Theatre Design & Technology - Spring 1991 - 4

ilD&1i
THE JOURNAL FOR
DESIGN & PRODUCTION PROFESSIONALS
IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

Editorial Staff
ERIC FIELDING

Executive Editor
CECELIA FIELDING

Editor
Associate Editors
ROBERT BENSON Architecture

For more than 30 years the annual USITT Conference and Srage Expo has proven

JOY EMERY Costume
MITCH HEFTER Engineering

ro be a rich source of informarion for those of us involved in design and produccion

ELBIN CLEVELAND Education

for rhe performing arrs. The recenr 1991 Conference held in Bosron was no

RANDY DAVIDSON Health & Safety

exceprion. In this issue of TD&Twe are pleased ro fearure a number of arricles whose
source was the annual gathering of the Insrirure.

RICHARD DEVIN Lighting Design
ROBERT SCHMIDT Scenic Design
CHARLIE RICHMOND Sound Design

Conference-relared arcicles in this issue include the Keynore Address by nored

RICK STEPHENS Technical Production

aurhor and direcror Roben Brusrein (see p. 19) and rhe annual Fellows' Address

WILLIAM FLYNN Production & Management

presented this year by Joy Emery (see p. 9). Parricipanrs in the Bosron Conference

Department Editors

also had the opporruniry ro see the premiere of a new producrion of Ibsen's When

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Dead Awaken creared by internarional theaue arcisr Roben Wilson ar the American

Reponory Thearre as well as an exciring exhibirion of Wtlson's design work ar the

ROBERT C. HELLER New Products
NORMA ADLER International Journals
WILLIAM H. ZUCCHERO Book Reviews
PATRICK M. FINELLI Computers

Museum of Fine Arrs, Bosron, which are derailed in "The World of Roben Wilson"
(see p. 13). In addirion, "Bener Lare Than Never" (see p. 47) reporrs on the visir of
the Sovier delegarion

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rhe 1990 Milwaukee Conference and "The Tao of Srage

Management" (see p. 39) was developed following a roundrable discussion ar rhe
same conference.

Contributing Editors
ARNOLD ARONSON
NED BOWMAN
JARKA BURIAN
SARAH NASH GATES

The 1991 Conference offered each of us anending a wealth of informarion
rhrough rhe numerous pre-conference workshops; rhe annual Srage Expo of

TINA MARGOLIS
JOEL RUBIN
DELBERT UNRUH

equipment and suppon services; the more than 100 seminars, lecrures and working

TOM WATSON

sessions; rhe 3rd biennial Thearre Technology Exposirion; and scores of orher

FRED M. WOLFF

acriviries and events. Furure issues of TD&T will fearure addicional arricles sharing
insighrs and informarion from the 1991 Bosron Conference.
We hope than in addirion ro enjoying rhe conference-relared marerial in this and
furure issues of TD&T rhar you will plan now
Conference and Srage Expo ro be held ar rhe

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join us ar rhe 1992 US ITT

Design
ERIC FIELDING Art Director

Production
PATRICE SUTTON/EPG Advertising Manager
DAVID DIAMOND USIIT General Manager

Washingron Srare Convention and Trade Cenrer

DAVID DEAN USITT Memhership Services

in Searde, WA, 4-7 March 1991.

DEBORA E. KINGSTON Accounts Manager
THOMAS R. NATHAN USIIT Counsel

Eric & Cecelia Fielding

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The "Light Bulb" from
Death Destruction & Detroit' (1979)
designed by Robert Wilson.
Photo: Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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