Production Manager of the International Theatre Program
Senior Lecturer
MFA California Institute of the Arts
Technical direction, production management
Biography
Gordon Rice has more than 20 years of professional experience as a theatre technologist, from small community theatre on Long Island, NY, to network television in Hollywood, CA. Some of Gordon's New York credits include: production assistant for the Westbury Music Fair; technical director for the Off-Broadway productions of Last of the Knucklemen, Dangerous Corner, and Seven Stories; technical director (and every other tech job they could think of) for numerous productions at Theatre III in Port Jefferson; and technical director and lighting designer for Suffolk County Community College. In California, Gordon had the pleasure of creating scenery and props for a number of TV/film productions at NBC, HBO, and the Disney Channel. Rochester credits vary from technical director/lighting designer at Nazareth College and SUNY Geneseo, to providing scenery and lights for many of Rochester's community theatres, and now, with great pleasure, production manager for the University of Rochester's International Theatre Program.
Selected publications and lectures
- Theatrical Design and Production, 6th ed., by J. Michael Gillette, McGraw Hill 2007 (received acknowledgement for review and editorial assistance)
- "How to Mic Your Stage" and "How a Technical Director Will Help Your Production" (two lectures), 37th Annual New York State Theatre Festival, Cayuga Community College, 1996
- "The Technical Director in Educational Theatre" (USITT position paper), by William F. Bellman, Theatre Design & Technology Supplement (Winter 1989): 1-12 (received acknowledgement for consultation and editorial assistance)
Teaching
Over the years, Gordon has had the pleasure of teaching a variety of theatre technology courses at Suffolk County Community College, California State University at Northridge, California Institute of the Arts, Nazareth College of Rochester, SUNY Geneseo, and Rochester's School of the Arts.
Recent undergraduate courses
- Technical Theater
- Advanced Technical Theater
- Stage Lighting and Sound
- Plays in Production
- Stage Management
- Special Projects: Theater
Honors and activities
- Regional Finalist for Musical Production, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival XXX, for Falsettos, Suffolk County Community College, technical director, 1998
- Distinguished Alumnus Recognition, Suffolk County Community College, 1996
- Committee Member, "Job Description for the Technical Director," United Institute of Theatre Technology, 1990
- Outstanding Contribution to Technical Theatre, Suffolk County Community College, 1984
- Outstanding Growth in Technical Theatre, Suffolk County Community College, 1982
