JAY A. HERZOG
PROFESSOR- Department Chair
(1994) jherzog@towson.edu (410)704-2792
Jay serves as the department chair since 2005.
Jay is a graduate of Brooklyn College
(BA) and The University of Massachusetts/Amherst (MFA). Jay came
to Towson from East Carolina University as an assistant professor
and previous to that was the production coordinator for the Brooklyn
College Department of Theatre. His primary focus in theatre is
Lighting and Sound design and his designs have been seen or heard
in professional theatres worldwide.
He is a member of United Scenic Artists
Local 829 and is the resident lighting designer for the Everyman
Theatre in Baltimore . Other local affiliations as a designer locally
are the Woolly Mammoth Theatre, which has been quoted by the New
York Times as being the "most daring theatre company in Washington
, DC ", RepStage, Signature Theatre, Theatre J and The Roundhouse
Theatre. In 2000, Jay was the recipient of the Helen Hayes award
for best lighting design in the Washington region, and he has had
numerous "best of" awards
for outstanding work from Baltimore newspapers and organizations.
Most importantly, Jay is the father of Asher and Seth.
For more information and portfolio, visit:
http://web.mac.com/jayahld