Selected Stage Management

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Working in Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theatre was an opportunity to work on multiple shows at the same time. This was the only production within the company owned Utah Theatre in Logan Utah. This show involved heavy fly system usage with multiple drop both painted cloth and  welded steel. 

My jobs included, supervising fly operators and deck hand during scene changes, as we had a lot of moving parts going up and down and cross stage on a very small backstage. 

I was also in charge of. drafting out storgae of props and scenic elements for during performances.

In tandem with Gentleman's Guide, working for UFOMT meant I was working on a Production of Oliver that was in a venue in rep with 4 other productions that rotated daily.

The show had the largest cast I have ever worked with, over 50  people. This plus having to work with the deck crew to reset the show before every performance was an opportunity to flex some strict time management setup.

This production was an ambitious student production at Utah Valley University.

This production, if done by the book,  would have only 4 members of the cast who would play over 20 live instruments between them, while also singing very tight and complicated lyrics.

Our production had 6 members to help accommodate finding accompanists, one of which was our music director, and with him we managed to find all of the core musical instruments needed and have some fun creative liberty with  other instruments. 

This process was difficult because of the intricate element have having the actors playing live. Each night we also had to fully takes everything downs and fully setup at the top of the next day.

Adapted by Dr. John Newman,  this production of Romeo and Juliet was my first foray into managing a full Shakespeare production.

What stood out in this production was the actress playing the Nurse was deaf. This was an experience that I will never forget. Working with the director to adapt some of the language and changing so that her fellow actors on stage not vocalized her lines for her, they signed their dialogue as well. The vast majority of the cast did not know ASL before the process so this was a balancing act with school's interpreter department to have two paid interpreters each night and the overall schedule of the production.

This show also had the most onstage combat in any show I have worked on.

This student ran production of Godspell, took the them of Jesus coming to a trailer park to help spread his message. This show was my first student project and really made me learn how to run a scrappy barebones production in a small space not meant to hold an 11 person musical with 50 audience members.

This  production was my first show post-Covid production and my first major theatrical event at Utah Valley University. This show was  a phenomenal experience overall, incredible directing from Dr. Lisa Hall, over the top fantasy set all while learning theatre in a "post" covid era.