WATER PROJECT - Key Persons
Professor Barbara Murray is the Costume Designer in the Theatre and Dance Department at Santa Clara University. Barbara has designed costumes for Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Cabrillo Stage, SRT, Lyric Theatre and Opera San Jose, among others. She also worked as a cutter/draper and crafts artisan for Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, PCPA, and has worked as assistant Dyer/Painter in the San Francisco Opera costume shop. One of Barbara's greatest interests is the Social History of Fashion, which she has taught for many years.
Job Titles:
- Technical Director
- Production Manager for SCU Presents
Carolyn Guggemos is the Production Manager for SCU Presents. She has been instrumental in resolving multiple technical issues related to The Water Project.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Creative Director / Choreography
Associate Professor David Popalisky has taught dance, dance history and choreography for over 30 years at Santa Clara University and recently completed two terms as chair of the Theatre and Dance department. An independent choreographer Popalisky has created over 80 original dances. In April 2015 Silicon Valley Creates named Popalisky an Artist Laureate acknowledging his body of choreographic work. Recent dances including Walking with Walt and Return to HJ Junction have been presented in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City. In 2012 he performed his solo Swimming Upstream in Beijing, China.
His current collaborative work The Water Project addresses contemporary environmental and social issues as did earlier dances Migrations (2010), The Fatherhood Project (2006) and Barred from Life (2004)
Derek Duarte has been with the SCU Theatre and Dance Department since 1997. With over 500 shows designed and twenty-five years of experience, Duarte has worked with such theatres as Berkeley Repertory, Portland Center Stage, The Western Stage, San Jose Repertory, the Alley Theatre, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Hong Kong Repertory, Syracuse Stage, and the Kennedy Center. He was resident lighting designer at American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco for seven years, designing more than 60 productions for the company.
Edwin Maurer joined Santa Clara University's Civil Engineering department in 2003, where he teaches courses in hydraulics, hydrology, water resources, GIS, and sustainability. His recent research contributions involve modeling large scale hydrologic dynamics, improving long- lead forecasting, and studying regional impacts of climate change, especially on water. He has published numerous reports and peer-reviewed journal articles on assessing the impact of climate change on water resources from river basin to regional scales.
Iris Stewart-Frey joined SCU in 2005 is an Associate Professor at SCU's Department of Environmental Studies and Science. Stewart-Frey's research interests encompass environmental issues that affect the water cycle and water supply. Frey has worked on both shallow groundwater pollution issues and on surface water processes that are related to climate variability and climate change.
Jeffrey Bracco teaches Directing, Dramaturgy, Critical Perspectives In Performance, Spectacle and Society, Shakespeare in Film, Theatre East/West and Introduction to Performance Collaboration. An alumnus of Santa Clara University Theatre and Dance Department, Jeffrey has worked as a director, actor, teacher and playwright in both the United States and Europe.
Besides directing two world premieres in Paris, Bonheur au bar du coin and Code 40 by playwright Patrice Scanu, he directed his own play, ShakesPod, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Bay Area directing credits include Oliver! and A Chorus Line at Broadway by the Bay, Les Liaison Dangereuses at Dragon Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet at Palo Alto Players and Green Day's American Idiot, M. Butterfly, Monty Python's Spamalot, The Santaland Diaries, The Three Musketeers and NINE, at City Lights Theatre Company. For his direction of NINE, Jeffrey was nominated for Best Director (Bay Area Theatre Critics).
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Studio Art at Santa Clara University
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor of Music at Santa Clara University
- Director of Choral Activities