Fine, fine, fine.
Here is a little
bit of info about what I have done, and not necessarily what I know (or what I don't know for that matter).
Started working professionally in college as the assistant to the incomparable five time Tony nominee Marty Aronstein ("always a bridesmaid, never a bride"). Which, for a young man of 19, was eye opening. Suddenly the theater world changed and I started to really learn and understand what I loved (and hated) about the entertainment industry. Without Marty I would be nowhere... well at least not here.
Several years with him and finishing college made me want to get as far away from the theater life as possible. I worked a LOT in college. I ended up the defacto
lighting designer for the theater program until I quit my last semester.
Following college I worked as a
lighting designer for a disturbingly wealthy school theater program and then moved out to work at a large scene shop in Portland, Oregon. Unfortunately the theater market fell through out there and layoffs came down as production houses cut back.
Offered a job as the Assistant Technical Director/Resident
Lighting Designer back at the school I left, eventually taking over the Technical Director position.
During that time I slaved away moonlighting as an
AEA Stage Manager for many summers, for many shows, as well as working for a major university on the sly, generally doing what needed to be done. A lot of electrics and a lot of theater rigging in those days.
Finally, I moved on to a mid sized production company specializing in the magical world of Rock n'
Roll where I was one of the lighting designers. Discovered my pure disdain for that lifestyle fairly quickly and jumped ship to where I am now.
Doing a whole bunch of lighting for the corporate world. Which, although isn't theater, it still pays the bills and treats me fairly well.
That's about it for now.