College

Theater Festival, 2005

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region IV, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, February, 2004

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region VI, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, March, 2004

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region IV, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, February, 2003

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region I, Kean State College, Kean, Vermont, January, 2002

Respondent, Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions, Region II, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2001


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Memberships
Member, Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Member, United States Institute for Theatre Technology
Member, National Association for a Media Literate America
Member, National Association of Partners in American Theatre

Offices

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)
Member-at-Large (Design), National Executive Committee, KCACTF, 2008-2011
Design, Technology and Management Task Force, Head of the Management and Leadership Initiative, Region II, KCACTF, 2006-2009
Immediate Past Chair, Executive Committee, Region II, KCACTF, 2005-2008
Chair of Chairs, National Executive Committee, KCACTF, 2004-2005

Chair of Region II, KCACTF, 2002-2005

Member, National Executive Committee, KCACTF, 2002-2005

Sub-Committee on Finance, Committee on Not-for-Profit Status and Incorporation, ACTF Management Ltd., 2003-2004



Vice Chair of Region II, KCACTF, 2000-2002

Co-Chair, Design and Technology, Region II, KCACTF. 1999-2000

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