ACADIA ALERT - Campus Closed - Monday January 26, 2026

Acadia University will be closed on Monday January 26, 2026 due to expected weather conditions.

All classes are cancelled for the day. Employees and students are not expected to come to campus and only employees deemed essential are required to report to work. Non-essential employees are not expected to work during the closure. Residence buildings will be accessible, and Wheelock Dining Hall will be open but at reduced hours.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO). If you need emergency-related information, please contact the Department of Safety and Security by calling 902-585-1103.

(Sunday January 25, 2026 @ 6:00 pm)

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

Hamlet lighting design   hamlet lighting   hamlet lighting

Macbeth, WillPower Theatre

Dir: Ken Schwartz

Photo: Stoo Metz

Cast: Margaret Legere, Sarah English, Francine Deschepper

Costumes: Sarah Haydon Roy

Stage Manager Christine Oakey

macbeth lighting

Heroine, WillPower Theatre

Dir: Original Direction Robert Seale

Photo: Stoo Metz

Cast: Francine Deschepper, Karen Bassett

Costumes: Andrea Ritchie

Producer/Stage Manager: Jeremy Webb

heroine lighting

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.