CSU Ballroom and Dataton Watchout

I now work for the Centennial Student Union on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato.  The ballroom is currently undergoing renovation, and as part of that renovation 17 projectors are being installed for seamless projection around the entire room, to be controlled by Dataton WATCHOUT.  I'm looking forward to learning and working with this exciting technology when the ballroom comes back online next month.

From the Dataton website:

Dataton WATCHOUT multi-display production and playback system lets you orchestrate stills, animations, graphics, video, sound and live feeds in a single impressive show across multiple display areas, soft-edge or scattered. WATCHOUT is fully scalable, software-based and requires no proprietary hardware.

Busy Summer

Since the start of summer, I have worked on four lighting designs, some of them larger in scale than others.  First out of the gate was Fiddler on the Roof produced by Moorhead Community Education.  After that, Cinderella: The World's Greatest Fairytale produced by Gooseberry Park Players.  Gooseberry was followed shortly by RENT produced by FMCT Broadway Lights at The Stage at Island Park, and last but not least, Chicago, produced by Music Theatre Fargo-Moorhead opened this weekend.  Now its back to Minnesota State University, Mankato to work on Wait Until Dark among other coursework.  Here's a photo review of the summer:

Chicago

Music Theatre Fargo-Moorhead's production of Chicago opened last night at The Stage at Island Park (formerly Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre).  These photos were taken after four days of bringing the show from a bare stage to a final product.  Thanks to everyone that helped make this project go smoothly.

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RENT and more Cinderella ^4 Renderings

Its the 4th of July and that means I'm that much closer to opening day of Cinderella ^4 at Gooseberry Park Players and RENT at The Stage at Island Park (formerly Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre)/Broadway Lights.  The first production meeting for RENT was on Friday, and I now have three weeks to complete the lighting design before Adam Pascal performs on the stage.

Back at Gooseberry Park Players, the lighting rentals, along with gel, lamps and gobos are arriving tomorrow.  Almost all the cabling is in place, the truss and booms are all in place, and adapters have been secured.  This weekend I have done a few more renderings to see how the lighting would work with the large mirrors in the set, along with a the mirror ball requested by the director.





In addition to these two projects, rehearsals are underway for Music-Theatre Fargo Moorhead's production of Chicago, and design work should be coming together soon.  Last week I completed an impromptu, last minute lighting design for Moorhead Community Education's production of Fiddler on the Roof Jr. as well.

Cinderella ^4 Rendering | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

RENT and first Cinderella x4 Production Meeting

I am excited to announce that I am designing RENT at The Stage at Island park (formerly Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre).  The initial design concepts are very intriguing, and I look forward to joining the talented production team.

Also today was the first production meeting for Goosberry Park Players of Cinderella x4.  The design ideas presented include resurrecting an erector set of a truss last seen in Concordia College's Memorial Auditorium in the early '90s (think schedule 80 bolt color) and polished aluminium PAR 64s.

But for now, it is my last "weekend" of the summer and I'm in Grand Forks so I will keep this post short.

Summer theatre is about to pick up!

Innitial design meetings are happening for both the Gooseberry Park Players' production of Cinderella ^4 and Music Theatre Fargo-Moorhead's production of Chicago at The Stage at Island Park.  After a rather empty schedule in May, my next few weeks are pretty full.  Look for blog posts to pick up as the summer gets into full gear, including some more exciting news soon!