Current and Recent Projects

Associate Production Manager/Lighting Director, Under the Streetlamp
Technical Theatre Coordinator, Fermilab
Event Coordinator, Elgin Community College

Lighting Design, A Christmas Carol, Chicago Academy for the Arts (CAA)
Lighting Design, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, CAA
Lighting and Sound, A Night at the Movies (2011 Gala), Heartland Voices
Lighting Design, The Tempest, CAA
Lighting Design, The Women, Circle Theatre – Jeff Recommended
Scenic Designer, Bedroom Farce, Elgin Community College

Skills

- Lighting programming on ETC, Colortran and Strand lighting consoles
- Intermediate skill FOH audio and monitors on analog audio consoles
- Basic to Intermediate skill running Yamaha and digiDesign digital audio consoles
- LightWright, VectorWorks, Adobe Creative Suite, Quark, MS Office, iLife, iWork
- Hand drafting, electrical trouble-shooting and maintenance, scenic construction (carpentry)
- Advanced user of most major computer operating systems and word/data processing applications
- Computer network set-up and maintenance

Selected Lighting Design Credits

2010
A Christmas Carol, Chicago Academy for the Arts
Grease, Chicago Academy for the Arts
The Philadelphia Story, Circle Theatre – Jeff Recommended
Dance Concert 2010, All That Dance
Fabulous Feet, McCarthy School of Dance

2009 All That Dance 2009
Broken Eggs, Elgin Community College
Dance Concert 2009, All That Dance
Fabulous Feet , McCarthy School of Dance
City of Angels, Chicago Academy for the Arts

2008
Dancing at the Revolution, Thunder&Lightning
The Producers, Up & Coming Theatre
Escanaba in Love, Circle Theatre -
Jeff Recommended
Rent: School Edition, Up & Coming Theatre
Dance Concert 2008, All That Dance
Dance Concert 2008, McCarthy School of Dance
BOY, Circle Theatre – Jeff Recommended

2007
Gypsy, Highland Park Players
Up ‘N Under, Circle Theatre

Baltimore Waltz2006
Tent Meeting, Circle Theatre
Pippin, Circle Theatre
Baltimore Waltz, Knox College
The Exonerated, Knox College

2005
Noises Off!, Knox College, Noises Off!
Journeys, Midwest Dance Group, Journeys
“Through the Eyes of the Raven”, Knox College
Eastern Standard, Knox College
Round Dance, Knox College
Waiting for Godot, Knox College

2004
Reflection(s), Back & to the Left Productions (co-design/Master Electrician)

Selected Other Production Credits

2010
Master Electrician, Ajax, Elgin Community College
Lighting and Sound, Oh, What a Night! (2010 Gala), Heartland Voices
Mentor Master Electrician, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elgin Comm. College
Master Electrician, Company, Elgin Community College
Master Electrician, Suessical, Elgin Community College

2009
Lighting and Sound, Sentimental Journey (2009 Gala), Heartland Voices
Master Electrician, Godspell, Elgin Community College
Scenic Design, Inherit the Wind, Crystal Lake South High School

2008
Lighting and Sound, One Enchanted Evening (2008 Gala), Heartland Voices
Scenic Design, Arsenic and Old Lace, Crystal Lake South High School

2007
Master Electrician, The Little Mermaid, Illinois Youth Dance Theatre

2006
Stage Manager, Tales of the Lost Formicans, Circle Theatre
Run Crew, Twelfth Night, Noble Fool Theatricals

2005
Production Manager, Spring Dance Concert, Knox College
Stage Manager, The Vagina Monologues, Knox College

Past Employment Experience

Administrative Assistant, Northwest Suburban United Way
Technical Crew, The Raue Center for the Arts
Knox College Department of Theatre and Dance

  • - Facilities Management Assistant
  • - Production Manager
  • - Scenic and Lighting Teaching Assistant

Event and Facilities Crew, Woodstock Opera House
Graphic Designer,  The Knox Student
Summer Support Staff,  IMSA Computing and Network Services
Help Desk Technician, Knox College Computer Center

Education

Knox College; Galesburg, IL – B.A: Theatre (Tech.) – 2006

  • - Dean’s List 2002-2006
  • - Two-time recipient, Jean Bloomquist McBath Memorial Production Award for excellence in design in Studio Theatre
  • - Published, “Lighting Design for Eastern Standard”, Catch, Knox College’s literary magazine

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy – 2002

  • - Illinois State Scholar