{"id":70157,"date":"2020-02-20T08:56:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T13:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=70157"},"modified":"2023-05-10T11:11:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T15:11:41","slug":"susan-mickey-brings-a-designers-eye-to-the-school-of-theatre","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2020\/susan-mickey-brings-a-designers-eye-to-the-school-of-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Mickey Brings a Designer\u2019s Eye to the School of Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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This article was originally published in BU Today on February 20, 2020. By Joel Brown<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among her goals as director: more collaboration with Schools of Music, Visual Arts<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Susan E. Mickey says you don\u2019t really know what you\u2019re going to find at a new job until you get there. Like when she arrived at the College of Fine Arts last summer as the newly appointed director of the School of Theatre amid major renovations\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t know the intensity of someone drilling into the side of your building until you live it every day,\u201d she says with a smile. \u201cUntil you actually have that jackhammer in the wall and you\u2019re all screaming to be heard over the noise and dust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the scaffolding outside her fourth-floor office will soon come down, she adds, and \u201cwe\u2019re about to emerge as a phoenix from the ashes into an absolutely beautiful building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What goes on inside<\/em> that building, especially in her school, is already in excellent shape, says Mickey<\/a>, who is also a professor of theater, design, and production\/costume design. \u201cThe good news is what a healthy, vibrant, and lovely department it is, especially the faculty and the talented, talented, talented students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before arriving at BU last July, Mickey was senior associate chair of the University of Texas at Austin department of theater and dance. Unlike many theater school administrators, Mickey is neither an actor nor a director, but a well-known costume designer who has worked with many of the nation\u2019s major regional theaters, among them the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Atlanta\u2019s Alliance Theatre, and Boston\u2019s Huntington Theatre Company. Her numerous accolades include three Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago\u2019s top theater award, and in film and television she has worked on HBO\u2019s Emmy-winning Miss Evers Boys <\/em>and Mama Flora\u2019s Family <\/em>for CBS. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mickey, who took over as School of Theatre director from Jim Petosa, a CFA professor of directing and dramatic criticism, spent the fall semester meeting with faculty and staff and seeing virtually every School of Theatre production\u2014more than 20 shows. \u201cI loved The Europeans, <\/em>I loved Exonerated.<\/em> I love the passion and fearless courage of our writers and our students to make their own work, too, and how devoted they are to seeing each other\u2019s work. I went to performances on Sunday mornings at 10 am that were packed with students. That\u2019s pretty impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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