Brad Carlson
Chair, Department of Communication & Theatre Arts, Associate Professor of Theatre
Brad has over twenty years of professional experience as a theatre designer and has worked at numerous regional and summer theatre companies including The Omaha Theatre Company, The Human Race Theatre, TriArts at the Sharon Playhouse, The Glimmerglass Festival, McLeod Summer Playhouse, Heartland Theatre Festival, The Larry Clark Summer Repertory Theatre, and The New London Barn Playhouse. As an educator Brad has worked as a design faculty at The University of Wisconsin Platteville, The University of Missouri, and currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts at Truman State University. He holds a BA in Theatre Design/Production from the University of Northern Iowa, and an MFA in Scenic Design from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Brad is a member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), the International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT), The Puppeteers of America, and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). Brad served as the chair of KCACTF region 5 from 2021-2024, and as a member of the national executive committee from 2022-2024. He currently serves as the immediate past chair of KCACTF Region 5 and national technology coordinator. His theatre work has received sixteen certificates of commendation from regional KCACTF conferences, and three awards from the national KCACTF conference. Brad received the KCACTF/Association for Theatre in Higher Education award for Innovative Teaching in 2016. Brad is co-author of The Scenographic Model 3rd Edition.