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Richard E. Dunham, Associate Professor, Head of Design Area & Production Coordinator
MFA, Ohio State University
Office Hours: Mon 9:00-10:00am, Tue & Thu 10:00-11:00am, & by appt
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Mr. Dunham, Scenic and Lighting Designer, has previously designed and taught at the University of Central Florida, Stephens College, Vanderbilt and SUNY at Stony Brook. He is active in the national leadership of USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Design and Technology) and is currently serving as a Board Member of the national organization. He was Co-Commissioner of the USITT Lighting Commission from 1998 to 2006. His professional design credits include numerous regional and stock productions throughout the East Coast and Midwest. Notable credits include: the Brunswick Music Theatre (Maine State Music Theatre), The Disney Institute, Music Theatre North, The Dunes and Okaboji Summer Theatres, The Springer Opera House and The Atlanta Lyric Theatre. He has also designed both scenery and lighting for a number of metropolitan New York regional and Off and Off-Off Broadway theatres including: Circle Repertory Theatre, Theatre Three, Broadhollow Productions, The Jean Cocteau Rep., and the Directors' Theatre along with being a member of the Drama League. He has authored a number of feature articles for technical and trade publications relating to theatrical design and technology and was editor and contributing author for Practical Projects for Teaching Lighting Design (Second Edition) and an advising editior to Projects for Teaching Scene Design. Two of his articles have won Herbert D. Greggs Awards from Theatre Design and Technology. In addition to theatrical venues, he designs both architectural and landscape lighting and is the principal in the design practice of Dunham Design Associates. Within this area he has earned the LC Lighting Certification and holds memberships in the IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America) and IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers).


Tina Hantula, Academic Professional, Faculty Advisor: Commedianti Georgiani
MFA, University of Georgia
Office Hours: T/R 10:30-11:30 or by appointment
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Tina Hantula is a costume designer and serves as the costume technologist for the University of Georgia. Formerly on the staff of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Ms. Hantula has designed costumes for productions in several theatres from North Carolina to Iowa as well as for productions at Teatro Signorelli in Cortona, Italy. She has served as a staff member of the Alliance Theatre and the Costume Collection of New York. Ms. Hantula has also built costumes for the distinguished stage and film costume designer, Patricia Zipprodt.


Ivan Ingermann, , Assistant Professor Costume Design
MFA, Design for Stage and Film, New York University
BFA, Florida State University
United Scenic Artist Union
Costume Designers Guild
Office Hours: MWF 3:30pm- 5pm, or by appt.

Ivan Ingermann began his design career by working with some of the greatest names in costuming for the stage including Tony Award winning designers Willa Kim (Grease), Desmond Heeley (The Snow Maiden), William Ivey Long (Chicago) and Susan Hilferty (Too Cleaver By Half, How To Succeed In Business). He has designed costumes for films including Suits, Rules of the Game, Escape to Life, and Sundance Award Winner 2x4. He also coupled with celebrity event designer Colin Cowie to create costumes for the Grand opening of the Bahamian Atlantis Resort featuring Grace Jones. For MTV, he has created designs and style for Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Christy Turlington, Carson Daily, Jimmy Fallon, Natalie Portman, and Lindsay Lohan, among others. In Los Angeles, he assisted Hollywood costume designer Joseph Aulisi on Charlie’s Angels II: Full Throttle, as well as Emmy Award winning designer Dona Granata. In 2004 Ivan’s own designs were featured on Kirstie Alley as Pier One Imports spokeswoman, garnishing a nomination from the Costume Designers Guild for Excellence in Commercial Costume Design. While continuing to design several national commercials for companies such as Toyota, Pontiac, BMW, and McDonalds Ivan designed the look for the music video “Gotta Girl” for Wheat under the notable director Erickson Core. Most recently, Ivan collaborated with Jeff Daniels designing costumes for Escanaba in Love at the Purple Rose Theatre and The Gem Theatre.


B. Don Massey, Associate Professor
MFA, University of Georgia
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Billy Don (B. Don) Massey joined the University of Georgia in 1982 after five years as instructor, scenic designer and technical director for the University of Arkansas. His other academic degrees include a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in Education. While most of his design work has been in college theatre, his professional/nonacademic credits include work for Theatre in the Square in Marietta, GA and the Highlands Playhouse in Highlands, NC. Most recently he was a contributing artist for the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington D. C. He is currently working on a book regarding his experiences working for John Paul II, which took him to 27 countries and 33 cities around the world. Mr. Massey teaches scenic design, lighting design, and theatrical technology.


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