Mark Harvey
Associate Professor Lighting Design


Contact Information
224 W. Saint Andrews St.     MPAC 149
Duluth, MN 55803     Department of Theatre
      University of Minnesota Duluth
218-340-5944 - cell     Duluth, MN 55812
      Telephone: 218-726-8562
      Fax: 218-726-6798
      Email:mharvey@d.umn.edu

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


Professional Employment
University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN Associate Professor 1991-Present
Sieur Du Luth Summer Arts Festival Duluth, MN Lighting Designer 2007-2010
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 Assistant 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
University of Minnesota Duluth Department Head 2011- Present
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


College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Search Committees
Theatre Lighting/Sound Design Faculty Chair 2022-2023
Acting/Directing Faculty Chair 2022-2023
Theatre Voice & Speech Faculty Chair 2019-2020
Theatre Dance Faculty Chair 2019-2020
Theatre Lighting/Sound Design Faculty Chair 2019-2020
Theatre Practicum Instructor - Stagecraft Chair 2019-2020
Theatre Costume Design Faculty Chair 2018-2019
Theatre Practicum Instructor - Costume Construction Chair 2018-2019
Theatre Practicum Instructor - Stagecraft Chair 2018
Musical Theatre Voice Instructor Chair 2017-2018
Dance Instructor One-Year Replacement Chair 2017-2018
Theatre Practicum Instructor - Costume Construction Chair 2017
Dean Member 2016-2017
Theatre Executive Administrator Chair 2014
Theatre Practicum Instructor - Stagecraft Chair 2013
Theatre Practicum Instructor - Costume Construction Chair 2012-2013
Theatre Practicum Instructor - Stage Lighting Chair 2012-2013
Theatre Practicum Instructor - Marketing/Management Chair 2012-2013
Marshall Center Technical Coordinator Chair 2012-2013
Theatre History Faculty Chair 2012-2013
Theatre Technical Director Faculty Chair 2011-2012
Theatre Acting Instructor One-Year Replacement Chair 2011-2012
Marshall Center Technical Coordinator Chair 2010-2011


International Cultural Exchanges

Study in England Curriculum Exchange
Worcester University

Department Head 2013
International Tour to Istanbul, Turkey Footloose
Lighting Designer
2010
Italian-American Festival
International Tour to Palermo, Italy
Guys & Dolls
Lighting Designer
2004
Birmingham University, England Liberal Arts Faculty 2000
Study In England Programme
Birmingham University, England
Director 1992-93
Theatre Tour to Hungary Technical Director 1992
Petrozavodsk State University
Soviet Union
Lighting Design Faculty 1991

Affiliations
United States Institute for Theatre Technology 1982-1992
Northern Boundary Section, USITT 1983-2015
League of Professional Theatre Training Programs 1981-1983
University Education Association 1985-Present
Alpha Psi Omega 1974-Present



Grants/Presentations/Honors
Imagine Grant - Dance Lighting 2022
Society of Prometheans - Darlene Brown 2020
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Sound Design Residency- Christopher Harwood, Love's Labor's Lost
2019
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Sound Design Residency- Alex Flinner, Dear Finder 2018
2018
Society of Prometheans - Sarah C. Olson 2018
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Sound Design Residency- Alex Flinner, Into the Woods
2018
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Projections Engineer Residency- Daniel Benoit, These Shining Lives
2018
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Sound Design Residency- Christopher Harwood, Noises Off
2017
Society of Prometheans - Jason and Jessica Peterson 2017
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Sound Design Residency- Alex Flinner, Disney's Little Mermaid
2017
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Directing Residency- Michael Brindisi, She Loves Me!
2016
Society of Prometheans - Richard W. Durst 2016
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Sound Design Residency- Christopher Gumpper, All's Well That Ends Well
2016
Society of Prometheans - Sally (Nystuen) Vahle 2015
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Stage Management Residency- Denise Brophy, Legally Blonde
2014
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Sound Design Residency- Nick Gosen, Legally Blonde
2014
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Sound Design Residency- Alex Flinner, And Baby Makes Seven
2014
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Sound Design Residency- Ryan Gallagher, A Doll's House
2014
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Sound Design Residency- Jake Davis, Compleat Female Stage Beauty
2013
UMD Instructional Development Services
Panelist - How to be an Effective Department Head
2013
Society of Prometheans - Bonnie Flesland 2013

John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Lighting Design Residency - Sue Berger, Coriolana

2013
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Combat Residency - Rick Sordelet
2013
Supervisor for $3M Renovation of Marshall Performing Arts Center 2012-2013
UMD Theatre /Chanhassen Dinner Theatres Alliance 2012
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Directing Residency - Andy Bennett, White Baby
2012
Host for Professional Short Term Residency
Karen Wegner, Stage Management
2012
Society of Prometheans - Christy Montour-Larson 2012
Stage Technology LED Lighting Showcase 2011
Society of Prometheans - Mark Armstrong 2011
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Directing Residency - Michael Perreca, The Foreigner
2011
Department of Theatre Self -Study 2011-2012
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
Scenic Design Residency, Roger Hanna, Kiss Me, Kate
2005
Information Technology Systems and Services
Web Course Development Workshop
2003
John and Mary Gonksa Cultural Fund
Lighting Design Residency, Ellen Jones, Sweet Charity
2003
Visualization & Digital Imaging Lab
Digital Sound Design for the Theatre
2002
American College Theatre Festival Award of Excellence
Sound Design
2001
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
Co-Chair USITT Panel "The Ideal Light Lab" 1990
Lighting Design for Quilters presented at USITT Design Expo 1990
Design Residency
James Moody, Stage Lighting, Antigone
1984
American College Theatre Festival Award of Excellence
Scenic Design
1983



Lighting Systems Consultantships
Northwest High School 2010
East High School 2007-2010
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
Advanced Digital Technology
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
5-10 academic advisees per year
3-5 student lighting designers per year
3-5 student sound designers per year
6 student stage managers per year

Lighting Design - Repertory

Sieur Du Luth Summer Arts Festival
Duluth, MN

The Ice Fishing Play
Footloose

2009
2009
The Mousetrap
Il Travatore
Samson et Dalila
2008
2008
2008
A Year with Frog and Toad
Carmen
Lucia di Laammermoor
2007
2007
2007


Summer Repertory Theatre
Santa Rosa, CA

Rebecca
Born Yesterday
Steel Magnolias
1991
1991
1991
View From the Bridge
Bedroom Farce
Rainmaker
1990
1990
1990
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Dames at Sea
Musical Comedy Murders of 1940

2000
2000

Minnesota Repertory Theatre
Duluth, MN

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Lend Me a Tenor
1999
1999
Little Shop of Horrors
The Nerd
1998
1998
The Foreigner
West Side Story
Murder on the Nile
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Starting Here, Starting Now
1986
1986
1986
1986
1986
My Fair Lady
Dancin' Down Broadway
The Art of Dining
Children of a Lesser God
Night Must Fall
1985
1985
1985
1985
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
1984
1984
1984
1984
Elephanat Man
Blithe Spirit
How the Other Half Loves
Pippin
Hellow, Dolly!
1983
1983
1983
1983
1983
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Illinois Shakespeare Festival
Bloomington, IL
Hamlet
Taming of the Shrew
King Henry IV, Part I
1979
1979
1979

Lighitng Design - Educational Theatre

Samples of Design Process

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 2019
Love's Labor's Lost 2019
These Shining Lives 2018
Charlotte's Web 2018
Antigone 2017
Marvin's Room 2017
One River 2016
Spring Awakening 2016
Street Scene 2015
Die Fledermaus 2013
Cinderella 2012
The Miracle Worker 2012
The Odyssey 2011
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
Ciity 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 Bridgroom 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

University of Minnesota Duluth


DanceWorks 2019

Pennies from Heaven
Emma Skoubas and Haley Rosenthal, Choreographers

2019

Mambo
LilaAnn Coates White, Choreographer

2017
Bach to Brubeck
Rebecca Katz Harwood, Choreographer
2017
Thread of Life
Elsa Hennessy-Barnes, Choreographer
2017
Autumn Leaves
Ann Aiko Bergeron, Choreographer
2017
Drop, Slide, and Swing
Rebecca Katz Harwood, Choreographer
2017

In a Jazz Way Dance Concert
Where Sanity Ends
Tony Carlisle McElrath, Choreographer
2016
It's Complicated
Violette Whisnant, Choreographer
2016
Midsummer Nightmare
Chenoa DePoppe & Rachael Ronding, Choreographers
2016
The Scottish Play
LilaAnn Coates, Choreographer
2016

Star-crossed Love
Violette Whisnant, Choreographer

2016
If I Were a Woman
Rebecca Katz Harwood, Choreographer
2016
The Romeo Chronicles
Rebecca Katz Harwood, Choreographer
2016
Shipwrecks
Matthew Wagner, Choreographer

2016


Shakespeare in Motion
Dance Concert


Off the Record Dance Concert

Invisible Tethers
Grace Holden, Choreographer

2014
Vortex
Ann Aiko Bergeron, Choreographer
2010
What If
Rebecca Katz Harwood, Choreographer
2010
Seven Stages
LilaAnn Coates White, Choreographer
2010
Ritual
Thomas Rusterholz, Choreographer
2010

We Are Slowly But Surely Achieving Our Objective
Edisa Weeks, Choreographer

2010
Marathon
Rebecca Katz Harwood, Choreographer
2010
Hypnosis
Amber Burns, Choreographer
2010
Exposed
Caitlin Losure, Choreographer
2010
Hunting and Gathering
Ann Aiko Bergeron, Choreographer
2010
Out of Whack
Ann Aiko Bergeron, Choreographer
2010


Action/Reaction
Dance Concert


Pulse Points
Dance Concert
Aurora Rumbalis
Max Pollack, Choreographer
2006


The Time Before
Figueras
Waiting for Ecstasy
Unthreaded
Fight Water
Creak of the Floorboards

2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
Collaborative Spirits in Motion
Twice Guilty, Once Beloved 1998
Storm Dance
Baila!
Inner Tension
100% Cotton
Random Access

1994
1994
1994
1994
1994




UMD Spring Dance Concert
Audition II
Resolution
Luck be a Lady Tonight
Shi-fon
Dance #1 - "The Game"
Flip Side
Bohannon 90
Shades of Black
Vignettes II
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
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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
1991
1991
1991

In the Beginning
Scars
Break Thru to the Bottom
1990
1990
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
1991
1991
1991
The Nutcracker 1990
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Lighting Design - Opera

Street Scene 2015
Die Fledermaus 2013
Don Giovanni 2010
Il Trovatore 2008
Samson et Dalila 2008
Carmen 2007
University of Minnesota Duluth
Lucia di Lammermoor 2007
Old Maid and the Theif 1984
Il Tabarro 1984

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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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Lighting Design - Summer Stock

Brown County Playhouse
Nashville, IN
George Washington Slept Here
I Ought to Be In Pictures
1982
1982
Bus Stop
You Can't Take It With You
1981
1981
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Dunes Summer Theatre
Michigan, IN
Something's Afoot
Side By Side by Sondheim
1980
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
1989
1989
1989
1989
1989
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Minnesota Repertory Theatre
The Nerd
Night Watch
Diviners
Company
1988
1988
1988
1988
Wait Until Dark
Little Shop of Horrors
1987
1987

Sound Design - Summer Stock

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


Sound Design - Educational 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
Bill Payne, Directing (emeritus)
Department of Theatre
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812
e-mail: wpayne@d.umn.edu
Ann Bergeron, Directing (emerita)
Department of Theatre
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812
e-mail: abergero@d.umn.edu
Tom Isbell, Directing (emeritus)
Department of Theatre
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-6313
e-mail: tisbell@d.umn.edu
Kate Ufema, Directing (emerita)
Department of Theatre
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812
e-mail: kufema@d.umn.edu