Tom Howley
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Longtime TD for the smallest of the "Large" professional theaters in the DC theatrical firmament. Perpetually learning-as-I-go, it seems. . . !
Hello (From DC and the north end of the DC Beltway)
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Welcome. hang out for a while and tell us more about what you do.
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Geoff
From the land downunder.
Regards
Geoff
From the land downunder.
Tom Howley
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Hmm-- do I have a few minutes before running out for a grocery run before dinner? Sure-- sure I do. For a brief few words, at least. . .
Tech Director at Theater J in Washington, DC., since 2004. Our scene shop is about 18 miles north of the theater (which is not an unusual circumstance in our community), in Beltsville, MD-- in an old, old industrial district that follows the rail lines. NOT INITIALLY TRAINED AS A TD-- I'm an actor (two degrees) who did lights in college and worked in the scene shop in grad school. I am definitely a carpenter-first TD. And am generally behind the curve in my skill-set (e.g.-- my first welding project just occurred this season--).
Theater J is "The nation's most prominent Jewish Theater company"-- and it punches above its weight, as in DC it is tiered with the "Big" companies like Arena Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Signature Theatre--- etc. We're small enough where our staff of roughly ten people each have the word "Director" in their title (or something similar)--- but really, we're also our own staff for the most part.
And I'm sure I have some colleagues bouncing around this board somewhere--- so, big shout-out to them-! Heya teammates!
Tech Director at Theater J in Washington, DC., since 2004. Our scene shop is about 18 miles north of the theater (which is not an unusual circumstance in our community), in Beltsville, MD-- in an old, old industrial district that follows the rail lines. NOT INITIALLY TRAINED AS A TD-- I'm an actor (two degrees) who did lights in college and worked in the scene shop in grad school. I am definitely a carpenter-first TD. And am generally behind the curve in my skill-set (e.g.-- my first welding project just occurred this season--).
Theater J is "The nation's most prominent Jewish Theater company"-- and it punches above its weight, as in DC it is tiered with the "Big" companies like Arena Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Signature Theatre--- etc. We're small enough where our staff of roughly ten people each have the word "Director" in their title (or something similar)--- but really, we're also our own staff for the most part.
And I'm sure I have some colleagues bouncing around this board somewhere--- so, big shout-out to them-! Heya teammates!
Welcome to the Booth! Great to have you here with us.
~Dave
~Dave
Tom Howley
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Thanks John. I'm going to hazard a guess--- would JQ be your daughter, by any chance?
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She and I were cast-mates in (now gone) Brave Spirits' sadly-cut-short Shakespeare's Histories Project. (Attached is a photo from Henry V-- which got one performance on the weekend that everything shut down for quarantine--) First-rate teammate, she is-!
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