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