My profession of choice at the moment is as a freelance Lighting Technician for all the local theaters in town. I say "of choice" because unfortunately for most of us, theater rarely pays all the bills.  No one goes into it for the money, and only a few make the big dough. So it turns out that I find myself with a week of time here and there with nothing to do. So I am always looking for ways to make money.

Im looking into getting some equipment so I can do band lighting gigs on the weekends. I am also consulting for various people and schools (for no pay, but the idea is that they will need someone to operate all this new fangled equipment I am showing them they need to have).

Since this is the page that deals with my career choice, a resume and some highlights follows:
 
 

Companies worked for:

Center For the Arts
2202 W Anklam rd
(520)206-6986

Borderlands Theater
Po Box 2791
(520)882-8607

Arizona Theater Company

Through these companies I have worked for most if not all of the production companies In southern Arizona including Ballet Arizona and Childsplay out of Phoenix
 

References:

T. Greg Squires - Center For the Arts
(520)206-6989

Sheryl Miller - Borderlands Theater
(520)566-2777

Equipment Trained on:

Technobeams and Technobeam LCD controllers
Access Lighting Board by GAM
various ETC boards
various pieces of Sound Equipment
Various lights including all Source 4 instruments
 

Highlights:

I just recently did my first lighting design job. It was for "Clarence Darrow: Crimes, Causes and the Courtroom."  The show is a one man show and rather simple set, so we only required 6 areas of lighting and 3 specials. Each area received three lights. This was a very simple lighting setup, but having no formal light design training, I was a bit nervous at first. The actor told me what he needed for cues and when, and I set all levels and programed the ETC lighting board. Sheryl Miller helped out a lot with the artistic aspect of the lighting.

My favorite show so far was "The Highest Heaven" by Childsplay. On that show I was Master E and board op. The brought in their own designer who brought with him 4 Technobeams and an LCD controller. He taught me enough to program the board with movements, split colors, lithos and cross fades.. all the basics. I still don't know how he created that burning woods effect though.
 
 

Catalogs
Full Compass
Pro Sound and Stage lighting

Manufactures
Rosco (gels, gobos, and equipment)
American DJ
MARTIN makers of Roboscans, JEM smoke, and MACH speakers
GAM (Great American Market)
MoboLazer Makers of G-beams.. Truly STUNNING web site! CHECK IT OUT!!!

Distributors, showrooms and used equipment
Stage Equipment and lighting (new and used goods)

Informational sources
Ujjal's DMX512 page
 

If you have a page or site you would like to see added, Email me