Directors

Harold Burgess, Assistant Professor, Lighting Design for the Department of Theatre, is a long time affiliate of the University of Maryland where he earned his Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatrical design.  In addition to direction of the Arts program, he teaches lighting design, drafting, and graduate seminar courses in design.   In 2005, he received the distinguished Henry C. Welcome Fellowship and a General Research Board Summer Award in 2006.  As a professional lighting designer, he has worked with numerous Baltimore/Washington area theatres including: Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, Rep Stage, Everyman Theatre and the African Continuum Theatre Company.
Contact Harold Burgess at harold@umd.edu.

Chris Hartten: Associate Director
Christopher Hartten is a graduate of the College Park Scholars Arts Program in 2002, Christopher was the recipient of the CPS Arts Outstanding Achievement award and has since served as a teaching assistant to the program for the past two years. Currently, he is the program's associate director. As a performer, Chris has played string bass for nearly ten years and has been a member of the UMD Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Ensemble, and Collegium Musicum. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall with the All Eastern and National Honors Orchestras and enjoys composing music in his spare time.

Chris can be contacted at harttenp@umd.edu.