Ethan received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Technical Direction from Northern Illinois University in December of 2020.

Graduate coursework:

• Advanced Drafting (AutoCAD), 2 units

• Automation and Stage Machinery, 2 units

• Business of Theatre

• Electronic Visualization (3DS Max)

• Final Project - Final Project Documentation available here.

• Internship in the Arts

• Performance and Production Practicum, 5 units

• Rendering Techniques

• Rigging for the Performing Arts

• Script Lab

• Script Lab: Visual Interpretation

• Structural Design for the Stage

• Technology Studio, 6 units

Graduate Teaching Assistant:

• Technical Drawing for the Theatre

• Rigging for the Performing Arts

• Structural Design for the Stage

Ethan received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama - Design/Technology from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point in May of 2015.

Coursework Included:

• Classical and Medieval Theatre History

• Computer Aided Design for the Stage (Vectorworks)

• Costume Design I

• Costume Technology

• Directed Study: Model Making

• Directed Study: Scene Design

• Directed Study: Teaching Assistant

• Directing I

• Intro to Theatrical Design

• Lighting Design II

• Make-up Design

• Modern and Contemporary Theatre History

• Properties Design

• Renaissance–Romanticism: Theatre History

• Scene Design I, II

• Scene Painting

• Scene Shop Practicum, 2 units

• Script Analysis

• Senior Project: Technical Direction

• Stage Lighting

• Stage Management

• Stagecraft

• Technical Production

• Theatre Practicum, 6 units

• Theatrical Rendering

• Theatrical Sound Design

Some examples of past classwork are available here.