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Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States

United States

Successfully oversaw the execution of 385 annual in person and virtual events, managing venue logistics, coordinating with internal and external partners, and ensuring a seamless attendee experience. Developed and maintained central organizational calendars, optimized workflows, and supervised aspects of event operations, including artist management and community outreach.Planned all aspects of public and private events including: conferences, retreats, workshops, trainings, concerts, art installations, exhibits and seminars.Coordinated event-related correspondences and meetings with internal teams, partners, vendors, contractors and key staff, including on-site staff coordination and logistics.Streamlined and strengthened administrative interdepartmental collaboration workflows to improve efficiency and morale.Served as Day-of-Event-Lead for support teams including: hospitality, safety/security, food and beverage, production, AV/IT, and facilities.Strategized community outreach opportunities to build connections and nurture relationships with mission aligned non- profits organizations and partners.Negotiated and managed artist needs, backline, riders and fulfillment (including transportation, hospitality, green room requirements, rehearsal schedules and technical requirements).Organized and supervised technical rehearsals and performances.

Fairfield, Ct

Oversaw end-to-end event management, including logistics, vendor coordination, and safety protocols, ensuring successful and well-executed conferences, galas, fundraisers, and corporate functions.Served as liaison for artists, patrons and technical production staff to streamline communication and produce successful events.Collaborated with clients to understand their event objectives to create detailed event plans and timelines. Negotiated and executed venue rental agreements and contracts.Managed administrative logistics of internal event planning, booking and promotions. Hired and cross-trained staff members for various event-specific functions.Monitored employee productivity and established efficient systems and protocols. Generated ideas to enhance and expand current event offerings.Produced detailed proposals for events to document timelines, suppliers and budgets.Developed and maintained relationships with vendors, including florists, caterers, and equipment rental companies, to ensure high-quality event execution.The mission of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts is to create a dynamic and inclusive visual and performing arts center for the whole community that inspires intellectual curiosity, broadens perspectives and transforms the way we see the world and how we interact with one another. Through high caliber artistic programs that each invite inquiry, experimentation and reflection, the Quick Center for the Arts aims to collaborate with dynamic performers, artists and experts to inspire, engage and involve audience members to enter into conversations with, journey with and even co-create the artistic experience.

United States

Facilitated seamless communication and collaboration among administrative, production, and creative teams for a large- scale seasonal arts event in a 2,500-seat outdoor amphitheater (with total audiences of 28,000 patrons annually), overseeing all aspects from auditions and rehearsals to budget management and promotional efforts.Collaborated closely with directors, choreographers, designers, and production staff to ensure successful execution of creative vision.Coordinated auditions, callbacks, and casting process.Developed and maintained comprehensive production schedules, effectively managing rehearsals, technical rehearsals, and performance timelines.Conducted regular production meetings to address challenges, solve problems, and ensure effective communication across multiple departments.Created budgets, tracked expenses and worked with producers to negotiate cost-effective solutions as needed. Oversaw maintenance and organization of props, costumes, and set pieces, ensuring their functionality and readiness for performances.Scheduled and supervised load-ins, load-outs, technical rehearsals, and brush up rehearsals.Educated cast and crew members on evacuation scenarios for emergency situations during rehearsals and performances.Collaborated with marketing and publicity teams to promote productions, participating in promotional events and managing press interviews and appearances.The mission of Trollwood Performing Arts School is simple, “…to inspire those we serve through the arts to realize their full potential and be a positive influence in the global community.” Our primary goal is to develop and deliver the highest standard of performing arts education, which provides young people with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in future endeavors. Underlying this performing arts curriculum is a commitment to instill lifeskills: confidence, creativity, communication skills, collaboration skills, citizenship and character.

La Jolla, Ca

Provided practical and organizational support to the director, actors, designers, stage crew and technicians for the Broadway workshop & out of town try-out of Cry-Baby the Musical.Documented script and libretto changes given daily from writers and producers in master script draft; distributed copies to all cast, crew, orchestra and producers in both NY and CA.Created daily reports and rehearsal summaries, revised rehearsal calendars, script changes and projected schedule for the following rehearsal day.Cry-Baby is a musical based on the 1990 John Waters film of the same name. The music is by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger, and the book is by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan. O'Donnell and Meehan also adapted Waters' film Hairspray for the musical stage. The musical focuses on Baltimore teenager Allison Vernon-Williams, who is drawn across the tracks from her 1954 finishing-school background into a relationship with the orphaned Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, the leader of a pack of rebel outcasts.The musical premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California on November 18, 2007 and ran through December 16. Previews began on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on March 15, 2008, with an official opening on April 24, 2008. Directed by Mark Brokaw with choreography by Rob Ashford, the cast featured Harriet Harris and James Snyder as "Cry-Baby". The Broadway production closed following the matinée performance on June 22. The show played 45 previews and 68 performances.

South Norwalk, Ct

As Segment Producer, collaborated with producers and on-air talent to create compelling program content for HGTV/Fine Living Network, conducting on-camera interviews, writing pitches, storyboards, and scripts for network approval. Developed production plans, organized resources, and proposed creative solutions to ensure efficient production and timely project delivery, while also coordinating marketing and promotional trade-outs with national vendors.

Van Nuys, Ca

As Assistant Editor on MTV Networks' The Real World, Road Rules, and The Simple Life, organized raw footage into a digital asset management system, selected footage for pacing and entertainment value, delivered edits with multiple camera angles and effects, and assisted in planning and running local casting calls, including reviewing and sorting casting applications and videos for network consideration. "As story tellers we create successful, ground-breaking and enduring content in a collaborative environment where creativity, career growth, and individual contributions are valued and celebrated."

Matunuck, Ri

As a Theatrical Company managers, I use incredible multitasking and organizational skills to manage multiple departments with entirely different purposes, while also applying a laser-like focus to solving day-to-day problems and achieving long-term goals. It's difficult to pin down exactly what a theatrical company manager does simply because we do so much: negotiate contracts, organize payroll, write the checks for purchases of outside materials, organize rehearsals, arrange transportation and lodging for cast and crew, assist the director with notating and communicating changes, and—of course—handle emergencies inside and outside of the theater. Crucially, company managers also act as the link between the general manager —and the rest of the company. In general, I am relied on as the problem solver with a focus on human resources and logistics 24/7. My work is never over, and rarely the same from day to day. We exist to make sure the show will "go on."

Master'S Degree, Fine Arts- Theatre Studies And Performance

Asian Theatre Performance

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Acting | Theatre Studies

International/Global Studies

Students attend classes while the ship is at sea in a variety of subjects and disciplines. These classes are typically humanities classes.