New ASTC Members Announced at Fall 2025 Forum

	(l-r) Owen Hughes and Brad Kisicki

The American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) board of directors named Brad Kisicki and Owen Hughes as members, while Zachary Briscoe will join as an associate.

Hughes, a director at Charcoalblue, led the Theatre Squared project in Fayetteville, Arkansas, which won a USITT Honor Award. He also led the renovation of the Lyric Theatre to prepare for the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. His work on the challenging renovations for the Studio Theatre DC and LaMaMa reconceived those venues. A new dance space at the Doris Duke Theatre for Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival included integrating theatre technology to meet the user's sophisticated needs.

Kisicki's credits include spending over two years in Dubai coordinating the complex La Perle by Dragone Theatre. His renovation projects include the 2,600-seat Jesse Jones Hall in Houston and the 300-seat "jewel box" Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan Theater in East Hampton, New York. His experience includes extensive production, design and touring; he holds a Master of Architecture degree. In addition to leading projects as a principal at Aperio Design, he tailors solutions that address a project's functional and budgetary requirements. Other projects include the 1,500-seat Sam Walton Hall auditorium as part of the corporate master plan for the Walmart conference center in Bentonville, Arkansas. He recently renovated the Ted Shawn Theatre, the original theatre space at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. All construction needed to be completed in a quick nine months, so there would be no interruption of their summer season.

Briscoe is a project theatre consultant with Schuler Shook in Dallas. he participated twice in the ASTC-USITT Renovation Challenge during his graduate studies at Florida State University.