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Scenic and Lighting Design

•     King’s College; Wilkes-Barre, PA

The Merry Wives of Windsor;  Director:  M. Sheileen Corbett (October 2011)

Rumors;  Director:  M. Sheileen Corbett (April 2012)

Two Rooms;  Director:  Richard Gillespie

The Laramie Project;  Director:  M. Sheileen Corbett

•   Resident Scenic/Lighting Designer - Wyoming Seminary Upper School (2009-2010)
  

Titanic: The Musical            Director:  Jason Sherry

Letters to the Editor              Director:  John Hornung

•   Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes-Barre, PA (2009)
  

Arsenic and Old Lace:                Director:  Christine E Rock

•     Gaslight Theatre Company; Wilkes-Barre, PA (2003-present)  (Resident Designer)

PlayRoom - An Original Series of One Acts

Dancing at Lughnasa, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Waiting for Godot, Twelfth Night: Or What You Will,

A Moon for the Misbegotten,  The Tempest

  Director:  Sean J. McKeown

Quilt:  A Musical Celebration, Robin Hood, The Princess and the Pea;
    Director:  Christina K Reynolds

Tartuffe;  Director:  Tony Gdonski

Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet;  Director:  David Reynolds, Justin Scappaticci

God;  Director:  James DeJoseph

Scenic Design

• King's College; Wilkes-Barre, PA (2010 - present)
  

Rumors    Director:  M. Sheileen Corbett

Shakespeare in Hollywood  Director:  M. Sheileen Corbett

• Gaslight Theatre Company; Wilkes-Barre, PA (2011)
  

The Shape of Things         Director:  Sean McKeown

•  Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, PA (Guest Artist) (2010)

The Cure at Troy              Director:  Nicco Moretti

•  Media Theatre; Media, PA (2009)
  

The Wizard of Oz:            Director:  Peter Reynolds

•   Maples Repertory Theatre Company; Macon, Missouri (2009)

Little Shop of Horrors;      Director:  Brandon McShaffrey

Charley's Aunt;                Director:  Fred Rubeck

•     Temple University; Philadelphia, PA(2006-2009)

Caucasian Chalk Circle; Director:  Armina LaManna

Damn Yankees – MFA THESIS;  Director:  Peter Reynolds
The Queen of Spades;  Director:  Armina LaManna

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress:  Director:  Roberta Sloan

The Time of Your Life;  Director:  Donna Snow

•    The Northeast Theatre; Scranton, PA (2008)

Doubt: A Parable; Director:  David Zarko

•     Philadelphia Fringe Festival (2008)

Pushkin at Boldino;  Director:  Armina LaManna

        *World Premiere

Lighting Design

•   King's College (2010 - present)
  

Julius Caesar;  Director:  Bro. James Miller, CSC 

Antigone;  Director:  M. Sheileen Corbett

•  Performing Arts Institure of Wyoming Seminary at the FM Kirby Center  (2010) 

Two Gentlemen of Verona;  Director:  Bill Roudebush

Technical Direction

•  Performing Arts Institure of Wyoming Seminary  (2010)                                                     

      Two Gentlemen of Verona:  Designer:  S Cory Palmer, Director:  Bill Roudebush

•   Wyoming Seminary Upper School (2009)

        Titanic  Director:  Jason Sherry

        Winter Workshop Evening of One Act Plays

        Letters to the Editor  Director:  John Hornung

•   Maples Repertory Theatre Company; Macon, Missouri (2009)

    My Fair Lady;  Designer:  Jack Smith,  Director:  Peter Reynolds

    Murder By the Book;  Designer:  Jared Rutherford, Director:  Brandon McShaffrey

    Little Shop of Horrors;  Director:  Brandon McShaffrey

    Charley's Aunt; Director:  Fred Rebuck

•     Mauckingbird Theatre Company; Philadelphia, PA (Resident TD) (2009 - 2010)
  

    Tru/Thresing Floor

    Hedda Gabler;  Designer:  Cory Palmer,  Director:  Peter Reynolds
    Never the Sinner;  Designer:  Marie Anne Chiment,  Director:  Peter Reynolds

•     Temple University; Philadelphia, PA (2006-2009)

    In Conflict

    Designer:  Andrew Laine,  Director:  Doug Wager
    *World Premiere
    *Tour:  Long Wharf Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Off-Broadway –        Barrow Street Theatre

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom;  Designer:  Ji Hyoun Choi,  Director:  Charles Dumas
   

•     Gaslight Theatre Company; Wilkes-Barre, PA (2003 – present)

 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tartuffe, Waiting for Godot, Quilt:  A Musical
Celebration, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Robin Hood, A Moon for the
Misbegotten, The Fourth Wall, The Mistakes Madeline Made, The Princess and
The Pea, God, Twelfth Night: Or What You Will, Incorruptible, Death of a Salesman

• King’s College; Wilkes-Barre, PA (2000 – present)

Antigone;  Designer:  SeanColin Hankins,  Director:  M. Sheileen Corbett   

*All productions designed by Brother James Miller
The Children’s Hour, Picnic, Rough Crossing, Miss Julie, Hamlet, A Man For All
Seasons, Alice in Wonderland, As You Like It, Henry V, Henry IV Part I

Directing
   

•     Gaslight Theatre Company; Wilkes-Barre, PA (2003-present)

    Quiet Cowboy - Matthew S. Hinton *World Premiere of Original Work (2011) *Grant Award Winner

    Macbeth – William Shakespeare
    Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare
   The Actor’s Nightmare – Christopher Durang
    The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) - Reduced Shakespeare Company

•   King’s College; Wilkes-Barre, PA (2000 – present)

    The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee:  William Finn, Rebecca Sheinkin - February 2012

    Picasso at the Lapin Agile - Steve Martin - November 2011

    Linda Goes to Mars - Matthew S. Hinton *World Premiere of Original Work (2010)

    Dearly Departed – David and Jesse Bottrell
    The Mystery of Twicknam Vicarage – David Ives
    The Man With the Flower in his Mouth – Luigi Pirandello
    Babels in Arms – David Ives
   Krapp’s Last Tape – Samuel Beckett
    Sure Thing – David Ives
    Lives of the Saints – David Ives
    Hidden in this Picture – Aaron Sorkin

Co-Founder of the Gaslight Theatre Company of Wilkes-Barre, PA
A 501C3 corporation with the mission of bringing classical and under-produced works of theatre to Northeastern Pennsylvania.  Since it’s inception in 2003, Gaslight has produced over fourteen plays and various events.  In 2005, Gaslight won Best Play at the Pennsylvania Association of Community Theatres Festival for our production of Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon For The Misbegotten.  We also received top honors of Best Play at the Eastern States Theatre Association Festival for the same production.

• King's College (2000 to PRESENT)

Senior Capstone:  A required Theatre Course.  The capstone project serves as the culminating project for a Senior Theatre major.  Students outline the specifics of the project and faculty serves as director mentors, monitors, and critics of the work.

Musical Theatre:  Then & Now:  A CORE Arts course.  Students will learn the history of musical theatre, tracing its roots to Ancient Greece and paying particular attention to the American Musical Comedy.

Introduction to Theatrical Design:  A required Theatre Course.  Students learn to appreciate and understand the role of theatrical designers including:  scenic, lighting, costume, sound, video, etc.  Students will learn the history of design and technical theatre and will see how the work of the past informs the present.

Stage Management:  A required Theatre course.  Students learn the techniques, terminology and practical application of stage management.  Through a series of lecture based, hands-on, and practical activities, students gain real-world knowledge of working as stage managers in the modern theatre.

The Business of Theatre:  A required Theatre course.  Through a series of guest lectures, workshops, and practical activities, students are given the tools needed to search for and attain a position in the professional world of theatre.  **New Course that I developed

Scene Painting:  A Theatre Elective.  Students learn techniques, terminology, and practical application of scenic art, through a variety of hands on activities and work on main stage productions.

Play Analysis  :  A required Theatre course.  Studies are taught the value and necessity of analyzing play scripts.  A specific format is used and each student creates their own analysis for 7-8 scripts.

Film Studies:    A Core class that serves as an introduction to the study of film.  Specific attention is placed on various film techniques such as cinematography, editing, design, etc.  Students learn the basics of narrative structure and the value of interpretation.

Lighting Design:  A required Theatre course.  Students learn the conceptual aspects of lighting design through script analysis, study of design and designers, and hands on work on major productions.  The conceptual design becomes reality through collaboration and implementation.

Scenic Design:  A required Theatre course.  Students learn both the practical and conceptual elements of scenic design, creating design packets (hand drafted and Vectorworks), renderings, models, and research bibles.

Stagecraft:  A required Theatre course.  The foundational basics of technical theatre are explored.  Students learn basic stage carpentry, rigging, propcraft, etc.

First Year Experience (FYE):  A required course for all first year students.  The primary objective of FYE is to create an environment for the discussion of issues associated with being new to college.  Topics include; diversity, alcohol awareness, Catholic identity, academic integrity, ETC.

Theatre Experience:  A Core class that serves as an introduction to the world of the theatre.  The primary objective of the course is to increase student's interest in the theatre as a whole, and to foster in them a sense of criticism for all forms of art.

Effective Oral Communication:  A Core class that serves as an introduction to public speaking.  The primary objective of this course is to enliven students abilities to speak publicly, construct effective arguments, and to use critical thinking skills.

Production Lab:  A requirement class of the theatre department.  Practical, hands-on experience working in the scene shop.  Helps to foster students analytical and creative skills.  Activities include:  construction, drafting, lighting design and installation, scenic painting, properties, house management, etc.

Counter-Culture in American Film:  An honors film course that I developed.  The primary objective of this course was to have student's examine some of the seminal American films of the 1960's and 1970's and discuss them critically and thoroughly. ** New Course that I developed

• Temple University (2006-2009)

Technical Theater Production:  A requirement class of the theater department.  The primary objective of this course was to introduce theater majors to the concepts and practices of technical theater.  This was a lecture/projects based class with 30+ students per section.

Technical Theater Production Lab:  A requirement of the theater department.  The primary objective of this course was to serve as a hands-on extension of the lecture portion of the class.  Students learned the proper use of tools and scene shop etiquette, as well as specialized skills, such as lighting, sound, properties.

• Kids at Kings Summer Theatre Workshop (2006-present)

Developed and implemented an introductory theatre course for students ages 8 - 15.  The program is a two week workshop in which we discuss the following topics:  structure of theatre, careers in theatre, acting, improvisation, creating a character, developing an aesthetic sense, developing a script, designing a production.  The two week workshop culminates in a production that is entirely created by students, with my guidance.

• Student Teaching

I did my student teaching in a first grade classroom in the Wyoming Valley West School District.  I implemented lesson plans within the structure of the Pennsylvania State Standards of Education.  

• Teaching Evaluations

Both faculty and student evaluations are available upon request.

Conferences:

•   Theatre Communication Group Yearly Conference - Boston, 2012
• United States Institute for Theatre Technology - Long Beach, 2012 
• United States Institute for Theatre Technology - Houston, 2008
•    Stage Directions – NY, 2005
•    Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival – Pittsburgh, 2008

Workshops:

•         Model Making – Randall Parsons
•         Scenic Art for the Theatre - Marka Suber
•         Puppetry – Robert Smith, Mum Puppet Theatre
•         Rigging for the Theatre - Andrew Laine

Northeastern Pennsylvania Theatre Alliance Award
    Best Actor in a Drama – Richard Loeb - Never the Sinner

Northeastern Pennsylvania Theatre Alliance Award
    Best Featured Actor in a Musical – Nicely Nicely Johnson – Guys and Dolls

Lackawanna County Arts Grant

  Awarded grant for the development and production of the original play Quiet Cowboy by Matthew S. Hinton

  Served as director of the production at the Mellow Theatre in Scranton

Marie F. Luksic Memorial Award for Excellence in Theatre – King's College

King's College Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Innovation in Teaching Grant

    Awarded grant for the development of a new class - "The Business of Theatre"  - FALL 2011

Mac and PC Proficient

Vectorworks

Photoshop

LightWright

Welding

Carpentry

Basic Sewing and Patterning

Master Electrician

Intelligent Fixture Operation (ETC Selador, SeaChanger, ICUE, Iris, Twin Spin)

Light Console Programming and Operation (ETC Expession and EOS)

Sound Design

Sound Console Operation

Video/Projection Design

Video/Projection Operation

Properties Master

Properties Artisan

Scenic Art

Model Making

Stage Management

Acting

Certified Driver both Standard and Automatic