News Release
IWV Campus
Cerro Coso Drama Department to Host Free Technical Theatre Workshop
Ridgecrest, CA – April 4, 2005
On Saturday, April 9, the Cerro Coso Community College Drama Department
will host a free technical theatre workshop. The workshop will take place in
the Cerro Coso Community College Lecture Center from 11 am until 3 pm and
will feature guest speaker Bart Grady. Grady is a graduate of the University
of California Santa Barbara and is a professional theatre technician. In
recent years Grady has worked as a Lighting Designer and Master Electrician
for a number of San Francisco-based theatrical companies, including the S.F.
Playhouse, John Sims Center for the Arts, Daily Lunch Productions, Actors
Theatre of San Francisco, 3 Wise Monkeys Theatre Company, and First Seen
Theatre Company.
The workshop will focus on lighting design and will cover topics useful to
the beginning as well as the advanced lighting designer. Attendees will
learn practical information such as how to hang and focus lights. This
workshop will also cover advanced techniques such as creating special
effects with lighting and integrating light with set design for effect. The
workshop is sponsored by the Associated Students of Cerro Coso and is free
and open to the public. No experience is necessary. Please bring your
questions and wear comfortable clothing.
For further information, please contact Melinda Fogle in the Cerro Coso
Community College Drama Department at 384-6114.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Facilities Development and Services (760)
384-6230