Degrees
MA—Theatre Arts, Eastern Michigan University, (in progress)
BS—Theatre Arts, Eastern Michigan University, 1989
Courses Taught
CTAR 179: Special Topics—Lighting for Stage, Studio and
Events
Biography
John Charles has spent the past twenty five plus years working
to promote and maintain high
standards of technical production for Eastern Michigan University
Theatre, as well as consulting,
technical directing and designing for many events and productions
for the EMU campus
community. These events include Beaux Arts Balls in McKenny Ballroom,
annual faculty dance
concerts (1999-2003) in the Quirk Theatre, fashion shows for
Apparel Textiles and
Merchandising (2009-2011) and numerous fundraising events all
over campus. In his current
position as Technical Director he has been helping to develop
a new major and minor curriculum
in Entertainment Design and Technology for CMTA.
During the course of his career John has also provided scenic
and/or lighting designs for more
than a hundred shows of every period and genre at EMU, beginning
in 1984 with Dr. Annette
Martin’s adaptation of Kate Millett’s novel The Basement:
Meditations on a Human Sacrifice. In
1987 he was awarded an Artistic Recognition Award by EMU for
scenic and lighting designs for
John Guare’s Landscape of the body.
His body of work also includes freelance design and consulting
for numerous theatre companies
in the Midwest as well as event lighting supervision for many
industrial and trade shows,
including displays for auto shows in Detroit, New York, Atlanta
and other major cities. In 2007
he designed the lighting for The 22nd Annual Governor’s
Awards for Art and Culture at The
Detroit Institute of Arts and served as technical director for
the 23rd Annual Governor’s Awards
for Art and Culture in 2008.
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