Susann Hudson
Position: Department of English and Theatre, Technical Director
Office: BAC 438 and HDH 134
Phone: 902-585-1157
Email:susann.hudson@acadiau.ca
Teaching: The production side of theatre is equally about learning with your hands and your head. The Introduction to Production classes are survey courses that introduce a student to different areas of theatre production with lectures and hands-on projects.
The Production Credit that I supervise is about working in the behind the scenes departments of a theatre. Students are assigned to a particular department and help with all the work from start to finish in that area which can include, practical skills, research, problem solving, troubleshooting, time management and working effectively with a team. Learning from myself and other professionals that are brought in on a show-by-show basis where the departments students work in include, stage management, costumes, set building, props, lighting, sound, projection, and publicity.
Selected Lighting Designs
Hamlet, Below The Salt
Dir: Ken Schwartz
Asst Dir: Emily Jewer
Photos Stoo Metz
Cast: Jackie Torrens, Sarah English, Micha Cromwell, Genevieve Steele, Burgandy Code, Matthew Lumley
Costumes: Jennifer Goodman
Properties: Bob Chiasson
Macbeth, WillPower Theatre
Dir: Ken Schwartz
Photo: Stoo Metz
Cast: Margaret Legere, Sarah English, Francine Deschepper
Costumes: Sarah Haydon Roy
Stage Manager Christine Oakey
Heroine, WillPower Theatre
Dir: Original Direction Robert Seale
Photo: Stoo Metz
Cast: Francine Deschepper, Karen Bassett
Costumes: Andrea Ritchie
Producer/Stage Manager: Jeremy Webb
Courses Recently Taught:
THEA 1001 and THEA2002 Production Credit
THEA2823 Introduction to Production 1
Theatre Production covering sets, scenic painting, theatre forms and stage management.
THEA2833 Introduction to Production 2
Theatre Production covering lighting, props, costumes and sound.