Blood at the Root
Paul Steger is the Dean of the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts at Webster University. Steger is a director, actor, action designer and fight director with credits on Broadway and in numerous regional theatres. He is an Emeritus Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors and holds certificates from the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat, Nordic Stagefight Society and Fight Directors Canada. He created fights for The History Channel series Vikings with his colleague Richard Ryan, and presented at the inaugural “World Combat Teachers Conference” in Toronto. He has appeared across North America, Europe and Scandinavia as a performer, director, speaker and consultant, coordinating efforts to create common vocabularies for world stage combat organizations and fight teachers at the international level. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild and the National Theatre Conference among others. Collaborations with video and performance artists have played such venues as Franklin Furnace (NYC), Randolph Street Gallery, Club Lower Links, The Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), The Contemporary Museum of Art (Glasgow) and
John Ryan
• Scene Shop Supervisor • BA, Augustana College • At Webster since 2000 • jryan@webster.edu
John Ryan is the Scene Shop Supervisor and Assistant Technical Director for the Conservatory at Webster University. He supervises scenery build crews, load-ins, technical rehearsals and strikes and tracks production budgets for the department. He has worked as an electrician for the Black Hills Playhouse, the San Jose Repertory Theatre, Opera San Jose, the Omaha Community Playhouse, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Circa 21 Dinner Theatre and the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival. John has a BA from Augustana College in computer science/ mathematics and theater. Paul Steger (he/him) • Professor and Dean, Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts • BA, Saint Louis University • MFA, Western Illinois University
• At Webster since 2019 • psteger@webster.edu
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