Timothy P. Bryson, MFA

CURRENT ADDRESS:

Work:

Northern Arizona University

College of Fine Arts

Department of Theatre

Box 6040

Flagstaff, AZ 86011

Phone:(928) 523-4500

Fax:(928) 523-5111

E-mail: Timothy.Bryson@nau.edu

www2.nau.edu/~tpb2

Home:

3418 N. Dyer

Flagstaff, AZ 86004

Phone: (928) 526-8940

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts / Theatre Design and Technology - 1974

Department of Theatre and Cinematic Arts

Brigham Young University

Provo, Utah

Master of Fine Arts / Scenic Design - 1980

Department of Theatre

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

Department Chair

May 2001-Present

Newly formed Department of Theatre (formerly Theatre Division) of the College of Fine Arts

After a year off as the Coordinator of the Theatre Division I was elected by my faculty to be the first Chair of the newly formed Department of Theatre.

Duties: Assist the Dean of the College of Fine Arts by supervising the Department of Theatre budgets, curriculum, academic assignments, class schedules, scholarships, and Theatre faculty meetings. I Evaluate faculty for promotion, tenure, retention and merit purposes. I provide a forum for discussion of all relevant issues and a clear channel of communication between the SPA Dean and the faculty. I am a member of the university Academic Chairs Council and the CoFA Dean's Advisory Council.

Scenic Designer/Associate Professor

1984-present (Tenured 1990)

College of Fine Arts

Department of Theatre (Theatre Division)

Northern Arizona University

Duties: Designer of sets and props,(Lighting Designer and Technical Director until 1990) and scenic artist for up to four Theatre Division and two Opera Theatre productions a year. Supervise student scenic designers and props and paint crews; teach Introduction to Theatre Design, Theatre Design I, Theatre Design II (theatre graphics), Theatre Design III (computer applications for theatre), Theatre Design IV (scene design), and Asian Theatre. I have also taught Lighting Design, Stagecraft, Scenic Painting and Introduction to Theatre at NAU.

Theatre Division Coordinator

1989-1990,1991-1993 and Spring 1999 to Summer 2000.

An administrative position with a four semester rotating term.

Duties: Assist the Dean of the School of Performing Arts by coordinating the Theatre Division's budgets, curriculum, academic assignments, class schedules, scholarships, Theatre Division faculty meetings, providing a forum for discussion of all relevant issues and a clear channel of communication between the SPA Dean and the faculty, and all other duties as assigned by the Dean.

Scenic Designer/Scenic Artist

Flagstaff Summer Arts Festival 2000

(formerly known as the Grand Canyon Shakespear Festival)

Flagstaff, AZ

Artistic Director: Rick Davis

Scenic Designer/Scenic Artist

Flagstaff Festival of the Arts, Northern Arizona Repertory Theatre and the Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival

Flagstaff, AZ

Summers 1985-1997

Duties: Scenic designs and scenic art for three productions in repertory.

Scenic Artist

Flagstaff Light Opera Company

Flagstaff, AZ

1996-1998

Painted backdrops for: Oklahoma, South Pacific, Mikado, Sound of Music and Music Man.

Designer and Mural Artist

Architectural Lighting Consultant/Designer - Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Flagstaff, AZ - 1985

NAU Art Gallery and Museum - designer of "The Cave" Dance Environment - 1987

School of Performing Arts Mural - Fine and Performing Arts Building, NAU - 1994

School of Communication Murals - set of four murals, Communication Building, NAU - 1995

Designer/Technical Director/Instructor

Performing Arts Department

Linn-Benton Community College

Albany, OR

September 1981-June 1984

Duties: Scenic and Lighting Designer and Technical Director, building and painting for six departmental productions. Taught Stagecraft, Set and Lighting Design, Makeup and Public Speaking.

Scenic Designer/Display Designer

Utah Shakespeare Festival

Cedar City, UT

Summers - 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984

Duties: Designer and Scenic Artist of sets and props for one main stage production, as well as the "Green Show" and general display, signage and festival decoration.

Designer/Technical Director/Instructor

Southern Utah State College

Cedar City, UT

September 1979-June 1981

Duties: Technical Director for all departmental productions, shared design responsibilities and taught Introduction to Theatre, Stagecraft and Beginning Lighting.

ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS and ACTIVITIES:

• Ellected as Chair of the Department of Theatre by my faculty peers.
• Circuit 4 Design Coordinator for the American College Theatre Festival, Region VIII (1994-present). The design coordinator is responsible for the adjudication of all Arizona student designers entering scenic, costume, lighting, props, makeup and sound designs in the ACTF Design Competition.
• Attended the 2000 KC/ACTF Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
• Regional design adjudicator for Region VIII KC/ACTF Student Design Competition in Fresno, CA
• Attended the 2001 USITT National Conference and Stage Expo in Long Beach, CA. Attended USITT pre-conference PD workshop "From Pixal to Paint".
• Awarded 1999-2000 KC/ACTF EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE EDUCATION AWARD.
• Attended the 2000 KC/ACTF Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
• Regional design adjudicator for Region VIII KC/ACTF Student Design Competition in Las Vegas, NV.
• Attended the 2000 USITT National Conference and Stage Expo in Denver, CO.
• Recieved a 1998 Instructional Development Grant from the Office of Teaching and Learning Effectiveness to develope a WEB site for my courses and my portfolio gallery. I attended one-on-one workshop with the staff of the Faculty Computer Lab located at the OTLE during the spring and summer.
• Attended the 1998 USITT National Conference and Stage Expo in Long Beach, CA.
• Attended the 1997 USITT National Conference and Stage Expo in Pittsburgh, PN.
• Attended USITT pre-conference PD workshop on "Model Building Techniques" in Pittsburgh, PN in the Spring Semester 1997
• School of Performing Arts Centennial Teacher of the Year, 1997-1998 academic year. One of eleven faculty from across campus (out of 1168 faculty) to be chosen for this honor.
• Regional Design Adjudicator for ACTF Region VIII Design Competition 1997 in Cedar City, Utah.
• In the spring of 1996 NAU hosted the Region VIII ACTF Conference, and I was the region's host for the Design Competition.
• In the summer of 1995 I attended a five week AutoCAD course at Coconino Community College, in Flagstaff, AZ. I received an "A" grade.
• In the summer of 1994 I was awarded an Instructional Development Grant for $2000.00 to develop a new course on Asian Theatre, a new Liberal Studies course for the Theatre Division. TH 351 Asian Theatre was first taught on Instructional Television in the spring of 1995.
• Awarded a Wakose Fellowship in 1994. The Wakonse Fellows are dedicated to quality teaching in higher education in the USA. I attended the 1994 Wakonse Arizona Conference on teaching at Camp Tontozona, Christopher Creek Arizona.
• In 1994 I attended NAU, Office of Grant and Contract Services', "Grant Proposal Writing Workshop".
• I was a member of the Citizens Ambassador Program's Theatre Education Delegation to the Peoples Republic of China in November 1993. I received $ 4500.00 in instructional and professional development grants to finance the trip.
• I served on a panel for USITT, Education Commission at the 1993 conference in Wichita, Kansas. Topic: "Interface of Two and Four Year Curriculum".
• I served as an elected member of the School of Performing Arts' Committee on Faculty Status for four years. The committee reviews and makes recommendations concerning the applications for retention, promotion and tenure of all SPA faculty. I was elected Chair for one of the four years.

SPECIAL SKILLS:

• Scenic, props and lighting design.
• scenic art.
• drafting (manual and computer-aided).
• model building.
• a mural artist and a fine artist (acrylic painting and drawing).
• Software skills: Windows 98, MS Word, MS Excel, Powerpoint, Netscape, AutoCAD R.14 and Vectorworks. I am familier with HTML.

  SELECTED LIST of RECENT PRODUCTIONS:

  Year	Organization	Title	Director
  2001	Theatre	The Masque of Beauty and the Beast	David Hanson
  2001	Theatre	The Tempest	Joe Turner Cantu
  2001	Theatre	Rumors	Dr. Mac Groves
  2001	Theatre	Medea	Dr. Bob Yowell
  2001	Theatre	Crimes of the Heart	Dr. Mac Groves
  2000	Theatre	A View From The Bridge	Charles Combs
  2000	Oak Creek Theatre Company	It's a Grand Night For Singing	Mary Garaldi
  2000	Flagstaff Summer Arts Festival 2000	Galileo	Dr. Rick Davis
  2000	Theatre	Much Ado About Nothing	Dr. Mac Groves
  2000	Oak Creek Theatre Company	The Dining Room	Mary Garaldi
  1999	Oak Creek Theatre Company	Sander's Family Christmas	Mary Garaldi
  1999	Theatre	Picasso at Lapin Agile	Joe Turner Cantu
  1999	Theatre	Pump Boys and Dinetts	Cindy Wynn
  1998	Theatre	Godspel	Dr. Mac Groves
  1997	Theatre	Restless	Prof. Joe Cantu
  1997	Theatre	Frankenstein	Dr. Bob Yowell
  1997	GCSF	Midsummer Nights Dream	Dr. Mac Groves
  1997	GCSF	Romeo and Juliet	Prof. Joe Cantu
  1997	GCSF	Smoke on the Mountain	Ms. Cindy Wynn
  1997	Theatre	Lysistrata	Prof. Kathleen McGeever
  1997	Theatre	A Piece of My Heart	Dr. Bob Yowell
  1996	Theatre	Tartuffe	Prof. Joe Cantu
  1996	Theatre	Lend Me a Tenor	Dr. Mac Groves
  1996	GCSF	Hamlet	Prof. Joe Cantu
  1996	GCSF	Taming of the Shrew	Dr. Mac Groves
  1996	GCSF	Quilters	Dr. Mary Geraldi
  1996	Theatre	Dark of the Moon	Dr. Bob Yowell
  1995	Theatre	Merry Wives of Windsor	Dr. Mac Groves
  1995	Theatre	Romeo and Juliet	Dr. Mac Groves
  1995	Theatre	Heidi Chronicles	Prof. Joe Cantu
  1994	Theatre	El Paso Blue	Dr. Bob Yowell
  (National finalist ACTF - performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in spring of 1995)
  1994	Theatre/Opera Theatre	Into The Woods	Dr. Mac Groves
  1994	Theatre	As You Like It	Prof. A. Perry
  1994	Opera Theatre	Albert Herring	Dr. Lloyd Hanson
  1993	Opera Theatre	Camelot	Dr. Lloyd Hanson
  1993	Opera Theatre	Tenderland	Dr. Lloyd Hanson
  1993	Theatre	Biloxi Blues	Dr. Tal Russell
  1993	Theatre	Charlotte's Web	Dr. Mac Groves
  1992	Theatre	Bugs	Prof. A. Perry
  1992	Theatre	Rumors	Dr. Mac Groves

  Last Update: 9/2/98