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EDUCATION:

Yale University School of Drama, MFA, Academic Honors, 1997

Bard College, BA, Academic Honors, 1990

PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS:

USA Local 829 Lighting Design

THEATER:

A Wedding Day, Sudden Enlightenment Theater, Eun Hee, Producer, Poet’s Den Theater, NY 5/07

The Abundance Project, by Marty Pottenger, Directed by Steve Bailey and Marty Pottenger, New York Premier, Dance Theater Workshop, NY 1/04

Two Cities, The Musical, by Chad Hardin and Dan Schillaci, Directed by Leslie Blake, Workshop Production, Off-Off Broadway, Blue Heron Theater, NY, 11/03

Dating Games, by Garth Wingfield, Directed by Laura Josepher, Playwrights Horizons' Studio Theater, NY 6/03

Private Eyes, by Steven Dietz, Directed by Laura Feliciani, Empie Theater, PA, 3/03

Hamletmachine, by Heiner Müller, Directed by Fred Newman, Off-Off Broadway, Castillo Theater, NY 10/02

Crawling from the Wreckage, Written by Paul Rogalus, Directed by Stephan Golux, Off-Off Broadway, American Theater of Actors, NY, 2/02

Logic of the Birds, by Shirin Neshat, Sussan Deyhim, Shoja Azari and Ghasem Ebrahimian, Off-Off Broadway, The Kitchen, NY 10/01

Single Action Shotgun, written and directed by Mike Gorman, Off-Off Broadway, La Mama, etc., NY 6/01

Frankie's Wedding, Adapted and Directed by Gabrielle Lansner, Off-Off Broadway, The Walkerspace, NY, 3/01.

A Child's Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas, National Theater of The Deaf, Connecticut Tour, Directed by Peter Flynn, 12/00.

Little Shop of Horrors, Directed by William Sanders, Baker Theater, PA, 10/00.

Downstream, Written by James C. Ryder, Directed by Obi Ndefo, Regional, Santa Monica Playhouse, CA, 10/00.

An Angry Man, Written and Directed by Jeremy Weller, Off-Off Broadway, Theater Four, NY, 7/00

Yield Burning, Written by Jill Szuchmacher, Directed by Heidi R. Miller, Off-Off Broadway, The Ontological Theater, NY, 6/00.

West Side Story, Directed by Charles Richter, Empie Theater, PA, 3/00.

Splendora, Directed by Donna Drake, Off Broadway, Chelsea Playhouse, NY, 1/00.

Varla Jean Merman in Enough About Me, Written and Performed by Jeffery Roberson, Directed by Michael Schiralli, Off Broadway, Chelsea Playhouse, NY, 1/00.

This Is The Real, Police Athletic League Armory Players, Directed by Jeremy Weller, Off-Off Broadway, The Kitchen, NY, 9/99, 12/99 and 7/00.

On The Verge, by Eric Overmeyer, Directed by Bruce Katzman, Off Broadway, John Houseman Studio A, NY, 3/99 and 9/99.

Narcissus and Echo, by John Goode and Larrance Fingerhut, Directed by John James Hickey, Off-Off Broadway, Wings Theater, NY 3/99.

Putting it Together, Written by Stephen Sondheim, Directed by Stephan Kitsakos, Regional, Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center, NY, 9/98.

If I Were You, Written and Directed by Mike Taylor, Off-Off Broadway, The Kitchen, NY, 8/98.

Death of A Damn Nation, Written by Aida Croal, Directed by N'Gai Croal, Off-Off Broadway, Trilogy Theater, NY, 6/98.

Suddenly Last Summer, Written by Tennessee Williams, Directed by Eddie Bennett, Off-Off Broadway, Sanford Meisner Theater, 4/98.

Le Menage, Written by Aida M. Croal, Directed by Robert Allen, Off-Off Broadway, La Mama Annex, NY, 2/98.

The Farmyard and Through The Leaves, Written by Franz Xavier Kroets, Directed by William Driver, Bard College Drama Department, NY, 10/97.

The Great Highway, Written by August Strindberg, Directed by Robert Allen, Columbia University Horace Mann Theater, NY, 12/97.

Thornton Wilder Commemorative, Directed by David Grillo, Yale Club, NY, 12/97.

Much Ado About Nothing, Directed by Allison Narver, Yale Experimental Theater, CT, 4/97.

The Cryptogram, Written by David Mamet, Directed by Mark Rucker, Starring Stephen Spinella and Ellen McLaughlin, Yale Repertory Theater, CT, 11/96.

Hamlet, Directed by Andrew Utter, Yale Experimantal Theater, CT, 1/96.

The Art of Success, Written by Nick Dear, Directed by Preston Lane, Yale Repertory Theater, CT, 10/95.

Waiting For Godot, Written by Samuel Beckett, Directed by Constance Grappo, Yale University Theater, CT, 3/95.

Judge and Jury, Directed by Robert Kreis, Off-Off Broadway, 13th Street Repertory Theater, NY, Spring 1994.

Miscast, Written by Jennie S. Staniloff, Directed by Jeremy Dobrish, Off-Off Broadway, Soho Rep, NY, 7/93.

Underground Goddess, Written by Abigail Gampel, Directed by Anthony Koplin, Public Fringe Festival, Lu Esther Hall, Public Theater, NY, 4/93.

Internfest, Helena Webb, Coordinator, Off-Off Broadway, Ensemble Studio Theater, NY, 1992.

Franks Life, Written by Mark Dunn, Directed by Laura Josepher, Off-Off Broadway, 13th Street Repertory Theater, NY, 5/92.

Seven Pillars of Wicca-Dick: A Triumph, Written and Performed by Mark Ameen, Directed by Rich Rubin, Off-Off Broadway, Duality Playhouse, NY, 11/91.

Coco, Directed by Vincent Kyd, Off Broadway, Judith Anderson Theater, NY, 1991.

Mame, Written by Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, Directed by Christine Watson, Regional, John Harms Theater, NJ, 1991.

DANCE:

Urban Bush Women, Cool, Baby,Cool, Southern Diaries, Africa Diaries, Batty Moves, Girlfriends, Sacred Vessel, Are We Democracy?; 20th Anniversary Concert, 2004-Present.

Troika Ranch, 16 (R)evolutions, New York Premier 1/06; Surfacing, 4/04; Future of Memory, 2/03; Reine-Rien, 6/02; Suite Devo, Flowing of Honey, She Is Not A Fictional Character, 9/01; Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, 1/01; Red People, 6/00; Vera's Body, 8/99; Bank/Perspective 1, 6/98; In Plane, 6/98; Monitored, 6/98; Choreographed by Dawn Stoppiello.

Everywoman Series, Southern Theater, OH 4/07. Lori Belilove, Choreographer, Stephanie Matthews, Visual Artist

Blondell Cummings, Chicken Soup, Jarsen-Kaplen Theater, OH 3/07

Loose Change Dance Company, Human Nature, Yerba Buena Center, CA 2/07. Eric Fenn, Choreographer.

Beyond The DMZ, Sudden Enlightenment Theater, Eun Hee, Producer, Poet’s Den Theater, NY 8/06, International Korean Cosmopolitan Festival, Seoul 8/06.

Nora Chipaumire, Pungwe – Musings about the Revolution, Dark Swan, Dance New Amsterdam, NY 5/06.

New York University, NY. Masters Concert. Student Choreographers, Tisch School of the Arts, NY 5/06.

St. Joseph College, NY. Student and Faculty Choreographers, NY, 11/04.

Christopher Caines Dance Company, Can't Sleep, Merce Cunningham Studio, NY 6/04; 5th Anniversary Gala, Merce Cunningham Studio, NY 6/03. Choreographed by Christopher Caines.

Tribecca Performing Arts Center Choreographer Showcase, BMCC Theater 2, NY 3/04. Christine Suarez, Richard Rivera, Ellis Wood, Kraig Patterson, Choreographers.

Muhlenberg College, PA, Faculty Dance Concert, 1998 to Present, Choreographed by Karen Dearborn, Clare Byrne, Shelley Oliver, Kimberly Manisealco, Brad Parquette, Susan Creitz, Jennifer Kayle, Nicholas Leichter, Robert Torres.

American College Dance Festival Association, Student and Faculty Choreographers, Muhlenberg College, PA, 3/02

Marymount Manhattan, NY, Dancers At Work, Student Choreographers, 12/01

David Parker-The Bang Group, Lowbrowse, Zagreb, Croatia, 6/01.

SUNY Purchase, NY, MFA Concert, 5/01 Dearest, Awkward Silence, Choreographed by Jean McDade; Les Enfants Terrible, Anchor, Choreographed by Ayako Kurakake.

Carol Nolte/Dance Collective, The Skinwalker, Off The Grid, Yellow Dog Blues, New York Premiere, 3/01.

Lise Brenner and Company, Birdcalls, New York Premiere, 12/00; And I will see you there Always, New York Premiere, 5/99; Polka Love, New York Premiere, 5/99; Franks Dance I-III, 5/99; The Fifth Season, 5/99.

Wellspring Project, 11/00, Hymne A La Vie, Choreographed by Mariko Tanabe; Caesura, Choreographed by Ashley Smith; Hidden Places of Snow, Choreographed by Lise Brenner, Riverside Church Theater, NY.

Alice Farley, Black Fire, New York Premiere, 9/00; Imaginary Ancestors, 10/93; Ajo Caves, 10/93.

Susan Cherniak, Wunderhorn Tanz, New York Premiere, 9/00; Ego, 9/00; Fragile Life, 9/00; The Wind Bids a Lover's Farewell, 9/00; Rheinlegendchen, 9/00; Riders of The Tides, 9/00; Engravings in Space, 9/00; Out of The Sea Came She, New York Premiere, 4/99; Far Woods, 4/99; The Second Half of Joy, 4/99; Toil, 4/99, Cunningham Studios, NY.

Fly By Night Dance Theater, Seasoned Women, 3/00; Three's a Crowd, 3/00; Birds of a Feather, 3/00; By Chance, 6/99; The Colors of Flight, 6/99; Choreographed by Julie Ludwick.

Old Dominion University Ballet, The Nutcracker, 12/99, Choreographed by Istvan Ament, Norfolk Performing Arts Center, VA.

Jonathon Appels Company, The Lake Is Now Closed For Swimming, Not An Exit Door, Coco-Grille, Morocco Tour, 6/99.

Four By Bard, 7/99, Periodic Solution, Not Gentle, Snow, Choreographed by Jean Churchill; In Tandem, Choreographed by Peggy Florin with Jean Churchill; Benched, Choreographed by Peggy Florin; Land in Sky-Fire in Water, Rumi, Choreographed by Susan Osberg; Spell, Choreographed by Gary Reigenborn, Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center, NY.

Bard College, NY, Dance Theater IV, 11/97, The Dying of The Light, Choreographed by Albert Reid; Far Rockaway, Choreographed by Rosalie Purvis; Dream Songs, Choreographed by Rosalie Purvis and Megan Savage; 109 Freeman Street, String Theory, Choreographed by Suzanne Schulz; Cosmic Tones, Choreographed by Kristin Solomon.

New Choreographers on Pointe, 2/94, Bits of Love in E Flat Major, Choreographed by Michael Kraus; Expectations, Choreographed by Mark Diamond; Mandara, Choreographed by Chil Han; Fall Pas de Deux from Seasons, Choreographed by Raymond Van Mason; Pastoral, Choreographed by Jenny Siu-kan Chiang; Rushing Water, Choreographed by Kathryn Posin, Marymount Manhattan Theater, NY.

Choreographer Showcases, Mariko Tanabe, Curator, Context Studios, NY. 93-94.

Allnations Dance Company, Selected Productions, Chuck Golden, Manager, 92-94.

Bard Alumni Concert, 9/93, Intoxicating Calm, The Typical New York-Rican, Choreographed by Arther Aviles; Trilogy for Two, Choreographed by David Parker with Jeffrey Kazin; Landings, Incidence of Light, Choreographed by Gina Gibney; A Blip on The Horizon, Salad Days, Intervals, Choreographed by Susan Christensen; Whose Life, Choreographed by Kaitlyn Granda; Black Jello, Choreographed by Rob Kitsos, Bard College Dance Theater, NY.

Marijeanne Liederbach and Company, Lake, Good Apprentices, Montage #1, Herself, So There, Dia Center For The Arts, NY, 4/93.

Field Benefit Concert, Various Artists, Steve Gross, Artistic Director, The Kitchen, NY, 1992.

Marc and Julliet Franco, Le Marble Tremble, Schloss Charlottenberg, Germany, Spring 1992.

Emergency Fund For Student Dancers, 1/92, Touch, Choreographed by Ana Escoda; Adagietto #5, Choreographed by Royston Maldoom; Tree Song, Choreographed by Jacqulyn Buglisi; Bolt Out of The Blue, Choreographed by Brenda Baden-Semper; Between me and me, Choreographed by Maki Fujita; Insomnia, Choreographed by Paolo Mereu and Riikka Rasanen; De Sus Pies, Choreographed by Sabrina Peck; Liebesbotschaft, Choreographed by Henning Rubsam; Our Turn To Swallow, Choreographed by Sara Hook, Marymount Manhattan Theater, NY.

New Choreographers on Pointe, 2/92, Michael Kraus, Curator, Marymount Manhattan Theater, NY.

Bard College, NY, Dance Theater II, 4/90, Shaken Not Stirred, Photos From The Attic, Choreographed by Susan Hamburger; Funky People, Choreographed by Rob Kitsos; Undercurrents, Choreographed by Christephor Gilbert.

Frey Faust, Selected Dances, Spring 1989, Bard College Dance Studio.

Aids Benefit Concert, Spring 1989, Jean Churchill, Chairperson, Bard College Olin Auditorium, NY.

Bard College, NY, Dance Theater I, 2/89, Artemis in a Thunderstorm, Choreographed by Aileen Passiloff; Pas de Ducks, Choreographed by Susan Hamburger; Simply Bananas, Choreographed by Kelly Munn; Watch Out, Choreographed by Beth Ann Finisdore.

MUSIC/OPERA:

Symphonies 6&8, By Philip Glass, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY. 11/05.

New Voices in a New Space, Directed by Annette Jolles, Off-Off Broadway, Thalia Theater, New York, NY 1/03 to Present.

Loser's Lounge, Rod Steward Tribute, Arnold Engleman, Producer, Westbeth Theater, NY, 4/02

Bang On A Can Festival, Various Artists, Kevin Cunningham, Production Manager, The Kitchen, NY, 1993.

The Two Widows, Manhattan School of Music, NY, Associate Lighting Designer; Rick Martin, Lighting Designer, 4/98.

EXHIBITION AND INDUSTRIAL:

College Television Network, Studio Lighting, MTV Networks and Lighting Design Group, Assistant Lighting Designer; Dan Kelley, Lighting Designer, NY, 10/03

State Farm Industrial, State Farm Company, US Tour, Assistant Lighting Designer; Gene Lenahan, Lighting Designer, Summer 2000, Fall 2003

US Air Guitar Competition, New York Competition, Pink Pussycat Lounge, NY 6/03

Tierney Wedding,Landmark on the Park Church, NY, 10/02.

Physical Therapy Studio, Marijeanne Liederbach, Therapist/ Owner, City Center, NY, 1/02.

The Big Swim, Asphalt Green Pool, NY, Assistant Lighting Designer; John Kelly Lighting Designer, 4/01.

Sotheby's Auction House, NY, Selected Auctions, 1997-2001.

ASSOCIATE AND ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER:

Stephen Petronio Company, 20th Anniversary Tour, US and Europe, Lighting Supervisor; Ken Tabachnick, Lighting Designer, 2004.

Mark Morris Dance Company, Assorted Productions, American Tour, Lighting Supervisor; Michael Chybowsky, Lighting Designer, 2002 - 2003.

Quarry, Choreographed by Meredith Monk, Spoleto Dance Festival, Associate Lighting Designer; Tony Giovannetti, Lighting Designer, 6/03

Last 5 Years, Directed by Daisy Prince, Minetta Lane Theater, NY, Assistant Lighting Designer; Christine Binder, Lighting Designer, 3/02.

Full Cycle, Caravane, Tamango and Urban Tap, Associate Lighting Designer; Michael Mazzola, Lighting Designer, 2001-2003.

Lucinda Childs Dance Company, 25th Anniversary European Tour, Associate Lighting Designer; Pat Dignan, Eric Wurtz Lighting Designers Spring 2000.

Jet Lag, The Builder's Association, Directed by Marianne Weems, European tour, Associate Lighting Designer; Jennifer Tipton, Lighting Designer, 1998-2000.

Jump Cut, The Builder's Association, Directed by Marianne Weems, Williamsburg Art and Historical, NY, Assistant Lighting Designer; Jennifer Tipton, Lighting Designer, 11/98.

The Sound of Music, Directed by Susan H. Schulman, Starring Rebecca Luker, Martin Beck Theater, Assistant to Mr Gallo, Paul Gallo, Lighting Designer, Winter 1998.

Tharp!, Twyla Tharp, Choreographer, Assistant Lighting Designer; Jennifer Tipton, Lighting Designer, University of Massachusetts, Amhearst, 3/98.

Le Bourgeois Avante Garde, Written by Charles Ludlam, Directed by Liz Diamond, Assistant Lighting Designer; Robert Wierzel, Lighting Designer, 4/95.

The Three Sisters, Written by Anton Chekov, Assistant Lighting Designer; Mathew Addelson, Lighting Designer, 11/94.

Juilliard Drama III Repertory, Juilliard Drama Theater, NY, Assistant Lighting Designer; Matthew Frey, Lighting Designer, 3/93.

Selected Productions, Regional and Off Broadway, Assistant Lighting Designer; Douglas O'Flaherty, Lighting Designer, 1991-1993.

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Adjunct Instructor at New York University.

Guest Speaker at South Eastern Theater Conference, 2004.

Experience as Production Manager, Company Manager and Stage Manager.

Experience in computer drafting and Photoshop.

Teaching Artist; Roundabout Education Department, Broadway Theater Institute, Theater for Young Audiences.

Experience as Modern Dance choreographer and performer.

Fluency in German, ability in French and Spanish.