Scott Boyd

Professor | Director of Theatre Scenic Design

Scott Boyd
615-898-5506
Room 212, Boutwell Dramatic Arts Building (BDA)
MTSU Box 43, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Degree Information

  • MFA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1988)
  • BA, Xavier University (1985)

Biography

Scott is Professor of Theatre at Middle Tennessee State University where he is the Head of the Design program. Scott studied under world-renown designer Andreas Nomikos, and four-time Tony award winner Patricia Zipprodt. Scott has extensive design and technical production experience on the community, educational, and professional levels of theatre. Especially notable productions include the Chocolate Soldier for the National Opera Company and Camelot's Ruby and Empire Gas for the Lost Tribe T...

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Scott is Professor of Theatre at Middle Tennessee State University where he is the Head of the Design program. Scott studied under world-renown designer Andreas Nomikos, and four-time Tony award winner Patricia Zipprodt. Scott has extensive design and technical production experience on the community, educational, and professional levels of theatre. Especially notable productions include the Chocolate Soldier for the National Opera Company and Camelot's Ruby and Empire Gas for the Lost Tribe Theatre Company (NYC) and Shirtwaist and Sus Manos for the Flying Fig Theatre Company (NYC). He has acted as a theatre consultant for many community, educational, and regional theatre across the Southeast. Scott is a nine-time finalist for the First Night Award for outstanding theatre design and a three-time winner for his designs of The Tempest and The Tide Shall Cover the Earth. Scott served as the resident designer/technical director for the Nashville Children's Theatre for five years and spent nine years on the faculty of Austin Peay State University before joining the faculty at Middle Tennessee State University in 2004.

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