USITT :: Sightlines :: December 2014 December 2014 Print this page › Lead story › NEWS & NOTICES: From Bahrain to London to Portland Architecture Award Performance spaces from three continents will receive USITT Winners Architecture Awards in 2015, one honor and two merit... more » Announcements Tenure & Promotion Guide Tenure and Promotion Document Revised Updated An updated version of USITT's groundbreaking guidelines on tenure Greenwood Honored and promotion is now available as a free download to assist in evaluating theatre production personnel... more » Works Selected for PQ Earn GuideStar Rating Honoring Costume Designer Jane Greenwood OISTAT in Taipai Decades of period costume work, on Broadway and beyond, will be showcased when Jane Greenwood receives her Distinguished BrazilRecap Achievement award... more » Last Word: Goodbye to 2014 Six Performance Works to be Featured at PQ NEWS FROM: Curators have chosen six primary performance works and selections for specific disciplines will travel to Prague as part of the USA – Around the Institute USITT exhibit next June... more » Contributing Members USITT's President USITT Earns GuideStar Gold The new GuideStar rating shows exemplary financial transparency Spotlight on Giving and lets donors know they can support the organization with Sustaining Members confidence... more » USITT's Executive Director Regional Sections OISTAT Group Meets in Taipei A book launch, change in leadership, and arts management COMMISSIONS: symposium marked the OISTAT Publications & Communications Reviewing Portfolios for Commission meeting... more » Tenure Still Time for Scene E-Scape to Brazil Compendium A recap of the five days of E-Scapes: The Education, Performance Design, & Research Conferene held by OISTAT in Sao Paulo... New Safety Mentoring Project more » CONFERENCE & STAGE EXPO: USITT's President – Working Toward Inclusion December is a great time to share our new diversity statement, and Travelling to Cincy reflect on the discussions that helped to form it and move our Safety Series at initiatives forward... more » USITT2015 Not a Typical Product Spotlight on Giving Debuts Showcase A new feature on those who are providing financial assistance to the Arms and the Prop Man Institute makes its first appearance in December, a season of giving... more » FOR THE RECORD: Leadership USITT's Executive Director – A Glimpse Back, An Contributing Members Institute Growing As USITT prepares to return to Cincinnati, more has changed than http://sightlines.usitt.org/archive/2014/12/[11/26/14, 10:50:11 AM] USITT :: Sightlines :: December 2014 Sustaining Members just the type of mobile devices we use to communicate... more » VIEW ISSUE AS A PDF » Offering Tenure Documentation Reviews CONTACT THE EDITOR » The Education Commission offering reviews of portfolios and CVs specifically for those who may be seeking tenure in the coming Search the Archives years... more » GO Still Time to Submit for Scene Compendium Projects that help students develop skills in scene design are still SIGHTLINES ARCHIVE » wanted for the updated Practical Projects for Teaching Scene Design... more » Launch New Safety Mentoring Program The Safety & Health Commission is offering a safe space to ask questions and receive guidance from experienced safety professionals in Cincinnati... more » Cincy Offers Easy Travel Options There may not be a riverboat scheduled to arrive in the Queen City next March, but that may be the one form of transportation that is not available... more » Safety Programs Featured A focus on safety will form the basis for much of the programming offered by the S&H Commission in Cincinnati... more » Not the Average Product Showcase Stage Expo offers such a wide variety of products, services, and special exhibits, it can never be called "typical"... more » Arms and the Prop Man Drawing on local expertise, a special display in Cincy will showcase what it means to handle and use fighting swords, robots, and... more » The Last Word – Farewell to 2014 and a 2015 Welcome more » ANNOUNCEMENTS NEWS FROM: AROUND THE INSTITUTE Invite Authors to Sign Books Kim Scott Promoted Vote in 2015 Elections Aldridge Honored as Top UNLV Alumnus USA 829 Accepting Applications David Grindle Named Show Manager of Catering at Conference Events the Year World Scenography Volume Available for Ann Roth, USITT book, featured on CBS Pre-order Sunday Morning Theatre Architecture Competition 2015 Myers Receives PLASA's Swan Award Launched NEWS FROM: CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS NEWS FROM: SUSTAINING MEMBERS Meyer Sound: McMahon Named New VP Cobalt Studios: Opens Enrollment for of Solutions and Strategy Scenic Artist Training Philips Entertainment: Conducts "The Chauvet: Rogue Revolutionizes Spots and http://sightlines.usitt.org/archive/2014/12/[11/26/14, 10:50:11 AM] USITT :: Sightlines :: December 2014 Symphony of Light" at LDI 2014 Beams ETC: Forges Partnership with GDS , Theatre Projects: Dr. Phillips Center New Patton Named Product Specialist Orlando Performing Arts Jewel Vincent Lighting Systems: Launches Nemetschek Vectorworks: Releases Online Store European Versions of Vectorworks 2015 Mega Systems: Introduces Outdoor Rated Idol Lite GLP: Designer Breaks Tradition as GLP X4 Joins Foreigner Set NEWS FROM: REGIONAL SECTIONS Upstate New York: Completing Plans for Winter Meeting, Job Fair Midwest: October Events Include Workshops, Job Seeking Ideas Lead story › Volume LIV, Number 12 © United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. http://sightlines.usitt.org/archive/2014/12/[11/26/14, 10:50:11 AM] Bahrain Theatre Earns Top Architecture Award December 2014 Print this page › Next story › FRONT PAGE » NEWS & NOTICES: News & Notices Architecture Award Bahrain Theatre Earns Top Architecture Winners Award Announcements Janet Gramza Communications Associate Tenure & Promotion Guide Updated Greenwood Honored Works Selected for PQ Earn GuideStar Rating OISTAT in Taipai BrazilRecap Last Word: Goodbye to 2014 NEWS FROM: Around the Institute Contributing Members USITT's President Spotlight on Giving Sustaining Members USITT's Executive Director Regional Sections National Theatre of Bahrain COMMISSIONS: Reviewing Portfolios for Photo/Nicholas Buisson Tenure Still Time for Scene Compendium The National Theatre of Bahrain is the top winner of USITT's 2015 Architecture New Safety Mentoring Awards for exceptional performance spaces, while new performing arts buildings Project at theatre schools in London, United Kingdom, and Portland, Oregon, also will be recognized. CONFERENCE & STAGE EXPO: The Bahrain National Theatre, designed by AS.Architecture-Studio in Paris, Travelling to Cincy France, with Theatre Projects Consultants of London, will receive USITT's 2015 Safety Series at USITT2015 Honor Award in Architecture. The 1,001 seat theatre became one of the largest theatres in the Middle East when it opened in 2012 on the island of Bahrain, off Not a Typical Product Showcase the coast of Saudi Arabia. Arms and the Prop Man Receiving architectural merit awards will be Milton Court, the performing arts FOR THE RECORD: building at the Guildhall School of Music in London, and the Performing Arts Leadership Building at Reed College in Portland. http://sightlines.usitt.org/archive/2014/12/ArchitectureAwardWinners.asp[11/26/14, 10:50:22 AM] Bahrain Theatre Earns Top Architecture Award Contributing Members The Architecture Commission will present the awards at the Annual Conference Sustaining Members & Stage Expo March 18 to 21 in Cincinnati. The Conference also will offer more VIEW ISSUE AS A PDF » than a dozen architecture sessions, several for AIA/CES credit. CONTACT THE EDITOR » The Bahrain National Theatre is a $50 million work of art occupying 12,000 Search the Archives square meters on the Lagoon in capital city Manama's commercial district. Its "extreme horizontality" in shimmering glass and aluminum reflect the Persian GO Gulf archipelago, while its canopy of open-weave aluminum evokes the country's traditional wicker roofs, the architects wrote. SIGHTLINES ARCHIVE » Inside, the curving, elm-paneled walls of the performance hall resemble the inverted hull of a ship, a tribute to the region's ancestral pearl-fishing boats. The main hall has an Italian theatre layout, with long side balconies and two tiers of rear balconies. Theatre Projects Consultants also worked on Milton Court, a $142 million project designed by RHWL Architects of London. The building, which opened in September 2013, provides new performance and teaching spaces for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It includes a concert hall of up to 608 seats, a theatre of up to 227 seats, and a 128-seat studio theatre. Merit award winner Reed College's new $28 million Performing Arts Building consolidated theatre, dance, and music programs formerly spread across the college's 128-acre campus into one 78,000-square-foot building, designed by Opsis Architecture of Portland with consulting by Fisher Dachs Associates of New York City. The Architecture Awards are chosen based on creativity, contextual resonance, functional operation, use of new technology, and community contribution. The projects will be represented in a special exhibit at the Conference, with an awards reception in their honor. http://sightlines.usitt.org/archive/2014/12/ArchitectureAwardWinners.asp[11/26/14, 10:50:22 AM] Bahrain Theatre Earns Top Architecture Award Milton Court Photo/Morley Von Sternberg Reed College Performing Arts Building Photo/Christian Columbre ‹ Front page Next story › Volume LIV, Number 12 http://sightlines.usitt.org/archive/2014/12/ArchitectureAwardWinners.asp[11/26/14,