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STAGE EXPO
Stage Expo in Wichita featutes new
exhibirors and a new demonsrration area.
(See the Listing of exhibitors, as of November 11, on page 14.) In the listing of
exhibirors, note the companies that suppon the work of USITT throughom the
year and look for signs that idenrify these
companies on the Stage Expo floor. The
wide-ranging conrributions of these
members is an invaluable asset [Q the
projecrs, the creation of industry standards, the conference programming, and
the operations of US ITT.
ew this year in the conference programming schedule are Stage Expo-only
breaks bet\'veen sessions. This procedure
was adopted by US ITT at this past summer's meeting of the Board of Direcrors,
Commissioners, and Exhibitors Committee. These scheduled breaks will
afford a berrer opponunity for everyone
ro have time in their schedules ro visit the
Expo floor.
An area within Stage Expo has been
established for demonstrations by
exhibitors of their ptoducrs that benefit
from being demonsrrated. Each exhibiror
has been invited [Q participate in this
area and has been offered three unique
five-minute time slots each day during
which their products can be demol1Srrated. This innovative addition ro our Stage
Expo area will allow all of us ro see some
unique special effects and other products
as they should be seen.
One of the innovations ro our conference planning introduced [Q us by
Association Expositions & Services
(AE&S), our new conference managemenr firm, was the Seattle Conference
attendee survey. This survey produced
data for us as to the composition of our
attendance and was especially helpful in
identifying additional companies that
our attendees wish to see exhibiting at
Stage Expo. AE&S has taken all the
names of these companies and have rold
them that our attendees wanr ro see them
at Stage Expo. Some of our new
exhibitors have accepted our invitation
and we look forward to a more diverse
and abounding Stage Expo!

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EXPOSITIO S&
SPECIAL EVE IS
Special programming and special evenrs
are also a pan of the Conference experience. Design Expo and the Theatre
Technology Exhibit are presented in
alternate years ro display the design and

technical expenise of our members at the
Conference. This year, Theatre
Technology Exhibit '93 will be on display at the Conference, located just off
the Stage Expo Floor. It includes examples of actual solutions, methods, or
imaginative ideas developed by practicing
technicians in all areas of the performing
ans.
ew this year is "Cover the Walls," a
non-juried exhibition providing you with
the opponunity ro mounr your work and
ro see the work of your peers. Panels for
mounring design work will be located in
Exhibition Hall near Stage Expo. Enrry
forms for "Cover the \Xfalls" are included
in the conference information and registrarion packets mailed to all USITT
members. For further information on
this evenr, or ro request additional enrry
forms, contact the USITT National
Office.
SITT is especially pleased this year
[Q present "The Art of the Theatre
Mask." Through the generous conrribution of one of our Contributing
Members, Kryolan Cotporation, this
exhibit is the first of its kind devoted
expressly to masks and makeup design.
The exhibit will show the full spectrum
of traditional and conremporary techniques of mask and wig making and
includes brilliantly colored, finely crafted
masks of fabric, leather, gold leaf on
gesso, and many other materials familiar
and unfamiliar to American designers.
Previously exhibited at the Galetie
Barengasse, Zurich, in July and August
1990, the exhibit begins its American
rour at the US ITT conference. During
the second day of the exhibit, the designer, Wolfgang UtZ[, will be present [Q
explain and discuss the brillianr works of
his Deutschestheater anists and staff.
Special conference evening events
include the Conference Banquet, this
year on Friday night, March 19, and "An
Evening With Richard Rodgers" on
Saturday night, March 20. The banquet
includes a feast of Wichita dining and an
opportunity ro celebrate the conference
and special USITT award winners. Two
special awards are presenred during the
banquet festivities: the USITT Award,
given ro recognize a lifetime conrribution
in any capacity to the performing arts
community, and the Founders Award,
given to a SITT member ro recognize
ourstanding and conrinued service ro the
Institute. Also presenred at the banquet
will be the Thomas DeGaetani Award,
given ro honor a lifetime conrribution ro
the performing ans community in a particular region of the counrry; the Herb
Greggs Award in recognization of the

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Scenes of Wichito (top to bottom): Evening
shot of the 200,000 square foot Century II
Convention Center; the Wichita Historical
Museum; the M-foot high "Keeper of the
Plains" statue; and a daytime shot of the
Century II and the adjacent Expo Hall.
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