Kent Conrad , ASTC

Email: Kent@LandB.com

Kent brings a wide range of theatrical experience to Landry & Bogan.  He has been a theatre consultant for many theatres and has a long career in professional regional theatre, theme parks and educational theatre.  Besides his consulting work he has worked as production manager, production stage manager, lighting designer and scenic designer.  His theatre work includes seasons at the Arizona Theatre Company, Denver Center Theatre Company, Old Globe Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Intiman Theatre, Pioneer Theatre and American Theatre Company in Aspen.  He was production manager for the UCLA department of Theatre, Film and TV.  For Walt Disney Entertainment he was technical director for two new venues at Tokyo DisneySea theme park and acted as theatre consultant as well.


Recent theatre consulting projects include Webb School , Westminster Rose Center, Harvard Westlake School, the renovation of Old Napa High School, Mesa Arts Center  and project studies for Walt Disney Imagineering with a previous consulting firm.  Kent has collaborated on the design of a variety of other theatres including the Temple of Music and Art, and the Tohono Chul Amphitheatre in Tucson, Arizona; the Ginger Rogers / Craterian Theatre in Medford, Oregon; and the Snowmass Festival Theatre in Colorado.


Kent is a project manager for Landry & Bogan.  He works closely with the design team to develop theatrical systems that accomplish the end user’s artistic objectives that incorporate practical solutions.  In addition to overall project coordination he designs rigging, stage lifts, theatrical lighting, acoustical drapes and seating systems. He handles project documentation and review during all phases of design and construction.



Education


BFA, University of Utah, 1980


Experience


Landry & Bogan
2009-present, associate


Auerbach Pollock Friedlander Theatre Consultants
2002 to 2009, Associate


Walt Disney Entertainment
1998 to 2001, Technical Director


UCLA School of Theatre, Film and TV
1994 to 1998, Production Manager


Sackett / Conrad Theatre Consultants
1993 to 1996, Principal


Arizona Theatre Company
1985 to 1993
Production Manager & Production Stage Manager


American Theatre Company in Aspen
1981 and 1983, Production Manager


Old Globe Theatre
1982, Production Stage Manager


Denver Center Theatre Company,
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Intiman Theatre
1975 to 1985, Stage Manager


Affiliations


United States Institute of Theatre Technology
Actors Equity Association