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  • The Theatre Program at Plymouth State University
    The Theatre Program at Plymouth State University
    An Outstanding Program Emphasizing Skills & Career in the North East Three alumni of the class of 2023 were interviewed three months after graduation. They give in-depth discussion about the Theatre Program at Plymouth State University, including the faculty, the programs, and the facilities. They are dear friends of mine, and I am happy to share this content here. ...
  • PQ Studio 2023: Individual and Environment
    PQ Studio 2023: Individual and Environment
    This workshop explored the use of projected media. Artists from 6 continents used simple motion tracking, infrared cameras & audio sensors to generate visuals for performance and storytelling. TRANSCRIPT: The Prague Quadrennial is a massive two-week event that takes place in Prague in the Czech Republic every four years. It has done this since 1967. It is an international festival that ...
  • USITT Expo Floor 2023 and on to Seattle in 2024
    USITT Expo Floor 2023 and on to Seattle in 2024
    If you, your students, or any other group can get to Seattle next spring and would like to explore the USITT Expo Floor, please let me know! You are welcome to attend that part of the conference free of charge, and I am happy to arrange it. The video and photos below are from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology ...
  • The Ten out of Twelve: It’s a Lie.
    The Ten out of Twelve: It's a Lie.
    August 16, 2021 The Actors’ Equity Association was founded 108 years ago in 1913. It is a trade union that today represents over 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity promotes theatre to society in general while safeguarding the professional well-being of its members. It negotiates wages and working conditions, and provides other benefits, such ...
  • Plymouth State University: Performance at the Prague Quadrennial 2019
    Plymouth State University: Performance at the Prague Quadrennial 2019
    This moment is from a sequence we called “Waterplay.’ Photo 2019 by Richard Finkelstein. Brilliant Being, an original multimedia performance production,created collaboratively by Plymouth State University faculty members Paul Mroczka (writer/director), Amanda Whitworth (choreographer), Jonathan Santore (composer), and Matt Kizer (visual designer). Performed by Sydney Moquin (The Brilliant Being), Emily Jaworski (The Voice Being), and ...
  • My Son and I at the Exhibition of Countries and Regions
    My Son and I at the Exhibition of Countries and Regions
    Sixty different countries from every continent, except Antarctica, have participated in the Exhibition of Countries and Regions at the Prague Quadrennial for 2019. This means that each nation or region has a large space allocated to them within the Industrial Palace to express something about design for performance or space in a way that represents their culture. Each ...
  • BRILLIANT BEING
    BRILLIANT BEING
    at the Prague Quadrennial Attention, attendees at the Prague Quadrennial! WHERE: Divadlo X10 Charvátova 39/10, 110 00 Nové Město WHEN: Thursday, June 13, 8:30 pm In the PQ program book, you will find it on Page 186. Brilliant Being, at 20:30, at the X10 Theatre. https://youtu.be/gUCQPOFlKFM This is a short, breathtaking piece, about 40 minutes long. Originally produced in the United States, it is ...
  • WSD2017 Workshop RECONNECT Series
    WSD2017 Workshop RECONNECT Series
    RECONNECT is a six hours long artistic game during which we will strive to create a living and breathing translation of spatial potentials through human bodies. Starting with the reception of a plain narrative, translating it into the architectural – human formations and awaking those through light and movement, the participants will inevitably change their perception of space and get ...
  • WMUR: Brilliant Being
    WMUR: Brilliant Being
    A performance at Plymouth State University that combines dance, video games, and an adventure. We head behind the scenes of “Brilliant Being” to see how it is redefining theater and storytelling. https://www.wmur.com/article/friday-october-14th-brilliant-being/5081443
  • Cyprus Mail: Controlling projection
    Cyprus Mail: Controlling projection
    By Maria Gregoriou From Friday, American theatre designer, lighting designer and video artist Matt Kizer will be giving a four-day seminar on interactive video projections in the areas of theatre, dance and performing arts. The seminar, which will be in English, will cover both theory and practice, including the history of projections on stage, the basics of projectors, designing scenery with screens ...
  • Theatrical Organization of Cyprus Four-Day Seminar
    Theatrical Organization of Cyprus  Four-Day Seminar
    Α four-day seminar led by the accomplished American theatre designer, lighting designer and video artist Mr. Matt Kizer 23 November 2015 The Cyprus Centre of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (CY.C.S.TA.T.) in collaboration with the Theatrical Organization of Cyprus (TH.O.C.) and the Plymouth State University (USA) organizes a fourth-day seminar led by the accomplished American theatre designer, lighting designer and video artist ...