Professor Booth joined the faculty of the Communications, Media & Theatre
Arts Department at EMU in the fall of 2006. Preparing students
as cultural leaders through the Arts Management & Administration
Program is Susan’s passion. With a background
as an artist, manager and educator Susan brings vast experience
and a very unique perspective to her work here at EMU.
As an artist, Susan received her BFA in scene design from Boston
University. After graduation Susan spent a decade working
as a property artisan and manager for regional theatres and opera
companies such as; the New York Shakespeare Festival, the
Old Globe Theatre, the Alliance Theatre Company, the Santa Fe
Opera Company, the Walnut Street Theatre, the Huntington Theatre
Company, and the Berkshire Theatre Festival.
Susan then returned to school and received a MFA in Theatre
Management from Columbia University. Then Susan took a
position as the first development director for the Arden
Theatre Company in Philadelphia. Susan and her
husband moved to the Midwest in spring of 1992 where Susan ran
a small consulting business called Fund+Raising=Solutions,
until she took a position as the Manager of the Toledo Cultural
Arts Center (TCAC). In her position at TCAC Susan designed
and executed a plan to raise $4.7 million dollars of local matching
funds that would release $15 million of state capitals dollars
used to renovate the historic Valentine Theatre in downtown Toledo.
For the past decade Susan has worked as an educator. In
1997 she began teaching at Bowling Green State University (BGSU)
in the Department of Theatre & Film. At BGSU Susan
taught Introduction to Theatre, Arts Management, Introduction
to Film, History of Film and Introduction to Technical Theatre. In
addition, Susan developed a new Minor in Arts Management for
BGSU. Susan was also instrumental in the development of NWoAX
- the North West Ohio Arts Exchange a collaborative program between
university and community arts organizations.
Since joining EMU Professor Booth has continued to connect university
resources to area cultural leaders and organizations with her
research as the Associate Consultant on the Washtenaw County
Master Cultural Plan (released fall 2008.)
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