SCOTT RICHARD ASHLEY LIGHTING & SCENIC DESIGN

2237 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 • (904) 616-1187 • scottashld@gmail.com

Employment: Current: Classic Party Rentals, San Francisco (2012 & 2013)

Director of Lighting,

I design and manage the implementation of high end event lighting for such things as Mark

Zuckerberg’s Wedding, The Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival, Concourse De Elegance, Best of the

Bay, regular events for Google and Cisco as well as many other celebrities and Silicon Valley

companies.

Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education (2002 & 2003) Lighting Design Fellow / Technical Coordinator,

Clarke Studio Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYC

Designed and/or facilitated the lighting, scenic and technical needs for world class productions.

Responsible for technical budgets and rentals. Facilitated needs for Juilliard,

School of American Ballet, NYC Ballet, Kenan Fellows and L.C.I’s Season.

Lincoln Center Festival (2004)

Production Coordinator, Clarke Studio Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYC

Served as technical facilitator for all festival events in the Clarke Studio Theatre

Flagler College (2004-2011) Visiting Professor of Theatrical Production & Design, Theatre Department, St. Augustine, FL

Created & Taught: Set Design, Advanced Set Design, Stage Management, Intro to Stage Lighting,

Advanced Lighting, Play Analysis, Vectorworks (C.A.D.), History of Architecture and Décor.

Centennial Theatre Festival (2001)

Lighting Supervisor & Designer, Adams Theatre, Simsbury, CT

Managed all aspects of lighting production for the season, including: Equipment rentals, Electrics

Crew, Designers, Purchasing and Budgets.

Florida Grand Opera (1997-1999)

Lighting Supervisor & Designer, Dade County Auditorium & Broward Center for the Performing Arts, FL

Facilitated all lighting needs for Class A opera, including assisting Designers, Supervising Union

Crew, Rentals, Purchasing, Remounted each design at Broward Center for the Performing Arts

The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) (1998) Designer & Production Coordinator, The Theatorium, NYC

Served as technical coordinator for all productions in the festivals central venue and designed 1 show.

Tallahassee Community College (2002 & 2003) Lighting Designer / Supervisor, Turner Auditorium, Tallahassee, FL

Managed equipment rentals, electrics crew, designers, electrical equipment purchasing and budgets.

The Limelight Theatre (2005-2010) Designer / Technical Director - St. Augustine, FL

Designed and coordinated all production elements for all main stage and black box productions for 6

seasons.

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Ulee’s Gold (1995)

Art Department, Feature Film: Directed by: Victor Nunez. Starring Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson and

Jessica Biel. Participated in varying degrees in all aspects of preparing scenery for shooting.

Red Mountain Entertainment (2009 & 2010) Artistic Director, Warehouse 31(Haunted Attraction), St. Augustine, FL

Designed and supervised Art Dept. crew in construction/decoration of all artistic elements of a sixty

thousand square foot professional haunted attraction. Managed large labor, supply and props budgets.

Set Designs: Clarke Studio Theatre NYC

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Only Ten Minutes to Buffalo, (Lincoln Center Institute) Directed by: Kenneth Cahall

Orlando Repertory Theatre FL Anne Frank and Me, Directed by: Gary Cadwallader

Turner Auditorium FL The Good Times Are Killing Me, Directed by: Melanie Lockridge Flagler College FL Rainmaker, Camelot, Carousel

A Classic Theatre (ACT) FL The Imperative, Written by Roger Rueff, World Premier Players By the Sea FL Othello, Christmas Belles

Theatre Jacksonville FL Wellfarewell

Curtain Call Performing Arts CA A Christmas Carol, The Musical Directed by: Catherine Heck

The Limelight Theater FL Last Night of Ballyhoo, Omnium Gatherum, Smoke on the Mountain, I’m Not

Rappaport, And Then There Were None, Last Train to Nibroc, Rumors, Bedroom

Farce, Spitfire Grill, Of Mice & Men, Frankenstein, Criminal Hearts, H.S.

Musical, Inherit the Wind, Down an Alley Filled with Cats, Other People’s

Money, Over the River and Through the Woods, The Fantasticks, A Raisin in the

Sun, The Tempest, Miracle Worker, Man of La Mancha, You Can’t Take it With

You, Intimate Apparel, The Tempest, Foreigner, Drawer Boy, Rounding Third,

Picnic, Barefoot in the Park, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Smell of the Kill

Lighting Designs: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse Jazz at Lincoln Center (Stefon Harris Quartet with Warren Wolf)

Clarke Studio Theatre Gorilla, My Love: Tales of Youth & Democracy Directed by: Jeffery V. Thompson

Playwrights Evening, (Juilliard Drama Division) Directed by: Richard Feldman

Avery Fisher Career Grant Ceremony, National Television Broadcast on A&E’s

“Breakfast with the Arts” May ’04, in conjunction with Live from Lincoln Center.

Taiko, Performed by: Taiko Masala (Japanese Taiko Drumming)

Only Ten Minutes to Buffalo,(Lincoln Center Institute) Directed by: Kenneth Cahall

Roman Fever (NY Premier), The Music Cure

Operas by: Phillip Hagemann, Stage Direction by: Ellen Rievman

Tango Roots Music, Pablo Aslan & Avantango

Time Travel With the Virtuoso Keyboard, Andre Gribou

As If the Past Were Listening, Written & Performed by: David Gonzalez

Playing With Fire, Composed by: Robert Dick, Mark Smith & William Von

Reichbauer, performed by: Timothy Hagen & Marc di Minno

Remounts:This Ain’t No Rodeo,Design by: Jane Cox,Choreographer: Monica Bill Barnes

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Written/Adapted by: Anna Deavere Smith

Directed by: Liz Diamond, Original Design by: Russell Champa

Oklahoma! 2010 National Tour Directed by: Norb Joerder, Produced by: Columbia Artist Theatricals and AIM Mgmt.

The Walker Space NYC The Flid Show (Off-Broadway, NYC) By: Rick Willett, Directed by: Eliza Beckwith

P.S. 122 NYC Freak (John Leguizamos' work in progress)

HERE Arts Center NYC Which Wolf is Which (World Premier),Written by: Sam Marks, Directed by: Robert O’Hara

Mulberry Street Theatre NYC New Steps Series, Chen & Dancers

Symphony Space NYC Waitering For Godot, Keith Crescente, Directed by: Leslie (Holban) Blake

Merchant House Museum NYC The Philanderer, Front Line Productions

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St. Marks Church NYC Spring '99,Gotham Group Dance

Merce Cunningham Studio NYC 2 w/ 3 (’98), 3 w/ 4 (’97), Spring (’99), Gotham Group Dance

Trinity Church NYC Levitation, The Cherry Orchard, Undercroft Players

Grove Street Theatre NYC Theatre Sports, Emilio Buckett . . ., Freestyle Repertory Theatre

Fringe NYC ‘98, The Theatorium NYC Marriage (American Russian Foundation), The Prometheus Excerpts

Fringe NYC ’03, Greenwich House Theatre Caresses, Written by: Sergei Belbel, Directed by: Adam Eisenstein

The Kraine Theatre NYC Beowulf (co-design), currently being work shopped, Directed by: Tania Inessa Times Union Center FL (Opening) Fiddler on the Roof, Produced by AIM Management, Touring Dec-March ‘10

Touring To: Lucas Theatre, Coral Springs Center for the Arts

Osceola Performing Arts Center, Miramar Cultural Center.

Sofrito! 2004 North East Tour Written and Performed by David Gonzalez and the Latin Legends Jazz Band

New Jersey Performing Arts Center NJ Gorilla, My Love, (‘04 &’05)

Miller Performing Arts Center NY The Flid Show (World Premier), Written by: Richard Willet Directed by: Eliza Beckwith

West Coast Black Theatre Troupe FL Marvin Gaye, The Man and His Music (World Premier) Written/Directed by: Nate Jacobs

Five Guys Named Moe, Directed by: Harry Brice

Centennial Theatre Festival CT Private Eyes, Directed by: Dean Adams

South Georgia Ballet GA The Nutcracker St. Augustine Amphitheatre FL A Christmas Carol, No Greater Love, Ancient City Theatre

Florida Grand Opera FL La Serva Pedrona

Historic Asolo Theatre FL A Soldiers Story, West Coast Black Theatre Troupe

Florida A&M University FL Orchesis Dance Theatre

The Spanish Quarter FL This Old House, St Augustine Historic Pres. Board, (Television)

Turner Auditorium FL Othello, South Pacific, Rainmaker, Miss Firecracker Contest, A Christmas Carol

Florida State University FL The Music Man, Lucky Stiff, Zoo Story, Killing Game, Violence Project,

The Diary of Anne Frank, The Rivals, Once Upon a Mattress

Flagler College FL Rainmaker, Our American Cousin, Good Woman of Sezuan, Camelot, Brigadoon,

All’s Well That Ends Well, Rainmaker, Dark of the Moon, Antigone

Flagler Auditorium FL Katrina Relief Benefit - First Coast Friends of the Arts, Multithon - St. Augustine Art

Association, Flagler! Empire Builder of Florida -Limelight Theatre; Project X (92-95)

Assistant Lighting Designer: P.C.P.A. Theatrefest (’97) Resident Assistant L.D. for summer season. Tommy, Brighton Beach Memoirs,

H.M.S. Pinafore, Always; Patsy Cline (Solvang, Santa Maria, CA) Chen And Dancers (‘97) A.L.D. for S.U.N.Y. Brockport Residency, LD: Ted Sullivan, Mulberry St. Theatre

Carolyn Dorfmann Co. (‘97) Spring Season, Assisting: Richard Tatum in Manhattan and New Jersey

Other Experience: Event Electrician Bentley Meeker, NYC & Classic Party Rentals, SF Lighting Consultant, Pandora Feature Length Film, Mindwell Studios, Inc. Queens, NY Brooklyn Scenic Carpenter, Scene Shop producing scenery for Broadway, NY Director, Multithon Variety Show, The St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL Stagehand, IATSE local 115, Jacksonville, FL

Lighting Consultant, Chinese National Theatre, Poly Theatre, Beijing, China

Architectural Lighting: New Year’s Eve Ball 2008, 2009 &2010, Flagler College

Hurst & Beville Jewelers, St. Augustine, FL

Daisy Davis (Private Residence), St. Augustine, FL

Art Department, Ulee’s Gold Film: Directed by: Victor Nunez, Starring Peter Fonda, 1997

Utah Shakespearean Fest. Master Electrician & Moving Light Programmer, Summer 2008

Alfred University Artist in Residence, Spring 2003

Florida State University Taught Introduction to Stage Lighting, 2001, 2002;

Introduction to Stage Craft, Lighting Lab supervisor/instructor 1999-2002

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Skills and Awards: CAD (Vectorworks primarily), Lightwright, Photoshop, MS office

Scenery, Lighting & Projection for theatre, opera, dance, television, film, industrials, architecture and events.

Carpentry, scenic painting, sound, rigging and stage management.

Hand Drafting, Model Building, Various rendering techniques

Strong management skills with crews: Union, Non-Union, Student & Volunteer.

Budget & Rental Management.

Proficient with ETC consoles and equipment as well as most other current technology.

Received USITT’s Young Designers Forum award in 2002

Received Ponce Players award for Best Lighting Designer in 1993 & 1994

Education: M.F.A. (Lighting / Scenic Design), Florida State University, School of Theatre, Tallahassee, FL

B.A. Philosophy and Religion / minors: English and Drama, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL

Professional Affiliations: Member of USITT and SETC

Current References: I am more than happy to provide you with contact info for any of the below references.

Don Westwood Joel Corley Andrea McCook Executive Vice President, Creative Director President, Haunted House Division Faculty- Theatre Arts Dept.

American International Music Management Red Mountain Entertainment Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL

Additional References:

Richard Tatum William Byrnes Scott Noppe-Brandon Lighting Director/Designer Past President, USITT; Dean, Southern Utah Executive Director

L&M Sound and Light University; School of Perf. & Visual Arts Lincoln Center Institute, NY, NY

Richard Girtain, Robert Coleman Paul King Technical Director Track Director (Technical Direction) Production Manager

Juilliard Florida State University Lincoln Center Festival, NY, NY

Tommy Bledsoe, Jean Rahner Ken Frederickson Arts Curriculum Coordinator Founder & Artistic Director Production Manager

St. Johns County School Board Limelight Theatre, St. Augustine, FL Turner Auditorium, Tallahassee, FL

Gary Cadwallader Ann Archbold, (USA, L.D.555) Director/ Director of Education Associate Professor, Lighting Design

Orlando Repertory Theatre, FL University of Wisconsin-Madison