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RESUMES

Professor of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University
Head, Design and Production, 1978-1995
B.F.A., Ohio University; M.F.A. Yale School of Drama

Author (With Barbara Anderson) - Costume Design
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.Y. 1983
2nd Edition, Harcourt Brace, 1998


Address: 2030 Beechwood Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Phone: Home: 412-421-9607
Business: 412-268-1580
Fax: 412-268-2988

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Feature Films


• Production Designer
  • The Dark Half
    (A George Romero Production for Orion Films.
    Winner, Rome Film Festival.)
    Night of the Living Dead
    (1992 remake, released by
    Columbia Pictures.)
    Two Evil Eyes
    (An ADC Production directed by George Romero and Dario Argento
    MonkeyShines
    (A Charles Evans Production,
    released by Orion Films)
    The Silence at Bethany
    (A Keener Production for national
    release and American Playhouse)
    Day of the Dead
    (A George Romero Production)
    Creepshow
    (A George Romero Production,
    written by Stephen King)
    KnightRiders
    (A George Romero Production)
    
    
• Historical Films
  • Production Designer
    • The St. Augustine Story -
      The Struggle to Survive
      Dream of Empire
      
• Educational Films
  
  • Art Director
    • Hamlet (National Geographic
      Romeo and Juliet Film Series)
      Macbeth
      Shakespeare and His Times
      
• Industrial Films
  
  • Art Director
    • Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Video Series
      Fisher Scientific
      
• Television
  
  • Producer
    • Courting (CMU Drama promotional
      '88 Ending video projects)
      The Furnished Room
      Night Hawks
      Confetti
      Solo
      
  • Art Director
    • Frank’s Garage
      Pilot for children’s series with WQED
      Math Show
      Series for PBS
      The Boy Who Loved Trolls
      (PBS WonderWorks Series)
      Leatherstocking Tales
      (Emmy Award winning 4 segment series
      for Once Upon a Classic )
      Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
      (Once Upon a Classic, Emmy nominated)
      John Marshall
      (5 part series on the early Supreme Court decisions, sponsored by the United States Judicial Commission)
      Decades of Decision
      (12 part series concerned with the American
      Revolution, sponsored by the National Geographic)
      Dead Wrong
      (Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Safety Commission)
      Moving Right Along Pilot film (HUD and PBS)
      
  • Costume Designer
    • George Washington: Portrait of a Heroas a Young Man
      John and Sam Adams: The Boston Massacre
      (Both films for NET Biography Series)
      
  • Set Designer
    • Fighting Back with Rocky Blier, host
      Mom's Time (These for the cable
      Health Exercise Program Health Network)
    • Seasons of Man (WQED/Annenberg Series)
      Chemical People (set for Nancy Reagan)
      Stravinsky Concert, Kennedy Center
    • Introduction segment, Sarah in America, Kennedy Center
      Introduction segments for Bill Bixby, Once Upon a Classic
      Appalachian Project pilot program
      Introduction segments for E.G. Marshall,
      National Geographic Series
      Harry Truman: Plain Speaking
      (David Susskind production. Nominated for Scene Design Emmy)
      Gladys
      Alex Haley's My Brother's Keeper
      Wrap around set
      Alliance for Science
    • Me, Too (Children's Television Pilot)
      
  • 
    Set Consultant
    • Local Program Host Set - WQED
      
• Educational, Regional and Summer Theatres
  
  • Set Designer
    • Pittsburgh Public Theatre
      
      • Macbeth
        Importance of Being Earnest
        Hay Fever
        The Play’s the Thing
        Les Liaisons Dangereuses
        Fallen Angels
        
    • Carnegie Mellon University
      
      • Merton of the Movies
        Portrait
        Carnegie Mellon Theatre Company
        Importance of Being Earnest
        All for Love
        Absurd Person Singular
        Side by Side by Sondheim
        Sweeney Todd
        Happiest Girl in the World
        Candide
        
    • City Theatre
      
      • Temptation
        
  • 
    Costume Designer
    • Pittsburgh Public Theatre
      
      • Macbeth
        Hay Fever
        Carnegie Mellon Theatre Company
        Candide
        Sunday in the Park with George
        Happiest Girl in the World
        Sweeney Todd
        
    • Carnegie Mellon University
      
      • Nicholas Nickelby
        Kiss Me Kate
        A Little Night Music
        Merton of the Movies
        Troilus and Cressida
        Way of the World
        Bluebeard’s Wives
        
    • City Theatre
      
      • Master Class
        
    • Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival
      Penn State Professional Summer Theatre
      Pittsburgh Playhouse
      Bucks County Playhouse
      Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
      Monomoy Theatre, Chatham, Mass.
      Yale University
      Brandeis University
      
      Over 75 Productions designed and executed.
      
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  Costume design projects
  • Hilton Hotel of Cincinnati
    Westinghouse of Pittsburgh.
    PPG
    
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  Set design
  • Kaufmann's Fashionlogue with Bill Cosby
    Westinghouse Industrial
    Bogart pre-Broadway tour
    
    
• Mendelssohn Choir Member 5 years
  
  • European Tour, Luxembourg, France and Belgium
    European Tour, Prague and Vienna
    Carnegie Hall Concert, New York City
    
    
• Workshops and Presentations in Costume and Scene Design
  
  • U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology
    
    • Panel Discussion, Washington DC
      Panel Discussion, Phoenix, AZ
      Panel Discussion, Seattle, WA
      Pre-Conference Master Class in Drawing and
      Design, Nashville, TN
      Ohio Conference Judging and Presentation
      Student and Professional Portfolio Reviews,
      Pittsburgh, PA
      Retrospective of Career, Pittsburgh, PA
      
  • Theatre Association of Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh Drama League
    Buffalo State College
    American Institute of Graphic Artists, Pittsburgh Chapter
    Sitges Fantasy Film Festival, Sitges, Spain
    
    
• Consultant
  • New Jersey State University at Trenton.
    
    • Development of Theatre/Television Program.
      
  • Northwestern University Program Evaluation
    
• Awards
  • Hornbostel Award for Teaching Excellence in the College of Fine Arts
  • 
    
• Vice-President, Tartan Films, Inc.
  
  Gallery Showing
  • Mendelson Gallery - Paintings, July/August 1994
    Carnegie Mellon University Center, May-November 1998