| Technical Theater and Stage Design | ANNE K. G. MURPHY |
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509 Dartmoor Rd |
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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. |
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M.A.Sc. University of Waterloo, 2002 Systems Design Engineering
B.A. Grinnell College, 1996 History
| 2000-2001 |
Vice President |
F.A.S.S |
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| 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. | ||
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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. | ||
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Summer 1994 |
Properties and carpentry, Sound Design |
University of Findlay Summer Stock Theater |
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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. |
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1993-1994 |
Staff Technician | Grinnell College Theater Department |
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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) |
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| Summer 1993 | Theater Technician | Dunes Summer Arts Program |
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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. |
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| 1988-1992 | Technician, Crew |
FARCo |
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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 |
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| 1990 | Technician, Running Crew |
Ann Arbor Ballet Theater |
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Technical and Running Crew, The Nutcracker Ballet |
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