LIGHTING DESIGNERAward winning lighting designer for: -- Broadway-- Off Broadway-- Resident Lighting Designer – New York City Opera-- American Ballet Theater-- Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper Forum and many more• Create a compelling visual world to tell the story -- programming thousands of parameters on a fast moving, minute-by-minute basis, as the performers rehearse in real time onstage.• Collaborate and coordinate with up to 100+ skilled artists and technicians, under demanding schedules, logistics, and time constraints.• Liaison with creative team to develop the production concept.• Create construction drawings, light plots, and lighting database for preparation and installation of design.• Prepare final documentation of design for use in ongoing production maintenance.THEATRE CONSTULANT• Senior consultant for the planning, design and construction of high budget, complex, international performing arts facilities that heavily utilize leading edge technologies.• Established project manager skilled at managing multiple projects with the ability to prioritize, take initiative, and successfully oversee project from conception to completion.• Significant strengths in logistics, scheduling and coordinating large scale projects; working independently and collaborating with teams on tight deadlines.ARTS MENTORSharing my passion for the arts, I mentor students in the power and magic of theater.Regularly mentor BFA and MFA lighting design students through their transition to a professional career.-- Some students assist me on a production.-- With others, we meet regularly to talk about their work and their next steps in their career.Wendy Wasserstein Project-- Sponsored by the Theatre Development Fund (TDF), I take eight NYC high school students to a six Broadway shows.-- After each show, we talk at length about what we have seen, and they keep a journal.-- Their connection to the arts and to each other deepens as they discover how theater can touch their lives.If you would like to learn more, please connect with me on LinkedIn and send me a message. I would be happy to talk with you further.
