Resumé

 

EDUCATION

B.A. in Theatre (focus in Lighting), minor in Sound Design, Northwestern University 2009

Dean’s List, 2005-2009

 


 

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Lighting & Projections Supervisor – Chicago Shakespeare TheaterDec. 2016-present

  • Help supervisor with planning and preparation for shows
  • Lead professional crews during load-in, work, and strike calls
  • Handle set up and training for special events
  • Serve as an EOS console lighting programmer
  • Research and test innovative products and solutions for use in our shows, especially related to wearable or portable, wirelessly-controlled lighting effects
  • Help design and set up projection and video systems for shows utilizing projections
  • Help overhaul the organization and storage of all of our tools, equipment, and supplies in the lighting and projections departments
  • Help maintain lighting and projection system infrastructure and equipment, including network administration, fixture repair, and configuration of lighting control systems

 

Assistant Lighting, Sound, & Projections Supervisor – Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Northwestern UniversityOct. 2010-Jan. 2017

  • Helped supervisor with planning and preparation for all mainstage shows, including attending production meetings and checking and updating designer paperwork
  • Led student and professional crews during lighting and sound load-in, work, and strike calls
  • Handled set up and training for outside events and one-offs renting our venues
  • Taught students advanced lighting console programming
  • Programmed lighting console-based special effects for designers, including using EOS’s Virtual Media Server/pixel mapping
  • Researched and tested innovative products and solutions for use in our shows, especially related to wearable or portable, wirelessly-controlled lighting and sound effects
  • Collaborated closely with designers and other production departments to create unique stage effects, especially with props and costumes
  • Designed, drafted, and built projects using our CNC router and 3D printer
  • Responsible for all sound system load-ins for mainstage musicals
  • Designed and set up projection and video systems for shows utilizing projections
  • Worked with the Lighting Supervisor to identify and prioritize capital funding purchases to modernize our inventory and venues
  • Overhauled—then maintained—the organization and storage of all of our tools, equipment, and supplies in the lighting, sound, and projections departments

 

Production Management Assistant – Movement Detroit (Electronic Music Festival)2013-present

  • Assisted production manager with oversight of load-in, operation, and strike crews
  • Studied technical riders and helped prepare equipment rental packages
  • Coordinated all equipment inventory from 4+ rental vendors and tracked it at 6+ on- and off-site venues, with zero asset loss during my tenure

 

Sound Engineer – Northwestern University Theatre & Interpretation Center2007-2016

  • Assisted sound designers with programming shows in QLab and DM2000/CL3 console
  • Taught students sound engineering for musical theatre
  • Trained student mic runners how to fix basic microphone problems

 

Moving Light Tracker – The Addams Family (Chicago & Broadway)2009-2010

  • Kept paperwork for moving lights, wrote 800-page moving light “bible”
  • Assisted the moving light programmer with taking designer and work notes
  • Created magic sheets and other paperwork to assist programmer during tech rehearsals

 

Intern – Electronic Theatre ControlsSummer 2006 and 2007

  • Assisted phone service and field technicians with troubleshooting and repair issues
  • Worked in repair department helping to catalog and fix broken components
  • Assisted IT department with maintenance of computers and network

 


 

RELATED EXPERIENCE - ACADEMIC

Technical Director and Business Manager, Sit & Spin Productions2006-2009

Show Control Programmer – Graffiti Dancers Shows2008-2009

Lighting Designer/Director, Moving Lights Programmer – Dance Marathon2008-2009

Pre-Visualization Programmer – Dance Marathon2009

Best Boy and Theatrical Lighting Designer – Viva el Mariachi (Studio 22 Films)2009

Gaffer – The Songtree (Studio 22 Films)2008

Sound Designer – Sunday in the Park with Roger (Film Collaboration Project)2008

 


 

SPECIAL SKILLS

Lighting: Extensive experience with all ETC lighting products, including EOS/Ion, Unison, Sensor dimmers, and Net2/Net3 networking protocols. Martin moving light maintenance/repair, wiring/soldering projects.

Rigging: extensive experience in all aspects of theatre rigging, including counterweight systems, automated winches, chain hoists, focus tracks, and truss.

Carpentry: Welding and metal fabrication, basic carpentry, CNC router and 3D printer operation

Software: Windows OS, Mac OS, Vectorworks, AutoCAD, Lightwright, ETC Nomad (both Congo and EOS), ETC Network/Gateway Configuration Editor, Adobe Design Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, FileMaker Pro, Pro Tools, Logic Studio, QLab, Isadora, ESP Vision, Arduino IDE

 


 

Last updated Feb. 2017

© 2017 Alec Thorne
headshots used with permission