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Renate Pohl

Renata Pohl

Associate Professor (Technical Theatre Production) - School of Fine Arts, Theatre Program 

Theatre Program Chair 2022-2024

Email: t26rp@mun.ca   

Phone: 709-639-6493 

 

Credentials

BFA (91亚色), MFA (University of Alberta), SSP12 (International Space University)

 

Research interests

  • Theatre Design (Set, Costume, Lighting, Projection) 
  • Staged Holograms and Pepper檚 Ghost 
  • Art and Space in STEAM Education 
  • Interdisciplinary Art/Space Science Creation 

 

Teaching

All Technical Theatre Production courses are team-taught. My teaching areas include production design, lighting, drafting, wardrobe, props, scenic painting, and colour theory. 

Creative Works and Publications 

  • Lighting Design, Don檛 Give Up on Me, Dad, RCA Theatre Co., LSPU Hall and Arts and Culture Centres NL Tour, 2024
  • Costume Design, Orlando, Theatre at Grenfell, 2024
  • Lighting Design, Our Little Life, Theatre at Grenfell, 2023
  • Lighting Design, Anything to Declare, Theatre at Grenfell, 2023
  • Lighting Design, Don檛 Give Up on Me, Dad, Andy Jones Productions and RCA Theatre Co., LSPU Hall, 2023
  • Light Pantry. Interactive Community Light Installation. Part of Gesamtkunstwerk, the Hot Gum Collective. CB Nuit, 2022.
  • Lighting Design, The Winter檚 Tale, Theatre at Grenfell, 2022
  • Lighting Design, Hedda Gabler, Theatre at Grenfell, 2022
  • Set & Lighting Design, The Mirror, Persistence Theatre Company, LSPU Hall, 2021
  • Lighting Design, Mojo, Theatre at Grenfell, 2021
  • Lighting Design, Confessional and Les Belles Soeurs, Theatre at Grenfell, 2021
  • Lighting Design, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Theatre at Grenfell, 2022
  • Contributing author on journal article: Barkanova, Svetlana, et al. 淥pen Space:  Engaging Teens in Western Newfoundland in Physics and Astronomy. Physics in Canada, 77, no. 1 (2021)
  • Lighting Design and Set Design Consultant, Her Closely, Double Sure Theatre. Workshop at Grenfell Campus May 2021 followed by public performance at LSPU Hall, St. John檚 (with Online streaming), 2021.
  • Digital Set Model Hologram, micro-digital video project of set hologram. Produced by Eastern Front Theatre as part of Micro Digital Creation Projects Online, 2021
  • Lighting & Video Background Design, Oedipus/Antigone, Design for Grenfell Theatre pivoted to Online streaming environment, 2021.
  • Set & Lighting Design, Macbeth, Theatre at Grenfell at Arts & Culture Centre Corner Brook, 2020 
  • Lighting Design, Mr. Burns, Hard Ticket Theatre, 2019 
  • Set & Costume Design, Twelfth Night, Theatre at Grenfell, 2019 
  • Lighting Design, Turkeys, Turkeys & More Turkeys, Theatre at Grenfell, 2018 
  • Lighting Design, The Wolves, Theatre at Grenfell, 2018 
  • Lighting Design, Ring Round the Moon, Theatre at Grenfell, 2018 
  • Lighting Design, The Laramie Project, Theatre at Grenfell at Arts & Culture Centre Corner Brook, 2018 
  • AA Magic Sheet, AA LX, AutoCAD prints based on lighting design of Agamemnon & Antigonick. Flown to the edge of space via UpRoute Space Program on Canadian Space Agency and JP Aerospace Missions. Exhibited at: RumbleSat Art from the Edge of Space. Canadian and International Tour, 2017-2018
  • Costume Design, Hamlet, Theatre at Grenfell, 2017 
  • Set & Lighting Design, Dedication, RCA Theatre Co. and Arts & Culture Centres NL, 2017 
  • Lighting Design, The Sea, Theatre at Grenfell, 2017 
  • Set, Light & Projection Design, Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Theatre at Grenfell, 2017 
  • Lighting Design, Agamemnon & Antigonick, Theatre at Grenfell, 2017 
  • Reflection/Transmission, Interactive Lighting and Set Installation. Exhibited at: Nuit 150+ Festival, Corner Brook, 2017 
  • Pohl, R. 淗olography Scenography: Budget Tech Theatre for Space. 67th International Astronautical Congress, E5. 27th IAA Symposium on Space and Society, 3. Contemporary Arts Practice and Outer Space: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach, September 26-30 2016. Guadalajara, Mexico. International Astronautical Federation, 2016.  
  • Pohl, R. 淭echnical Theatre, Space Transformation and Psychological Management. 15th Annual Canadian Space Society Summit, Art and Culture Session, November 13-15 2016. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canadian Space Society Summit, 2016. 

 

Current research projects and grants

  • Applied research projects include the exploration of dynamic lighting and staged holograms (real and the Pepper檚 Ghost technique) to staged environments and space exploration mission environments. 
  • Lighting Analogue Mission Project (LAMP) Exploring the effects of dynamic lighting as a countermeasure to stress on long-term space missions within isolated, confined and extreme environments.  

 

Grants

  • 2024 91亚色 Office of Public Engagement Quick Start Fund for Public Engagement ($2,500) for 淎ssessing the Live Arts Technical Workforce Deficit in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • 2022-2023 Grenfell Campus Teaching and Learning Infrastructure and Equipment Fund grant ($10,000) awarded for 淪ound and Wardrobe Diversity, Accessibility, and Inclusion in Technical Theatre.
  • 2020-2021 Scholarship in the Arts Fund ($1800) for 淟ighting Analogue Mission Project (LAMP).
  • 2019-2020 NSERC PromoScience Program Fund ($34,000) for 淥pen Space: Engaging Teens in Western Newfoundland in Physics and Astronomy. PI: Dr. Svetlana Barkanova. Active as Co-Investigator and artistic creative interdisciplinary team member 
  • 2018 Scholarship in the Arts Fund ($6,800) for 淒ynamic Staged Mirrors - A relational exploration of performance text and movement to space and time via dynamic mirrors of relative transparency. Co-Investigator:  Lois Brown. 
  • 2016 Vice-President (Grenfell Campus) Research Award ($1,4500) for 淒edication: The Set and Properties of Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig at Government House. 
  • 2016 Teaching and Learning Fund Grant (Grenfell Campus) ($3,639) for Portable Environment Network Control in Lighting Learning (PENCIL) 
  • 2013 Canada Council for the Arts Inter Arts Travel Grant ($1,000) to attend 4th International Space Arts Workshop (ISAW4) at NASA Ames/Singularity University, Moffett Field, California

 

Awards and recognitions

  • 2019 Co-Recipient, Vice President (Grenfell Campus) Engagement Award 

 

Memberships and affiliations

  • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local ADC 659 (formerly Associated Designers of Canada) 
  • Canadian Actors Equity Association (CAEA) 
  • Association of Professional Theatres of Newfoundland and Labrador (APTNL)