Broadway Master Classes Speakers
Speaker Biographies
These are the speaker biographies for the Broadway Master Classes.
2009 Broadway Lighting Master Class SpeakersJules FisherCreative consultant for the BLMC since its debut, Jules Fisher has designed the lighting for more than 150 Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, as well as film, ballet, opera, television, and rock-and-roll concert tours. He has garnered eight Tony Awards, a record in this category, for Pippin (1972), Dancin’ (1978), Ulysses in Nighttown (1973), Grand Hotel (1990), The Will Rogers Follies (1991), Jelly’s Last Jam (1992), Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk (1996), and Assassins (2004), the latter five collaborations with his long-time partner Peggy Eisenhauer.... Kevin AdamsKevin Adams has designed lighting for Broadway, Off Broadway, regional theatre, opera, pop concerts and solo artists across the US... Howell BinkleyHowell Binkley is represented on Broadway with the current revivals of Guys and Dolls, and West Side Story, as well In The Heights, Jersey Boys—for which he won the 2006 Tony Award—and Avenue Q. Xanadu, set for June. Previous Broadway credits include ... Peggy EisenhauerPeggy Eisenhauer is partner to world-renowned lighting designer, Jules Fisher. They have been in collaboration for over 21 years... Beverly EmmonsBeverly Emmons has designed for Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, dance, and opera in the US and abroad. Her Broadway credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Jekyll & Hyde, The Heiress, Passion, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Hapgood, High Rollers, Stepping Out, The Elephant Man, The Dresser, and Doonesbury. Off-Broadway, she worked on the Vagina Monologues and with Joseph Chaikin, Meredith Monk, and Jack Hofsiss, among others. ... Wendall K. HarringtonWendall K. Harrington is the "godmother" of projection design. Her Broadway design credits include: To Be Or Not To Be, Grey Gardens, In My Life, The Good Body, Vincent in Brixton... Donald HolderDonald Holder has received numerous Tony Award nominations, winning for the Lincoln Center Theatre revival of South Pacific in 2008, and for Disney's The Lion King in 1998... Peter NigriniPeter Nigrini, born in Toronto, began working with a group of colleagues in small avant-garde venues on New York City’s lower east side, and it was in this context that he first began experimenting with projection... Brian MacDevittBrian MacDevitt is a prolific, award-winning lighting designer for theatrical productions. He has worked extensively on Broadway and Off Broadway, as well as touring, regional theatre, and Industrial productions. ... Scott C. ParkerScott C. Parker has been a freelance lighting designer in New York since 1981. Credits include Radio City Music Hall, the Lincoln Center Institute, Gene Frankle Theater, The Public, John Houseman Theater, American Place, Town Hall and other theaters from Boston to Nashville... Kenneth PosnerTony Award and Drama Desk Award winner for The Coast of Utopia (Part 2-Shipwreck) in 2007, Kenneth Posner was also nominated for Tony Awards for his work on Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in 2005... 2009 Broadway Sound Master Classes FacultyAbe JacobAbe Jacob, creative consultant for the BSMC, is also known as the “Godfather of Theater Sound Design.” Jacob started his career mixing sound for such 1960s rock stars as Jimi Hendrix... Henry CohenDisassembling and repairing Citizen Band radios as a teenager in the early seventies was the impetus for a career encompassing wireless radio frequency equipment and technology in the entertainment production industry for over twenty-five years. ... Jonathan DeansJonathan Deans is a man at the top of his game. He has done astounding work for Cirque du Soleil since the 1990s, with a new tour and a new resident show in Las Vegas (based on Elvis Presley) on his plate now... Duncan EdwardsDuncan Edwards has designed sound for Broadway productions including Lovemusik, I’m Not Rappapport, the revival of The Real Thing... Scott LehrerThe first-ever sound designer in the history of Broadway to win a Tony Award — for Lincoln Center Theatre’s revival of South Pacific — Scott Lehrer made his Broadway debut in 1989 with The Heidi Chronicles... Bob McCarthyBob McCarthy has been intimately involved in sound system optimization using advanced measurement tools for over 20 years... Sten SeversonSten Severson has worked extensively with ACME Sound Partners. His work with them includes Hair (Broadway and Delacorte), Hamlet (Delacorte)... Nevin SteinbergNevin Steinberg is a member of Acme Sound Partners, which was formed in 2000 by Tom Clark, Mark Menard, and Nevin Steinberg. The sound design team's Broadway credits include... John TaylorJohn Taylor has been running the education program at d&b audiotechnik in the UK for the past eight years and for the last year has had responsibility for training throughout d&b... Darron L. WestDarron L. West has been a SITI Company member since 1993 and first collaborated with Anne Bogart in 1990 while resident sound designer at Actors Theatre of Louisville... 2009 Broadway Projection Master Class SpeakersZachary BorovayZachary Borovay is a theatrical video and projection designer whose credits include the current Broadway musical, Rock of Ages (Broadway), A Catered Affair (Broadway, Drama Desk Award nomination for projection design), Radio City Music Hall's 75th Anniversary Christmas Spectacular, Xanadu (Broadway), I LAND (Culture Project), Nerds (Philadelphia Theatre Co.), 13 (Mark Taper Forum), The Wiz (Stage Entertainment, Holland) and Angels in America: The Opera (Opera Boston). ... Faculty chairs: Loren BartonLoren Barton joined TMB as a product specialist in the summer of 2007. He was a mentored student at the 2007 BLMC/BPMC in New York... René BerhorstAfter spending ten years as a freelance product coordinator in Europe and Africa for numerous corporate events and television productions, René Berhorst joined MA Lighting International as a project engineer... Adam DunawayIn 2007 Adam Dunaway and Joe West developed Digital Stage Chicago as a proving ground and visualization studio... Jason LyonsLighting designer Jason Lyons collaborated with Zachary Borovay on the current Broadway musical, Rock of Ages, integrating the lighting and projections. His additional credits include The Threepenny Opera, Barefoot In The Park, The Pillowman, and Good Vibrations... Elaine J. McCarthyElaine J. McCarthy is a leading Broadway projection designer whose work has been seen on Broadway in productions ranging from the new play, Impressionism, to Wicked, Spamalot, Thurgood, After The Fall, Good Vibrations, After The Fall, Assassins, and a special concert performance of Hair in 2004. ... Jake PinholsterJake Pinholster is the professor of media design in the Herberger College School of Theatre and Film at Arizona State University, the first full-time instructor of media design for performance in the US... |
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