TEXAS STATE VITA

I. Academic/Professional Background

A. Name: Shane K. Smith Rank: Associate Professor Title: Technical Director

B. Educational Background Degree Year University Major Thesis/Dissertation MFA 1989 Yale University Technical Design and Structural Beams for the Stage School of Drama Production BSEd 1986 Southwest Texas Mathematics N/A State University Minor in Theatre

C. University Experience Position University Dates Associate Professor, Technical Director Texas State University 09/2012 – Present San Marcos, Texas Assistant Professor, Technical Director Texas State University – San Marcos 09/2007 – 08/2012 Lecturer, Technical Director Texas State University – San Marcos 09/2006 – 05/2007 Scene Shop Supervisor Texas State University – San Marcos 07/2003 – 08/2006 Adjunct Lecturer Texas State University – San Marcos 01/2003 – 08/2006 Technical Director Southern Methodist University 05/1998 – Dallas, Texas 06/2000 Technical Director Texas Lutheran College 08/1993 – Seguin, Texas 06/1994 Assistant Professor, Technical Coordinator Florida State University 08/1992 – Interim Head of MFA Program Tallahassee, Florida 07/1993 Technical Director Lawrence University 08/1989 – Appleton, Wisconsin 06/1990

D. Relevant Professional Experience Position Entity Dates Production Manager – Single Event Texas Cultural Arts February 2019 2019 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Production Manager – Single Event Greater Austin High School Musical April 2019 Theatre Awards – Long Center, Austin Scenic Fabricator – Part-time SRO Associates, Inc Summer 2016, Boerne, Texas 2017, 2018 Technical Director – Seasonal Alpine Theatre Project Summer 2011,12 Whitefish, Montana Head Carpenter – Part-time Austin Opera 2003 – Present Austin, Texas Technical Director Austin Lyric Opera 06/02 – 06/03 Austin, Texas Carpenter Austin Lyric Opera 07/00 – 05/02 Austin, Texas Theatre Consultant Carter and Burgess (dba Pelton Marsh 07/90 – 07/92 Kinsella), Ft Worth and Dallas, Texas 07/94 – 04/98

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II. TEACHING

A. Courses Taught:

At Texas State University (2003-present) Safety in Live Entertainment (2020-present) Stage Rigging (2018-present) Stagehand 101 (2017-present) BFA 1 (2015-present) BFA 2-5 ((2015-present) Theatre in Ashland, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (2013) Stagecraft and Lighting (2011-present) Welding (2011-present) Stagecraft (2003-2011) Stage Lighting (2005-2017) Advanced Stagecraft (2007-2018) Advanced Theatre Drafting (2007-present) Production Crews (2006-2010) Technical Production (2009-2014)

At Texas Lutheran College (1993-1994) Stagecraft Introduction to Design

At Florida State University (1992-1993) Stagecraft Stage Rigging Structural Design for the Stage

At Lawrence University (1989-1990) Stagecraft

III. SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE

A. Works in Print 1. Books a. Chapters in Books: Drafted plans for UIL Unit Set pieces, Texas UIL One Act Play Handbook, 16th Edition 2. Articles b. Non-refereed Articles: “All Live Entertainment is Educational”, Guest Editorial, PLSN Magazine, March 2010, page 37. “All Live Entertainment is Educational”, Guest Editorial, Texas Theatre Notes, September 2010, pages 8-9.

B. Works not in Print 1. Invited Talks, Lectures, Presentations: Lecture for Interior Design Department on Theatre Systems Design, Spring 2007. Texas State Vita Page 2 of 9 sks

2. Theatrical Productions: Texas State University-San Marcos Technical Director* El Nogalar 2021 Oedipus 2020/21 Measure for Measure 2020 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead 2019 The Tempest 2019 Mr. Burns 2018 Ragtime 2018 The World According to Snoopy 2017 Tartuffe 2016 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 2015 A View from the Bridge 2015 Angels in America 2015 Streetcar Named Desire 2015 Rent 2014 Anything Goes 2014 Somebody Called 2014 Yerma 2013 Titus Andronicus 2013 Adrift in Macao 2013 Urinetown 2013 Richard III 2013 Into the Woods 2012 Lend Me a Tenor 2012 Cherry Orchard 2012 Picasso at the Lapin Agile 2012 Oklahoma! 2011 As You Like It 2011 Noises Off 2011 All Shook Up 2010 Electra 2010 The Servant of Two Masters 2010 Beautiful, Beautiful World, A Musical Revue 2010 Arcadia 2010 Bat Boy – The Musical 2009 Big Love 2009 Macbeth 2009 House of Blue Leaves 2008 Company 2008 House of Several Stories 2008 Mute Point 2008 Backyard Story 2008 Caucasian Chalk Circle 2008 The Piano Lesson 2008 Chorus Line 2007 The Importance of Being Earnest 2007 Much Ado About Nothing 2007 Texas State Vita Page 3 of 9 sks

Move Over Mrs. Markham 2007 The Rocky Horror Show 2006 The Night of the Iguana 2006 *At Texas State, the Technical Director for a theatrical production is responsible for overseeing many of the technical elements of the production which always includes scenery but may also involve coordination with paint, props, sound, video and lighting. The duties of the Technical Director on a production include budgeting time and resources; drafting construction drawings; purchasing materials, equipment and supplies; supervising construction and load-in/out; and attending all technical and dress rehearsals prior to the opening of the production.

Scene Shop Supervisor The Next Amendment 2006 The Rover 2006 The Exonerated 2006 The Art of Dining 2005 Going After Cacciato 2005 Candlestein 2005 King Lear 2005 Con Mis Manos 2005 A Little Night Music 2004 The Learned Ladies 2004 Foxtales 2004 Metamorphoses 2004 Woody Gutherie’s American Song 2004 Little Shop of Horrors 2003 Transposing Shakespeare 2003

Alpine Theatre Project, Whitefish, Montana Technical Director Master Class 2012 Little Shop of Horrors 2012 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2012 I Do, I Do! 2011 She Loves Me 2011 No Way to Treat a Lady 2011

Austin (Lyric) Opera, Austin, Texas Draftsman Rigoletto 2019 Carmen 2017 Daughter of the Regiment 2016 The Manchurian Candidate 2016 Barber of Seville 2016 Of Mice and Men 2015 Romeo and Juliet 2014 The Elixir of Love 2014 Don Carlo 2013 Tosca 2013 Texas State Vita Page 4 of 9 sks

Pagliacci 2012 Lucia di Lammermoor 2011 Le Nozze di Figaro 2011 Faust 2011 L’Italiana in Algier 2010 La Traviata 2010 Flight 2010 Rigoletto 2009 Dialogue of the Carmelites 2009 Turandot 2009 Sweeny Todd 2009 The Star 2009 Master Carpenter Tosca 2021 Everest 2020 La Bohème 2019 Silent Night 2019 Otello 2018 La Traviata 2018 Ariadne auf Naxos 2018 Carmen 2017 Madame Butterfly 2017 The Daughter of the Regiment 2017 The Flying Dutchman 2016 Barber of Seville 2016 Of Mice and Men 2016 Don Giovanni 2015 A Masked Ball 2014 Tosca 2014 Faust, Gounod 2013 Turandot 2012 L’Italiana in Algierie, Rossini 2011 La Traviata,Verdi 2010 L’etoile (The Star), Chabrier 2010 Rigoletto, Verdi 2009 La Cenerentola (Cinderella), Rossini 2008 The Bat, Esther’s Follies 2008 Carmen, Bizet 2008 The Barber of Seville , Rossini 2007 Waiting for the Barbarians, Philip Glass 2007 Madama Butterfly, Puccini 2006 Don Giovanni, Mozart 2006 Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk, Shostakovich 2006 Technical Director Così fan Tutte, Mozart 2004 Turandot, Puccini 2003 La Traviata, Verdi 2002 Dead Man Walking, Jake Heggie 2003 La Bohème, Puccini 2003 Texas State Vita Page 5 of 9 sks

Chief Mechanic The Marriage Of Figaro, Mozart 2005 Elektra, Strauss 2005 Tosca, Puccini 2004

Assistant Carpenter The Flying Dutchman, Wagner 2004 Rigoletto, Verdi 2002 La fanciulla del West, Puccini 2002 A Streetcar Named Desire, André Previn 2002 Faust, Gounod 2001 Carmen, Bizet 2001 Die Walküre, Wagner 2001 Cold Sassy Tree, Floyd 2001

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas Technical Director Theatre: Ah, Wilderness!, O’Neill 2000 Dark Ride, Jenkin 1999 Hedda Gabler, Ibsen 2000 Henry IV, Part 1, Shakespeare 1999 The Illusion, Corneille (Kushner Adaptation) 1999 Lysistrata, Aristophanes (McLeish Translation) 2000 New Visions, New Voices (New Play Festival) 2000 Red Noses, Barnes 1999 The Robber Bridegroom, Uhry 1998 The Suicide, Erdman 1998 Three Birds Alighting on a Field, Wertenbaker 1998 Translations, Friel 1999 Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Smith 1998 The Winged Man & Sueño, Rivera 1999 Opera: The Magic Flute, Mozart 1999 Street Scene, Weill 2000 Dance: Spring Loaded 1999 (Selected Works) 1999 The 2000 Dance Concert Spring Loaded 2000

3. Films: Produced The Tape Measure, a short instructional video for Stagecraft class (2007).

C. Grants and Contracts 1. Funded Internal Grants and Contracts: Second Proposer (with Michelle Ney) for Student Computing Resources Grant, Theatre Department Computer Lab, Texas State University.

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IV. SERVICE

A. University: College of Fine Arts and Communication: • Member of University Security and Personal Safety Committee (2020 – present). • Technical Coordinator for Press Conference held on Theatre Center Mainstage announcing $8 million gift to College of Fine Arts for new Performing Arts building (Feb. 2008). • Technical Supervisor for Michael Martin Murphey’s Central Texas Cowboy Christmas Ball (Dec. 2006, Nov. 2007, Dec. 2009, Dec. 2010). Coordinated technical aspects of production between outside lighting and sound systems contractor, the band, the Texas State Symphony and the Dean’s office. Supervised load-in, run of show and load-out of event in Strahan Coliseum (2006, 2007) and LBJ Student Center Ballroom (2009, 2010) on Texas State campus. • Coordinated student labor for Stars of Texas Music Legacy Series, The Glade Theatre (Oct. 2007, Nov. 2008, Fall 2009, 2010). Worked with Dean’s office to prepare theatre for show and arranged for students to work on set-up and load-out after show. • Technical Director for Texas Music Revue, JC Kellum, Reed Parr Room, (2010). • Fine Arts representative to Academic Computing Committee (2008 – 2011).

Texas State University Alumni Association • Coordinated student labor for 2008 Scholarship Gala (February, 2008). Worked with outside event planner to arrange student workers for event in LBJ Student Center Ballroom.

Texas State University Graduate College • Volunteer Technical Coordinator for Chartwells CenturyTel Texas State Celebrity Classic Gala (May 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010). Arranged for lighting, sound and projection equipment set-up for event in LBJ Student Center Ballroom. Supervised student labor to load-in equipment, run show and load-out equipment after the show.

Texas State Department of Music • Supervised student labor for construction of scenery for Opera production of Die Fliedermaus (Spring 2007). Worked with Dr. Sam Mungo to coordinate details of scheduling and construction.

B. Departmental:

• Member of Search Committee for new Department Chair (2020/21) • Member of Search Committee for new Department Chair (2019/20) Failed Search • Chair of Search Committee for Instructor in Technical Direction (2019) Failed Search • Member of Search Committee for tenure track Directing faculty (2017) • Member of Search Committee for new Properties Artisan faculty (2016) • Faculty Senate – one of 3 Senators representing College of Fine Arts and Communication (2016 – 2018) • Created and administer BFA, major in Theatre, with an emphasis in Technical Production (formerly emphasis in Design and Technology) (2015 – present) • Faculty Senate Departmental Liaison (2013 – 2015) Texas State Vita Page 7 of 9 sks

• Worked with Wenger Corporation on Mainstage seating and stage renovation. (2015) • Chair of Search Committee for new Assistant Technical Director faculty (2014, 2016) • Member of Search Committee for Operations Manager and Lighting Supervisor, Texas State University Performing Arts Center (2013) • Chair of Search Committee for Instructor in Audio Design/Technology (2013) • Member of Search Committee for new Scenic Design faculty (2013 – 2015) • Member of Personnel Committee (2012 – present) • Attended Sixth Annual Summer Technology Integration Workshop, Texas State (2007). • Participated in BFA student trip to New York City (May, 2007 & 2008). • Additional Duty Safety Officer (ADSO) (2006 – present). • Season Selection Committee: create season overview calendar to aid in scheduling of upcoming Theatre season (2005 – present). • Theatre Center Renovation Coordination (2006 – 2010). • New Performing Arts Center Committee (2005 – 2014). • Attended Entertainment Electrician’s Training Seminar (April, 2009). • ACTF Coordination Committee (2008 – 2009). • Lighting Designer Search Committee (2009 – 2010). • Directing Faculty Search Committee (2012 – 2013). • Technical Director for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region VI Festival hosted by Texas State University, Department of Theatre and Dance, February 24-28, 2009. • Technical Director for House of Several Stories, performed in the Family Theater of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and presented as part of KCACTF National Festival (April, 2009). • Supervised seven Design/Technology students on trip to Kansas City, MO for USITT National Convention (March, 2010). • Arranged for Theatre Dept to host Entertainment Electrician’s Training Seminar presented by Richard Cadena (March, 2010; January, 2011 and January 2012). • Attended Sustainability workshop presented by Texas State University (May, 2010). • Attended ZFX training workshop on equipment and techniques used to fly performers in theatrical productions (August, 2010).

C. Community:

Calvary Baptist Church, Bastrop, Texas • Volunteer Production Designer/Technical Supervisor for A 1940’s Christmas Homecoming (Dec. 2007). Designed and built set and acquired props for Church Christmas production in church sanctuary.

Chisholm Trail Middle School, Round Rock, Texas • Assisted Theatre Arts Director with backstage Storage Cabinets (Nov. 2007). Worked (via Email) with John Carroll (Theatre Alumnus) to plan design of stage props cabinets.

Bay City ISD, Bay City, Texas • Assisted Theatre Arts Teacher with Stage Rigging Safety (Oct. 2007). Worked (via email) with Todd Deaver (Texas State Theatre Alumnus) to provide advice on safe practices for rigging scenery for use over the stage. Texas State Vita Page 8 of 9 sks

Austin ISD, Austin, Texas • Assisted Theatre Director with Safety and Tool Curriculum (Sept. 2007). Helped Melissa Alexander develop Power Point lecture for LBJ High School Theatre Arts class.

The Wimberley Players, Wimberley, Texas • Volunteer Production Consultant (Summer 2007).

Church in the Valley, Canyon Lake, Texas • Consulted with Elders of church on placement and use of lighting equipment for worship services and special events. (Mar. 2008, ongoing)

River City Dance Theatre, San Marcos, Texas • Technical Director/Carpenter (Fall 2008)

Canyon Lake High School Emerald Dance Team, Fischer, Texas • Worked with dance team instructor on construction and use of props for dance routines at regional, state and national competitions. (2008-2009)

State UIL One-Act Play Office, Austin, Texas • Served as judge for 2010 High School Theatrical Design Contest. (March 2010)

Canyon Lake High School Theatre Department, Fischer, Texas • Assisted Theatre Arts teacher with scenery construction and prop design for their 2010 One-Act Play entry, Up The Rent. (March 2010)

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