Where would we be without him? Of course we’re talking about Joel E. Rubin.
And, in honor of Dr. J’s 95th birthday, a number of us have decided that the most meaningful celebration would be an informal Festschrift of contributions from the many people whose lives he has positively impacted over his long career.
We want gather tributes, photographs, ephemera, and hope you will contribute some memories about any way that Joel touched your career, your life, your professional development.
Ideally, this project might be a print-on-demand book or it might be a special publication from the USITT. These details are still being worked out.
We hope you will contribute some memories about any way that Joel touched your career, your life, your professional development—our entertainment industry.
A few topics that you might consider talking about:
· Joel’s Dissertation: The Technical Development of Stage Lighting Apparatus in the United States, 1900-1950
· Joel and Lee Watson’s Book: Theatrical Lighting Practice
· Working with Joel at Kliegl Bros
· How Kliegl equipment impacted your work
· Joining the USITT, USITT conferences, and what that has meant
· OISTAT and International adventures with Joel
· Dinners and book shopping with Joel behind the Iron Curtain
· Doing a Prague Quadrennial
· Going on an OISTAT mission
· Theatre Consulting, Artec, and other theatre projects
· Becoming a USITT Fellow
· Getting the Rubin USITT Founders Award
Fast Facts
· Memories and Materials should be sent to this special email: [email protected]
· Or uploaded to this Dropbox: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/2is38mjjggc29qistmejv/h?dl=0&rlkey=1lq2dyve626qfv6995lsbql4r
· Recommended word count: 250 to 750 words
· Photographs/scans of ephemera format: please 300 dpi Jpg
· You can be free with your memories; we will edit to fit as appropriate for space and contemporary social conventions.
· Don’t forget to tell us who you are, how you know Joel. What your past and current titles/affiliations are. How you want to be identified in our project.
· And we would love a photo of you…a head shot or if you have one of you and Dr. Joel that would be even better.
· Do you have some other ideas about what we should be including?
We look forward to hearing from you!
Celebrating Dr. Joel @ 95 Steering Committee
Richard Pilbrow, Gordon Pearlman, Steve Terry, Josephine Marquez,
Christine Kaiser, Randy Earle, Elynmarie Kazel, Sandy Bonds, Michael Ramsaur.
Eric Fielding (art direction/design) and Pat MacKay (project wrangler).
Email: [email protected]