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www.tanys.org Callboard - Volume XVII • Issue 2 • Fall 2020 Page 7 Barry Streifert - Sound Design and Operation for Theatre Saturday, November 21 at 9:30AM This workshop will provide beginner to intermediate information on how to work in sound in theatres. We’ll cover how to find a show, setting up equipment, finding out what the director wants, sourcing music, how to build a reputation to get future shows, and more. Bring your questions and share your experiences in the Q&A at the end! Barry Streifert - Barry Streifert has worked on a few hundred productions in almost 15 years with over a dozen local companies in the Albany, NY area – occasionally as an actor, and in almost every backstage and tech position there is. But mostly he keeps coming back to sound design and sound op. He holds a few TANYS awards for sound and directing. One of his long-standing favorites is doing sound for Spring Awakening with Our Own Productions at The Egg in Albany. He also especially enjoys working with Home Made Theater, at The Spa Little Theater in Saratoga. Barry has worked with sound and video since middle school. Recently, he has also discovered the fun of lighting design and has been experimenting in that area. Kristie Fuller - Teaching Theatre 2020: Facing the Giants Saturday, November 21 at 10:45AM There are many challenges facing theater teachers in the wake of the pandemic. This workshop will cover strategies to meet challenges like hybrid teaching and virtual productions. Participants will explore the NYS Theater standards and how to choose them for engaging classroom instruction as well as a variety of NYS and National resources available to teachers to help them successfully face the giants we may encounter in our classrooms and performance spaces this school year. Kristie Fuller - Kristie Fuller is an award-winning theatre teacher from Indian River High School. Several of her productions have received Excellence in Directing awards from TANYS. For over 25 years, Kristie has been the New York State Theatre Education Association (NYSTEA) Curriculum Chair working with Theatre standards revision, curriculum development, assessment and certification. She is currently the Chair of the Arts Content Advisory Panel and the Theatre Chair for the IAAP Committee at the NYS Education Department. She has been part of EdTA’s Model Curriculum Project and Theatre Teacher Evaluation Workbook committee. Kristie’s Theatre program was recognized as the Educational Theatre Association’s Outstanding School in 2007. She won the national Reba R. Robertson Award for Outstanding Theatre Teacher in 2012, and the NYSTEA Rod Marriott Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. She was thrilled to have been a part of the American High School Theatre Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2013 and looks forward to returning again in 2021. Curtis Phillips - Scenic Design: No Budget? Small Budget? That’s OK! Saturday, November 21 at 10:45AM Yes, we can produce Broadway designs/productions on small or no budgets. How? This session will help reiterate keeping the text, theme, and metaphor in mind. Scenery, costumes, lighting, sound are secondary to the actors who tell the story. Let’s explore together how simply designers can help actors tell stories. We will focus on small budget sets that can enhance the overall production without breaking the bank. Curtis Phillips - Curtis Phillips received an MFA in Scenic Design from the University of Wisconsin Madison, where he studied under Joe Varga. Professional theatre credits include produced designs for Off-Off Broadway for the Mint Theatre Co. and the American Globe Theatre, as well as Off-Broadway for the Signature Theatre, Musical Theatre Works and Manhattan Class Company. Curtis has also acted as the resident and guest designer for regional theatre across the country including The Duluth Playhouse, University of MN Opera, Theatre Cedar Rapids, Bristol Valley Theatre, Chautauqua Theatre Company and Cumberland County Playhouse, where he designed the first licensed production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast . Curtis has also taught scenic design and painting at UW Madison, SUNY Fredonia and Edgewood College. He is currently an Associate Professor/Set Designer at the University of MN Duluth. Workshop Descriptions