We sit down with Professor Richard Dionne, a Purdue University Clinical Assistant Professor of Theatre in the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts, who mentors the multidisciplinary (MDE) theatre engineering students. Over the last several years, Purdue MDE theater engineering students have gained quite a reputation in the entertainment industry. We had the opportunity to sit down with Rich to discuss both his career and what exactly it is that makes this concentration so special.