Gen Tech

As a Collaborative Theatre artist, I have had the opportunity to engage with many different elements of the craft. In my time at HPU, I have been a makeup/hair artist and designer, stitcher, dresser, light rigger, carpenter, run crew member, follow spot operator, stage manager, publicist, props master, producer, and more! I have also taken classes in light and sound crafts, costume design, makeup crafts, set design, and worked with Vectorworks and Qlab. Aside from my genuine interest in all of the workings of different areas of theatre, I also value the experiences with people in all fields of theatre and believe it has helped me to become a better collaborator.

Stage Manager/FOH for “Time” by Jay Putnam

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR RUSSELL HILL

Load-in Pictures from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

SCENIC DESIGN BY MATTHEW EMERSON

TECHNICAL DIRECTION BY RUSSELL HILL

Costume, Light, and Set Design for Ibsen’s “Ghost” (unrealized)

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Spring Dance 2 (2021) Light Board Operator

LIGHTING DESIGNER VANDY SCOATES

Opera Scenes 2021 props master and costume designer

DIRECTED BY SCOTT MACLEOD AND KRISTINE MCINTYRE

constructed out of a headband, twigs, paint, and hot glue for the Ladies of the Queen of the Night from “The Magic Flute”

Makeup Based on a Dark Bird

Ben Nye clown white and black cream eyeshadow applied with sponges and a spoolie brush

Gore Makeup for student film

supplied with paint brushes and a Halloween store zombie makeup kit, I applied gore makeup to my fellow actors in less than 15 minutes

Costume Design for August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” (unrealized)

Hair Design 1920s Murder Dinner Theater (unrealized due to Covid)

DEVISED PIECE DIRECTED BY DEAN KEN ELSTON

My hair was to my mid-chest at this point

Hair Design: The Great Christmas Broadcast 2020 and 2021

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY KEN ELSTON

COSTUMES BY GAY HENSELY

This show, set vaguely in the 1940s/50s, allowed me to execute some of my favorite period hairstyles, as well as develop a new technique for adding texture to naturally straight hair that is quite short.

Hair Styling “These Shining Lives” Fall 2019

DIRECTED BY DOUG BROWN COSTUMES BY GAY HENSLEY

Although there was no official hair designer for this production, I helped my fellow castmates in the green room

Makeup-Gore

Every Halloween, my friends come to me for spooky scary injuries. I use Ben Nye fake blood and cheap eyeshadow to create these looks.

Follow Spot Operator “Bright Star” Fall 2019

DIRECTED BY JAY PUTNAM LIGHTS BY VANDY SCOATES

Makeup Crafts Class Fall 2018

From bleeding aliens to wounds to old age, lions, and 1920s applications for stage and black and white screen, this class solidified my techniques and allowed me to experiment with painting on my face and using new products.