TCU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
FACULTY MEMBER

MICHAEL SKINNER

Associate Professor
B.A. – West Texas State University
M.F.A. – University of Oklahoma

 
Michael Skinner is an Associate Professor of Theatre and the Lighting Designer at Texas Christian University. He received his B.A. in technical theatre from West Texas State University (now WTAMU) and his M.F.A. in Lighting Design and Production from the University of Oklahoma. He has designed the lighting and or scenery for over ninety productions of theatre, opera, and dance in various venues.

Michael has had the pleasure of designing in Italy, Germany, and Russia, including the Russian premiere of the American musical The Fantasticks at Theatre Koleso in Togliatti, Russia. Michael has designed for Contemporary Ballet Dallas, Ector Theatricals’ Beauty and the Beast and Anything Goes, Tribute to Life, a multimedia tribute to Bock and Harnick performed at the William Inge Theatre Festival, as well as Amphibian Productions’ Miss Witherspoon and This is How it Goes. He has also designed scenery for  A Lesson Before Dying, and scenery and lighting for Permanent Collection and The Bluest Eye at Jubilee Theater.  His most recent lighting design was for Romeo and Juliet at the inaugural season of the Trinity Shakespeare Festival. Michael’s work outside the theatre also includes corporate event design, production, and consultation with companies such as Senor Frogs of Cancun, Ignition! Creative Group, and  ZOOM.7, Inc., working on such projects as the Kawasaki Motors New Product Showcase and Mary Kay Inc, Seminar.

Michael is a member of The United States Institute for Theatre Technology and serves as a member of the Southwest region Board of Directors and is a sponsor for the TCU student chapter. Michael was honored in 2005 by the Texas Educational Theatre Association as the Featured Designer for Design Southwest and an exhibit of his theatrical design work was on display during Theatrefest. Also, in 2005 Michael was inducted into the Branding Iron Theater Hall of Fame by his alma mater WTAMU.   

To View some of Michael’s work go to www.michaelskinnerld.com.

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