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ArtsCore: Smoke and Haze – Science and Safety

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Smoke and Haze – Science and Safety

Are theatrical atmospherics (smoke, haze, fog) safe? What is in this stuff we inhale during rehearsals and performances? What information do we have now that we didn’t have a few years ago? What are best practices for health and safety when dealing with atmospherics in the theatre?

Join VASTA’s ArtsCore for an hour-long presentation followed by a brief Q&A, led by Industrial Hygienist (and experienced performer) Monona Rossol. Among her many credits, Ms. Rossol has been President of Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety since 1986, and since 1995, she has been a Safety Officer for Local USA829, United Scenic Artists, IATSE. She served as the Safety Consultant at SAG-AFTRA in 2017. The event will be moderated by Gwendolyn Schwinke.

The session will be recorded and available to VASTA members on the website following the presentation.

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Sunday, September 14
10-11:15am PDT / 1-2:15pm EDT / 5-6:15pm UTC /
6-7:15pm BST / 10:30-11:45pm IST /
5-6:15am NZST (15 September)
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Event Registration:
VASTA Members - FREE
Non-Members - $15 USD

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Bios and Notes

Presenter
Monona Rossol was born into a Vaudeville family, began working as a professional entertainer at age three. She has a BS in chemistry with a minor in math, an MS and MFA with majors in art and a minor in music. While at school she worked 7 years as a research chemist, taught and exhibited art work, performed with University music and theater groups, and worked yearly in summer stock. She moved to New York where she worked as an industrial hygienist and performed in musical and straight acting roles in Off and Off Off Broadway theaters and cabaret. She practiced industrial hygiene for nonprofits beginning in 1977 and has been a full professional member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association since 1984. She has been President of Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety since 1986 and since 1995, she has been a Safety Officer for Local USA829, United Scenic Artists, IATSE. In 2017, she also has been the Safety Consultant at SAG-AFTRA.

Between 1983 and the present, she has specialized in safety and regulatory training in art and theater and has presented training lectures and courses to schools and universities in 48 states. She also has consulted on the planning of over 80 buildings, specifying ventilation and safety features. She has three architectural awards for environmental planning and in 2020 she became a consultant to the ACGIH Committee on Industrial Ventilation and she is now a full member of that committee. She has consulted in the US, Canada, Australia, England, Mexico, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the United Arab Emirates, and written nine books, one of which won a 1996 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries. Two of her books are used as college texts today.

Moderator
Gwendolyn Schwinke is in her seventh season as Resident Vocal Coach at PlayMakers Repertory Company in North Carolina and has served as voice, text, dialect and/or somatic coach with Utah Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare & Company (seven seasons), Prague Shakespeare Company, Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Tennessee Shakespeare Company, Clarence Brown Theatre, and others. She has coached over 50 professional productions, including over 25 Shakespeare productions, and, as a dialect coach, has guided actors in over 50 separate international and US regional accents. She is also a voice director for audio projects focusing on community engagement.
Gwendolyn is a Designated Linklater Teacher, a Linklater Teacher Mentor, a Guild-certified Feldenkrais Teacher, and a Certified Teacher of the Colaianni Approach to Speech and Accents. She teaches voice, dialects and Shakespeare in the Professional Actor Training Program (MFA) at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Photo of microphone in haze by Thong Tran on Unsplash. Photo of smoke curling by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash.