Technical Theater and Stage Design ANNE K. G. MURPHY

509 Dartmoor Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4511 USA
734-996-9017
netmouse@netmouse.com


Enthusiastic and responsible, with supervisory experience. Can design sets, build sets, paint sets, design props, make props, reupholster furniture, run props, stage manage, hang lights, run lights, design sound, run sound, design costumes, run costumes and make-up, strike anything. Was an Assistant Technical Director by the age of ten.

Education

M.A.Sc. University of Waterloo, 2002        Systems Design Engineering
B.A. Grinnell College, 1996        History

Experience

2000-2001

Vice President

F.A.S.S
Executive member of student production company.
2000 Properties Design KW Little Theatre
  Properties Head, including design and construction, for Our Country’s Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Set in 1789; props included making a replica "Brown Bess" rifle.

1997-1998

Web Consultant Summit Systems, Inc.
Skokie, IL
  Key member of start-up web hosting and design company. Consistently pleased clients with quick response time, clear communication, and attention to detail.

Summer 1994

Properties and carpentry, Sound Design University of Findlay Summer Stock Theater
  Supervised apprentices; carpentry and set crew; designed, produced and ran properties for Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser, Hurray for Hollywood (a musical review), and Separate Tables, by Terrence Rattigan. Sound Design also for The Snow Queen and Hurray for Hollywood
Nominated for a critics award for set dressing on Separate Tables.

1993-1994

Staff Technician Grinnell College Theater Department
  Staff Carpenter, Head of Paint; supervised Stagecraft students (1993-1994). Also:
Tech Director, Set design, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, by David Mamet (1994)
Assistant Set Design, Properties production, Translations, by Brian Friel (1993)
Carpenter, Assistant Stage Manager, Props Master, A Doll House, by Henrik Ibsen (1992)
Summer 1993 Theater Technician Dunes Summer Arts Program
  Set Construction and Painting, ran Lights and Sound, Death Trap, by Ira Levin
Assisted with technical production of Revenge of the Space Pandas (or Binky Rudich and the Two-Speed Clock), by David Mamet
Completely overhauled the foundation's storage for props and costumes, producing an organization therein that had not been seen for years. Picked up the pieces and succeeded in a stressful management situation in which the rest of the technical crew had quit.
1988-1992 Technician, Crew FARCo
Technical work for Community High School's Fine Arts Repertory Company (FARCo):
Stage Manager, Stone Voices, Spring 1992 {1st place, Michigan State Theatre Competition, class C}
Technical Director, First Annual Talent Show, Spring 1992 Stage Manager, 5-2, 7-3, Fall 1991 Stage Manager, This is a Test, by Stephen Gregg, Spring 1991 {1st Place, Michigan State Theater Competition, class C; special performance at the State Festival}
Set Design, an act from A Midsummer Night's Dream, by W. Shakespeare, Spring 1989
Running Crew, Little Shop of Horrors, by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, Spring 1989
1990 Technician, Running Crew Ann Arbor Ballet Theater
Technical and Running Crew, The Nutcracker Ballet

Leadership Roles

2002-present       Secretary of AASFA and SFOHA, assist. Con Chair for ConFusion
2000-2001            Vice President of FASS and Vice Chair of WatCHI, Graduate Student Representative