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Goucher Magazine:<\/strong> Briefly describe your career (what you do, where you do it, why you do it).<\/p>\n

Darl Andrew Packard:<\/strong> Wow, I have no idea how to answer this question. \u00a0I actually never considered myself someone with a \u201ccareer\u201d before just now and am not truly certain it even applies to what I do. \u00a0Like most of us spanning the millenials and Generation X, I still don\u2019t really know \u2018what I want to be when I grow up\u2019, so I just decided to do it all. \u00a0If pressed I would title myself a Jack-of-all trades. \u00a0So I may not know exactly what my \u201ccareer\u201d is but I know what I do and why I do it. \u00a0On my more glamorous days you can find me hanging out backstage at places like the Kennedy Center or the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco with people like Hamilton\u2019s Daveed Diggs or Senator Al Franken or I might be in Nevada desert building a theater from scratch and doing lighting design for a spectacular aerial dance show at Burning Man or producing a show at a quaint Parisian theater in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. \u00a0On less exciting days you can find me balancing budgets at the JCCSF where I am the Operations Manager for the Arts and Ideas program or balancing myself precariously atop a ladder in one of the Bay Area’s many small performance venues where I collaborate as a Lighting and Video Designer. \u00a0On any given day I may take on the role of a Producer, a magician, a Designer, a fireman, a Director, a juggler, a Manager, a therapist, an Electrician, a travel agent, a Carpenter, a messenger, an Artist, a writer or a referee among many others. \u00a0Much of That is of course metaphorically speaking but suffice to say I sport more hats than Bartholomew Cubbins. And I love it. I learned early in life that I never wanted to be a one-trick pony. In a world populated more and more by specialists I am thankful that for me there are never two days that are the same. I subject myself to this craziness, because at heart I\u2019m a problem solver. \u00a0Whether that problem is as small as filling out an invoice \u00a0or as large as working to deconstruct systems of institutionalized oppression in the world, if it serves the greater good I\u2019m game. \u00a0In Jewish culture one of the strongest tenets is that of Tikkun Olam, \u201cto heal the world.\u201d \u00a0I do everything I do with that intent in mind because the quote from the late Senator Paul Wellstone rings true for me as a mantra: \u201cWe are all better when we are all better.\u201d<\/p>\n

GM:<\/strong> What has been your biggest professional accomplishment?<\/p>\n

Darl Andrew Packard:<\/strong> I\u2019ve worked on shows in the shadows of Alaska\u2019s snow-topped Denali and in the blisteringly beautiful desert of Black Rock City, Nevada. \u00a0I\u2019ve produced work in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Santa Fe, Washington D.C., and up and down the length of California. \u00a0I\u2019ve flown around the world touring productions in Canada, France and Switzerland. \u00a0I\u2019ve helped raise up the voices of artists who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Native American, Romani, Indian, Hispanic, from the African Diaspora and many other walks of life. \u00a0I\u2019ve worked with dancers, actors, musicians, chefs, jugglers, aerialists and pretty much every other kind of artist you can think of. \u00a0I\u2019ve gotten to rub elbows with Senators and celebrities. Those adventures and experiences have been great. \u00a0But behind each of those days of glitz and glamour lies a day (or two or frankly many many more) of challenges to overcome.<\/p>\n

Like the day at my new job where I discovered I\u2019d made a $50,000 budgeting error and had to confess to the Chief Operating Officer. \u00a0Like the time I pulled a dying company back from the brink of dissolution and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to save it only to be let go so that others could reap those benefits. Like the time I created an hour long video design that I spent hundreds of hours working only to have it cut from the show on the first day of technical rehearsal without ever being seen. \u00a0Like the time I almost got kicked off a train in Eastern France on the way to a gig because I left my passport in Paris. \u00a0Like the time I got fired from a show because I suggested in an email that there might be a better way to make it look like it was snowing on stage. Like the day where I designed lights for a show in the middle of the desert outside during a sandstorm in a theater we\u2019d built from scratch. \u00a0Like the days where I\u2019ve seen both the sunrise and the sunset and known that I\u2019m not even halfway to the finish line. \u00a0Like the days where nothing has worked and the days where I am the reason nothing works. Like the days where I didn\u2019t know when or from where my next paycheck was coming. Like the days where I\u2019ve bitten off more than I could chew. Like the days where I\u2019ve realized that was working with not very good people. \u00a0Like the days where I\u2019ve accidentally been one of those people. Like the days I\u2019ve been helpless to save other peoples\u2019 dreams and visions from getting crushed. \u00a0Like the days when it\u2019s all been too much and I\u2019ve broken down and cried. \u00a0But I remain resilient. \u00a0Those difficult days sharpen my sensibilities, maybe not make me stronger, but help me recognize more of who I am.<\/p>\n

On those days I am reminded of a story from my design professor Allison Campbell, the details of which I\u2019ve probably flubbed. \u00a0Working on the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day parade Allison was tasked with prepping costume pieces for all the thousands of people who would be clowns during the parade the following morning. \u00a0Everyone was to get a clown hat, a clown nose and a set of clown shoes. \u00a0Somewhere in the wee hours of the morning Allison ran out of clown noses. \u00a0She frantically approached her boss with this seemingly insurmountable dilemma. \u00a0Her boss merely looked at her calmly and said \u201cthere will be a parade.\u201d \u00a0Rain or shine, good day or bad, clown noses or no clown noses there will be a parade. On rough days I often whisper to myself \u201cthere will be a parade.\u201d I live in one of the most expensive parts of the United States and work in an industry that is historically unpredictable, resilience is a requirement for my daily survival. But my greatest professional accomplishment is knowing that I can and I do get to do something I love every day and that I get to do it with a community of people who love, respect and support each other and who will give you a hug when you need it and kick in the butt when you need that too.<\/p>\n

GM:<\/strong> Personal accomplishment?<\/p>\n

Darl Andrew Packard:<\/strong> At the beginning of my favorite film, Frank Capra\u2019s It\u2019s a Wonderful Life,<\/em> before we meet any of the Baileys or learn of their struggles, there is a single frame of text: \u201cNo man is a failure who has friends.\u201d \u00a0I watch this film late at night every Christmas Eve with my family as we wrap gifts and I allow myself to reflect on the deep, meaningful and lasting friendships I have been fortunate enough to cultivate and maintain throughout my life. Shortly after moving to the West Coast a friend and mentor told me that theater is a people business and that is true, but only because the whole world is a people business. My greatest personal accomplishment is waking up everyday knowing that I live a life rich with friendship. That I have been fortunate enough to be surrounded by a community of people who love, respect and have confidence in me. \u00a0People with whom I share deep and strong personal values that unite us across continents. \u00a0In our culture we can get very fascinated with \u2018things,\u2019 but all items are perishable, friendship is the one lasting product that we can make in the world. \u00a0I\u2019m lucky to have it in droves and I thank my friends for reminding me every day that I am not a failure.<\/p>\n

GM:<\/strong> What are you working on now?<\/p>\n

Darl Andrew Packard:<\/strong> What am I not working on? \u00a0Our JCCSF season is full under way and since we have just gone through an exciting re-alignment of some of our departments I am helping to make sure that together we put together the best experiences possible across our hundreds of events both inside and outside our building. \u00a0I also have two major projects coming up outside of my work at the JCCSF. \u00a0I am collaborating with an incredible Indian miniature artist, Rupy Tut, and bharatanatyam based Nava Dance Company, led by Nadhi Thekkek, on a multi-disciplinary dance\/theater production called Broken Seeds Still Grow<\/em>. \u00a0I am activating Rupy\u2019s incredible artwork as a backdrop for the production which explores the continuing impact of the 1947 British India Partition and draws parallels to our current global political climate. \u00a0Following that I\u2019ll round out my 2017 with an immersive planetarium-style video design with experimental performance group Mugwupmin and their piece In the Event of Moon Disaster<\/em>. \u00a0Using the speech Richard Nixon would have delivered had the Apollo 11 crew never returned from the moon as a way to examine issues around expanded space exploration in a future more tenuous than ever before, I\u2019ll be working with one of my best friends to support an incredibly ambitious design that will help the audience feel like they are consuming the show among the stars. I continue to make a daily practice of creative writing, working on poetry and prose that I hope have will have a life of its own in the future. \u00a0Outside of those things I work every day to be a better human and to do what I can to continue to raising up the voices that need to be heard, to be a warrior for the world and to fight the good fight.<\/p>\n

GM:<\/strong> How did Goucher prepare you for your career?<\/p>\n

Darl Andrew Packard:<\/strong> I think of Goucher as my friendly neighborhood hardware store, the kind of place you go instead of one of those impersonal, big-box monstrosities because you\u2019ll find someone who knows what they are talking about, who wants to help you and can help you do your best. \u00a0Goucher helped fill my toolbox, and while it has taken me years to figure out how to fully utilize all the tools Goucher provided, they packed the toolbox full of things they knew I would use even if you didn\u2019t know at the time that you needed them. \u00a0Then they gave you the resources to figure out what tool you\u2019d need when long after you\u2019d left the store. \u00a0Now Goucher is still that friendly neighborhood hardware store, except that I\u2019ve got a few projects under my belt and I can go back and shoot the breeze with the folks behind the counter about what projects I\u2019ve done and how I did them. \u00a0Ultimately, Goucher helped me better understand myself and my purpose in the world. \u00a0I left the school with a confidence that if I didn\u2019t know the solution I could figure it out. \u00a0Goucher gave me the opportunity to learn from my mistakes and more importantly to learn that I can live through them. \u00a0Goucher gave me the ability to forge lasting bonds with people from all walks of life and the ability and desire to build communities. \u00a0Above all else Goucher instilled in me a lifelong desire to always be curious about the world around me and to remain a student for life.<\/p>\n

GM:<\/strong> What is your most vivid Goucher memory?<\/p>\n

Darl Andrew Packard:<\/strong> I am thankful to have many memorable moments from my time at Goucher to choose from, but there is one that clearly stands out for me above all the rest. \u00a0It happened in the early fall of my Sophomore year, 2001. \u00a0I was taking my first directing course working towards my Theater Major and because the class was so popular many of us who were directing had to also act in each other\u2019s scenes. \u00a0My friend Jane had selected a one act by my favorite writer, Kobo Abe, so I had volunteered to perform in it. \u00a0I would be playing a man so \u2018stuck\u2019 in his ways that he had literally turned into a stick. \u00a0We were seated on the red couches in the lobby just outside the Mildred Dunnock Theater, a favorite hangout spot for the theater crowd, waiting for the other actors to show up, a rounded wall of glass exposing us to all onlookers. \u00a0A cute freshman woman came bounding up to us, her script flapping in one hand and a thick stack of science textbooks tucked under her other arm. \u00a0She was literally balancing her interests in science and the arts before my eyes and in that moment was the embodiment of why I chose Goucher: the people. \u00a0Goucher students are walking complexities and the campus is rich with people who are well-rounded, intellectual, curious and ambitious, just like me. \u00a0I knew from my first visits to campus that it would be a place where I could be surrounded by people who would challenge my way of thinking and excite me to learn more about myself and the world around me. \u00a0The people of Goucher would make me and have made me better understand my role in the fabric of our wider community and allow me to be a stronger contributor of positive impact on the world. \u00a0I felt like I found something special tucked away in Towson. \u00a0And I had found something special sitting on those red couches back in 2001 too. \u00a0Thirteen years and many adventures later I got to marry the woman I met that day. \u00a0Matisse Michalski \u201805<\/strong> has been the greatest of partners and confidants anyone could hope for. \u00a0She has helped me evolve in ways I never imagined and challenges me to be a better human every day and I\u2019m forever thankful for the place that brought us together.<\/p>\n

GM:<\/strong> How do you stay connected to the college?<\/p>\n

Darl Andrew Packard:<\/strong> Besides the close connection with my incredible wife, I still remain in close contact with Raymond Gaston \u201804<\/strong> despite thinking on our first day of classes that this smug beret-wearing goofball wouldn\u2019t last a week in college; by the end of the semester we were best friends and remain so. \u00a0We both love to trash-talk with a motley crew of \u201803 and \u201804 grads from across the country in our Goucher D1 Fantasy Football league, in which I perpetually finish last from drafting far too many Ravens. \u00a0When I\u2019m back in Baltimore, I always visit with Bronwyn Akeley \u201803 <\/strong>who woke me from my cross-country-preseason-induced exhaustion on my second night on campus to remind me that we had a mutual friend from high school who took us to a funny play one time. \u00a0Despite grouchily my answering the door that night in nothing but my Superman boxers she became a fast friend and we frequently reminisce about all the mischief we got up to that should probably be recounted elsewhere. \u00a0I am the alumni note gatherer for my class so I still hear from alums from time to time and I make every effort to see how the campus has changed whenever I\u2019m back in the area. \u00a0And whenever I have a freak out \u201ccareer\u201d moment I run for help to the calm and reassuring Career Development Office for guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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