Rob Koharchik
Rob Koharchik is an Assistant Professor in the Butler University
Department of Theatre where he teaches scenography, lighting
design, model construction, and advanced design courses. Rob
received his M.F.A. from Boston University and his B.S. from Ball
State University.
In addition to teaching Rob has designed the set and/or lights
for Butler Theatre productions of: The Taming Of The
Shrew, The Tamer Tamed, The Two Noble
Kinsmen, The Underpants, Endgame,
Lamentations, The Photographer, Phaedra,
and Balzaminov's Wedding. In 2007, he took a group of
students to The Prague Quadrennial. An International design
exhibition, the Prague Quadrennial has occurred every four years,
since it was established in 1967. The Prague Quadrennial has
presented work from more then 70 countries, from five
continents.
Rob also works as a freelance designer. He has designed for many
theatre companies including: Indiana Repertory Theatre
(Indianapolis, IN), The Lilly Theatre at the Indianapolis
Children's Museum, The Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis, IN), The
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (St. Louis, MO), The Cleveland
Playhouse (Cleveland, OH), The Weston Playhouse of Vermont (Weston,
VT), Geva Theatre Center (Rochester, NY), the Contemporary American
Theatre of Columbus Ohio (Columbus, OH), and the American Players
Theatre (Spring Green, WI). In August of 2008, Rob designed the
one-man show After Paul McCartney, performed at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Rob is a founding member of ShadowApe Theatre Company
(Indianapolis, IN), a group of professional artists dedicated to
exploring, creating, and presenting new work with a process that
emphasizes collaboration among company actors and designers, other
artists and art forms, and the Indianapolis community.
In 1999, Rob was awarded an Arts Council of Indianapolis
Creative Renewal Fellowship. The Lilly Endowment makes these funds
available for artists of all disciplines who "positively influence,
affect or enrich the local artistic and cultural community." The
grant funded exploration in Eastern European theatre techniques
(specifically the integration of live and prerecorded video with
live-action theatre) and time spent abroad (specifically Prague)
leading to the development and production of ShadowApe Theatre
Company's production of Rope.
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