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EDITORIAL
Eileen Curley, Marist College
Editor in Chief
290 Elwood Davis Road, Suite 100,
Liverpool, NY 13088
315.463.6463, fax 315.463.6525,
tdteditor@usitt.org
Angela Hickman
Managing Editor
404.918.6775
angela@hickmanbrady.com

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THEATRE SAFETY

COVID-19 Reopening
Guidelines
The USITT Technical Production
Commission introduces its postCOVID-19 Reopening Guidelines, a series
of best practices for theatres in a postpandemic world. Everything from delivery
and load-in procedures to theatre-goer
safety is addressed.

Janelle Welch
Art Director
GENERAL EDITORS
Andrea Bilkey
Texas Tech University (2021)
William Browning
University of Delaware (2020)
Deanna Fitzgerald
University of Arizona (2022)
Patrick Finelli
University of South Florida (2021)
Margaret Mitchell
University of the Incarnate Word
(2020)
Peggy Rosefeldt
Independent Scholar, New Orleans
(2020)
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Catherine Mantooth, Lee University

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TECHNOLOGY

Safety from the Ground Up
By Thomas Renner
As theatre owners and producers push
the performance envelope to create the
most entertaining show possible, building
architects and construction teams
struggle to meet those demands while
also keeping performers, audiences, and
theatre employees as safe as possible.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Architecture
Patrick Barrett
DLR Group (2022)
Costume Design & Technology
Jess Guthrie
Simpson College (2020)
Digital Media
Ray Kent
Sustainable Technologies Group
(2022)

Education
Ashley Bellet
University of Wisconsin-Madison
(2022)
Emerging Technologies
Anne E. McMills
San Diego State University (2021)
Engineering
Jerry Gorrell
Theatre Safety Programs (2021)
History
Christin Essin
Vanderbilt University (2021)
International
Sabrina Notarfrancisco
Connecticut College (2020)
Lighting Design & Technology
Jesse Portillo
Cal Poly Pomona (2021)
Management
Richard S. Peterson
CFE, Chesapeake College (2021)
Safety & Health
Dave Glowacki
Kentucky Center for the Performing
Arts (2020)
Scenic Design & Technology
Anita J. Tripathi
Davidson College (2020)
Scenic Design & Technology
Owen Collins
Washington & Lee University (2022)
Sound Design & Technology
Andrew Hopson
Indiana University (2021)
Technical Production
Erin Freeman
University of Illinois at Chicago
(2022)
Note: Dates in parentheses refer to
term expiration.
ADVERTISING
Cody Hann
Sales Manager
800.938.7488 ext. 107
cody@usitt.org

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