After some unforeseen stress and extra long hours programming a late-arrival Tinkerbell, SCAPA's production of Peter Pan is up and running at The Lexington Opera House. Look for portfolio shots of the show coming in the next couple weeks as I get the chance to weed through them.

A big thanks goes out to the guys of the Local IATSE 346 crew who always help make my job easier!

A giant high-five to Roger Benavides of zFx for taking parents and volunteers and making them into fly operators, and especially for the fun and interesting flight choreography!

Labels: design, lighting

I'm back in good old Lexington, KY, again. This time I'm working with SCAPA on their production of Peter Pan.

The real fun part about this show is the flying company that has been hired to make Pan and the kids fly! zFx is a Louisville-based company, and one of only two in the country that does flying effects for theatrical productions.

Did I mention that their riggers wear kilts? As company policy? No? Well they do.

Heading down to Lexington, KY, again. Working with Paragon Music Theatre on their production of Hello Dolly. I'm looking forward to seeing a rehearsal or two prior to Monday morning's load-in.

I'm fortunate that I have work so soon after finishing my season in St. Louis, but this week has been a lot of work. One or two days of down-time would have been nice. Well, I can look forward to December for a bit of rest.

My host must have experienced server problems this morning or afternoon, because the site reverted to an older look. Everything is back to normal now, I think. Thank goodness for backups.

Labels: update, web site

The finale of STAGES St. Louis 2009 season, Guys and Dolls, is officially open, which means 8- and 9-show weeks running a follow spot, and a bit more free time. This is good since I need to start work on my next design (Hello Dolly) coming up in October for Paragon Music Theatre.

Labels: design, electrics, lighting

Now, on the sidebar of the main page is a small photo gallery of what I'm up to in my freelance / contract / electrics life. Most of these photos are going to be process shots during the build phase of shows, and most will probably be uploaded from my phone.

Thanks to Alan Edwardes [link] for the scripts [link] and support!

Labels: lighting, update, web site

I've been working on the site fairly hardcore to get it ship-shape so that when I give out my business card to potential employers, everything works.

>> Added - an rss feed to the navigation bar (should you want to keep track of what's going on in my professional life).

>> Added - twitter updates to the sidebar for more regular updates. Follow me @ http://twitter.com/sglight.

>> Updated - the lightbox feature for the galleries. Now you don't have to click on a photo, close the photo, then open another. You can just click to view one, and then hover over either the left or right side of the photo and click to browse through the whole gallery.

>> Added - a working contact page. Send requests for hiring or feedback using this feature.

Labels: update, web site

Did some rework on the site. Still not quite finished doing some tweaks and such to it, but it's working and doing what I want it to do. Check it out and enjoy.

Labels: update, web site

Portfolio photos are up (goto gallery) for the show I designed back in April '09 for Paragon in Lexington, KY.

Labels: portfolio, update

Heading down to Lexington, KY on Wednesday to get ready for Paragon's production of The King and I at The Lexington Opera House. The show runs April 23 - 26.

Labels: design, lighting