David Pangaro has been employed by USF since 1984. From
1984-1999, David worked primarily for the USF College Players as
their technical director, principal scenic, lighting, and sound
designer and occasional stage director at Gill Theater. From
1988-2008, David taught all the tech and theater design courses for
Arts & Sciences. In 1998, David was asked to help create the
Visual & Performing Arts department, which eventually
splintered off to become the present day Performing Arts &
Social Justice department. From that point on, David became a
full-time staff and adjunct professor for Arts & Sciences. With
the imminent closure of Campion Hall and Gill Theater, David worked
on the design and build of the LM Studio Theater and the shop,
which opened in 2005. In 2008, David moved down the hill to become
the Director of Presentation Theater and transferred the teaching
of theater tech to the Production Manager, a new faculty position.
David currently teaches Appreciation of Theater. David has had an
active outside professional career in lighting and scenery. In
previous years, he has worked for A.C.T., Duck's Breath
Mystery Theater, Asian American Theater, Phoebus Lighting,
Minnesota Dance Theater, Brenda Wong Aoki, Champlain Shakespeare
Festival, and SF Moving Company. Trade show lighting assignments
included many years with Paramount, King World, Jessica McClintock,
and Dayton's in Minneapolis. In addition to teaching at
USF, David has also taught theater arts to students of all ages ,
locally at Clarendon Elementary, Lowell High, and Lick-Wilmerding
High . He created and operated his own children's theater
company/school in Cape Cod previous to moving out west in 1977.
David presently resides on a floating home in Sausalito and thinks
he has the skills to keep it floating. In his spare time, he likes
to kayak and play bass in a rock'n'roll
band.
