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Ashland Center for Theatre Studies

A La Carte Course

Intelligent Use of Automated Lighting

July 26-31, 2009
Ashland, Oregon

A weeklong 3-credit graduate-level course designed for high school and community college theatre educators, covering the use of automated, multi-parameter lighting systems for theatrical productions:

• Learn the pros and cons of automated/multi-parameter lighting equipment
• Find out how a single automated light can take the place of other conventional inventory
• Discover how to use the different parameters of lighting (color mixing, templates, movement, beam, beam shaping, and intensity) together and separately for environmental and special effects
• Develop basic programming skills for automated lighting
• Discuss how to make the artistic choices necessary to tell the story of a play through lighting
• Get a glimpse into the future of lighting technology to share with your students
• Experiment with adapting a variety of lighting systems to build cues for a production
• Explore the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's lighting systems, booth and light shop
• Attend Oregon Shakespeare Festival productions of The Music Man and Equivocation
• Come away with tricks of the trade you can use in your school to get your console to work with automated lights

  Faculty

Chris Sackett, SOU Lighting and Sound Design Faculty

Michael Maag, OSF Lighting Dept Manager and Automated Lighting Programmer

Stuart Cotts, OSF Theatre Technology Engineer

Daily Schedule

Evening Schedule 2009

Application Information

Application deadline is postmarked March 2, 2009. Space is limited to twelve students.

Prerequisite: Bachelor's degree or permission of the instructor. ACTS Master of Theatre Studies students get first priority. This course may serve as one of the required additional 3-credit courses toward the Master of Theatre Studies degree.

Complete the A La Carte Application Form (available in November) and include application deposit and resume. Note: ACTS Master of Theatre Studies applicants do not need to send additional deposit and resume; simply check the box on the Master of Theatre Studies Application Form indicating you also want to attend this course.

We will send notification letters postmarked no later than March 19, 2009. At that time we will send you your pre-session assignment. You will be billed separately by SOU for your tuition and housing.

Fees

Tuition $870
Materials/tickets $149

An application deposit of $50 ($80 if application postmarked after March 2, 2009) must accompany your application if you are not also applying for the Master of Theatre Studies.

Room and Board

Single room $324
Double room $219
Meal plan $162

Cancellation and refund policy

Once you are accepted, all but $50 of your payment ($80 if application received after March 2, 2009) will be refunded if written notice of cancellation is received by May 29, 2009. From May 30 to June 30, 2009 we will refund 50 percent of fees. No refunds will be made after June 30, 2009.

The Ashland Center for Theatre Studies is a program of the SOU Department of Theatre Arts. The SOU Department of Theatre Arts offers an outstanding undergraduate theatre program with BFA, BA, and BS degrees in theatre. SOU is the designated Center of Excellence in the Fine and Performing Arts in the Oregon University System.