Academics
John Paul Devlin
Associate Professor of Fine Arts: Theatre
BA Allegheny College; MA Syracuse University; MFA Syracuse University
McCarthy Arts Center 217
Phone: 802.654.2509
Box 161
E-mail: jdevlin@smcvt.edu
Areas of specialty
Scenic and lighting design and technical Direction
Courses taught
Theatre Lab: Scenery, Painting, Lighting, Sound I, II, and III, Stagecrafts, Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Chief Patterns I, Life In The Theatre, Drama and Culture
Professional affiliations
- United States Institute for Theatre Technology—national and regional membership
- Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Second Co-Vice-Chair for Region One (New England)
- Artistic Associate of Vermont Stage
- Theatre Communications Group
Recent work
• Resident designer and Production Manager for Saint Michael’s Playhouse, summer of 2010
• Lighting design for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,Saint Michael's Playhouse, June 2010
• Lighting design for Musical Theatre Showcase, Saint Michael's College, May 2010
• Scenic and Lighting designer and Technical Director, The Notebook of Trigorin, Saint Michael's College, April, 2010
• KCACTF Region One production respondent March 2010-present
• Scenic design and technical direction, Shipwrecked!, Vermont Stage Company, January, 2010
• Technical Director for Souvenir, Vermont Stage Company, January 2010
• Lighting design for The School For Scandal, Saint Michael's College, November 2009
• Carpenter for Arms and the Man, Universtiy of Vermont, October 2009
• Carpenter for Opus, Vermont Stage Company, October 2009
• Producer and PowerPoint design for Memorial Celebration of the Life of Patrick John Devlin,Cochran's Ski Area, Richmond, VT October 2009
• Lighting Design and Stage Management, "From The New World", five original dance pieces choreographed by Heddy Maalam, Champlain Quadrennial Festival, June 2009
• Lighting design for When We Were French, original script by Abby Paige, Champlain Quadrennial Festival, June 2009
• Scenic and Lighting design and Technical Direction, for The Heiress, Saint Michael's College, November 2008
Brief bio
Professor Devlin is delighted be a member of the Saint Michael’s Community. He is a veteran of over 340 professional and academic productions over the last 24 years. Most recently he was the resident designer and production manager for the Saint Michael’s Playhouse summer season. He has also worked professionally as a stringer with the stagehands union, Local 18 in Milwaukee for six years and with Vermont Stage Company, Lost Nation Theatre, Northern Stage (White River Junction), Next Act Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, First Stage Milwaukee, Black Hills Playhouse, Northern Stage Company (Milwaukee), Pine Mountain Music Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Syracuse Stage. Prior to coming to Saint Michael’s, John was the resident designer and technical director at Marquette University for seven years.
Favorite quote
“To use gifts less than well is to dishonor them and their Giver. There is no material or subject in Creation that in using, we are excused from using well; there is no work in which we are excused from being able and responsible artists.” - Wendell Berry from “Christianity and the Survival of Creation”