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Saturday, September 26, 2026
10:00–10:45 AM
Intro to Technical Theatre & Careers
1:50–2:25 PM
Advanced Designs in Corporate Theatre
CREATE • EDUCATE • INNOVATE
Real skills. Real equipment. Real opportunities.
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Theatre Con 2026
Corporate Theatre Arts: From Creative Concept to Professional Production
CPE & TEKS-Aligned Professional Development Workshop Series
Presenter: Steve Wire
Workshop Format: Two 45-Minute Sessions
Target Audience: Theatre Directors, Technical Theatre Teachers, Fine Arts Educators, CTE Educators, Career-Readiness EducatorsAdvanced Theatre Students
OVERALL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PURPOSE
This professional-development series connects Texas theatre education with the contemporary professional industries of:
Theatre
Corporate events
Audio visual production
Concert and touring production
Film
Broadcast
Convention production
Scenic fabrication
Lighting
Audio
Video
LED technology
Rigging
Stagecraft
Production management
Creative entrepreneurship
The workshops demonstrate how skills traditionally developed in theatre classrooms translate into real-world occupations, professional production systems, entrepreneurship, technical careers, and postsecondary educational pathways.
Educators will receive practical strategies, terminology, career-development activities, and production concepts that can be transferred into middle-school and high-school theatre and technical-theatre instruction.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEQUENCE
PART 1
Introduction to Technical Theatre & Careers in the Creative Arts
Monetizing the Invisible Concept of Creativity into Cash
Central Question:
How does a student transform creativity into a professional skill, service, job, or career?
PART 2
Advanced Designs in Corporate Theatre Arts
Center Stage Is Drafted by the Engineers Back of House
Central Question:
How do professional technical departments transform a creative concept into a functioning production?
TheatreCon 2026
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