scott ashley theatre design and production resume
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Scott Ashley's Resume of Lighting and Scenic Design for Theatre, Events, Dance, Television and Film.TRANSCRIPT
SCOTT RICHARD ASHLEY╠ LIGHTING & SCENIC DESIGN ╣
2237 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 • (904) 616-1187 • [email protected]
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 MarkZuckerberg’s Wedding, The Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival, Concourse De Elegance, Best of theBay, regular events for Google and Cisco as well as many other celebrities and Silicon Valleycompanies.
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, NYCServed 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, FLCreated & 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, CTManaged all aspects of lighting production for the season, including: Equipment rentals, ElectricsCrew, Designers, Purchasing and Budgets.
Florida Grand Opera (1997-1999)
Lighting Supervisor & Designer, Dade County Auditorium & Broward Center for the Performing Arts, FLFacilitated all lighting needs for Class A opera, including assisting Designers, Supervising UnionCrew, 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, NYCServed 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, FLManaged equipment rentals, electrics crew, designers, electrical equipment purchasing and budgets.
The Limelight Theatre (2005-2010)
Designer / Technical Director - St. Augustine, FLDesigned and coordinated all production elements for all main stage and black box productions for 6seasons.
SCOTT RICHARD ASHLEY(Employment continued)
Ulee’s Gold (1995)
Art Department, Feature Film: Directed by: Victor Nunez. Starring Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson andJessica 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, FLDesigned and supervised Art Dept. crew in construction/decoration of all artistic elements of a sixtythousand square foot professional haunted attraction. Managed large labor, supply and props budgets.
Set Designs:Clarke Studio Theatre NYC
Only Ten Minutes to Buffalo, (Lincoln Center Institute) Directed by: Kenneth CahallLincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Anne Frank and Me, Directed by: Gary CadwalladerOrlando Repertory Theatre FL
The Good Times Are Killing Me, Directed by: Melanie LockridgeTurner Auditorium FL
Rainmaker, Camelot, CarouselFlagler College FL
The Imperative, Written by Roger Rueff, World PremierA Classic Theatre (ACT) FL
Othello, Christmas BellesPlayers By the Sea FL
WellfarewellTheatre Jacksonville FL
A Christmas Carol, The Musical Directed by: Catherine HeckCurtain Call Performing Arts CA
Last Night of Ballyhoo, Omnium Gatherum, Smoke on the Mountain, I’m NotThe Limelight Theater FL
Rappaport, And Then There Were None, Last Train to Nibroc, Rumors, BedroomFarce, Spitfire Grill, Of Mice & Men, Frankenstein, Criminal Hearts, H.S.Musical, Inherit the Wind, Down an Alley Filled with Cats, Other People’sMoney, Over the River and Through the Woods, The Fantasticks, A Raisin in theSun, The Tempest, Miracle Worker, Man of La Mancha, You Can’t Take it WithYou, 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)Gorilla, My Love: Tales of Youth & Democracy Directed by: Jeffery V. ThompsonClarke Studio Theatre
Playwrights Evening, (Juilliard Drama Division) Directed by: Richard FeldmanAvery 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 CahallRoman Fever (NY Premier), The Music CureOperas by: Phillip Hagemann, Stage Direction by: Ellen RievmanTango Roots Music, Pablo Aslan & AvantangoTime Travel With the Virtuoso Keyboard, Andre GribouAs If the Past Were Listening, Written & Performed by: David GonzalezPlaying With Fire, Composed by: Robert Dick, Mark Smith & William VonReichbauer, performed by: Timothy Hagen & Marc di MinnoRemounts:This Ain’t No Rodeo, Design by:Jane Cox, Choreographer:Monica Bill Barnes
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Written/Adapted by: Anna Deavere SmithDirected by: Liz Diamond, Original Design by: Russell Champa
Directed by: Norb Joerder, Produced by: Columbia Artist Theatricals and AIM Mgmt.Oklahoma! 2010 National Tour
The Flid Show (Off-Broadway, NYC) By: Rick Willett, Directed by: Eliza BeckwithThe Walker Space NYC
Freak (John Leguizamos' work in progress)P.S. 122 NYC
Which Wolf is Which,Written by: Sam Marks, Directed by: Robert O’HaraHERE Arts Center NYC
New Steps Series, Chen & DancersMulberry Street Theatre NYC
Waitering For Godot, Keith Crescente, Directed by: Leslie (Holban) BlakeSymphony Space NYC
The Philanderer, Front Line ProductionsMerchant House Museum NYC
SCOTT RICHARD ASHLEY(Lighting Designs continued)
Spring '99,Gotham Group DanceSt. Marks Church NYC
2 w/ 3 (’98), 3 w/ 4 (’97), Spring (’99), Gotham Group DanceMerce Cunningham Studio NYC
Levitation, The Cherry Orchard, Undercroft PlayersTrinity Church NYC
Theatre Sports, Emilio Buckett . . ., Freestyle Repertory TheatreGrove Street Theatre NYC
Marriage (American Russian Foundation), The Prometheus ExcerptsFringe NYC ‘98, The Theatorium NYC
Caresses, Written by: Sergei Belbel, Directed by: Adam EisensteinFringe NYC ’03, Greenwich House Theatre
Beowulf (co-design), currently being work shopped, Directed by: Tania InessaThe Kraine Theatre NYC
Fiddler on the Roof, Produced by AIM Management, Touring Dec-March ‘10Times Union Center FL (Opening)
Touring To: Lucas Theatre, Coral Springs Center for the ArtsOsceola Performing Arts Center, Miramar Cultural Center.
Sofrito! 2004 North East Tour Written and Performed by David Gonzalez and the Latin Legends Jazz BandNew 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 BeckwithWest 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 BricePrivate Eyes, Directed by: Dean AdamsCentennial Theatre Festival CT
The NutcrackerSouth Georgia Ballet GA
A Christmas Carol, No Greater Love, Ancient City TheatreSt. Augustine Amphitheatre FL
La Serva PedronaFlorida Grand Opera FL
A Soldiers Story, West Coast Black Theatre TroupeHistoric Asolo Theatre FL
Orchesis Dance TheatreFlorida A&M University FL
This Old House, St Augustine Historic Pres. Board, (Television)The Spanish Quarter FL
Othello, South Pacific, Rainmaker, Miss Firecracker Contest, A Christmas CarolTurner Auditorium FL
The Music Man, Lucky Stiff, Zoo Story, Killing Game, Violence Project,Florida State University FL
The Diary of Anne Frank, The Rivals, Once Upon a MattressRainmaker, Our American Cousin, Good Woman of Sezuan, Camelot, Brigadoon,Flagler College FL
All’s Well That Ends Well, Rainmaker, Dark of the Moon, AntigoneKatrina Relief Benefit - First Coast Friends of the Arts, Multithon - St. Augustine ArtFlagler Auditorium FL
Association, Flagler! Empire Builder of Florida -Limelight Theatre; Project X (92-95)
Assistant Lighting Designer:Resident Assistant L.D. for summer season. Tommy, Brighton Beach Memoirs,P.C.P.A. Theatrefest (’97)
H.M.S. Pinafore, Always; Patsy Cline (Solvang, Santa Maria, CA)A.L.D. for S.U.N.Y. Brockport Residency, LD: Ted Sullivan, Mulberry St. TheatreChen And Dancers (‘97)
Spring Season, Assisting: Richard Tatum in Manhattan and New JerseyCarolyn Dorfmann Co. (‘97)
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, FLDaisy 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
SCOTT RICHARD ASHLEY (continued)
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, FLB.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
Project Manager Faculty- Theatre Arts Dept.
American International Music Management
Warehouse 31, Professional Haunted Attraction Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
Additional References:
Richard Tatum William Byrnes Scott Noppe-BrandonLighting Director/Designer Past President, USITT; Dean, Southern Utah Executive DirectorL&M Sound and Light University; School of Perf. & Visual Arts Lincoln Center Institute, NY, NY
Richard Girtain, Robert Coleman Paul KingTechnical Director Track Director (Technical Direction) Production ManagerJuilliard Florida State University Lincoln Center Festival, NY, NY
Tommy Bledsoe, Jean Rahner Ken FredericksonArts Curriculum Coordinator Founder & Artistic Director Production ManagerSt. 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