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[Experience]
[Selected design credits]
[Related Skills]
[Education]
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| Production and Company Manager / Resident Designer | 1998 - present |
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Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre (Grand Lake, CO) Responsible for all aspects of design and production of scenery, props, lighting, and sound as well as theater safety for a three-show repertory summer season, one fall show, and one Youth Theatre Workshop production. Train and supervise members of the performing company (mostly students and recent college graduates) in the basics of technical theater. |
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| Master Carpenter | Summer Season 1997 |
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Berkshire Theatre Festival (Stockbridge, MA) Directed all daily scene shop operations including materials inventory and shop maintenance. Scheduled projects for and delegated assignments to a six-person crew. Instructed interns in proper shop procedures and safe operation of equipment. |
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| Assistant to the Designer - Props | Summer Season 1996 |
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Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, MA) Created various props and scenery decorations according to designers' specifications using techniques including welding, casting, upholstery, carving, painting, and joinery. |
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| Freelance Scenic and Lighting Designer San Francisco Bay Area |
1998 - present |
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| Resident Designer & Production Manager | 6/04 - 9/04 |
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2004 Summer & Fall Seasons : Forever Plaid, Pump Boys and Dinettes, 1940's
Radio Hour, Always, Patsy Cline Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre (Grand Lake, CO) dirs. Alex Chrestopoulos, Tim Baker |
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| Scenic Designer | 5/04 |
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Drive My Coche Teatro Vision (San Jose, CA) dir. Wilma Bonet |
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| Scenic Designer | 4/04 |
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Master Arden of Faversham Metropolitan Playhouse (New York, NY) dir. Alex Roe |
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| Scenic Designer | 3/04 |
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Secret Service Metropolitan Playhouse (New York, NY) dir. Anthony Pennino |
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| Resident Designer & Production Manager | 6/03 - 9/03 |
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2003 Summer & Fall Seasons : Little Shop of Horrors, Fiddler on the Roof,
Secret Garden, The Last Five Years Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre (Grand Lake, CO) dirs. Skelly Warren, Anna Antaramian, Alex Chrestopoulos, Jeff Duke |
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| Scenic Designer | 5/03 |
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Lady from Havana Teatro Vision (San Jose, CA) dir. Elisa Marina Alvarado |
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| Scenic Designer | 3/03 |
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Terra Nova Bus Barn Stage Company (Los Altos, CA) dir. David Kurtz |
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| Lighting Designer | 3/03 |
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* Strangers in Paradox Theatre Rhinoceros (San Francisco, CA) dir. Russell Blackwood |
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| Scenic Designer | 3/03 |
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* Conjunto Teatro Vision (San Jose, CA) dir. Karen Amano |
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| Scenic Designer | 12/02 |
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Aladdin San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (San Francisco, CA) dir. Allen McKelvey |
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| Resident Designer & Production Manager | 6/02 - 9/02 |
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2002 Summer & Fall Seasons : 1776, Man of La Mancha, Day in Hollywood / Night in the Ukraine, Little by Little Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre (Grand Lake, CO) dirs. Skelly Warren, Anna Antaramian |
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| Scenic Designer | 5/02 |
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Two For the Seesaw Marin Theatre Company (Marin, CA) dir. Domenique Lozano |
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| Scenic Designer | 5/02 |
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* Queen of America City Lights Theater Company (San Jose, CA) dir. Charles Shoemaker |
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| Scenic Designer | 3/02 |
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Fefu and Her Friends Teatro Vision (San Jose, CA) dir. Pamela Salazar-Schell |
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| Scenic Designer | 1/02 |
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A Streetcar Named Desire Bus Barn Stage Company (Los Altos, CA) dir. Kit Wlder |
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| Scenic Designer | 12/01 |
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Cinderella San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (San Francisco, CA) dir. Allen McKelvey |
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| Resident Designer & Production Manager | 6/01 - 9/01 |
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2001 Summer & Fall Seasons : Into the Woods, Grease!, Hello, Dolly!, I Do, I Do! Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre (Grand Lake, CO) dirs. Skelly Warren, Anna Antaramian |
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| Scene Designer | 3/01 |
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The Kiss of the Spider Woman Teatro Vision (San Jose, CA) dir. Ken Kelleher |
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| Lighting Designer | 2/01 |
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Martin Yesterday The New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA) dir. Christopher Jenkins |
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| Scene Designer | 2/01 |
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Twelfth Night San Francisco Shakespeare Festival School Tour (San Francisco, CA) dir. Russell Blackwood |
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| Scene Designer | 1/01 |
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The Diary of Anne Frank Bus Barn Stage Company (Los Altos, CA) dir. Kathy Gutto |
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| Lighting Designer | 12/00 |
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1940's Radio Hour Bus Barn Stage Company (Los Altos, CA) dirs. Kit Wilder, Lisa Malette |
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| Lighting Designer | 10/00 |
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Shocktoberfest 2000 Thrillpeddlers (San Francisco, CA) dirs. various |
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| Resident Designer & Production Manager | 6/00 - 9/00 |
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2000 Summer & Fall Seasons : The Sound of Music, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Forever Plaid, Tuna Christmas Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre (Grand Lake, CO) dirs. Skelly Warren, Anna Antaramian |
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| Scenic Artist | 3/00 |
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The True History of Coca-Cola in Mexico Teatro Vision (San Jose, CA) dir. Jesus A. Reyes |
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| Lighting Designer | 2/00 |
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Starship Shakespeare Shakespeare Festival L.A. (San Francisco, CA) dir. Russell Blackwood |
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| Lighting Designer | 11/99 |
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Company The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (San Francisco, CA) dir. Russell Blackwood |
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| Resident Designer & Production Manager | 6/99 - 9/99 |
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1999 Summer & Fall Seasons : Lucky Stiff, My Fair Lady, Gypsy, Greater Tuna Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre (Grand Lake, CO) dirs. Skelly Warren, Anna Antaramian, Adam Theisen |
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| Lighting Designer | 5/99 |
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Solo Trio Crowded Fire (San Francisco, CA) dir. various |
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| Scene Designer | 4/99 |
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The Well of the Saints Calaveras Repertory Theatre (Milpitas, CA) dir. John Ribovich |
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| Scene Designer | 3/99 |
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The Most Happy Fella The Lyric Theatre of San Jose (San Jose, CA) dir. Russell Blackwood |
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| Lighting Designer | 2/99 |
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Ernani Pocket Opera (San Francisco, CA) dir. Andrew Morgan |
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| Scene Designer | 1/99 |
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The Merry Wives of Windsor Calaveras Repertory Theatre (Milpitas, CA) dir. John Ribovich |
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| Costume Designer | 11/98 |
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Oedipus Milpitas High School (Milpitas, CA) dir. John Ribovich |
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| Scenic Artist | 9/98 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream San Francisco Shakespeare Festival School Tour (San Francisco, CA) dir. Russell Blackwood |
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| Lighting Designer & Production Manager | 6/98 - 8/98 |
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1998 Summer Season : Guys and Dolls, Dames at Sea, West Side Story Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre (Grand Lake, CO) dir. Skelly Warren, Anna Antaramian |
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| Lighting Designer | 5/98 |
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Flyin' West Carnegie Mellon Drama (Pittsburgh, PA) dir. Tiffany Trent |
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| Scene Designer | 2/98 |
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Female Transport Carnegie Mellon Drama (Pittsburgh, PA) dir. Ingrid Sonnichsen |
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| Scene Designer | 2/97 |
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The Women of Trachis Carnegie Mellon Studio (Pittsburgh, PA) dir. Jeffrey Pressman |
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| Lighting Designer | 10/96 |
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Brighton Beach Memoirs Carnegie Mellon Studio (Pittsburgh, PA) dir. David Goyette |
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Drafting (manual and CAD), model making, scene painting, upholstery, casting and mold-making, welding (stick and MIG), joinery, rigging, proficient in Windows 95/98/NT, Macintosh OS, Microsoft Word and Excel, and Adobe Photoshop, familiar with AutoCAD and MiniCAD. |
| Education |
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Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama: Design and Performance Technology Management, BFA with university and college honors Emphasis in Scenic Design, Lighting Design, and Technical Direction |
| References |
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References are available upon request. Please contact me if you're interested. Thanks. |
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