Fuchs Biography
Fuchs, an author, teacher, and theatre consultant, graduated from high school at the age of 15 and had earned a bachelor's degree in both Chemical and Electrical Engineering by the time he was 19. An overachiever with many different interests, including theatre seemed to pull Fuchs in different directions. Fuchs was a native of Brooklyn, New York, he attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute where he graduated with his dual degree in engineering, however, he had developed a great interest in the theater through his friend, Dr. S.M. Tucker, a professor and playwright. His knowledge of electrical engineering combined with his appreciation of theatre in performance allowed for him to be an innovator in stage lighting.
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McCandless gave theatre the three point lighting design which incorporates angled lighting with key light and fill light in warm and cool tones respectively, as well as a down light. McCandless’s design is the standard for area lighting in theatre stil (Lampert-Greaux). Fuchs retired from Northwestern, after 42 years of service, at the end of the 1969-1970 academic year. His most significant work, Stage Lighting, was published by Little Brown and Company in 1929, making it one of the earliest theatrical lighting texts, (available on amazon.com from $29). Ten years later in 1939, Samuel French published Home-Built Lighting Equipment for the Small Stage,(currently unavailable) an expansion of Chapter Seven from his 1929 work. In the early 1950s he self published, through Northwestern University, several "books" on suggested layouts of stage lighting equipment for the school and college auditorium.
One of his major contributions as a lighting and design consultant, especially in educational theatres in the midwest, was the Plaster Cyc -- replacing the traditional Sky Drop with a permanent, off-white, sand-blasted plastered rear wall. Due to his innovations and dedication to both lighting and theatre, he was presented the USITT Award for his "lifetime contribution to the performing arts community" at the 1980 Kansas City Conference. His professional papers have been archived in the Theodore Fuchs Collection on Theatre Technology in the Lee Library on campus of Brigham Young University in Provo,
After graduation, he …show more content…
McCandless gave theatre the three point lighting design which incorporates angled lighting with key light and fill light in warm and cool tones respectively, as well as a down light. McCandless’s design is the standard for area lighting in theatre stil (Lampert-Greaux). Fuchs retired from Northwestern, after 42 years of service, at the end of the 1969-1970 academic year. His most significant work, Stage Lighting, was published by Little Brown and Company in 1929, making it one of the earliest theatrical lighting texts, (available on amazon.com from $29). Ten years later in 1939, Samuel French published Home-Built Lighting Equipment for the Small Stage,(currently unavailable) an expansion of Chapter Seven from his 1929 work. In the early 1950s he self published, through Northwestern University, several "books" on suggested layouts of stage lighting equipment for the school and college auditorium.
One of his major contributions as a lighting and design consultant, especially in educational theatres in the midwest, was the Plaster Cyc -- replacing the traditional Sky Drop with a permanent, off-white, sand-blasted plastered rear wall. Due to his innovations and dedication to both lighting and theatre, he was presented the USITT Award for his "lifetime contribution to the performing arts community" at the 1980 Kansas City Conference. His professional papers have been archived in the Theodore Fuchs Collection on Theatre Technology in the Lee Library on campus of Brigham Young University in Provo,