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RON RANSON (MFA, University of California, Los Angeles). Design Faculty. Awarded Academic Senate "Distinguished Teacher, 2000" and Warren College's "Outstanding Teacher, 2001." His ongoing design work includes guest residences at Utah State University, University of Northern Colorado, eight seasons as Principal/Resident Scenic Designer at the Tony Award winning Utah Shakespearean Festival and designs for the San Diego Repertory Theatre. His company, Theatre Arts Video Library (established 1988), produces instructional video programs related to theatre training for schools and theatres in the USA and abroad. His newest DVD is titled "A Snowglobe Christmas" and features Austrian snowglobes snowing on television. He has been a board member of the San Diego Asian-American Repertory Theatre and served for four years as an arts commissioner for the City of Encinitas. Ron and his wife, Nicola, enjoy hosting incoming international students to UCSD each fall. In the days of black and white television Ron served as a Peace Corps English teacher in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal.

 

 

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Theatre Forum - An international theatre journal since 1992
La Jolla Playhouse - UCSD is home to this Tony Award winning theatre
UCSD Home Page - University of California San Diego's main web site

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