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Jeff Wisor
Vitae – Lamar University
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Educational Background
1983-84
1993-95
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas
1995
M.A. Design/Technical Theatre
1984
University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut (one semester only)
1980-83
Kent State University Kent, Ohio
1983
1976-80
Kent State University Warren, Ohio
1978 A.A.S. Electrical Engineering
Technology (with honors)
B.F.A. Design/Tech Theatre
(with honors)
Teaching
1995-current Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas)
Designer/Technical Director
Instruction/Course descriptions
Stagecraft - Lectures with associated lab sessions, demonstrations, and practical projects on the subject of
technical theatre production. Areas covered include running and crewing a production, hardware and tool
usage, scenic construction techniques, materials, welding, drafting, stage lighting, scene shifting
techniques, and common technical practices involved in the bring the plan of the technical production to
realization on stage.
Theatre Workshop - This is a practical/laboratory course in technical theatre production. Instruction and
supervision of properties construction, stage lighting production, and scenic construction and finishing for
actual production. Students are assigned responsibilities and experience collaborative input in the creation
of productions. This hands on class is a practical extension of lecture courses in technical Theatre
Introduction to Design for the Theatre - The emphasis is placed on the process shared by all designers scenic, lighting, costume, and to some degree sound designers - from conceptual research to planning.
General instruction on the process of theatrical design through script analysis, development of design
concept, and research together with exploration of the visual language of the theatre through instruction and
projects in drawing, color rendering, and drafting. The objective is to familiarize the student with the basic
principles of design, present a survey of the history of design for the theatre, and to assist in the
development of skills to articulate their design choices.
Scenic Design - The objective is the development of the background necessary to design sets for
production. Course content is dedicated to exploration of the process of designing scenery for a production
with emphasis on the development of the criteria for making design choices and articulating these to a
director and production team. Exercises in design projects include analysis and research, scene rendering,
execution of ground plans and details, and presenting completed designs to the class.
Stage Lighting - Lectures with associated lab sessions, demonstrations, and practical projects on the
subject of lighting production. Areas covered include basic electricity, equipment and instrumentation,
circuitry, control systems, effects, automated lighting, and characteristic lighting design practices.
Painting and the Scenic Art - The emphasis is in preparing the student for work as a scenic artist. Lab
sessions dealing with materials and equipment, color and paint mixing, analysis of artwork, surface
preparation and construction, layout/lay-in, detail painting, and three-dimensional texturing.
CAD Applications for the Theatre - The course is structured to offer students understanding of computer
aided drawing procedures and techniques. The course is dedicated to manipulation of the AutoCAD
drafting program and instruction on drawing conventions and types of drawings for the theatre. The
objective is to give the student the background in CAD and drawing conventions they can apply to the
articulation of designs for the theatre and plans for actual productions.
This is a hands-on course in which students execute plans, elevations, and isometrics complete with
necessary dimensions and details
Advanced Stage Lighting - Structured to explore stage lighting strictly as an art form through assigned
readings, analysis of artwork, and practical projects and lab sessions exploring the psychophysical
characteristics of light.
Properties Design – Detailed exploration of analysis and production style, design, materials, construction
techniques, and finishing in a lab setting.
Lamar Theatre Scenic and Lighting Design
2012-2013
Scenic Designs – “Quilters” and “Macbeth”
Lighting Designs – “Quilters”
2011-2012
Scenic Designs – “Slasher”, “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” and “Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee”
Lighting Designs – “An Inspector Calls” and “Slasher” and “Fall Dance Concert - Dance Unleashed!”
2010-2011
Scenic Designs – “A Lesson before Dying”
Lighting Designs – “The Tempest” - Adapted for young audiences by Don Fleming and “Beaumont's
Babe: A Sportrait of Babe Didrikson Zaharias” written by Ron Zank.
2009-2010
Scenic Designs – “The Wicked One”, and “The Burial at Thebes; a Version of Sophocles' Antigone”
Lighting Designs – “The Burial at Thebes; a Version of Sophocles' Antigone” and Harrison, Texas:
Three One-Act Plays by Horton Foote - “Blind Date”, “The One Armed Man”, and “John Turner
Davis”
2008-2009
Scenic Designs – “The Little Dog Laughed”, “Merlin’s Tale of Arthur’s Magic Sword”, and “The Rocky
Horror Show”
Lighting Designs – “The Little Dog Laughed”, “Proof”, and “Merlin’s Tale of Arthur’s Magic Sword”
2007-2008
Scenic Designs – “Well”, “Loot”, and “Cinderella”
Lighting Designs – “Well”, “Loot”, and “Cinderella”
2006-2007
Scenic Designs – “Side Man”, An Evening with Woody Allen – 3 One Act Plays, “The Texas State Bird
Pageant”, and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”
Lighting Designs – An Evening with Woody Allen – 3 One Act Plays, and “A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum”
2005-2006
Scenic Designs – “Fires in the Mirror”, An Evening with Isreal Horovitz – 3 One Act Plays, and
“Scapino”
Lighting Designs – “Fires in the Mirror”, An Evening with Isreal Horovitz – 3 One Act Plays,
“Scapino”, and the Kidwrites playwriting festival
2004-2005
Scenic Designs – “Along for the Ride”, and “The Little Prince”
Lighting Designs – “Along for the Ride”
2003-2004
Scenic Designs - “Anton in Show Business”, “God’s Country”, “Charlotte’s Web”, and “Art”
Lighting Designs – “Anton in Show Business”, “Charlotte’s Web”, and “Art”
2002-2003
Scenic Designs - “Indians”, “Two Rooms”, “Lysistrata”, and “Snow White and the 7 Dwarves”
Lighting Designs – “Two Rooms”, “Lysistrata”, and “Snow White and the 7 Dwarves”
2001-2002
Scenic Designs – “The Bald Soprano”, “Ruby-The Alamo Cat”, and “Cabaret”
Lighting Designs – “The Children’s Hour”, “The Bald Soprano”, “Ruby-The Alamo Cat”, “Cabaret”, the
Kidwrites playwriting festival, and the Fall Dance Concert
2000-2001
Scenic Designs – “The Mineola Twins”, “Godspell”, “Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will? ”, and “Story
Theatre”
Lighting Designs – “The Mineola Twins”, “Godspell”, “Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will? ”, and the
Kidwrites playwriting festival, and the Fall Dance Concert
1999-2000
Scenic Designs – “The Great Cross Country Race”, “Three Tall Women”, and “Lebensraum”
Lighting Designs – “Lebensraum”
1998-1999
Scenic Designs - “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”, “Twilight of the Golds”, “The Ride of Ichabod Crane”,
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Lighting Designs – “Twilight of the Golds”, “Midsummer Night’s Dream”, and the Fall Dance Concert
1997-1998
Scenic Designs – “The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)”, “Joe Egg”, “West Side Story”,
“Treasure Island”, and “Tartuffe”
Lighting Designs – “The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)”, “Joe Egg”, “West Side Story”,
and the Fall Dance Concert
1996-1997
Scenic Designs – “M. Butterfly”, “Love Letters”, and “The Hobbit”
Lighting Designs – “Eleemosynary”, “Tony n' Tina's Wedding”, and “A Piece of My Heart”
1995-1996
Scenic Designs – “Monday After The Miracle”
Lighting Designs – “The King Stag”
Lamar University Technical Direction
Technical Direction for most theatre productions 1995-2013:
Scenic construction drawings, the purchasing of materials, the plan and supervision of construction, set-up,
and finishing of the set. This also involves preparation for and supervision of the hanging and circuiting of
lighting, the scheduling of production meetings, technical rehearsals, accessing and allocating seasonal
budgets and management of the budget for each show, and organization of strikes.
Lamar University Fundraising/Recruiting Events
1996-2013
Each year the Fine Arts College and the Theatre Department’s fund raising and scholarship benefit events
call for thematic scenic/atmospheric design support – Le Grand Bal sponsored by the College of Fine Arts
in the spring semester, and LU-llaby of Broadway sponsored by Lamar Theatre through 2008 and
Hullaba-LU in 2010.
1996-2003
Festival Hosting
For Lamar University Theatre’s hosting of UIL festivals, State Jr. College festivals, and State KCACTF
festivals - Lighting Designer and Technical Coordinator.
Educational Student design credits
Southwest Texas State University
Set designs: “A Man for All Seasons”, “Terra Nova”, “The Water Engine”, and (asst. design) of
“Charley's Aunt”
Lighting design: “The Fantastics”
Kent State University
Set designs: “Joe Egg”, and “Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction/Augustus Does His Bit”
Lighting design: “Philemon”
Direction: “Joe Egg”
Professional and related work experience
2013
Sul Ross University
(Alpine, Texas)
Visiting Instructor and TDScenic /Lighting Designer
Theatre of the Big Bend
“The Pirates of Penzance”
2012
Sul Ross University
(Alpine, Texas)
Visiting Instructor and TDScenic /Lighting Designer
Theatre of the Big Bend
“Anything Goes”
2011
Sul Ross University
(Alpine, Texas)
Visiting Instructor and TDScenic /Lighting Designer
Theatre of the Big Bend
“The Little Shop of Horrors”
2010
Sul Ross University
(Alpine, Texas)
Guest Scenic Designer
Theatre of the Big Bend
“Damn Yankees”
2009
Sul Ross University
(Alpine, Texas)
Visiting Instructor and TDScenic /Lighting Designer
Theatre of the Big Bend
“The Will Rogers Follies” and
“Petra’s Sueno”
2007-8
Parades Unlimited
(Groves, Texas)
Triangle Krewe of Bacchus Gala
Event design and painting
2004
Port Arthur Little Theatre/Lamar
State College- Port Arthur
“Annie”
Scenic Design
2003
Port Arthur Little Theatre
(Port Arthur, Texas)
“Oliver”
Design and painting of backgrounds
2001
Beaumont Civic Opera
“Cosi Fan Tutte”
Scene Design and Lighting
2000
Beaumont Music Commission
“Heartstrings” gala
Scene Design and Lighting
Beaumont Civic Opera
“Die Fledermaus”
Scene Design
1997-98
Southeast Texas Art Museum
(Beaumont, Texas)
Exhibit painter
1995
Fiesta Texas (San Antonio, Texas)
Scene painter
Seguin Comunity Theatre
(Seguin Texas)
Scene designer “The Music Man”
1992-93
Impact Lighting (San Francisco,Ca.)
Production shop foreman
1991
Kent State University Trumbull
(Warren, Ohio)
Lighting Designer
“The Rocking Horse Winner”
1985-92
Phoenix Day Lighting
(San Francisco,Ca.)
Draftsman/electrical supervisor
1985
Jupiter Theatre Co./Lab Theatre
(San Francisco,Ca.)
Lighting designer “Canvas” and “Lullaby”
Theatre Rhinoceros (San Francisco,Ca.)
Scene/lighting designer “High Hopes”
ACT Alumni & Friends Co.
(San Francisco,Ca.)
Lighting designer Pieces at Eight
1983
Weathervane Playhouse
“Guys and Dolls”, “Wait Until Dark”,
“You're a Good Man Charley Brown”
Scene designer (Newark, Oh)
1981-84
New Jersey Shakespeare Festival
(Madison, NJ)
Technical Director/Asst. Scene Designer