EDUCATION
1997 M.F.A., Scenic Design, Minnesota State University at Mankato, Mankato, Minnesota
1994 B.A., Cum Laude, Theatre, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
2002 Large Scale Perspective Drawing for Scenic Artists. Cobalt Studios, White Lake, New York
2003 Summer Scene Painting. Cobalt Studios, White Lake, New York
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
United Scenic Artists, Local 829, Lighting Design
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 195 Northern Mass./New Hampshire
United States Institute for Theatre Technology
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2012 Committee Member. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Nominations Committee
2011 Committee Member. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Nominations Committee
2012 Commissioner. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission
2011 Commissioner. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission
2010 Commissioner. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission
2009 Commissioner. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission
2008 Commissioner. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission
2007 Commissioner. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission
2006 Vice-Commissioner for Programming. United States Institute for Theatre Technology,
Lighting Commission. National Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, March 2006
2005 Vice-Commissioner for Programming. United States Institute for Theatre Technology,
Lighting Commission. National Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 2005
2004 Adult Volunteer Coordinator. United States Institute for Theatre Technology,
Lighting Commission. National Conference, Long Beach, California, March 2004
2003 Adult Volunteer Coordinator. United States Institute for Theatre Technology,
Lighting Commission. National Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2003
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2009 Portfolio Reviewer. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission.
National Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2009
2008 Portfolio Reviewer. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission.
National Conference, Houston, Texas, March 2008
2007 Portfolio Reviewer. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission.
National Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, March 2007
2006 Portfolio Reviewer. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission.
National Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, March 2006
2005 Portfolio Reviewer. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission.
National Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 2005
2004 Portfolio Reviewer. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission.
National Conference, Long Beach, California, March 2004
2003 Portfolio Reviewer. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission.
National Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2003
2002 Portfolio Reviewer. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission.
National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2002
2001 Portfolio Reviewer. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission.
National Conference, Long Beach, California, March 2001
2001 Respondant. American College Theatre Festival, Midwest Region
2000 Portfolio Reviewer. United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Lighting Commission.
National Conference, Denver, Colorado, March 2000
2000 Respondant. American College Theatre Festival, Midwest Region
SCENIC DESIGN EXPERIENCE-SELECTED CREDITS
PROFESSIONAL CREDITS
Stickball Productions, Medford, Massachusetts, performances at Club Oberon, Cambridge, MA
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (World Premiere)
The Nora Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts
A Moon for the Misbegotten
Boston Playwright’s Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Five Down One Across
Boston Children’s Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Miss Nelson is Missing
The Worcester Foothills Theatre Company, Worchester, Massachusetts
Moonlight and Magnolias
Tea at Five
Witness for the Prosecution
Company One, Boston, Massachusetts
Assassins
Theatre On Fire, Boston, Massachusetts
Wake up and Smell the Coffee
Theatre L’Homme Dieu, Alexandria, Minnesota
The Ice Fishing Play
Little Shop of Horrors
1940’s Radio Hour
The Diary of Anne Frank
Hello Dolly
Of Mice and Men
Grease
Plaza Suite
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Revenge of the Space Pandas
Brigadoon
The Nerd
Charley’s Aunt
Dial M for Murder
The Sound of Music
The Foreigner
Ten Little Indians
The Philadelphia Story
The Ransom of Red Chief
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Man Who Came to Dinner
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Miracle Worker
Fiddler on the Roof
Actor’s Guild of Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Over the River and Through the Woods
Heritage Theatre, Maplewood, Minnesota
The Boys Next Door
ACADEMIC CREDITS
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Scapin
Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts
Pippen
Fuddy Meers
Carnival
Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts
Top Girls
The Shape of Things
Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts
Twelfth Night
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
The Odyssey
Dracula
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
All My Sons
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Richard Corey
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Fences
Romeo and Juliet
Fall Orchesis Dance Concert
The Nerd
Off the Map
Little Shop of Horrors
Spring Orchesis Dance Concert
Saving Grace
Breaking Legs
The Female Version of the Odd Couple
University of North Carolina-Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Actor’s Nightmare
The Hot l Baltimore
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
The Miss Firecracker Contest
The Shadow Box
Minnesota State University at Mankato, Mankato, Minnesota
The Member of the Wedding
The Miser
Assassins
LIGHTING DESIGN EXPERIENCE-SELECTED CREDITS
PROFESSIONAL CREDITS
Boston Children’s Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Year with Frog and Toad
Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Wedding Singer
Fame
Rent
Into the Woods
Caitlin Corbett Dance Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Toms’ Wealth
25th Anniversary Concert
Deborah Abel Dance Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Calling to You
The Beauty Road
World Music/CRASHarts, Boston, Massachusetts
Ten’s the Limit 2008 (Local Boston Choreographers Showcase)
Ten’s the Limit 2007
The Worcester Foothills Theatre Company, Worchester, Massachusetts
Tuesdays with Morrie
The Miracle Worker
The Providence Black Repertory Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Yellowman
The Publick Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Copenhagen
The Beard of Avon
Arcadia
Comedy of Errors
Theatre L’Homme Dieu, Alexandria, Minnesota
Hello Dolly
Grease
Plaza Suite
Annie
Death by Chocolate
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Once Upon a Mattress
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Apollo Professional Theatre, Peoria, Illinois
Proof
Actor’s Guild of Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Old Log Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Perfect Wedding
Funny Money
Heritage Theatre Company, St. Paul, Minnesota
Music Man
Godspell
ACADEMIC CREDITS
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Scapin
Diversity in Motion, Spring Dance Concert
Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts
Fuddy Meers
Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Liberators
Urinetown
The Golden Ass
E-College-G Bowl Live -World Premiere Children’s Show
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Contemporary Dance Ensemble Concert
2005 Harvard/Radcliffe Dance Company Fall Concert
Dancer’s Viewpointe V
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Big River
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Jesus Christ Superstar
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
The Colored Museum
Antigone
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Fences
Romeo and Juliet
Fall Orchesis Dance Concert
The Nerd
Off the Map
Little Shop of Horrors
Spring Orchesis Dance Concert
Saving Grace
Breaking Legs
The Female Version of the Odd Couple
University of North Carolina-Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Actor’s Nightmare
The Robber Bridegroom
The Glass Menagerie
Century College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Antigone
Treasure Island
Cinderella
Minnesota State University at Mankato, Mankato, Minnesota
The Voice of the Prairie
Sherlock’s Last Case
The Shadow Box
Our Country’s Good
The Miser
SCENIC ART EXPERIENCE-SELECTED CREDITS
PROFESSIONAL SCENIC ART FOR THEATRE AND OPERA-SELECTED CREDITS
Cyco Scenic (Professional Scenic Studio), Boston, Massachusetts
Scenic Artist. Car Talk, The Musical!!! Suffolk University/Underground Railway Theatre, Cambridge MA, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Anything Goes. Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Photograph 51. The Nora Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. La Perichole. New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Dr. Faustus. Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Car Talk, The Musical!!! Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. The Magic Flute. New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Hysteria. The Nora Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Orpheus in the Underworld. Central City Opera, Cental City, Colorado
Charge Artist. The Lady With All the Answers. The Nora Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Into the Woods. Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Not Enough Air. The Nora Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. The Caretaker. The Nora Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Lucia di Lammermoor. Central City Opera, Cental City, Colorado
Charge Artist. Rinaldo. Central City Opera, Cental City, Colorado
Charge Artist. Blood Wedding. Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Trouble in Tahiti. New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. The Medium. New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. The Cherry Orchard. The Nora Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. A Christmas Carol. Hanover Theater, Worcester, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Romeo and Juliet. North Shore Music Theater, Beverly, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. The Rape of Lucretia. Central City Opera, Cental City, Colorado
Charge Artist. Theatre Grand Drape. Des Moines Metro Opera, Des Moines, Iowa
Scenic Artist. Otello. Des Moines Metro Opera, Des Moines, Iowa. Charge Artist: Trish Green
Scenic Artist. Carmen. Des Moines Metro Opera, Des Moines, Iowa. Charge Artist: Trish Green
Company One, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Assassins.
The Huntington Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Scenic Artist. Love’s Labour’s Lost. Charge Artist: Roberto Gallo. Director: Nicholas Martin
Theatre On Fire, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Wake up and Smell the Coffee
Actor’s Guild of Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky
Charge Artist. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Charge Artist. Over the River and Through the Woods
Theatre L’Homme Dieu, Alexandria, Minnesota
Charge Artist. The Ice Fishing Play
Charge Artist. Little Shop of Horrors
Charge Artist. 1940’s Radio Hour
Charge Artist. The Diary of Anne Frank
Charge Artist. Hello Dolly
Charge Artist. Of Mice and Men
Charge Artist. Grease
Charge Artist. Plaza Suite
Charge Artist. The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Charge Artist. Revenge of the Space Pandas
Charge Artist. Brigadoon
Charge Artist. The Nerd
Charge Artist. Charley’s Aunt
Charge Artist. Dial M for Murder
Charge Artist. The Sound of Music
Charge Artist. The Foreigner
Charge Artist. Ten Little Indians
Charge Artist. The Philadelphia Story
Charge Artist. The Ransom of Red Chief
Charge Artist. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Charge Artist. The Man Who Came to Dinner
Charge Artist. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Charge Artist. The Miracle Worker
Charge Artist. Fiddler on the Roof
PROFESSIONAL SCENIC ART FOR FILM and TELEVISION-SELECTED CREDITS
2013 Feature Film “Grown Ups 2″ Columbia Pictures
Scenic Artist.
2012 Feature Film “That’s My Boy” Columbia Pictures
Scenic Artist.
2012 Feature Film “Here Come the Boom” Columbia Pictures
Scenic Artist.
Feature Film “Knight and Day” Twentieth Century Fox
Scenic Artist.
Feature Film “Locked In” Peninsular Media
Scenic Artist.
Feature Film “The Women” Picturehouse Entertainment
Scenic Artist
Feature Film “My Best Friend’s Girl” Lionsgate Pictures
Scenic Artist
WGBH (Television), Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Floor for Summer Fundraiser at WGBH.
ACADEMIC SCENIC ART-SELECTED CREDITS
University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. Pippen
Charge Artist. Fuddy Meers
Charge Artist. Carnival
Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts
Charge Artist. The Shape of Things
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Charge Artist. The Odyssey
Charge Artist. Dracula
Charge Artist. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Charge Artist. All My Sons
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Charge Artist. As You Like It
Charge Artist. Antigone
Charge Artist. A Little Night Music
Charge Artist. Richard Corey
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Charge Artist. Fences
Charge Artist. Romeo and Juliet
Charge Artist. Fall Orchesis Dance Concert
Charge Artist. The Nerd
Charge Artist. Off the Map
Charge Artist. Little Shop of Horrors
Charge Artist. Spring Orchesis Dance Concert
Charge Artist. Saving Grace
Charge Artist. Breaking Legs
Charge Artist. The Female Version of the Odd Couple
University of North Carolina-Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina
Charge Artist. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Charge Artist. The Hot l Baltimore
Charge Artist. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Charge Artist. The Miss Firecracker Contest
Charge Artist. The Shadow Box
Minnesota State University at Mankato, Mankato, Minnesota
Charge Artist. The Member of the Wedding
Charge Artist. A Chorus Line
Charge Artist. The Miser
Charge Artist. Assassins
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2011-present University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Faculty, Designer, Technical Director, Production Manager, Design Advisor, Scenic Art Advisor
Courses Taught: Stagecraft, Workshop in Drama
Committees: Department Curriculum Committee, Department Personnel Committee, Advising Committee General Academic Building/Performing Arts Spaces
2006-11 Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts
Faculty, Designer, Design Advisor, Scenic Art Advisor
Courses Taught: Drafting I, Drafting II, Rendering I, Rendering II, Stagecraft: Scene Painting, Stagecraft: Set Construction, Directed Study Projects
2009-11 Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts
Faculty, Designer
Courses Taught: Introduction to Theatre Technology, Introduction to Theatre Design
2006 Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
(Sabbatical Replacement) Faculty, Designer, Design Advisor, Technical Director
Courses Taught: Play Production, Practicum
2005 Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts
Faculty
Courses Taught: Behind the Scenes-Theatre Architecture
2002-04 Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Faculty, Designer, Technical Director, Design Advisor
Courses Taught: Computer Aided Drafting for Theatre-Vectorworks, Scene Painting, Creative Processes, Stagecraft, Advanced Stagecraft, Practicum
2001-02 University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Faculty, Designer, Scenic Charge Artist, Design Advisor
Courses Taught: Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Lighting and Sound Technology, Introduction to Design, Practicum
2000-01 Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Faculty, Designer, Design Advisor
Courses Taught: Stagecraft, Lighting Design, Practicum
1997-00 University of North Carolina-Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina
Faculty, Designer, Production Manager, Design Advisor
Courses Taught: Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Scene Painting, Lighting Technology, Stagecraft, Introduction to Theatre
1997 Century College, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Faculty, Designer
Course Taught: Introduction to Theatre
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2012 Television “Making Stuff: Hunting the Elements” Nova, PBS
Props Construction.
2012 Documentary “How to Find Your Dragon” Dreamworks Entertainment
Props Design and Construction.
2010 Boston Children’s Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Production Manager. Summer Studios 2010: The Wedding Singer, The Drowsy Chaperone
2010 Boston Children’s Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Production Manager. The Diary of Anne Frank
2009 Boston Children’s Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Technical Director. The Velveteen Rabbit
2006 The Publick Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Lighting Designer/Production Manager/Technical Director
2004-06 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lighting Designer/Production Supervisor for Dance; Associate Technical Director for Harvard Undergraduate Theatre
2002-04 Theatre L’Homme Dieu, Alexandria, Minnesota
Associate Artistic Director/Co-Company Manager
1996-97 The Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Carpenter
1996 Vee Coporation (Seseme Street Live), Minneapolis, Minnesota
Carpenter
1996 Theatre L’Homme Dieu, Alexandria, Minnesota
Technical Director
1993-94 County Stearns Theatrical Company, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Scenic/Lighting Designer/Technical Director
PUBLICATIONS
EXECUTIVE EDITOR/FOUNDER
2003-10 Publication: The Painter’s Journal. A Forum and Resource for Scenic Artists.
present Issues Edited: Volume 1, Numbers 1-3; Volume 2, Numbers 1-3; Volume 3, Numbers 1-3;
Volume 4, Numbers 1-3; Volume 5, Numbers 1-3; Volume 6, Numbers 1-3; Volume 7, Numbers 1-3
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR
2006. Developing and Maintaining a Design-Tech Portfolio. A Guide for Theatre, Film & TV.
Author: Rafael Jaen. Publisher: Focal Press, Boston, Massachusetts
ARTICLES PUBLISHED
April 2006. Lighting Looks at Louisville. Publication: USITT Sightlines
March 2006. Lighting Commission Outlines Louisville Activities. Publication: USITT Sightlines
October 2005. Lighting Session Lineup, Award Winner Announced. Publication: USITT Sightlines
April 2005. Lighting Looks Back at Toronto, Ahead to Louisville. Publication: USITT Sightlines
February 2005. Lighting Shines in Toronto. Publication: USITT Sightlines
October 2005. Lighting Session Lineup. Publication: USITT Sightlines
PRESENTATIONS
2012 Session Chair, Lighting Design and Technology Commission Meeting I, United States Institute for Theater Technology,
National Conference, Long Beach, California, March 2012
2008 Panel Chair, Designing with LEDs, United States Institute for Theater Technology,
National Conference, Houston, Texas, March 2008
2006 Presenter/Panel Chair, Lighting for Museums, United States Institute for Theater Technology, National Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, March 2006
2004 Presenter/Panel Chair, How’s the Weather?, United States Institute for Theater Technology,
National Conference, Long Beach, California, March 2004
2004 Presenter, Scenic Art Techniques, Missouri State Thespian Festival,
Annual Festival, Columbia, Missouri, January 2004
2003 Presenter/Panel Chair, Alternative Lighting Careers, United States Institute for Theater Technology,
National Conference, Long Beach, California, March 2003
RELATED SKILLS
Welding, Scenic Art, Furniture Artisan, Stained Glass Artisan, Vectorworks, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe InDesign, Architectural Lighting
AWARDS
Elliot Norton Award, Best Production 2005, Arcadia. The Publick Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Raymond A. Smith Award, Best Scenic Design 2001-02, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Lexington, Kentucky