The Theatre Department of UAH and The Arts Council Inc. will co-host the first-ever Lee Deal Theatre Symposium on Saturday, August 24, from 1:00 - 6:30 pm. Named for Lee Deal, a former UAH student and local community theater actor for nearly thirty years, the symposium will comprise three workshop sessions: Casting & Audition Techniques Master Class , presented by Tiffany Little Canfield, a casting director with New-York-based Telsey + Company (Wilson Hall) Scene Study Master Class , presented by Ron Harris, a 40-year theater veteran and the recipient of numerous state, regional, and national awards (Chan Auditorium) Setting Your Stage: The Intersection of Script, Design, & Budget , presented by Brian Phillips, formerly of the Goodman Theatre, Chicago's oldest and largest not-for-profit theater (Wilson Hall)