Robert Cochran
Rose Center for the Arts Technical Director
A.A ; Lower Columbia College
B.A.; University of Washington School of Drama
Robert has held the role of technical director of the Rose Center for the Arts since its opening in 2008. He also serves as the instructor of the stage crafts class for the drama program. A Kelso native, Robert graduated from LCC then transferred to the University of Washington School of Drama. He has worked as a scenic and Lighting Designer and served in a multitude of backstage roles including Technical Director at Arts West, Lakeside, Mercer Island High, and Okoboji Summer Theatre at Stevens College. In his free time he enjoys biking, kayaking, making ice cream, and flying.
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Damond Morris, PhD
Adjunct Instructor, Drama
Master's of Arts in Fine and Performing Arts; Western Washington University
Master's in Sustainability Leadership; University of Oregon
Ph.D. Theater Arts; University of Oregon Theater Arts Department
Damond Morris is an administrator in the arts, both in the not-for-profit and collegiate settings, and a practicing theatre artist, primarily serving as an Executive Director, Stage Director, Development Director, and Drama instructor. He has served as a stage Director and brought over 50 productions to the stage, and enjoys the drive of theatrical collaboration.
He holds a PhD from the Theatre Arts Department at the University of Oregon, with an emphasis in Stage Direction, theatre history, and ecocriticism. At the UO he served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow, and Production Manager for the 2009 Earth Matters on Stage symposium. His dissertation, "Presenting Oregon," explores the formative forces of the Oregon Unit of the Federal Theatre Project, under the Works Progress Administration, including the Little Theatre Movement, West Coast vaudeville and the Oregon State mythos. He holds a Master's degree from Western Washington University and a Master's in Sustainability Leadership (Oregon Leadership in Sustainability) through the Planning, Public Policy and Management program at the University of Oregon.
Damond is the founder and former Artistic Director of Shakespeare NorthWest and Producer of the Western Washington Shakespeare Festival and Earth Tribe Productions, where he directed many productions, most notably "Hamlet" and "The Merchant of Venice". He served as Chair of the Drama Department at Skagit Valley College, from 2013 to December 2021, when the department was closed due to pandemic budget cuts. While serving as Chair, Morris developed new and exciting course content, directed two to three play a year, worked with colleagues across disciplines to develop engaging Learning Communities focused on social justice, was charged with budgetary and hiring oversight of the department, and trained hundreds of students in many theatre crafts, from acting to technical production.
Dr. Morris is happy to serve the students of LCC, and looks forward to many wonderful productions in the future.
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Robert Cochran, Rose Center for the Arts Technical Director