Lighting and Entertainment Technology:
I have an ongoing, deep interest in entertainment technology, specifically in the fields of lighting and visual effect technology.
Some of my lighting design experience includes:
| Lighting Designer Art Installation at Great Blue Heron Music Festival Sherman, NY |
Consultant Penn-Trafford High School Harrison City, PA |
| Lighting Designer / Master Electrician No Way to Treat a Lady Pittsburgh, PA |
Master Electrician The Book of Liz Pittsburgh, PA |
| Technical Director / Lighting Designer Damn Yankees Harrison City, PA |
Technical Director / Lighting Designer You Could Die Laughing Harrison City, PA |
| Stage Manager / Technical Director Class Action Harrison City, PA |
Lighting Designer Night of the Stars, Palace Theatre Greensburg, PA |
| Lighting Director Kiss Me, Kate Harrison City, PA |
Lighting Director Twelve Angry Men Harrison City, PA |
| Lighting Programmer and Board Operator Cinderella Harrison City, PA |
Lighting Programmer and Board Operator The Princess and the Pea Harrison City, PA |
| Lighting Programmer and Board Operator Me and My Girl Harrison City, PA |
Lighting Programmer and Board Operator You Can’t Take It With You Harrison City, PA |
Additionally, I have taken some focused coursework at Carnegie Mellon in the lighting design field, and served as the Drama Departments' Lighting Assistant, where I was responsible for the maintenance, repair, rigging and striking of all the school's lighting equipment.
Some of my specific experiences and skills:
- Automated luminaire programming experience on multiple consoles (grandMA, ETC Express, LightJockey)
- Master Electrician experience, including formal business reports (production management letters, budgets, inventory sheets, etc.) [click here for example]
- Familiar with LightWright platform for lighting inventory management.
- Fixture maintenance:
- Moving light servo/motor repair and replacement
- Bulb and ballast maintenance
- DMX/ETC Net2 communication protocols
- Basic cable repair/replacement
- Rigging and focusing experience in both small and large format theaters.
- Best safety practices (redundant rigging, electrical insulation, safety restraints).
Here are some renderings and photographs of my work:
LED Lighting on art installation project at the Great Blue Heron Music Festival |
LED Lighting on art installation project at the Great Blue Heron Music Festival |
A conceptual stage design for 'Dreamscape' |
A lighting rendering for 'Dreamscape' featuring MAC2000 automated luminaires. |
A lighting rendering for 'Dreamscape'. |
A lighting rendering for 'No Way to Treat a Lady'. |
A lighting rendering for 'No Way to Treat a Lady'. |
A lighting rendering for 'No Way to Treat a Lady'. |
A lighting rendering for 'No Way to Treat a Lady'. |