Mark Reaney

Mark Reany is a pioneer in virtual reality theater and the Director of the Institute for the Exploration of Virtual Realities in the University of Kansas. He produced virtual scenarios, avatars, telepresence and real-time simulations in theatrical performance. He received his M.F.A. in Scenic Design from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

1999 Leverhulme Fellowship from the University of Kent at Canterbury / to work on the VR/Theatre production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
1999 Faculty Research Grant from the University of Kansas / research project, "A Networked Virtual Theatre Production"
1997 Kimbell Faculty Enrichment Fund / to explore web-based theatre forms
1996 Faculty Research Grant from the University of Kansas / research project "Virtual Reality Interfaces for Theatre Audiences"
1994 Faculty Research Grant from the University of Kansas / research project, "Virtual Reality Technology as Scenographic Medium"
1993 Faculty Research Grant from the University of Kansas / research project, "Large Scale Virtual Reality Interface as Design Tool and Performance Medium"
1993 Edward F. Kook / United States Institute of Theatre Technology Endowment Grant / research project "Large Scale Virtual Reality Interface as Design Tool and Performance Medium"
1991 Director, Institute for the Exploration of Virtual Realities, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
1991 Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Film, University Theatre, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
1988 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
1987 - 1991 Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre and Film, University Theatre, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
1984 - 1987 Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1982 - 1984 Teaching Assistant, Resident Sound Designer, Department of Theatre and Drama, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
1981 - 1984 M.F.A., Scene design, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
1977 - 1981 B.A., Theatre Arts, St. John's University, Collegeville,