Erik Viker, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Theatre
and Technical Director
e-mail: viker@susqu.edu
Office: DCC 125 Telephone: 570-372-4548
Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
otherwise by appointment or the whims of fate
Specializing in
production management, technical direction and
consulting for theatre management and operations
"And
we can make something bigger
Than
any one of us alone."
-
- Ani DiFranco
Theatre Department Operating Manual
Courses of Study:
THEA 142 Stagecraft and Production
THEA 200 Introduction to Dramatic Literature
THEA 340 Stage
Management and Theatre Operations
THEA 341:01 Seminar in Theatre: Technology
Recent Publications:
“Bring the Heat:
designing for summer stock theatre”
in Stage
Directions, June 2008
“Defying Gravity:
basic rigging hardware and equipment”
in Stage
Directions, November 2007
in Stage
Directions, October 2007
"Picking a Program: College application tips for high school
theatre technicians"
in Stage
Directions, September 2007
“Getting the Word Out: How to create effective press releases and programs”
with Randy Hines in Teaching Theatre, Winter 2007
"Immersion Learning: Sinking or swimming with undergraduates"
with
Andrew Rich in Theatre Design and Technology, Fall 2005
"Twenty Plays in Ten Days: An adventure in multi-venue festival
production management"
in Theatre Design and Technology, Summer 2004
"Light on the Subject:
Robotic Motion"
with
Andrew Rich in Stage Directions, July 2005
"Counterweight Rigging System
Safety Inspections"
in Theatre
Design and Technology, Summer 2003
"Survey Says: Trends and Challenges in Community
Theatre"
in Stage
Directions (online edition), Fall 2003
"Tool Time: A soup-to-nuts list of equipment for your
scene shop"
in Stage
Directions, February 2004
Technical Theatre &
Production Management Links:
United States Institute for Theatre Technology
American Association of Community Theatre
Entertainment Services and Technology Association
International Alliance of Theatrical
Stage Employees
Design and Technology
Resources
Items of Interest:
How not to be a Helicopter
Parent