Charles Meacham
Chuck Meacham joined Kennesaw State University this summer as the Chair of the Department
of Theatre and Performance Studies. Mr. Meacham is a professional theatre production
manager and technical director. Before coming to KSU, he was on the faculty at the
University of Evansville for 22 years where, in 2018, he was invested as the John
David Lutz Endowed Professor of Theatre. During his time at the University of Evansville,
he taught a wide array of classes in scenic production techniques (carpentry, welding,
rigging, drafting), production and stage management, senior seminar, portfolios, and
sound. In 2010, he helped establish the degree in Stage Management at the University
of Evansville, a program which he headed while also serving as the Production Manager
for the Department of Theatre.
Mr. Meacham has worked with such organizations as the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Hope
Summer Repertory Theatre, and the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival in various capacities
professionally, including as a master electrician, lighting designer, production manager,
and technical director. He has been highly active with the United States Institute
for Theatre Technology, serving on the leadership team of the Technical Production
Commission since 2012. In the summer of 2019, he finished a three-year term as the
USITT Commissioner for Technical Production.
Mr. Meacham received a BA in Theatre from Wake Forest University, after which he served
there for two years as the Assistant Technical Director. He earned an MFA in Theatre
Technology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
In 2018, Mr. Meacham was named a Global Scholar by the University of Evansville’s
Center for Innovation and Change. As part of this funding, in the summer of 2019,
he participated in a Habitat for Humanity build in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as a way
of identifying additional experiences for students and leadership training opportunities
through the Habitat for Humanity Global Village Build Project. Mr. Meacham’s recent
work has made use of his technical knowledge and leadership skills through a number
of projects with Habitat for Humanity. Locally, he led three Habitat Barn Blitz build
projects, coordinating efforts between Habitat for Humanity of Evansville and the
students and staff of the University of Evansville. Mr. Meacham also worked with
students to build House #499 in the Evansville community. Nationally, he worked on
the 2018 Rosalyn and Jimmy Carter Build, and also internationally, in Chacala, Mexico,
on a student-build in the summer of 2020.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining the students and faculty of the Department
of Theatre and Performance Studies at Kennesaw State University. This is an outstanding
program that encourages a collaboration between real liberal arts education and rich
training for undergraduate theatre students. I am excited to pursue the next phase
of my career in such a vibrant place for scholar artists.”
