John Charles
Technical Director
John Charles recently retired from Eastern Michigan University where he spent 37 years working to promote and maintain high standards of technical production for Eastern Michigan University Theatre, as well as consulting, technical directing, and designing for events and productions for the campus community. John also provided scenic, projection, and/or lighting designs for more than a hundred shows of every period and genre at EMU. His work also includes freelance design and consulting for numerous theatre companies and trade shows. John collaborated with Eastern Michigan University technical theatre faculty to develop EMU’s Entertainment Design & Technology program, which was established in 2013. The ED&T program is a multidisciplinary program that allows students to build a curriculum geared specifically toward their career goals. He retired from EMU in 2000 as Technical Director Emeritus. John has been serving as TPT’s technical director since the season sixteen production of The Chinese Lady, in addition to doing freelance design for other area theatre organizations.