FULL TIME Experience

Prop department Manager

Assistant Professor

University of Northern Colorado (2019 - 2024)

• Planned and executed projects, managed budgets and inventories, supervised and managed staff, and adapted to changing conditions, demonstrating flexibility and ability to manage multiple priorities concurrently and with diplomacy and flexibility.

• Supervised and developed a revolving team of student staff in the prop shop, overseeing all workflow management, project scheduling, and safety protocols in two production shop spaces totaling 1,430 sq. ft.

• Collaborated with fellow faculty and staff to align theatre productions with fiscal responsibilities and production resources while maintaining artistic integrity, best professional practices, and high production values.

• Consistently adapted to new and changing conditions each academic semester, adeptly navigating shifts in leadership, budgets, teaching schedules, staffing, students, and theatrical productions. Demonstrated agility in reprioritizing workflows, communicating effectively with stakeholders, and ensuring seamless continuity of operations despite dynamic variables.

• Facilitated hands-on, project-based learning experiences guiding students through theatre production and mentorship to develop critical technical, creative, and collaborative skills in scenic design, prop fabrication and management, stage management, and technical production.

unco CLASSES

THEA 215 Beginning Scene Design

THEA 315 Advanced Scene Design

THEA 210 Drafting For Theatre (Hand-drafting & Vectorworks)

THEA 375 Stage Management

THEA 290 History of Style and Décor

THEA 317 Prop Fabrication and Management

THEA 155 Orientation to Design

THEA 149 Orientation to Theatre Technology

THEA 380 Design Fundamentals for Secondary Education

THEA 250 Stage Make Up

THEA 100 Individual Performance in Theatre

THEA 422 Directed Research in Theatre

THEA 449 Design and Technology Senior Seminar

THED 531 Theatrical Production II (Props)

Prop coordinatoR/SUPERVISOR

CHAUTAUQUA OPERA, Chautauqua Institute, NY

MADAME BUTTERFLY Puccini | dir. Jay Lessenger

THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE | dir. Jay Lessenger

SARASOTA OPERA, Sarasota, FL

CARMEN Bizet | dir. Martha Collins | des. David Gordon

Lucia Di Lammermoor Donizetti |

OTELLO Verdi | dir. | des. David Gordon

VANESSA Barber | dir. Michael Unger | des. Michael Scheikardt

RIGOLETTO Verdi |

LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND McClatchy/Hagen | dir. Martha Collins

BARNARD COLLEGE, NY

THE PHYSICIST Dürrenmatt | des. Lee Savage

SILENCE Buffini

LAS MENINAS Nottage

Design Assistant

PRINCESS CLASSICS, DISNEY ON ICE | Associate Scenic Designer | dir. Jerry Bilik | des. Eduardo Sicangco | FELD ENTERTAINMENT, FL

TWO RIVER THEATRE COMPANY, NJ; The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Uncle Vanya, Ain’t Misbehavin’; Scenic Design by Harry Feiner

GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE, CT; Lucky in the Rain (Yellen/McHugh), Mack & Mabel; Scene Design by Eduardo Sicangco

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE Mcdonagh | Design Assistant and Scenic Painter | des. Harry Feiner |

EDUCATION

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

M.F.A. Scene Design

University of Tennessee, Martin

B.S. Business Administration: Marketing

FREELANCE & CONTRACT WORK

THEATRE, OPERA, academic, Television, FILM, PRODUCTION SHOPS

Prop Master, Prop Supervisor, Scenic Designer, Design Assistant, Draftsman, Model Builder, Scenic Painter, Scenic Charge, Art Director, Assistant Art Director, Shopper, Set Dresser, Production Assistant

• Coordinated and procured all prop and scenic items, collaborating with directors, stage managers, and other production personnel.

• As a prop master, I managed the complex logistics of procuring and transporting items from different vendors and prop rental companies to a theatre or rehearsal space within strict deadlines and budgets.

• As a contract prop supervisor, oversaw and worked alongside both experienced union teams and inexperienced students in preparing, fabricating, and installing all prop and scenic-related items.

• Consistently delivered high-quality props, set décor, or scenic painting on time and within budget.

• Frequently and successfully juggled multiple gigs concurrently with varying schedules, resources, and needs.

• Comfortably moved between television and theatre work, working with various collaborators, teams, and production personnel.

• As a scenic charge painter, I managed budgets and schedules, coordinating with scenic designers and technical directors to complete the requested treatments for scenic and prop items and deliver high-quality results consistently and on time.