Education:

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Master of Fine Arts-Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 2010

Scenic Design

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Bachelor of Arts-Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 2007

Comprehensive Theatre Major-Lighting Design Emphasis

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Teaching Experience:

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McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

Assistant Professor of Theatre Design and Technology

August 2020-Present

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Eastern Washington University

Cheney, WA

Senior Lecturer

September 2010- June 2020

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Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

Teaching Assistant

Fall 2008, 2009

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Courses Taught

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THTR 438- Scene Design

THTR 430-Theatre Design and Technology III (Lighting Design)

THTR 430-Theatre Design and Technology III (Lighting and Sound Design)

THTR 430-Theatre Design and Technology III (Theatrical Rendering)

THTR 338- Concepts of Theatrical Design

THTR 338- Concepts of Scene Design

THTR 332-Theatre Design and Technology II

THTR 331-Theatre Design and Technology I

THTR299-Directed Study (Sound Design)

THTR299-Directed Study (Sound System Installation)

THTR 202- Theatre in the Humanities

THEA 150- Stagecraft

Advise Senior Capstone Design Students

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Departmental Committee:

Eastern Washington University

Theatre and Film

Curriculum Committee 2013-2014, 2016, 2018

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Technical Duties:

Eastern Washington University

Technical Director

• Point of Contact on the University Theatre’s new lighting installation project

• Contributed new theatre improvements and edits to overall project

• Supervised  catwalk safety rail installation

• Advised on new equipment purchase for the University Theatre

• Prepared Theatrical Lighting Report for the theatre program focusing on safety issues and curriculum issues with the out of date lighting system

• Responsible for supervision of scene shop, crew and construction

• Responsible for lighting crew, maintenance of lighting instruments, focus and light hang

• Installed new multichannel digital sound system for the University Theatre, Summer 2011

• Design and construct a show within/ under budget

• Technical Director for all productions

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Community Service and Scholarship​​​

• Presenter at INTAF (Inland Northwest Theatre Arts Festival) 2017, 2018

  • Lecture on the Elements of Design​

  • Lecture on 3d Printing Props

• Adjudicated Thespian Festival at Lewis and Clark High School, January 2015

• Panelist  at KC/ACTF Region III

  • "Directorial Approaches to Contemporary Plays" 2010​

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Awards/ Grants/ Honors

•Recipient of the Ira G. Zepp Teaching Grant, McDaniel College, May 2021

•Design, Technology and Management Co -Vice Chair  KC/ACTF Region 2, April 2021

•Member of winning faculty team, College of Arts and Letters Team Excellence Award for 2014-2015

•KC/ACTF Certificate of Merit-Scene Design for To Kill a Mockingbird, 2014

•KC/ACTF Certificate of Merit-Scene Design/Lighting Design for A View From a Bridge, 2014

•KC/ACTF Certificate of Merit-Scene Design/Lighting Design for Batboy: The Musical, 2013

•KC/ACTF Certificate of Merit-Scene Design for Ode, 2013

•Spokie Award, Best Drama-The Things They Carried, 2011

•Co-wrote Student Technology Fund Grant for a new sound system, 2011

•KC/ACTF Certificate of Merit-Scene Design for Samurai, 2009

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University Design Experience

Eastern Washington University

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Silent Sky

Lighting Design/Technical Direction, Mar 2020

 

Urinetown

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction, Nov. 2019

 

Niagara Falls

Scenic/Lighting/Video Design/Technical Direction, June 2019

 

The Seagull

Lighting Design/Technical Direction Mar. 2019

 

Working

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction, Nov. 2018

 

Clybourne Park

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction, June 2018

 

The Tempest

Lighting Design/Technical Direction, Mar. 2018

 

Heathers

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction, Nov. 2017

 

Clybourne Park

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction, June, 2017

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Avenue Q

Scenic/Lighting/Sound Design/Technical Direction March, 2017

 

These Shining Lives

Lighting Design/Technical Direction, June, 2016

 

Love’s Labour’s Lost The Musical

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction, March, 2016

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Pocatello

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction Nov, 2015

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Twelfth Night

Scenic/Lighting/Sound Design/Technical Direction August, 2015

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Fuddy Meers

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction June, 2015

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A Man of No Importance

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction March, 2015

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Scenic/Lighting/Video Design/Technical Direction Nov, 2014

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A View From the Bridge

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction May, 2014

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Macbeth

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction March, 2014

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The Fantasticks

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction Nov, 2013

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Batboy: The Musical

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction May, 2013

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Ode

Scenic/Lighting Design /Technical DirectionMarch, 2013

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The Underpants

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction Nov, 2012

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The Vibrator Play

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction May, 2012

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Antony and Cleopatra

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction March, 2012

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The Things They Carried

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction Dec, 2011

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The Vagina Monologues

Scenic/Lighting Design /Technical DirectionOctober, 2011

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Ruthless! The Musical

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction May, 2011

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The Things They Carried

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction March, 2011

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Lend Me a Tenor

Scenic/Lighting Design/Technical Direction Nov, 2010

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Western Illinois University

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Desire Under the Elms

Scenic Design April, 2010

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The 25th Annual Putnam County

Spelling Bee

Scenic Design April, 2010

Thesis Project

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Hansel and Gretel: The New Story

Scenic Design January, 2010

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Dead Man’s Cell Phone

Scenic Design Nov, 2009

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Miss Saigon

Props Design Nov, 2009

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All Shook Up

Scenic Design July, 2009

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Samurai

Scenic Design April, 2009

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Urinetown

Props Design Feb, 2009

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Home

Scenic Design Feb, 2009

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Meg

Scenic Design Feb, 2009

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A Man of No Importance

Scenic Design Nov, 2008

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Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wild

Scenic Design October, 2008

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Rumplestilskin

Scenic Design Sept, 2008

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Home Free

Lighting Design Sept, 2008

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Fragments

Lighting Design Sept, 2008

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The Bald Soprano

Scenic Design April, 2008

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Ghosts

Scenic Design October, 2007

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The Adding Machine

Lighting Design October, 2002

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Everyman

Lighting Design March, 2002

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A Moon for the Misbegotten

Lighting Design Nov, 2001

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Trial by Jury

Lighting Design May, 2001

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Company

Sound Design April, 2001

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Endgame

Lighting Design March, 2001

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The Vagina Monologues

Lighting/Sound Design Feb, 2001

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After Magritte

Lighting Design Dec, 2000

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Anniversary

Lighting Design Sept, 2000

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The Dumb Waiter

Lighting Design March, 1999

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Professional Design/Community Theatre/Technical Direction

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Bare: A Pop Opera

Stage Left Theatre

Lighting Design

Spokane, WA

July 2019

 

Twelfth Night

The Modern Theater

Scenic Design/Lighting Design/Technical Director

Spokane, WA

August, 2015

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Interplayers Theatre

Scene Design/ Lighting Design/Technical Director

Spokane, WA

August 2014

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Lighting Director/Consultant

Ichabod’s Club Cardinale

Effingham, IL

August 2004-2006

•Responsible for lighting installation, maintenance, hang, focus and designs for local and national acts such as Powerman 5000, Amber Pacific, and I:Scintilla

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Midwest Mobile Stages

Lighting Director

Arcola, IL

May-August 2003

•Responsible for light hang, focus,  maintenance and design for

national acts such as Anthrax, Eddie Money, Nazareth,

Mary Wilson, Hatebreed, Lamb of God

•Lighting Director responsible for the Multipurpose Arena (Second Stage) at the Illinois State Fair

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Fiddler on the Roof

Macomb Community School Dist. 185

Lighting Designer

Macomb, IL

April, 2002

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Member of the United States Institute For Theatre Technology (USITT) March, 1999- Present