In over twenty-five years of practice as a theatre consultant, Robert Long has been involved in the programming, planning and design of virtually every type of building for the performing arts.  His extensive experience encompasses performance spaces for drama, music and dance, ranging from initial planning studies to the completion of major performing arts centers, and includes professional as well as educational facilities.
      Robert began his theatre consulting career in the office of George C. Izenour.  He subsequently spent two years as a theatre planner with Artec Consultants, specializing in stage lighting and rigging system design.  For three seasons, he was a member of the stage production department of The Juilliard School at Lincoln Center.
      Before co-founding Theatre Consultants Collaborative in 2003, Robert was a principal consultant with Theatre Projects Consultants - the first American employed by the firm - where he played a key role in the development of many of TPC's projects during his twenty-one year association. 
      Recent project experience with Theatre Consultants Collaborative includes the Kenan Music Building for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music in San Juan; the new Durham Performing Arts Center; and, a new studio theatre for KLRU-TV’s Austin City Limits.  Robert is also providing on-going institutional planning services for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation for the World Trade Center Ground Zero Cultural Program.
      Robert is a member and former president of the American Society of Theatre Consultants.  He holds an MFA degree from the Yale School of Drama.  He currently teaches at the University of North Carolina.