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Dave, My Masters is actually in Directing. I paid for it by working as a professional designer…..J I’m a member of SSD&C (the stage directors union) And United Scenic Artists (the Theatrical Designers Union) I direct one or two times a year and design between 12 and 20 a year. Directing eats up more time away from home whereas the design I can do in my studio and only travel out for "technical rehearsals." Back when I was full-free-lance, I directed 3 shows a year usually and 20 to 30 design gigs. The "on-site" time commitments for directors keeps them to around an absolute max of 6 to 10 shows a year. As far as having a ‘genre,’ most theater artists get "typecast" depending on what they were most recently successful at doing. When I first started out, I got a write-up in American Theatre Magazine titled "Shoestring Virtuoso" that discussed ‘large scale magic tricks’ on a small budget. For a while I kept getting hired to pull off big spectacle on a dime. L Nowadays it depends on the Theater or town. Some places think of me for big musicals, and others think of me as the ‘edgy-concept’ designer. Still others think of me as the "Southern" guy. For a while in the early 90’s I did mostly African American pieces. (Yep, I was the token white male working at "Just-Us-Theater Co." or Just-Us-N-Dx" J ) Like the rest of the world, theater producers find it easier to ‘pigeon-hole’ folks. Best Wishes- Dx