Richard Jackson
Stagecraft and Technical Theatre
Richard Jackson received his BFA in Theater Arts from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas and his MA from California Polytechnic State University. Before he began teaching at Cuesta College, he worked as a set and lighting designer for The Huntsville Enrichment of the Arts Program in Huntsville, Texas; The Salt City Center for the Performing Arts in Syracuse, N.Y.; and The Tahlequah Outdoor Drama in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He had also freelanced as a designer and technical director for various theater companies in Las Vegas to include Clark County Community College, New West Stage Company, Las Vegas Little Theater, Betty Sullivan Cleary Productions, Jim Carey Productions, and the City of Las Vegas Arts Programs. When Richard is not teaching and working at Cuesta College, he freelances as an art director and editor in the video and film production field.