'Spring Awakening' Promo

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End of Academic Year/Start of the Summer

Yesterday I defended my Major Project Paper on True West, and received a lot of positive feedback on the project.  After the project defense I finished up my last hour of assistantship labor by putting away a bunch of light trees and picking up tieline, and thus ends my second year of graduate school at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Waiting for me in my e-mail inbox when I came home was preliminary scenic design conceptual renderings for How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which I will be designing lights for this summer for Gooseberry Park Players.  The renderings have a lot of very fun aspects which I look forward to working with.  And thus begins my fourth summer working with Gooseberry Park Players.  Once I move back to Fargo/Moorhead on Wednesday, I will be meeting with the director, Jim Cermak and will start designing the show, and will hopefully have a design ready to hang at the beginning of June.

True West

Photography

This photo was featured featured today on "Minnesota Pictures: Minnesota Photos that define the northstar state," which showcases photos from around the state of Minnesota.  I've been really inspired by some of the sunsets over the Minnesota River Valley that I can see from my apartment, and sometimes its very difficult to not grab my camera.

This photo, taken earlier in the year was featured on Minnesota Public Radio's Statewide Blog and their Minnesota Scenes project.  As you can see, the sunsets I have the pleasure of witnessing have amazing variety.

Certificate of Merit for Wait Until Dark

During the opening night gathering, I was awarded a Certificate of Merit at the Region 5 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) for my lighting design for Wait Until Dark.  This certificate is awarded by the respondent to the show.

Streetlight

As I'm preparing for the Technology and Design Expo at Region V of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, I cropped a show photo to display next to my research photo of the mercury-vapor yard light to show how where I came up with the color.  Not only is it accurate to the period, but it adds to the 'eeriness' of the show as well:

Show Photo:
   

Research Image:

'RENT' among top 11 of 2011 according to Fargo Forum

"...the Broadway Lights summer program and its troupe of teens transformed the Stage at Island Park into the tenement setting for the contemporary bohemian musical, Rent. The result was a moving production with a message that still left you humming a few tunes."
– John Lamb

Read the rest of the article here

I am so blessed that I was able to work with the talented production team and actors on this production, among many others in the Fargo/Moorhead community.  Fargo/Moorhead is an amazing oasis of art in the upper mid-west, and every show I've had the privilege to work on; RENT, A Dzsungle Könyve, Chicago, Pinafore Pirates, and Cinderella: The World's Favorite Fairytale; all serve to prove that.

Photo Credit: Robby Njos, Copyright 2011 All Rights Reserved