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Finally I have decided to introduce myself and give you a little information who I am and where I'm from.
My name is Trevor Bates I originally hail from the island of Martha's Vineyard. I grew up in the town of Edgartown on the island since I was 4 months old. I am currently the Assistant Manager of the Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center at the MV Regional High School. This is my Summer/Winter Break job as I go to College for the rest of the year.
Hopefully this is my last year as a Theatre Major at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. I concentrate mostly in Lighting Design but am well versed in Sound, Lights, Electrical, Carpentry and Production Management as well as the basics of Rigging. I love anything with electricity, it's kinda a fetish (no, not the "I like to shock my own nipples" fetish...) for me.
I got into theatre in 5th grade running lights and sound for my Elementary Schools musical productions. Since then it's spiraled out of control much to my enjoyment. I've been incredibly blessed to work with some of the people I have, mostly through my job as Assistant Manager of MVPAC. Some of the biggest names include American Ballet Theatre/Stiefel and Stars, Alive Arts, NAACP, Livingston Taylor, Island Moving Company and Cape Cod Ballet. I love the work, even if I'm not getting paid, the experience alone is worth every second.
Of course lighting is my main source of enjoyment. My college has a ETC Express 48/96 and 72 Unison DR Series Dimmers which I helped install 3 years ago. Last year as Senior Lighting Designer I was in charge of spending $10,000 from start to finish on more lighting equipment. It was an awesome experience going through the quoting and purchasing process (I know it may not seem that fun for most people but I always enjoy learning HOW to do something I've never done before.) I was basically in charge of everything from start to finish, and we ended up purchasing:
4 Apollo RightArms
4 ETC S4 36° ERS's
2 ETC S4 50° ERS's
6 ETC S4 ParNEL's
2 Apollo SmartRotator DMX Gobo Rotator
4 Apollo SmartColor 5.25" Scrollers.
We added all this to our current complement of
30 ETC S4 Zoom Jr's
24 ETC S4 ParEA's.
24 ETC S4 ParNELs
12 Apollo SmartColor 7.5" Scrollers
I've designed a dozen or more shows since my freshman year of College, usually at least 2 or 3 a semester including:
Duran Duran
And The Tony Goes Too... (Musical Review composed by the students of RWU)
Woman In Black
Orestes by Helen Edmundson (It was actually the first production of this particular adaptation of Orestes in the USA)
Dead Man Walking
Waiting for Godot
If anyone has any work or needs an extra set of hands anywhere near (within 1 hour) Bristol, RI. Depending on the job I'll gladly work for free or minimum wage just for the opportunity to add another job to my resume. People say I have an incredible troubleshooting ability, I can usually just look at something and almost immediately know whats wrong and how to fix it. Experience includes large amounts of Lighting a Sound including like recording/mixing and lots of electrician work. Recently revamped MVPAC's sound system, pulled out 6 old Renkus-Heinz amps that were on their way out as well as a Peavy Media Matrix. Replaced them with 6 Crown XTI-2000's and a DBX Driverack 4800. Installed and tuned the entire system pretty much completely by myself. So if you need someone then shoot me a PM! I just plain love working in the industry.
Other interests I have are Mountain Biking, Boating (Sail or Power,) Computers, Cars and Futurama.
Here are some pics!
This is where I work in the summer at the MVPAC (Seats 791, Dimmer Capacity is 192 Dimmers + 200 Amp 3 Phase Distro w/ Cam-Loks, stage is 42' wide by 35' Deep, 21 Fully Counterweighted Flys and 4 Electrics on Drill Winches.)
Here are a couple Productions I've done at my College
Orestes by Helen Edmundson
Dead Man Walking by Tim Robbins
My name is Trevor Bates I originally hail from the island of Martha's Vineyard. I grew up in the town of Edgartown on the island since I was 4 months old. I am currently the Assistant Manager of the Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center at the MV Regional High School. This is my Summer/Winter Break job as I go to College for the rest of the year.
Hopefully this is my last year as a Theatre Major at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. I concentrate mostly in Lighting Design but am well versed in Sound, Lights, Electrical, Carpentry and Production Management as well as the basics of Rigging. I love anything with electricity, it's kinda a fetish (no, not the "I like to shock my own nipples" fetish...) for me.
I got into theatre in 5th grade running lights and sound for my Elementary Schools musical productions. Since then it's spiraled out of control much to my enjoyment. I've been incredibly blessed to work with some of the people I have, mostly through my job as Assistant Manager of MVPAC. Some of the biggest names include American Ballet Theatre/Stiefel and Stars, Alive Arts, NAACP, Livingston Taylor, Island Moving Company and Cape Cod Ballet. I love the work, even if I'm not getting paid, the experience alone is worth every second.
Of course lighting is my main source of enjoyment. My college has a ETC Express 48/96 and 72 Unison DR Series Dimmers which I helped install 3 years ago. Last year as Senior Lighting Designer I was in charge of spending $10,000 from start to finish on more lighting equipment. It was an awesome experience going through the quoting and purchasing process (I know it may not seem that fun for most people but I always enjoy learning HOW to do something I've never done before.) I was basically in charge of everything from start to finish, and we ended up purchasing:
4 Apollo RightArms
4 ETC S4 36° ERS's
2 ETC S4 50° ERS's
6 ETC S4 ParNEL's
2 Apollo SmartRotator DMX Gobo Rotator
4 Apollo SmartColor 5.25" Scrollers.
We added all this to our current complement of
30 ETC S4 Zoom Jr's
24 ETC S4 ParEA's.
24 ETC S4 ParNELs
12 Apollo SmartColor 7.5" Scrollers
I've designed a dozen or more shows since my freshman year of College, usually at least 2 or 3 a semester including:
Duran Duran
And The Tony Goes Too... (Musical Review composed by the students of RWU)
Woman In Black
Orestes by Helen Edmundson (It was actually the first production of this particular adaptation of Orestes in the USA)
Dead Man Walking
Waiting for Godot
If anyone has any work or needs an extra set of hands anywhere near (within 1 hour) Bristol, RI. Depending on the job I'll gladly work for free or minimum wage just for the opportunity to add another job to my resume. People say I have an incredible troubleshooting ability, I can usually just look at something and almost immediately know whats wrong and how to fix it. Experience includes large amounts of Lighting a Sound including like recording/mixing and lots of electrician work. Recently revamped MVPAC's sound system, pulled out 6 old Renkus-Heinz amps that were on their way out as well as a Peavy Media Matrix. Replaced them with 6 Crown XTI-2000's and a DBX Driverack 4800. Installed and tuned the entire system pretty much completely by myself. So if you need someone then shoot me a PM! I just plain love working in the industry.
Other interests I have are Mountain Biking, Boating (Sail or Power,) Computers, Cars and Futurama.
Here are some pics!
This is where I work in the summer at the MVPAC (Seats 791, Dimmer Capacity is 192 Dimmers + 200 Amp 3 Phase Distro w/ Cam-Loks, stage is 42' wide by 35' Deep, 21 Fully Counterweighted Flys and 4 Electrics on Drill Winches.)
Here are a couple Productions I've done at my College
Orestes by Helen Edmundson
Dead Man Walking by Tim Robbins
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