Administration
- Dave Tosti-Lane, Department Chair
- J. Richard Smith, Department Coordinator
- Carl Bronsdon, Costume Shop Supervisor
- Michelle Grimm, Costume Technician
- Peter Dylan O’Connor, Scene Shop Supervisor
- Mark Langley, Lighting & Sound Lead Technician
Core Faculty
- Greg Carter
- Ronald Erickson
- Karen Gjelsteen
- Peter Guiles
- Roberta Russell
- Matthew Smucker
- John Kendall Wilson
Adjunct Faculty
Karen Gjelsteen
Professor
Advanced Studios, Intermediate Studio, Introduction to Production Design I & II, Theater Graphics
Karen is a scenic designer for theaters throughout the Pacific Northwest and the nation. Her Seattle design credits include work for Intiman Theatre Company, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and The Empty Space Theatre, where she served as Resident Scenic Designer for four years. Her national credits include productions for the Alaska Repertory Theatre, Anchorage Opera, the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Portland Center Stage, Portland Repertory Theatre, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Honolulu Theatre for Youth, and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where her designs received several awards. She received a National Endowment Teaching Fellowship and an Artist Residency Grant from the Centrum Foundation. In 1989 she was a member of a Seattle/Soviet Arts Exchange Program and participated in designing a production in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Her panel participation credits include panels on discussions on “Women in Theatre” for U.S.I.T.T. and discussions on “Greening Our Theatres.” Prior to designing scenery, Karen was Resident Costume Designer for Chimera Theatre in St. Paul, Minn. She earned an MFA graduate cum laude from the University of Minnesota.
