Poster Sessions Call for Abstracts
The Poster Sessions committee is now accepting abstracts for USITT19. Poster Sessions offer new solutions to old problems, a new problem and its solution, a classroom or management technique, the results of research, or other discoveries in your field. Last year, poster sessions successfully went digital; a platform that will continue in Louisville. All abstracts must be submitted online with the poster title and a 250-word abstract. Abstract submissions will be open from Aug. 15 – Nov. 1. Submit your abstract.
USITT Northern Boundary Section Fall Conference
The annual USITT Northern Boundary Section Fall Conference will be held on Friday, Sept. 14 and Saturday, Sept. 15. The location for this year’s Conference will be Hamline University, St. Paul, Minn. Session information and details will be published in the Aug. 15 edition of the section newsletter. Peter Lerohl and Matt Gilbertson are sharing the programming and planning for the Conference. Thank you to Bill Wallace and staff from Hamline for hosting the event.
Inaugural U.S. Entertainment-Engineering Summit Held
Representatives from the entertainment industry and universities that blend technical theatre and engineering degrees met to discuss student training and ways to strengthen the talent pipeline at the inaugural U.S. Entertainment – Engineering Summit. The July 16, 2018, event, hosted by Purdue University’s Theatre and Multidisciplinary Engineering programs, grew out of an initial conversation at the 2018 USITT Annual Conference and Stage Expo.
Representatives from Adirondack Studios, Creative Connors, ETC, Hudson Scenic Studio, iWeiss, McLaren Engineering Group, Schuler Shook, Texas Scenic Company, and DLR Group met with university representatives from Purdue University, Michigan Technical University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Connecticut and University of North Carolina School of the Arts to share observations and discuss approaches to reach shared goals.
The group plans to meet again later this year and encourages others to join the effort.
USITT Midwest Regional Section Workshops
Tech Workshops
The USITT Midwest Regional Section will host technology workshops on Sept. 22 at Muskegon Community College in Muskegon, Mich., in costume, lighting, and sound. Presenters include Susan Eyler (costume), Jim Allen (lighting), Rob Matthews (lighting), Tom Harryman (sound). Details and registration.
Rigging Workshop
World-renowned experts on stage rigging will present a workshop for USITT Midwest Section
Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Presenters Tracy Nunally and Bill Sapsis will guide a day of rigging designed to teach participants how to do basic safety inspections of their own rigging systems, focusing on operation and maintenance. Details and registration.
