{"62716":{"#nid":"62716","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wood Takes the Toaster - DramaTech Students Honor Professor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDramaTech\u0026nbsp;honored Robert Wood during their Saturday, November 6 production of the \u003Cem\u003EThe Count of Monte Cristo \u003C\/em\u003EWood presenting him with\u0026nbsp;its highest honor \u2013 an engraved toaster.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWood, professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and \nCulture (LCC) which houses the student-run theatrical group, has been \nthe company\u2019s faculty advisor for thirty years.\u0026nbsp;He is\u0026nbsp;beloved by the \ncompany for his wit and wisdom and for energy and efforts that go \u201cabove\n and beyond\u201d his advising duties explained DramaTech Artistic Director \nMelissa Foulger.\u0026nbsp;In the past few years, Wood stepped in after the \npassing of long-time artistic director, Greg Abbott to guide the student\n organization through a period of mourning and its search for a new \ndirector (Foulger). \u0026nbsp;In 2009, he directed DramaTech\u0027s production of \u003Cem\u003ETwelfth Night \u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHe\n has organized, acted, and directed, and has held the hand of many a \nstudent trying to overcome stage fright,\u201d said Carol Senf, professor and associate chair of LCC. \u201cIt was incredibly moving to hear the students \noffer tribute to him.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe now iconic toaster first appeared in the mid-eighties during an \nimpromptu art installation called \u0022Toaster Dreams\u0022 that featured \nfurnishings suspended from the overhead grid.\u0026nbsp;At the center of the \ndesign and prominently lit was a toaster. \u0026nbsp;Thereafter, the toaster began\n popping up in productions, always hidden in plain sight.\u0026nbsp;Now a \nvenerated tradition, the toaster is even part of the DramaTech logo.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor DramaTech, there is no higher award than a toaster!\u201d said Wood upon receiving the award.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDramaTech\u0026nbsp;honored Robert Wood during their Saturday, November 6 production of the \u003Cem\u003EThe Count of Monte Cristo \u003C\/em\u003EWood presenting him with\u0026nbsp;its highest honor \u2013 an engraved toaster.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2010-11-12 14:04:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:46","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-11-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-11-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62783":{"id":"62783","type":"image","title":"Robert Wood","body":null,"created":"1449176394","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:54","changed":"1475894547","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:27","alt":"Robert Wood","file":{"fid":"191570","name":"Robert_Wood_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Robert_Wood_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Robert_Wood_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":51031,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Robert_Wood_200x300_0.jpg?itok=5aUjHKox"}},"62800":{"id":"62800","type":"image","title":"DramaTech Logo","body":null,"created":"1449176394","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:54","changed":"1475894547","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:27","alt":"DramaTech Logo","file":{"fid":"191578","name":"DramaTech_logo_300w.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DramaTech_logo_300w_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DramaTech_logo_300w_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":31983,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DramaTech_logo_300w_0.jpg?itok=mAGEoRSp"}}},"media_ids":["62783","62800"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1062","name":"dramatech"},{"id":"11249","name":"Robert Wood"},{"id":"3874","name":"theater"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp; 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}