Scenic & Theatrical
Below are highlights of my involvement in plays/musicals, opera, Broadway shows, etc.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Took scenic design drawings and turned them into fabrication drawings; including CNC & Waterjet parts. Coordinated with shop fabrication personnel to ensure set pieces were adhering to design intent. We actually completed this entire project and were contracted to rebuild the same set for the Australian tour.
Lucia di Lammermoor
A set for Opera Philadelphia. Produced fabrication drawings for all the wall flats, ensuring each assembly was a transportable size. Overviewed test fitting and rigging of these walls in house. They each had to fly out between scenes.
The Play That Goes Wrong
Based on the European set, we recreated the same set for the North American tour. Reworking the drawings and adding details needed for our own fabrication processes. The fun part of this set is how interactive the entire thing is, with each wall panel, platform, and windows collapsing as part of the show. It was great to test out in person.
Philadelphia Christmas Tree Base and Rigging
We were contracted annually by the city of Philadelphia to set up the Christmas Tree in front of city hall. We waterjet an aesthetic shroud around the base of the tree. It’s an addressable RGB skyline of the city of Philadelphia. Also included on site rigging responsibilities to ensure the tree was safely & securely set in place.
The Met Opera House - Philadelphia
Coveted with rich history, the Met Opera house was given a new lease on life during an extensive overall in 2017 with an reopening date of December 2018. We worked to help renovate the backstage area and the overhead grid system. The later being the more extensive bit of work repairing and replacing degraded strap steel and installing a new rigging system to fly curtains and different set pieces.
