Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer, University of Texas at Austin, 2022 – Present
Designing lights for several dance pieces. Working with Choreographers to create piece specific effects and designs. Researching and creating design presentations, paperwork, and technical paperwork. Teaching EOS family programming.
Lighting Designer, University of Wisconsin, Parkside (UWP) 2017 – 2018
Created research, style sheets, lighting keys in collaboration with production team and drafted light plot, made cue sheet for stage management, created paperwork for Master Electrician, directed focus, trained the programmer on ETC Ion, designed cues for productions of A Streetcar Named Desire and Angels in America Part: Millennium Approaches
Assistant Lighting Designer, PCPA- Pacific Conservatory Theatre 2019
Drafting lighting plots for indoor and outdoor thrust theatre spaces for two shows, generated according paperwork in Lightwright, Ran focus for the lighting designer.
Assistant Production Manager Lighting, Princess Cruises 2018
Overseeing all lighting needs for the main theatre space. Operating a grandMA2 to complete design needs for cabaret acts that would come through ranging from comedians to vocal/instrumental acts. Then ran/called the cabaret shows. Installed/struck all lighting equipment needed for predesigned productions.
Master Electrician, University of Wisconsin Parkside (UWP) 2016 – 2018
Organizing hang/focus, supervising electricians, implementing design notes. Training new electricians, supervising and overseeing safety. Installing and wiring practical fixtures. Patching conventional, LED, and automated fixtures
Electrician, Fireside Dinner Theatre 2018, Apollo Theater Chicago 2017, UWP 2015 – 2018
Hang/focus conventional fixtures on ladders /lifts/catwalks/conventional fly systems. Hanging automated / LED fixtures and ran and troubleshot DMX along with general fixture maintenance.
Technical Director/Part Time Faculty, Previously ATD PCPA- Pacific Conservatory Theatre 2019-2022
Working in multiples spaces thrust stage/Black box/Outdoor thrust, Budgeting/Drafting scenic units wood/steel/pneumatics, Attending production meeting, Research and Development for special effects, creating CNC router files and running machine, Purchasing and inventory management, Overseeing crews, teaching interns/students.
Course Manager UW-Parkside, Professor: Jake Bray
Lighting Design 1 (2017 Spring), Lighting Design 2 (2017 Fall), Behind the Scenes (2018 Spring)
Primary duties were teaching the class as needed, tutoring students outside of class, assisting students during class, preparing and striking materials and equipment.
Skills
Education & Training
MFA, Live Design and Production (Lighting Design): University of Austin at Texas. May 2025
Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas: SILV 2018 8 week intensive program
BA, Theatre Arts: Theatre Design & Technology: University of Wisconsin Parkside. May 2018
AA, Theatre Arts: College of Lake County. August 2014
Contact for References, Thank You.
ETC Ion/XE, ETC Nomad
Vectorworks 2/3D
Lightwright
VCarve
DMX troubleshooting
Moving/Intelligent fixtures
Spotlight Paperwork
Soldering
MIG welding
Portable and stationary power tools
Technical Director
Technical Director/Part Time Faculty, PCPA- Pacific Conservatory Theatre 2021-2022
Working in multiples spaces thrust stage/Black box/Outdoor thrust, Budgeting/Drafting shows wood/steel/pneumatics, Attending production meeting, Research and Development for special effects, creating CNC router files and running machine, Purchasing and inventory management, Overseeing crews, teaching interns/students in shop, creating lesson plans for lectures on scenic construction/rigging/CNC operation
Assistant Technical Director, PCPA- Pacific Conservatory Theatre 2019-2021
Staff Scene Shop Supervisor/Master Carpenter UW - Parkside January 21 – May 12, 2019
The primary duties of this job is to oversee the build for the productions and facilitate the work for the carpenters. I was the evening shop supervisor overseeing the shows and teaching the students/shop assistants/volunteers how to build correctly and safely. Also interpreting drafting’s from the technical director and then passing them on to the shop carpenters.
Freelance CNC Operator and Drafts Person,
Receive concept drawing, drafting, or talk to client about what they would like. Taking the concept and drafting a product that can be created on a CNC router. Prepare the material, creating CNC file, and Operating CNC.
Assistant Scenic Designer, Jody Sekas 2019
Drafting assigned plates to be emailed to offsite scene shop, drafting 3D objects such as theatre space and set.
Carpenter
Fireside Dinner theatre 2017-2018, Central Piedmont Theatre summer stock 2016, University of North Dakota 2016, College of Lake County 2013-2015
Props Liaison/Supervisor, Fireside Theatre Sept 1, 2017 – May 29, 2018
Fireside Dinner Theatre 2017-2018. In charge of the props warehouse. Keeping organized, brought facility up to fire code, repairing broken furniture or other props, communicating and helped clients that wanted to rent
Skills
Education & Training
MFA, Live Design and Production (Lighting Design): University of Austin at Texas. May 2025
Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas: SILV 2018 8 week intensive program
BA, Theatre Arts: Theatre Design & Technology: University of Wisconsin Parkside. May 2018
AA, Theatre Arts: College of Lake County. August 2014
Contact for References, Thank You.
Vectorworks 2/3D
Excel
VCarve Pro
Virtual Callboard
Pneumatic Automation
Rigging and counterweight fly systems
Furniture Making
Operating CNC Router
MIG welding
Electronics/Soldering
Portable and stationary power tools