Lighting Design Spotlight

Over the course of two masterclass sessions in April, legendary lighting designer Kathy Perkins worked with students in creating lighting designs for the play “Trifles”…

Associate Professor of Theatre and Technical Director David Steinmetz, M.F.A., hosted Tony Award-winning Broadway sound designer Nevin Steinberg as the guest speaker for his Theatre…

On Saturday, April 10, the Theatre Division hosted an in-person workshop on firearms for the stage with guest lecturer Jim Guy. Guy serves as the…

Shenandoah Conservatory recently celebrated the opening of a new state-of-the-art teaching and student performance space: the Harold Herman Lab Theatre. In that virtual celebration, we…

Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (SSMT) announces its return to in-person performances with an upcoming production of the smash hit musical “Grease.” This will be a…

Pictured above: Associate Professor of Violin Akemi Takayama, M.M., and Ashley Crawford ’23 (B.M. in Performance) presented a duo concert for community members who received…

Rewarding and reaffirming — those are two of three words that Courtney Reilly, executive director of performances and engagement at Shenandoah Conservatory, used to describe…

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre Production Beverly Jenkins, B.F.A., hosted two stage management masterclasses for theatre design and production students and alumni on Saturday, Nov.…

Kathy A. Perkins, M.F.A., a very well known and regarded lighting designer and scholar, taught a class for the theatre design and production program’s Design…

Valerie St.Pierre Smith will teach a virtual masterclass on cultural appropriation in theatre design for theatre design & production (TDP) students on Friday, Nov. 13.…