Charles E. Erven is a Professor of Theatre Arts. His B.A. and M.F.A. are
from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Erven teaches
courses in theatre technology and design. He is a professional
scenographer and member of the United Scenic Artists of America. His
work has been seen at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, the Milwaukee
Chamber Theatre and First Stage Milwaukee as well as the Madison
Repertory Theatre and Racine Theatre Guild in Wisconsin.
He has also
designed for theatres in Chicago, California, Colorado, the Virgin
Islands, New York, Tblisi, Georgia, and Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Professor
Erven has organized international student production tours to Russia,
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, the Czech Republic, Ireland and Wales. In 1997
and 2001, Professor Erven designed and/or directed productions that
performed at Podium, a biennial international festival in Moscow. His
design work has been included in exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art
Museum, the Milwaukee Institute for Art and Design, the USITT Biennial
Scenography Exposition and the Central States Exhibition of Scene
Design.
In March 2001, he presented a paper, “Collaboration on the
Global Stage: A Scenographic Approach to Undergraduate Theatre
Productions,” at the Mid America Theatre Conference in Chicago. Since
1990, his research has focused on the integration of American and
Eastern European approaches to scenography. Professor Erven designed
scenery for LMU’s productions of Grand Tarot, Dancing at Lughnasa, J.B.,
and The Seagull.
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