Crafting A Scene: Meet Our Technical Director

By Zach McLain, R&J Technical Director

Zach McLain: Actor, Director, Designer, Filmmaker, Photographer, and probably Batman

I started as an actor.  Growing up I lived in a lot of cities that didn’t have large theatre communities so I did what I could.  Often that meant working onstage and backstage. When I began studying at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, the performing arts department insisted on this type of experience.  Working onstage as well as backstage. Crew members were encouraged to attend an acting or movement course while actors were required to assist backstage for productions. I was fortunate to receive the Louis Ederman Scholarship for Diversity in Multiple Disciplines. In other words... working onstage and backstage. :-)

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