About MePaul Collins is currently Associate Professor at Central Michigan University teaching courses in theatrical design and production, especially lighting and scenery design. As resident lighting designer for the Department of Theatre and Dance, Paul designs the lighting for two to three productions each academic year. Paul is also active in professional and academic theatres outside of the University. Recent professional designs include Little Shop of Horrors at Mason Street Warehouse (Saugatuck, MI), The Realistic Joneses at PURE Theatre (Charleston SC) West Side Story at Charleston Southern University, August, Osage County at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville SC, and Hamlet with the Annapolis Shakespeare Company. See more work at www.pmc-design.com
In addition, Paul has often enjoyed collaborating on new works. While a graduate student, Paul worked alongside playwrights in the Iowa Playwrights’ Workshop in developing several new plays including Akarui, Landless and Achilles, Scourge of Man for the Iowa New Play Festival. In addition he worked with Director/Choreographer Martha Clarke and Tony Award winning Lighting Designer Christopher Akerlind in developing In the Night, as part of the Iowa Partnership for the Arts. Paul holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a Master of Science in Communications at Grand Valley State University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design at the University of Iowa. |
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