CMU School of Drama


Monday, April 15, 2019

The TEA Summit shows how artists make the impossible happen

www.themeparkinsider.com: Amanda Beach, Bruce Zimmerman, and Michael Patterson (above) actually asked themselves that same question as they took the stage Friday to talk about their upcoming Thea Award for the Evel Knievel Museum during the TEA Summit's Case Studies day. How a team of people who restored and sold Harley-Davidson motorcycles for a living ended up building an award-winning themed attraction far off the tourist path provided what might have been the day's best illustration of the creative process that drives this industry.

1 comment:

Samantha Williams said...


This article was full of incredible pieces of art and feats of engineering, or perhaps each of the things mentioned were an overlap of both. The virtual reality motorcycle and the Evel Knievel museum is such a new way to experience history and notable figures within it. My dad would love to go visit that museum, and I think he would be pleasantly surprised at how interactive it is. The water slide is also really, really interesting. What a way to think outside of the box! It is so visually provoking, but the adrenaline people must feel while actually using it must be off the charts - no one has ever experienced a water slide like that before! The cruise ship performance seems to have Vegas-level production quality, and for a cruise ship, I feel like that’s so rare. All of these things are so innovative, and I think they rightfully express how technology can aid our creative visions.