Tag: live production

Hairspray, x2

This season is just not letting up. I’m getting married this summer, and we are paying for the wedding ourselves. Which means we’re not doing the typical $36,000+ American wedding (we are kind of not into that anyway) and we are trying to pay for it in cash. So I’m…working. A lot. I am designing/building …

“School for Wives”

After the Fairfield University gig wound down, I got a call from the University of New Haven to come in a TD their big spring show: “School for Wives.” This is really the first show I’ve had to oversee and build, on this level, by myself.  Most of my shows are tours, and when I …

It’s the Power of Love

Happy New Year!  Sadly, I still haven’t gotten to rest. But I just did an awesome gig last night with the Power of Love, a Huey Lewis and the News tribute act, at the Sinclair in Cambridge, MA. My job was directing the lighting while I mixed a video wall on the fly. We had …

Surprise! It’s holiday time!

As posted last time, Fall has been a constant flow and no days off. I figured I would finally get to have a break just after Thanksgiving – finish my corporate gig, come back to Fairfield U for the second show of the season for a week and a half, and then rest.  70 days …

Putting on our dancing shoes

This fall is…insane is the only word to sum it up. Mary and I have never been booked so solidly. Fairfield University called when their Technical Director, my longtime friend Kevin, had to leave for a wonderful opportunity out of state. I had some pending contracts coming up, and wasn’t going to be able to …

There and back again

Not much rest here…  After the super intense spring season, I had 3-4 days off, and then Mary and I jumped in the car and drove across the country with our friend Steph and her 2 year old.  Did a little bit of work from the car, designing some digital scenery for Rocky Hill Community …

Wizard of Oz Highlight reel

Here it is!  The project I worked so hard on earlier this summer, straining to teach myself more about Qlab and MIDI.  Made the best of a situation with very little gear, and I think we did some fine work as a result.  Special thanks to director John Regis for bringing me in and letting …

New theatre (for me) in NYC

Got a call to do a run of Wizard of Oz in NYC.  It sounded like a crummy warehouse show, but when I got there it turned out to be a nice little theatre at a prestigious school on the Upper West Side. Everyone is super nice, and I’m being given carte blanche to do …

Pat Metheny’s sick MIDI rig

Got to work for Pat Metheny this weekend.  His stage setup is pretty complex.  He has all of these percussion instruments set up, with sticks being held by motors which are triggered via MIDI. On top of that, we loaded in these massive cabinets, that had jugs filled with water and laundry detergent. Why would …