Timothy P. Bryson, MFA

Professor of Theatre

CURRENT ADDRESS:

Work:

Northern Arizona University

College of Arts and Letters

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 2001-2007

Department of Theatre (formerly Theatre Division) of the College of Arts and Letters

Duties: Assist the Dean of the college by supervising the Department of Theatre budgets, curriculum, academic assignments, class schedules, scholarships, and faculty meetings. I evaluate faculty for promotion, tenure, retention and merit. I provide a forum for discussion of all relevant issues and a clear channel of communication between the Dean and the faculty. I am a member of the university Academic Chairs Council and the College of Arts and Letters Chairs and Directors Council.

Theatre Division Coordinator

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

An administrative position with a rotating term.

Duties: Assist the Dean of the former 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/Professor

2007- Awarded Emeritus Professor status

1984-1990 – Assistant Professor

1990 - Awarded rank of Associate Professor with Tenure

2005 – Awarded rank of Full Professor

College of Arts and Letters

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.

Scenic Designer/Scenic Artist

Flagstaff Summer Arts Festival 2000

(formerly known as the Grand Canyon Shakespeare 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 scenic and lighting design responsibilities and taught Introduction to Theatre, Stagecraft and Beginning Lighting.

ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS and ACTIVITIES:

Grants and Awards

• Golden Key Honor Society “Honorary Member Faculty Award 2003”
• Phi Kappa Phi “Faculty Award 2001-2002”
• Awarded the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival  “Excellence In Theatre Education Award” 2000.
• 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.
• Received a 1998 Instructional Development Grant from the Office of Teaching and Learning Effectiveness to develop 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.
• 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 Wakonse 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.
• 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.

Professional Development

• Attended the three day ATHE Leadership Institute in San Francisco, CA 2005.
• Attended a one day AutoCad 2005 workshop at Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ April 2004.
• Attended the United States Institute of Theatre Technology National Conference and Stage Expo – 2007 in Phoenix, AZ; 2006 in Louisville, KT; 2005 in Toronto, Canada; 2004 in Long Beach CA; 2002 in New Orleans LA; 2001 in Long Beach CA; 2000 in Denver CO; 1998 in Long Beach CA; 1997 in Pittsburg PA; and 1993 in Wichita KN.
• Attended the National Association of Schools of Theatre National Leardership Conference in Salt Lake City, UT in April 2003.
• Served as panel member in discussion of ethics issues relating to digital photography at the 2002 USITT National Conference and Stage Expo in New Orleans, LA.
• Attended a three day VectorWorks 9.0 workshop at Berkley, CA May 2001.
• Attended USITT pre-conference PD workshop "From Pixal to Paint" at the 2001 USITT National Conference and Stage Expo in Long Beach, CA.
• Attended the 2000 Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
• Attended the 1999 Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival Conference in Fresno, CA
• Attended USITT pre-conference PD workshop on "Model Building Techniques" in Pittsburgh, PN in the Spring Semester 1997
• Attended the 1997 Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival Conference in Cedar City, Utah.
• In the summer of 1995 I attended a five week AutoCAD course at Coconino Community College, in Flagstaff, AZ.
• In 1994 I attended NAU, Office of Grant and Contract Services', "Grant Proposal Writing Workshop".
• I served on a panel for USITT, Education Commission at the 1993 conference in Wichita, Kansas. Topic: "Interface of Two and Four Year Curriculum".

Professional Service

• Circuit 4 Design Coordinator for the American College Theatre Festival, Region VIII (1994-2001). Attended the 2000 KC/ACTF Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
• Round one adjudicator for the Arizona Film Commission Screenwriting Competition 1998-2000.
• Regional design adjudicator for Region VIII KC/ACTF Student Design Competition in Fresno, CA
• Regional design adjudicator for Region VIII KC/ACTF Student Design Competition in Las Vegas, NV.
• 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.

• NAU Service (Since receiving tenure) (State) –

• Arizona Theatre Articulation Task Force 1991 – Present

· NAU Service (University) –

o Academic Chair’s Council 1999-2000, 2000 – Present

o University Assessment Committee – temporary assignment until election of a permanent college representative.

o UC 101 Director Search Committee 2003

o Distributive Learning Council 2000-2001       

o University Curriculum Committee 1992-1993, 1997-2000

o Campus Improvement and Beautification Committee 1990-1991, 1997-1999

o University Theatrical Committee (Student Activities) 1991-1992

· NAU Service (College/School) –

o College of Arts and Letters Chairs and Directors Council  2004- present

o College of Arts and Letters Dean Search Committee 2006

o College of Fine Arts Dean’s Administrative Council  2001-2004

o School of Performing Arts Dean’s Administrative Council  1999-2000

o College of Creative and Communication Arts Dean’s Advisory Council  1993-1994

o Design Consultant to NAU Opera Theatre  1990- Present

o CoFA Musical Theatre Planning Committee  2001

o SPA Committee on Faculty Status  1992-1993, 1993-1994 (Chair), 1994-1995

o SPA Support Systems Analyst Search Committee 1999

o SPA Arts Events Coordinator Search Committee 1997

o Ardrey Auditorium Technical Director Search Committee  1996

o SPA Building Use (Use and Renovation) Committee 1990-1998

o SPA (CCCA) Computer Technology Committee 1992-1997

o SPA Faculty Development and Travel Committee  1996-1998

o SPA Performing Arts Series  1991-1992, 1995-1996

o SPA Director Search  1995

o SPA Standards Committee  1990-1991

o SPA Publicity Committee  1990-1991

o CCCA Right Sizing Committee (Chair)  1992

o CCCA Budget Review Committee  1992

o SPA BFA Feasibility Committee 1990

o Ashurst Auditorium Renovation Committee  1988-1989

· NAU Service (Department) –

o Chair of the Department of Theatre  2001-Present

o Theatre FSC  2000-2001

o Theatre Division Coordinator  1989-1990, 1991-1993, 1999-2000

o Various faculty and staff search committees

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

· United States Institute of Theatre Technology, Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key Honor Society, National Association of Schools of Theatre (individual membership)

SELECTED LIST CREATIVE ACTIVITY SCENIC DESIGN:

Year		Organization	Title		Director
2006		NAU Theatre	The Rivals		Dr. Rick Plummer
2005		NAU Theatre	Real Women Have Curves		Dr. Barbara Jo Maier
2005		NAU Theatre	1940's Radio Hour		Dr. Bob Yowell
2003		NAU Theatre	I Remember Mama		Dr. Bob Yowell
2002		NAU Theatre	Route 66: America’s Main Street		Dr. Mac Groves
2002		NAU Theatre	Noises Off		Dr. Mac Groves
2002		NAU Theatre	Steven Deitz’s Dracula		Dr. Bob Yowell
2001		NAU Theatre	The Yellow Boat		Student Director
2001		NAU Theatre	The Masque of Beauty and the Beast		David Hanson
2001		NAU Theatre	The Tempest		Joe Turner Cantu
2001		NAU Theatre	Rumors		Dr. Mac Groves
2001		NAU Theatre	Medea		Dr. Bob Yowell
2001		NAU Theatre	Crimes of the Heart		Dr. Mac Groves
2000		NAU 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		NAU 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		NAU Theatre	Picasso at Lapin Agile		Joe Turner Cantu
1999		NAU Theatre	Pump Boys and Dinetts		Cindy Wynn
1998		NAU Theatre	Godspel		Dr. Mac Groves
1997		NAU Theatre	Restless		Prof. Joe Cantu
1997		NAU Theatre	Frankenstein		Dr. Bob Yowell
1997		Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival	Midsummer Nights Dream		Dr. Mac Groves
1997		GCSF	Romeo and Juliet		Prof. Joe Cantu
1997		GCSF	Smoke on the Mountain		Ms. Cindy Wynn
1997		NAU Theatre	Lysistrata		Prof. Kathleen McGeever
1997		NAU Theatre	A Piece of My Heart		Dr. Bob Yowell
1996		NAU Theatre	Tartuffe		Prof. Joe Cantu
1996		NAU 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		NAU Theatre	Dark of the Moon		Dr. Bob Yowell
1995		NAU Theatre	Merry Wives of Windsor		Dr. Mac Groves
1995		NAU Theatre	Romeo and Juliet		Dr. Mac Groves
1995		NAU Theatre	Heidi Chronicles		Prof. Joe Cantu
1994		NAU 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	NAU 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	NAU Theatre		Biloxi Blues	Dr. Tal Russell
1993	NAU Theatre		Charlotte's Web	Dr. Mac Groves
1992	NAU Theatre		Bugs	Prof. A. Perry
1992	NAU Theatre		Rumors	Dr. Mac Groves

CREATIVE ACTIVITY SCENIC ART, MURAL ART AND FINE ART:

· 2007  11’X15’drop for NAU Theatre Production Grapes of Wrath.

· 1999 “There Are Bodies Celestial” - 4’ X 5’ Acrylic on masonite.

· 1999 “There Are Bodies Terrestrial” - 4’ X 5’ Acrylic on masonite.

· 1998 Art work for the Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival – Acrylic

· 1995 Set of two paintings of San Francisco Peaks area – Acrylic 21” X 42”

· 1995 School of Communication Murals, set of four, Communication Bldg.

· 1994 School of Performing Arts Mural, Fine and Performing Arts Bldg.

SPECIAL SKILLS:

• Scenic, props and lighting design.
• Costume design concepts, but not a qualified costume technician
• 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, MS Internet Explorer, AutoCAD 2005, Architectural Desktop 3.3, VectorWorks and WYSIWYG lighting program. I am also familiar with HTML.