Christopher A. Young
Cellular Phone # : 336-263-2583
E-Mail: [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL CREDITS

Stage Staff Technician - Royal Caribbean International
Production(s) : Varies
Sailing Dates : September 2004 - March 2005

Responsibilities Included Assembling and Disassembling equipment, props, lighting, sound, etc for all shows and activities in the Cruise Director's Division by performing specific duties (more details coming soon).

 

Production Manager/Stage Manager/Lighting Designer/Master Electrician - American Family Theatres
Production : Tom Sawyer
Touring Dates : February 2004 - May 2004

Responsibilities Included Functioning as Tour and Company Manager for a cast of 6 and a crew of 2, Sharing in driving duties of 20ft. Penske Truck, Assist in all load ins and outs, Design/Setup/Maintenance of 2 Intelligent Trackspot Units, Design/Setup of all aspects of lighting for each performance, Programming/Running Light Board for each performance, Calling all cues for each performance, Maintaining all Production Notes/Production Information/Travel Information/Directions/Hotel Accommodations for the tour.

 

Responsibilities Included Functioning as Tour and Company Manager for a cast and crew of 10, Act as crew chief for all load ins and outs with union/non-union stagehands at each venue, Design/Setup/Maintenance of 4 MAC 250 Intelligent Lighting Fixtures, Design/Setup of all aspects of lighting for each performance, Programming/Running Light Board for each performance, Design/Setup of Sound System, Calling all cues for each performance, Design/Create all Technical paperwork including plots/diagrams/paperwork associated with Lighting/Sound/Costumes/Props/Set.

 

Responsibilities Included Functioning as the Master Electrician for the mainstage venue of Seaside, Second in charge of all hanging and focus of 300+ unit plot, In charge of staff of 3-4 electricians for maintenance and show calls, Assist in pick-up/delivery of rental equipment, Program and Operate Light Board for all mainstage performances. Maintenance duties included 4 Studio Spot Intelligent Fixtures, 18-34 Color Scrollers and Controllers, Gobo Rotators, 2 Twin Spins as well as plot of up to 345 Source Fours/PAR Cans/Fresnels/360 Q's.

 

Responsibilities Included Assisting the Master Electrician is the hang, circuiting, and focus of a 180 unit plot, circuiting and wiring 10 Wybron Color Scrollers, order, cut, drop all color, and programming the Light Board (ETC Obsession II). Other duties included Assisting the Lighting Designer in designing and implementing some of the looks of the show, assisting in creative and design concepts for the production, and serving as a liaison between the Master Electrician and Lighting Designer during tech.

 

Responsibilities Included Functioning as the Sound Designer for a 5 show, 12 week season, designing and implementing entire sound system within a 620 seat auditorium, setting up and maintaining both a full sound system and wireless microphone rack, Live Mixing of every performance with an average of 8-16 wireless lavalieres, 3 Crown PCC Floor Mics, and 5 Crown Choral Mics, and a 5 piece orchestra (both digital and acoustic), attending all production meetings, Designing and Implementing all Sound FX for each performance. Other duties included functioning as the Master Electrician for each show with an average plot size of 120 units, supervising both a sound and lighting changeover crew for each production, and serving as the company's Web Site Designer/Developer for that season as well as maintain and update that web site year round (Please Note: Web Site was recently redesigned and my work was used as a creative inspiration solely and not functional anymore).

 

Responsibilities Included Functioning as the Sound Designer for a 5 show, 12 week season, designing and implementing entire sound system within a 620 seat auditorium, setting up and maintaining both a full sound system and wireless microphone rack, Live Mixing of every performance with an average of 8-16 wireless lavalieres, 3 Crown PCC Floor Mics, and 5 Crown Choral Mics, and a 5 piece orchestra (both digital and acoustic), attending all production meetings, Designing and Implementing all Sound FX for each performance.

ACADEMIC CREDITS

Lighting Designer (McCrary Theatre)
Productions : Elon Dancers 2003, You Can't Take It With You

McCrary Theatre is a 576 seat auditorium located on Elon's campus. As the lighting designer of the space, duties included creating a concept for the lighting design for each production, supporting that concept through the creation of all paperwork, designing, drafting and implementing a full plot within the space using any resources available within designated space, supervising Master Electrician and other crew in the hang and maintenance of all lighting instruments for the production, creating and programming all cues into a designated lighting console, and communicating with all other design and directorial personnel in all matter of work.

Assistant Lighting Designer / Master Electrician (McCrary Theatre)
Productions : A Little Night Music, Rags, Les Liaisons Dangueruses

Duties included assisting in all aspects of the lighting design in coordination with the lighting designer, and following the same process as the above mentioned.

Lighting Designer (Black Box Theatre)
Productions : Under Milk Wood, Closer Than Ever, The Real Inspector Hound

Elon's Back Box Theatre consists of a room that is around 40' by 40'. As a preformance space, this room can be used in a variety of ways, essentially being able to create any style of theatre (i.e: Proscenium, 3/4 Thrust, In the Round, etc.). Duties within this space are much the same as in McCrary for each production.

Sound Designer / Sound Engineer (McCrary Theatre / Black Box Theatre)
Productions : The Crucible, The Music Man, Under Milk Wood, Marvin's Room, Dearly Departed, Macbeth

Duties included being present and active in all production and director meetings, creating a concept for each design and supporting it through the use of paperwork, draftings and other organizational skills, engineering any and all audio equipment needed for the production, supervising a crew of workers to assist in designated setups/rigging, creating and editing any Digital FX needed for each production, and controlling/mixing the designated sound console for some productions.

WORK-RELATED SKILLS

Instrumental and Stage Mixing	Allen and Heath, Mackie and Other Mixing Consoles	Wireless Microphone Knowledge	Advanced Stage Electrics
Reads Music (Percussionist)	Digital and Standard Audio Engineering	Intelligent Lighting Fixtures	ETC Lighting Consoles
Advanced Computer Skills	Carpentry	Rigging	Soldering
Basic Welding	Stage Management	Single and Double Purchase Fly Ops.	Hand and CAD Drafting
Basic WYSIWYG	Web Design	Web Programming (HTML, XML, Basic Java, Basic C++)	C Class Drivers License (Manual/Automatic)

EDUCATION

BA in Theatre Arts (Technical Emphasis) from Elon University

May 2003

REFERENCES

William Webb
Technical Director/Lighting Designer - Elon University
(336) 278-5717 (w)
(336) 228-1295 (h)
[email protected]

Diane Knox
Production Manager - American Family Theaters
(215) 587-8459 (w)
(215) 316-5446 (c)
[email protected]

Bob Fetterman
Production Manager - Seaside Music Theater
(386) 255-3884 (w)
(386) 605-3692 (c)
[email protected]

David Ramsey
Artistic Director/Producer - Lakes Region Summer Theater
(603) 584-8919 (w)
(603) 538-0584 (h)
[email protected]

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