Acknowledgments

Included in this book are adapted writings from previous works written by Daniel Fine and edited by Adewunmi Oke, from his Howlround.com blog series “Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Achieve the Best Practices for Collaboration in the Creative and Production Process of Incorporating Digital Media Into Live Performance.” This work is used and remixed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.

The foundation of many of Fine’s written words for the Howlround series was original conceived in an independent study with Lance Gharavi during his MFA studies at Arizona State University.

We are in debt to our mentor, advisor, and colleague Jacob Pinholster for the many opportunities he has given us, his support, and most importantly for always sharing his knowledge, artistry, and his many tools and toys. Our work and ideas are informed by the many conversations about digital media, technology, and performance and the encouragement and support of Lance Gharavi, Boyd Branch, Matthew Ragan, Adam Vachon, Ian Shelanskey, Istvan B’Racz, Carla Stockton, Jennifer Setlow, Rachel Bowditch, Julie Rada, and Erika Hughes.

This book would not be possible without the transcribing and editorial skills of Diana Copsey Adams and the organizational help of Katy McGlaughlin. Thanks to James Knapp for help with the photography of installed theatre equipment. Thank you to Matt Hazard for providing production images from the OSU Theatre productions included in the book. We are deeply in debt to Stacey Walker and Meredith Darnell for shepherding us through our first book.

We thank all our colleagues who contributed writing in the form of asides, tips, case studies, and interviews, for taking the time out of their busy professional schedules to share their work and methods. There are some contributors who by way of the editing process did not have their insightful words printed within. They are: Alok Wadhwani, Tara Knight, Wendall Harrington, Daniel Brodie, Mark Coniglio, and Frieder Weiss. Your words and work inspire us daily and informed our concepts about the field for the writing of this book.

Without our loving cats by our sides during the writing of this book, we would have been much lonelier and had fewer typos. Many thanks to Dana Keeton for supporting us through the long, exhausting hours writing a book demands. We also thank Loie Oliszewski for her help vetting images and the warmth and joy she has brought to us on the long days and nights.

We are grateful for the support of the Department of Theatre and The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) at The Ohio State University and to the departments of Theatre Arts, Dance, and Public Digital Arts at The University of Iowa. This book was also supported by OSU Theatre Research Institute.