Bingo Hall: Casino Arizona

In November of 2013, Casino Arizona opened an impressive new 26,000 square foot bingo hall. For it's debut, I designed and programmed lighting looks for both daytime and nighttime attractions. The nightclub or “L8 Nite Bingo” looks were designed so that they could be controlled by the DJ via a custom touch screen in real time synced with the music.

• Designed using an ETC - Mosaic Show Controller X.

• Worked with client to source lighting and consulted with casino full time staff for look and feel.

• Coordinated with contractors, vendors, and trades during construction.

• Coordinated with casino security team to prevent lasers & moving lights from interfering with video surveillance.

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Lighting Design and Show Creation for The Plaza at Long Beach Convention Center

A request came from Mayor Robert Garcia to “light the tallest Christmas tree in Long Beach”. Not only that, but we were only given 12 business days to do it, requesting that the project be complete by 2015 versus the original 2016 plan.

We managed to meet the truncated deadline, creating a lighting plan for the 40' tall tree, and relighting of building exterior and signage. Plans are already in development for 2016 including themed holiday concept design packages, custom content production, equipment specification & procurement.

• Created a lighting plan for the plaza, fountains and reflecting pool.

• Installed LED lighting package, wireless data system integration, Pharos control system and programmed shows to include day, night, and themed shows for both the plaza and fountain.

• Purchased lighting from all over the globe, including wiping out Philips Color Kinetics factories in Asia, Mexico, and Europe of one particular fixture type.

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zoolights-Music in motion: Phoenix Zoo

Phoenix Zoo was looking to replace their previous Dancing Trees show with a more modernized version that still retained the traditions of the past. As Show Producer, I helped to created Music in Motion, which boasts a whopping 4 million lights and 700 glimmering light displays, all sychronized to dazzling musical numbers. The show opened on Thanksgiving Day 2012 to nearly 50,000 guests each week.

• Viewing locations were quadrupled by centering the show in the Zoo’s lake vs. the previous 310’ single-path show.

• A dozen lighted towers and a 24’ diameter sphere were added on and around the Zoo’s lake as well as lighting nearly 40 trees.

• More than 4,000 elements were programmed to music and edited specifically for each year’s event. Achieved the requested 90 minute throughput.

• Responsibilities also included assisting in marketing strategies, consultation with the board of directors, multi-year budgetary planning, cohesive theming throughout the park, coordination with the horticulture department & living collections on the shows needs, selection of all music for the shows / intermissions, and final execution of the attraction.

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Rock the Presidents

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Summit at Sea

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CityFox

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Catch Me If You Can

I handled lighting and Scenic Design for the production Catch Me If You Can.

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shakespeare on the sound

Shakespeare on the Sound preforms in two outdoor parks in Connecticut: Pinkley Park and Roger Sherman Baldwin Park. Pinkney Park has wonderful hills for the audience to watch from, though presents several huge problems on the technical side. Roger Sherman Baldwin Park is a much larger and level park with its waterfront on Greenwich harbor. Each year, production starts in Pinkney Park, then transferred to Greenwich until the end of the season.

As Show Producer, I assisted in orchestrating the transition to a more high profile, and much more costly production schedule. The company underwent major artistic changes with the arrival of the new team, whose international credentials were accustomed to creating a show with much larger budgets. Through my leadership, rehearsal times were doubled, budgets were increased, and actors’ salaries were raised.

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Godspell At The Circle In The Square Theatre

As Producer of the Broadway revival of Godspell, it was my task to bring a youthful energy and new investors to an old-guard industry that had always depended on the kindness of real-estate moguls and divorcées with shrewd lawyers. The People of Godspell contributed about 55 percent of the show’s $5 million initial Broadway capitalization.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

I was associate producer, head designer and production manager for this production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

A collaboration between Theater Mitu and various Kohn (classical Thai mask) dancers from Thailand's renowned Patravadi Theater, this version of Shakespeare's classic reconceptualizes his romance as a manifestation of the tension between Eastern and Western thought.

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MTV Video music awards

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards returned to Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The show was watched by a total of 9 million people, the biggest ratings since the 2004 award show.

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Shania LED Sign For Shania: Still The One

For Shania Twain's Las Vegas show, I was responsible for the project management of a 14’ tall by 80’ wide LED sign used throughout the performance.

• Tasked with matching up the CAD drawings to the physical node layout, and ultimately the VSM Pro fixture map so that the sign would blend seamlessly with the venue’s massive 34’x109’ wide HD LED screen.

• Integrated the hardware and software to enable video playback and visual effects output on the Philips LED Color Kinetics lighting system using Video System Manager Pro.

• Converted standard video content from a variety of media sources and then output the content to the Shania sign containing thousands of individually controlled LED nodes.

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barry manilow

For Barry Manilow's One Last Time tour, I was tasked with recreating the look of the lights from Judy Garlands 1967 concert at Madison Square Garden in a way that provided flexibility and reliability of a modern fixture, while maintaining a 1960’s aesthetic.

• Oversaw Anolis system design, fixture acquisition, layout, bid submittals, CAD drawings, fabrication, and installation.

• Testing & coordination between the manufacturing plant in the Czech Republic and on-site tour technical staff.

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african children's choir

As Line Producer and Tour Production Manager for the African's Children's Choir, I helped to created a touring theatrical style attraction featuring children ages 7 to 12 from several African nations. Venues ranged from 2,000 to 5,000 seats. During my time with the choir, I produced a segment for Gucci And Madonna Host: A Night To Benefit Raising Malawi And UNICEF.

• Increased the gross income of merchandise sales by 226% in four months. Defined policies and procedures resulting in increased revenues and improved touring timelines. Designed individual and corporate donor structures and wrote accompanying benefits packages.

• Approved/declined contract & rider changes from the presenters.

• Managed daily touring schedules including driving, housing, load in/outs & performances. Insured productions advanced properly – crews, plots, line-set schedules, riders, and more.

• Obtained bids from & ultimately selected vendors based on determined criteria. Coordinated hiring of director, designers, touring staff & interns.

• Collaborated with design team & director to determine goals, period, color, texture, mood, location, qualities, functions & style for each element in the production.

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Junie B. Jones The Musical

Lighting design for Junie B. Jones The Musical at the Orlando Repertory Theatre, an accomplished theatre which specializes in professional productions for young audiences and their families.

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Hair: Theater Mitu

As Associate Producer, Head Designer and Production Manager of Theater Mitu, we presented a radical adaptation of the American Musical HAIR in collaboration with New York's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts and NYU/Tisch. 

Re-orchestrated by Todd Almond, this production breathes new relevance to the iconic piece about identity and what it means to be revolutionary. This re-imagining manifests forty head-shaved characters with an idealistic dream of what life should be. Surrounded by an all white landscape and filled with electronica and computerized music, they in turn ask us to actively step out and dream and, furthermore, to make that dream real before time runs out.

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The Odyssey: Theater Mitu

I worked as Lighting Designer and Associate Producer with Theater Mitu on their production of The Odyssey. Working in conjunction with a Pre-Helenic archaeologist, the company studied the source materials of Homer’s epic poem. The resultant adaptation stylistically manifests the style and atmosphere of a Pre-Helenic world allowing it to transcend the bounds of Homer’s vision.

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The Mahabharata: Theater Mitu

I was Lighting Designer and Associate Producer for Theater Mitu’s production of The Mahabharata at The Juilliard School in New York, NY. In an attempt to transliterate this epic poem for a contemporary world audience, Theater Mitu adapted this Hindu Holy Scripture as a treatise on nonviolence in a world with an inherent need for war.

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The Ramayana: Theater Mitu

As Associate Producer, Lighting and Scenic Designer, I helped created this production of The Ramayana for Theater Mitu, using shadow puppetry, masks, ritualized music and multi-ethnic drumming to retell this Hindu Sacred epic.

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Undisclosed Theater Project

This theater that was designed for a large social media company has the ability to easily change its shape, texture, and of course its color. The backbone to the theater is a massive TAIT superstructure, which supports a custom grid of winches used to morph the attraction into its various configurations.

• Created concept renderings, treatments, a budget estimate and consulted with vendors regarding custom specification.

• Managed site specific challenges due to the sites Historic Registration Status.

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