Technical Staff

Pat Kennedy- Administrative Assistant, Dept. of Theater and Dance/Dept. of Music I first worked at Trinity in 1971, for the Urban Environmental Studies Program and the Office of Community Affairs. After taking time off to raise my children, I returned to Trinity in 1983 working for Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance. I have been with the performing arts departments since 1990. In my spare time I enjoy helping my husband with his graphic design business and backpacking with my family in the New Hampshire White Mountains. I will receive my BA in English from Trinity in 2003.

Rita Sclavunos- Costume Shop Manager I am a proud graduate of the State University of New York at Purchase, Professional Design/Technical Program. This is my fourth year as Costume Shop Manager at Austin Arts Center at Trinity College. I provide and design costumes for the Theater and Dance department and the Music department productions throughout the year. Such productions include Little Shop of Horrors, Shadow Play, Assassins, Colette Collage, Collide With The City, and The Party. As a designer I have worked for various productions in New York City, Washington State, Virginia, Maine, and New Jersey. In addition to Trinity, I have managed costume shops in Virginia and New Jersey. I have been Patternmaker at Hartford Stage Company, Connecticut Repertory Theater, Seattle Repertory Theater and Intiman Theater. I have also worked as First Hand at Hartford Stage Company, Yale Repertory Theater, Parsons-Meares (NYC), and Intiman Theater (Seattle).

Elisa Griego- Performing Arts Technical Director I received two BA's from Brown University in Mathematics and Biology. In 1988 I was the recipient of the Henry Parker Manning Award for Mathematics. I came to Connecticut from Rhode Island in 1993 to work at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven. I received my MFA from the Yale School of Drama and Technical Design and Production. While there, I was the Teaching Assistant for the YSD Draft/Auto CAD class, I published in Technical Brief, I was the Technical Director for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, and I also studied at the Yale Divinity School. In 1998 I became the Performing Arts Technical Director at Trinity. I also direct the Armenian Church of Holy Ascension Choir in Trumbull, CT. My husband Paul Marottolo and I had our first child in December 1999.

James Latzel-Operations and Events Manager, Austin Arts Center I am in my third year as Events and Operations Manager for the Austin Arts Center at Trinity. As well as producing lighting designs, I am also the lighting supervisor for the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. I have held such positions as Technical Director for the Duplex Cabaret in NYC, Production Stage Manager for Twyla Tharp Dance Company and Production Manager/Lighting Supervisor for Stephen Petronio Dance Company. Most recently at the AAC I have designed the production for Arthur Feinsod's (theater/dance faculty) production of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape and Rockaby ; as well as lighting design for Megan Shea's (99' theater/dance major) production of Hamletmachine.