Brian is a Professor of Theatre, and the resident scenery and lighting designer for the Department of Theater and Dance at Indiana University of PA, where he also serves as chair of the department. He received an MFA degree from the University of F
...MoreBrian is a Professor of Theatre, and the resident scenery and lighting designer for the Department of Theater and Dance at Indiana University of PA, where he also serves as chair of the department. He received an MFA degree from the University of Florida in 1984, and since then has designed scenery and lighting for over 200 productions. His design for Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline at IUP received a Meritorious Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival.
Since 2001 Brian has expanded his artistic interests to include puppetry and masks and visual arts. In the fall of 2004 he was an Artistic Fellow at Mum Puppettheatre in Philadelphia, PA, where he designed The Puppetmaster of Lodz. He is the co-founder of Another Bloomin’ Puppet Company. In Spring 2009 he will open The Open Hand, a Fine Art Gallery featuring notable regional artists of Western Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA.
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