Around the World of Theatre

In this course, students will take a hands-on tour of three main areas of theatre production: lighting/sound, scenic design and acting. Practical, professional skills will be acquired as students learn how to interact as an acting ensemble, create lighting and sound designs and build theatre scenery and props, culminating in a short, videotaped presentation of their work.

Faculty

Catriona Macphie-Hynds (Director) is the Managing Director and Development Officer for the Freed Center and is a graduate of Glasgow University, Scotland. After winning a scholarship to train as a theatre director at the Byre theatre in St. Andrews, she became the Artistic Director of Theatre Works in Glasgow. Catriona has freelanced for a number of professional companies including Iceland's National Theatre in Reykjavik. In addition to her many ONU directorial credits, Catriona has been one of the original tutors for the Summer Honors Institute for the past two years.

Kathleen E. DeVault (Production Manager, Lighting Designer) graduated from The Ohio State University with a BA in Theater and English. Before coming to ONU she spent seven years in Massachusetts. She received her MFA in lighting and sound design from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and was the resident lighting designer at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She has done freelance lighting and sound designs for various companies and in addition to her many credits as a sound and lighting designer for ONU productions, Kathe has been one of the original tutors for the Summer Honors Institute for the past two years.

Scott Henkels (Technical Director) is a graduate of Hiram College and earned his Master of Fine Arts in Design and Technology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). Before coming to Ohio Northern University he worked for other institutions including Oberlin College, UMKC, the East Carolina University Loessin Summer Theatre, the Cleveland Play House and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. In addition to serving as Technical Director and scenic designer for a number of ONU productions, Scott was a tutor for last year's Summer Honors Institute.
Scene Shop

Facilities

The Freed Center for the Performing Arts is a modern fully-equipped theatre complex which offers an ideal combination of beauty, comfort, and technical capacity. Its principal components are the main theatre/concert hall, studio theatre, performance support facilities, dance studio and an educational wing.

The 132 seat Stambaugh Theatre offers the ideal environment for smaller and more intimate theatrical productions and experimental theatre. The room with its flexible seating can be configured in many ways from thrust, proscenium, in the round, or unique combinations that the scenic designers can image.

It is supported by state of the art, lighting and sound systems as well as our full outfitted scene shop.The Scene Shop in the Freed Center is a professional equipped, student staffed shop. While the shops are adjacent to the technical offices, props storage is off-site. The central work area of the scene shop is fully equipped with a complete line of state of the art woodworking and metalworking tools, a painting area, and is centrally located with access to both theatres. In addition, a second props work area is setup adjacent to the scene shop for advanced woodworking and is used for classes.