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Theatre and Arts Work Experience.

Lighting Designer, Mother Courage, Edge Theatre Ensemble,
Youngstown Cultural Center, Seattle, WA. March—July 2008.


Lighting Designer, Bare Bones Benefit, Velocity, Seattle, WA. May 2008.


Asst. Light Design, Circus Contraption, Seattle, WA. May 2008.


Master Electrician/Light Board Operator, The Highest Tide, Book-It Theatre Company,
Centerhouse Theatre, Seattle, WA. March—May 2008.


Lighting Designer/Directing Consultant, XY(T), UNDER St.Marks,
Manhattan NYC, February 2008. FRIGID Festival ´08.**


Stage Manager, The Custom of the Country, Fallen Angel Theatre Company,
White Bear Theatre, London, December 2007.**
**Time Out London Critic´s Choice.


Stage Manager/Associate Lighting Design, Witch, Obscura Theatre Company,
White Bear Theatre, London, November — December 2007.


Director, The Sea, The Sea, for 365 Days/365 Plays Mid-Point Festival,
Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago, IL, May — July 2007.


Director/Producer, Shoreditch Madonna, Fir Acres Theatre,
Portland, OR, November 2006 — May 2007.*


Lighting Designer, Dance Extravanganza, Fir Acres Theatre, Portland, OR,
December 2006 — April 2007.*


Cerezita (lead), Heroes and Saints, Lewis & Clark Gender Symposium, Portland, OR,
January — March 2007.


Facilitator/Consultant, 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks, Soul Theatre,
Chicago, IL, September 2006 — April 2007.


Playwright, The Play´s the Thing, Fir Acres Blackbox, Portland, OR,
February 2007.


Director/Performer, Without a Pencil, Fir Acres Blackbox, Portland, OR,
September — December 2006.*


Performer/Collaborator, Catacombs, Portland Arts Center,
October — December 2006.**


Dramaturg, Tartuffe, Fir Acres Theatre, Portland, OR,
October — November 2006.


Assistant Director/Light Design, Bang! Curtain! End of Show!, Fir Acres Theatre,
Portland, OR, September — October 2006.


Co—Director/Producer, Last of the Red—Hot Lovers, Chopin Theatre, Chicago, IL.
April — August 2006.**


Founder, Soul Theatre Company, April 2006.


Stage Manager, Can You Spot Me?, Sandbox Theatre Project, Chicago, IL,
April — July 2006.**
**Chicago Reader Recommended.


Stage Manager, Joseph Pascal´s Tribute to the Bohemian Round Kick,
Chicago Dance Crash Company, Atheneum Theatre,
Chicago, IL. February — March 2006.


Lighting Designer, No Escape and Better to Have Lost.. , Chicago Dance Crash Co, Atheneum Theatre, Chicago, IL.
February — March 2006.


Assistant Stage Manager/Electrician, The Oresteia, Greasy Joan Theatre Company,
Storefront Theatre, Chicago, IL. February — April 2006.*


Electrician, Kiwi Black, North Park University. Chicago, IL.
February 2006.


Research and Cataloguing, Manders and Mitchenson Theatre Collection,
Greenwich, England. November — December 2005.


Student Liason, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England.
July — October 2005.


Lighting Designer, Chroma, Gallery 500. Portland, Oregon.
February 2005.*


Associate Lighting Designer/Master Electrician, Chekhov!, Fir Acres Theatre, Portland, OR,
September — November 2005. *


Head of Lighting, Fir Acres Theatre, Lewis & Clark College, 2004 — 2005.


Director, The Eleventh Hour, Fir Acres Blackbox, Portland, OR, March — May 2004.


Lighting Designer for all major dance and minor drama productions,
Fir Acres Theatre. Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR.
2003 through 2005.*


Stage Manager, This Is Our Youth, Fir Acres Theatre Black Box, 2004.


Asst. Technical Director, Fir Acres Scene Shop. Lewis & Clark College, 2003 — 2004.


Mosaic Artist, Silver Spring Community Restoration Project, June — August 2003.


Graphic Designer, Campaign for Clean Air. 2002.


Educational Experience.

Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, USA.   BA May 2007 with Honors.

Major: Theatre, dual focus in Performance and Design.
Minor: English. Studies in Shakespeare, British Literature, World Drama.
3.76 Grade Point Average.   Dean´s Scholarship, Dean´s list.


NYU Tisch Study Abroad, London, United Kingdom.  2005.
Theatre in London, Arts in London.
4.0 Grade Point Average.

Honors/Awards.

Honored Distinction in Lighting Design, Lewis & Clark College, 2007.


Leon Pike Scholarship for Excellence in Technical Theatre, 2004 — 2005.
Lewis & Clark College.


Dean´s Scholarship. Lewis & Clark College. 2003 through 2007.


Skills.
References available upon request.

* Photographs of these productions are available in the gallery.

** Photographs AND reviews available.