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THEATRE DESIG\ & TECH\OLOGY
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SlIT conferences are full of inspiration-learning new skills, meeting

performillg nrls and entertainment ;"dus/f)',

new people, hearing new ideas. And sometimes what we learn challenges
our old way of doing things. In this issue we sample just a few of the events
and presentations that took place during the 40th Annual USITI

Confel~

ence & Stage Expo held in Denver, Colorado this past March. I hope you
will find some inspiration and i"m pretty sure you will run across a challenge or two.

EDITORIAL OFFICE

DAVID RODGER

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DEBORAH HAZLEn

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Louisville, KY 40241-2755
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At the kickoff party, a Birthday Bash celebrating forty years of conferences, founding member

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e-mail: dkr@broadwaypress.com

Joel Rubin recalled highlights from the past and challenged USIIT to continuously reinvent itself as

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

we move into the future. Dick Devin's Fellows Address asked the question, "Artists in society; what

STEVE POLLOCK

good are they anyway?"

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there's a debate close to our hearts. Rick Stephens continues llis "Lore

and Legends" column with an interview with past-president Randy Earl, and we launch a new col-

Arcbileclure
PEGGY ROSEFELDT & SUZY CAMPBELL

Coslllllle Desigu & reclJllology

umn, "The Subtext," by award-\vinning author Beeb Salzer. I'm looking forward to a regular dose

PATRICK M. FINELLI
Compulers & Software

of his inspiring and often challenging ideas. Rounding out the "interesting people and ideas" theme

NANCY ARNFlELD

is a very brief acknowledgment of the

indi\~duals

and companies given awards this year for their

oUlstanding contribution to SlIT, the perfornling arts and the entertainment industry. (Past issues
of Sigbllines have included more detailed accounts of their careers and accomplishments.)

Educatiou
JERRY GORRELL

Eugiueeriug
WILLIAM B. HEKTNER
HealllJ & Safely
RICHARD DEVIN

SlIT conferences combine equal doses of design and technology. For our designer readers,
we include in this issue a look at those artists chosen as most outstanding among the nearly one

Ligbtillg Desigu
RICHARD PETERSON

Mallagemeul

hundred exhibitors in the biennial Design Expo. We also have a piece by invited international guest

ROBERT L. SMITH & HEIDI HOFFER

Vladimir Franz from the Czech Republic sharing his ideas about incidental music in theatrical pro-

RICHARD THOMAS

ductions, and we have detailed descriptions of several scenic painting techniques.

Sceuic Desigu
Soulld Desigll
BILL BROWNING

Tee/mical Productioll

For our technologists we include in this issue two articles on safety. One helps sort out the alphabet soup in Material Safety Data Sheets, and the other presents a detailed plan for setting up a

ELBIN CLEVELAND

New Producl Reviews
SYLVIA J. H. PANNELL

Book Reviews

safety program in your theatre.
I find myself spending more and more time at Stage Expo every year. There's no way to reproduce that rich experience in this journal, but Stage Expo Sales Manager Helen WiLlard does a good
job of describing, in words and pictures, some of this year's highlights.
Now would be a good time to make plans to go "Back to the Beach" for next year's conference
in Long Beach. and to help you fill up your itineral)', we profile in this issue several unusual and

WILLIAM J. BYRNES

luside USIIT
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

ARNOLD ARONSON· JARKA BURIAN *
ERIC FIELDING· SARAH NASH GATES·
JOEL E_ RUBIN· BEEB SALZER·
DELBERT UNRUH· TOM WATSON·
ARNOLD WENGROW

uniquely theatrical museum collections. -&T

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Tbealre Arcbilecls and Tee/micians.

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