Teaching and Theater Consultation
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TEACHING
Co-author and editor of the Stage
Lighting for Students web site.
SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE
Department of Fine Arts
Colchester,VT, Spring, 2011
CENTENARY COLLEGE
Department of Fine Arts
Hackettstown, NJ, 2006-2009
- Lighting Design for Theatre
- Stage Management
- Supervised lighting design and stage management projects
PURCHASE COLLEGE
Conservatory of Dance
Purchase, NY, 1998-1999
- Taught Dance Production
- Supervised lighting design and stage management projects
- Co-taught Graduate Seminar, covering:
- Overview of Production and Lighting Design
- Unions
- Grantwriting
STEPHENS COLLEGE
Columbia, Missouri, 1997-1998
- Taught beginning and advanced Lighting Design
- Taught beginning and advanced Stage Management
- Supervised lighting design and stage management projects
- Co-taught Senior Production Seminar, covering:
- Portfolio creation
- Job search and interview techniques
- Ethics
- Taught Dance Production (Summer, 1998)
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
Dance Program, 1984-1997
- Annual workshops on Dance Lighting.
AMERICAN COLLEGE DANCE FESTIVAL
Fort Worth, Texas, 1997
- Gave workshop on Dance Lighting.
- Chaired panel on "Alternative Careers in Dance"
CONSULTATION
- Designed lighting system upgrade for Lost Nation Theater -- Montpelier, VT (2010)
- Designed new lighting and sound systems for Theatre Works - Sarasota, FL (2002).
- Theatre Consultant for Stafford Opera House renovation - Columbus, TX (1990).
- Theatre Consultant for Cullen Performance Hall renovation - University of Houston (1987).
- Designed stage lighting and sound systems, Cullen Auditorium - University of Houston (1985).
- Redesigned house sound system for Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center (1983).
- Designed touring sound system for Washington Ballet (1981).
Computer Skills
- Stage Lighting Software:
- Expression Offline
- Tracksheet Pro (author)
- Lightwright (beta tester)
- CADD:
- Visual CADD
- Turbocad Professional
- Generic CADD
- Internet:
- Server administration:
- Mail server
- Web server
- FTP Server
- Web page design and maintenance
- Other:
- WordPerfect
- Pagemaker
- Microsoft Access (database)
- Paradox (database)
- Optical character recognition
- Quattro Pro (spreadsheet)
- Network administration