UTEP Department of Theatre & Dance
Technical & Performance Workshops
The Department of Theatre & Dance at UTEP has remained committed to serving the young artists, teachers and all community members. It remains our goal to nurture creativity and provide professional experiences as well as opportunities for personal growth. We present our 2021 UTEP Technical and Performance Workshops. These workshops offer advice and prospective from top level designers on how to be successful in the industry. Guest designers have been selected from a variety of design areas. Guest artists discuss their career path, design process, and guidance to students. Guest artists include: Jim Ingalls; Broadway lighting designer, Sooner Routhier; concert lighting designer for such artists as Coldplay, KISS, Jay-Z, Rihanna and others, Jeff Sugg; Broadway production designer, Lonnie Alcaraz; head of lighting design program at UC Irvine and Latinx theatre activist and Jeff Polunas; regional theatre sound designer and sound design professor at UC Irvine.
Click a presenter's name below for their biography and workshop video.
For text version of the speaker bios below, click the following link: Text Version
James F. Ingalls | Sooner Rae Routhier | Jeff Sugg | Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz | Jeff Polunas
The Speakers
James F. Ingalls
Sooner Rae Routhier
Jeff Sugg
Lonnie Alcaraz
Jeff Polunas