Owen Collins, a native of Oak park Illinois, earned his MFA in Theater Design from the University of South Carolina-Columbia. A Full Professor of Theater at Washington and Lee University, where he has taught since 2002 and was department head for 8 years. Collins was the Artistic Director of the Ensemble Theatre Community School, where he was also a faculty member for 12 years. His design work has been seen at The Ailey Citigroup Theatre (Progeny Dance), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (W&L Repertory Dance Co.), Lucille Lortel Theatre (Aquila Theatre) as well as other venues in the Unites States.