​NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT SERIES ARCHIVED SHOWS

​Quattuor Equites by Lloyd Potter
Friday, January 14th at 7:30pm in the Studio Theater
​Directed by Ryan Puffer
Quattuor Equites follows the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse through time as they struggle to overcome their dislike of each other and develop friendships that will help them in their mission to dispense misery and despair upon all of humanity until the End of Days.
​Cast: Nicolas Christenson (Death), Joshua Porto (War), Lynne Mazzone-Olness (Famine), Alejandro Cruz (Pestilence), Heidi Dehn (Poo-ka, Hotel Manager, Ms. Halibut, Dan the Pizza Man, Waitress), Ryan Puffer (Narrator)

INTRODUCTION TO COSTUME DESIGN

Led by Chris Lee, BHCT Costume Shop Manager
Saturday, March 19th from 1-4pm
Saturday, March 26th from 1-4pm
​BHCT's Costume Shop

Did you ever play dress up as a kid? Are you interested in creating entire worlds out of clothing? You might be a costume designer!

What You'll Learn: In this workshop, participants will focus on investigating design theory.

What You'll Do: The first session will consist of a lecture about the elements and process of designing costumes for the stage. During the intervening week, students will be assigned to design one male and one female costume. In the second session, participants will present their designs for discussion with the group. The workshop will conclude with a group project where participants will redesign a costume from stock.

About the Instructor:

This will be Chris Lee’s sixteenth season with BHCT as Costume Shop Manager. Chris also designs costumes for BHCT’s productions. Some of her recent work includes costumes for MacBeth, Beauty and the Beast, Lend Me a Tenor, and Sense and Sensibility. Chris received her B.S. in Ed. from Black Hills State University and her M.A. in Theater with an emphasis in costume design from Minnesota State University.

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INTRODUCTION TO LIGHTING DESIGN

Led by Thom Palm
Professional Lighting Designer
Saturday, March 5th from 9am-1pm
Saturday, March 12th from 9am-1pm
​Studio Theater

Do you think lights are MAGIC? Do you ever find yourself looking up at the stage lights instead of the show? You might be a lighting designer!

What You'll Learn: Attendees will gain a recognition of what lighting design is, what the lighting designer does, and a beginning idea of how to accomplish the design from the first rehearsal through opening.

What You'll Do: Download the course syllabus to learn more!

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A Note from Instructor, Thom Palm:

My first involvement with theatre was in my high school, which had a strong extra-curricular theatre club. I was also involved in the Winston-Salem, NC Community Theater, which is much like the BHCT, while in high school.

During my first two years of college I changed my major from Pre-Law to theatre with my primary interest in lighting. At graduation I had a choice between going on tour with Meatloaf as a roadie, or to the Milwaukee Ballet as their Master Electrician (ME)/ Assistant Lighting Designer (ALD). I chose the Ballet. While at the Ballet I assisted Gilbert Hemsley in a premiere ballet. 

Soon after I started working with American Reparatory Theatre. While at ART I acted as ALD to such notables as Jennifer Tipton (7 productions), Richard Ridell, James F Ingalls (15 productions), Spencer Moss, Donald Edmond Thomas, and Beni Montressor. I left ART after 7 seasons and  after 3 years of freelance work, mostly touring, I accepted an offer to be Asst. Professor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee within the Professional Theatre Training Program. By the time I left Milwaukee to move to the Black Hills, I had worked professionally on some element of technical theatre in over 200 theatres, 38 states, and 10 countries. 

My hope with this lighting class is to pass on some of that knowledge, encouraging aspiring lighting designers to try their hand at this illuminating mix of art and craft.

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