Mark Harvey
Repertory Lighting/Sound Designer
Recent Design Work

Contact Information
224 St. Andrews Street     MPAC 149
Duluth, MN 55803     Department of Theatre
218-724-7824     University of Minnesota Duluth
      Duluth, MN 55812
      Telephone:218-726-8776
      Fax: 218-726-6798
      Email:mharvey@d.umn.edu

Education
Anderson College Speech/Drama B.A. 1977
Illinois State University Scenic Design   1978-79
Indiana University Lighting Design M.F.A. 1983

Professional Employment
University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN Associate Professor 1991-Present
Sieur Du Luth Summer Arts Festival Duluth, MN Lighting Designer 2007
University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN Assistant Professor 1985-1991
Minnesota Repertory Theatre Duluth, MN Lighting Designer 1983-86, 1998-2000
Summer Repertory Theatre Santa Rosa, CA Lighting Designer 1990, 1991
Summer Repertory Theatre Santa Rosa, CA Sound Designer 1989
Minnesota Repertory Theatre Duluth, MN Sound Designer 1987, 88
University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN Technical Coordinator 1983-85
Brown County Playhouse Nashville, IN Lighting/Sound Designer 1981,1982
Waterloo Community Playhouse Waterloo, IA Assistant Technical Director 1979-1980
Dunes Summer Repertory Theatre Michigan City, IN Asssitant Technical Director 1980
Illinois Shakespeare Festival Bloomington, IL Lighting Designer 1979

Guest Residencies - Lighting Design
Hibbing Community College Hibbing, MN 2007
Ressl Dance! Duluth, MN 1999

Univ. of N. Iowa Lyric Theatre

Cedar Falls, IA 1999, 2001
Minnesota Ballet Duluth, MN 1990, 1991
Doris Ressl Dance Ensemble Duluth, MN 1990, 1991
University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 1989
Duluth/Superior Symphony Opera Duluth, MN 1984

Administrative Experience
UMD Study in England Program Director 1992-93
Marshall Performing Arts Center Technical Coordinator 1983-2003
Minnesota Repertory Theatre Managing Director 1987-88
University of Minnesota Duluth Acting Department Head 1986-88

International Cultural Exchanges
Italian-American Festival
International Tour to Palermo, Italy 		Guys & Dolls
Lighting Designer
 2004
Birmingham University, England Liberal Arts Faculty 1992-93, 2000-2001
Theatre Tour to Hungary Technical Director 1992
Petrozavodsk State University,
Soviet Union		 Lighting Design Faculty 1991

Affiliations
United States Institute for Theatre Technology 1982-Present
Northern Boundary Section, USITT 1983-Present
League of Professional Theatre Training Programs 1981-1983
University Education Association 1985-Present
Alpha Psi Omega 1974-Present

Grants/Presentations/Honors
Movement and Light Workshop
Dana Reitz and Jennifer Tipton 		2008
UMD TechFest 2007
WYSIWYG Lighting Presentation Software 		2007

Bush Grant: Enhancing Student Learning Through
Innovative Teaching and Technology Strategies

 2004-2007
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Design Residency, Roger Hanna, Scenic Design, Kiss Me, Kate 		2005
Information Technology Systems and Services
Web Course Development Workshop
 2003
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Design Residency, Ellen Jones, Lighting Design, Sweet Charity
 2003
Visualization & Digital Imaging Lab
Digital Sound Design for the Theatre		 2002
Technology Initiative Grant 1997, 1998, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
CAD Software for Theatre Applications 1996
Design Residency
Douglas Cox, Lighting for A Chorus Line		 1991
Miniature Stage Lighting Using Fiber Optics 1991
C0-Chair USITT Panel "The Ideal Light Lab" 1990
Lighting Design for Quilters presented at USITT Design Expo 1990
Design Residency
James Moody, Lighting for Antigone		 1984
American College Theatre Festival Award of Excellence
Scenic Design		 1983

Lighting Systems Consultantships

Silver Bay High School 2002, 2004
Cloquet High School 1986, 1997
Mesabi East High School 1996
Willow River High School 1995
Ordean Junior High School 1990, 2007
Marshall High School 1990
Pilgrim Congregational Church 1989
Woodland Junior High School 1988
Grand Marais Playhouse 1986
Proctor High School 1986
Barnum High School 1985

Classroom Teaching Experience
Lighting Design for the Theatre
Sound Design for the Theatre
Stage Management
Design Portfolio Preparation and Presentation
Special Effects
Concert, Video and Film Lighting
Theatre Management
Introduction to Technical Theatre and Theatrical Design
Introduction to Theatre Arts
Public Speaking
College Writing

Academic/Production Advisement
15-18 academic advisees per year
3-5 student lighting designers per year
3-5 student sound designers per year
5 student stage managers per year

Lighting Design - Repertory

Sieur Du Luth Summer Arts Festival
Duluth, MN

The Mousetrap
Il Travatore
Samson et Dalila
 2008
A Year with Frog and Toad
Carmen
Lucia di Lammermoor
2007

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Summer Repertory Theatre
Santa Rosa, CA
Rebecca
Born Yesterday
Steel Magnolias
1991
View From the Bridge
Bedroom Farce
Rainmaker
1990

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Dames at Sea
Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
 2000

Minnesota Repertory Theatre
Duluth, MN

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Lend Me a Tenor
1999
Little Shop of Horrors
The Nerd
1998
The Foreigner
West Side Story
Murder on the Nile
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Starting Here, Starting Now
1986
My Fair Lady
Dancin' Down Broadway
The Art of Dining
Children of a Lesser God
Night Must Fall
1985
Crimes of the Heart
Romantic Comedy
Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Man of LaMancha
Dial "M" for Murder
1984
Elephant Man
Blithe Spirit
How the Other Half Loves
Pippin
Hello, Dolly!
1983
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Illinois Shakespeare Festival
Bloomington, IL
Hamlet
Taming of the Shrew
King Henry IV, Part I
1979

Lighting Design - Educational Theatre

 

Urinetown 2007
Crazy for You 2006

NYU One-Acts
The Man of Infinite Sadness
Here I Go, Boys. Wish Me Luck

2005
Kiss Me, Kate 2005
Prometheus Bound 2005
Guys & Dolls 2003
The Philanthropist 2003
Romeo and Juliet 2002
Cabaret 2001
Conference of the Birds 2001
University of Minnesota Duluth
Samuel Beckett An Evening of 4 Short Plays 2000
City of Angels 1999
Great God Brown 1998
Mr. A's Amazing Maze Plays 1996
After the Fall 1995
Chicago 1994
The Film Society 1991
Picnic 1991
King Lear 1990
Talk Radio 1990
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You 1989
Summer and Smoke 1988
Quilters 1986
Fool for Love 1986
Jesus Christ Superstar 1984
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1983
Robber Bridegroom 1983

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Hibbing Community College
Beauty and the Beast 2007
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Duluth Public Schools Alumni Production
The Secret Garden 1997
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University of South Carolina
Electra 1989
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Indiana University
The Father 1983
The Importance of Being Earnest 1983
The Fan 1982
Getting Out 1980


Lighting Design - Dance

UMD Pulse Points Dance Concert
Aurora Rumbalis 2006
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The Time Before
Figueras
Waiting for Ecstacy
Unthreaded
Fight Water
Creak of Floorboards

2002
UMD Collaborative Spirits in Motion
Twice Guilty, Once Beloved 1998
Storm Dance
Baila!
Inner Tension
100% Cotton
Random Access
1994
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Doris Ressl Dance Ensemble
Ressl-spective 1999
The I-35 Connection 1996
Six Choreographers, Six Dancers 1995
Melodramatic Tango
Cradling the Earth
More Than You'll Ever Know
Two Bit Dance
1991
In the Beginning
Scars
Break Thru to the Bottom
1990
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Minnesota Ballet
Fall Performance 1995
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Duluth Ballet
Winter into Spring
Women Talking
Rites of Passage
Earth Beat
1991
The Nutcracker 1990
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UMD Spring Dance Concert
Audition II
Resolution
Luck be a Lady Tonight
Shi-fon
Dance #1 - "The Game"
Flip Side
Bohannon 80
Shades of Black
Vignettes II
1984

Lighting Design - Opera

Il Trovatore 2008
Samson et Dalila 2008
Carmen 2007
University of Minnesota Duluth
Lucia di Lammermoor 2007

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The Magic Flute 2001
University of Northern Iowa
Marriage of Figaro 1999
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Duluth/Superior Symphony Opera
Tosca 1984
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University of Minnesota Duluth
Old Maid and the Thief
Il Tabarro
1984

Lighting Design - Summer Stock

Brown County Playhouse
Nashville, IN
George Washington Slept Here
I Ought To Be In Pictures
1982
Bus Stop
You Can't Take It With You
1981
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Dunes Summer Theatre
Michigan, IN
Something's Afoot
Side by Side by Sondheim
1980


Sound Design - Repertory Theatre

Summer Repertory Theatre
Santa Rosa, CA
Anything Goes
Heartbreak House
Our Town
The Art of Dining
Oliver!
Stage Struck
1989
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Minnesota Repertory Theatre
The Nerd
Night Watch
Diviners
Company
1988
Wait Until Dark
Little Shop of Horrors
1987

Sound Design - Summer Stock

Brown County Playhouse
Nashville, IN
The Passion of Dracula
The Happy Time
1982
Chapter Two
The Cat and the Canary
1981

Sound Design - University Theatre

The Secret of the Talking Bird 2004
Miss Julie/The Stronger 2004
Blur 2002
Brighton Beach Memoirs 2002
University of Minnesota Duluth
Hamlet 2000
Man of the Moment 2000
Sylvia 1999
Noises Off 1998
Damn Yankees 1997
Present Laughter 1996
The Bourgeois Gentleman 1995
Museum 1992
Cabaret 1990
Scapino! 1988
As You Like It 1986
The Real Thing 1986
Suddenly Last Summer 1986
End of the World 1985
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Indiana University
Tango 1983
The Madwoman of Chaillot 1982

References

Patricia Dennis, Department Head
Department of Theatre
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-7262
e-mail: pdennis@d.umn.edu		 Kate Ufema, Directing
Department of Theatre
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-8273
e-mail: kufema@d.umn.edu
 Bill Payne, Directing
Department of Theatre
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-8273
e-mail: wpayne@d.umn.edu
Ann Bergeron, Directing
Department of Theatre
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-8273
e-mail: abergero@d.umn.edu
 Tom Isbell, Directing
Department of Theatre
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-8273
e-mail: tisbell@d.umn.edu
  



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