devlinJohn Paul Devlin
Assistant Professor
jdevlin@smcvt.edu
802.654.2509
MFA (Drama) Syracuse University
MA (History) Syracuse University
BA, cum laude (History and Communication Arts/Theatre) Allegheny College

Areas of Specialty
Scenic and Lighting Design and Technical Direction

Courses Taught
Theatre Lab: Scenery, Painting, Lighting, Sound I, II, and III, Stagecrafts, Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Chief Patterns I, Life In The Theatre

Professional Affiliations
- United States Institute for Theatre Technology—national and regional membership
- Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Vice-Chair for Design for Region One (New England)
- Theatre Communications Group

Recent Work

  • Lighting design for Stone, an original script, Lost Nation Theatre, April 2005
  • Lighting design for Quilters, Vermont Stage Company, May 2005
  • Scenic and Light design for JB, Saint Michael’s College, November 2004
  • Scenic and Light design for the Complete History of America, Abridged, Vermont Stage Company, September 2004
  • Scenic and Light design for the Spitfire Grill, Saint Michael’s Playhouse, July 2004
  • Scenic Design for Having Our Say, Saint Michael’s Playhouse, July 2004
  • Scenic Design for Private Lives, Saint Michael’s Playhouse, June, 2004
  • Lighting Design for the Miracle Worker, Vermont Stage, May, 2004
  • Scenic and Light design for Blithe Spirit, Saint Michael’s College, April 2004
  • Scenic and Light Design for Underneath the Lintel, Vermont Stage, March 2004

Brief Bio
John is delighted be a member of the Saint Michael’s Community. He is a veteran of 300 professional and academic productions over the last 23 years. Most recently he was the resident designer and technical production supervisor for the Saint Michael’s Playhouse summer season. He has also worked professionally as a stringer with the stagehands union, Local 18 in Milwaukee for six years and with Next Act Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, First Stage Milwaukee, Black Hills Playhouse, Northern Stage Company (Milwaukee), Pine Mountain Music Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Syracuse Stage. Prior to coming to Saint Michael’s, John was the resident designer and technical director at Marquette University for seven years.

Pithy Quote
“To use gifts less than well is to dishonor them and their Giver. There is no material or subject in Creation that in using, we are excused from using well; there is no work in which we are excused from being able and responsible artists.”
   Wendell Berry from “Christianity and the Survival of Creation”