Brian Kurtz Resume
For more details, see my Curiculum Vitae
Education
Penn State University: BFA in Theatre Design and Technology, emphasis in Lighting Design. Graduated May 2010. Final GPA: 3.67.
Recent Work Experience
| Feld Entertainment September 2014-Present |
Assistant Electrician for Disney on Ice. Responsible for load-in, maintenance, load-out and run of lighting rig each week and direct local crews to assist. Run fog backstage, repair moving lights, climbing pyro load, fall arrest trained, calling spotlight cues/running spotlight for shows. |
Freelance Lighting Technician |
Working for various companies as time allows including event setup/strike. Projects include but not limited to: Gateway Haunted House Setup, Frost Productions event setup/strike and The Lighting Syndicate. |
| Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines December 2012-July 2013 |
Light Technician, in charge of interacting with guest entertainers and providing lighting/effects for their shows, running lights and show control for all production shows on three different ships, setting up for lectures and other small events, maintenance and repair of all moving and conventional lighting fixtures, maintaining the look and feel of production shows as needed. |
Techical Skills
| Lighting Consoles: | All Hog3 Consoles, RoadHog 4, Hog 2, All ETC Express Boards, ETC Expression 3, ETC EOS/ION/Element, Strand LP 90, Strand 520i. |
| Lighting Fixtures: Repair and Programming |
Mac 2K, 700, 600, 575, 500 & 250; Mac 350 LED, Clay Paky Alpha Spot/Wash 1200 & Alpha Spot 575, All Source 4, 360Q and many generic conventionals. ColorRamII and Forerunner scrollers, Basic CXI scrollers. maintenance for most haze/fog machines and other theatrical effects and equipment. |
| Other Theatrical Skills: | MIDI Show Control setup and programming, SMTPE timecode programming, set construction, props, fly-line operation, soldering, custom practical wiring, QLab programming, light plot drafting and paperwork through Vectorworks 2010 and Lightwright 5. 3D Rendering, with lights, in Vectorworks. Theatre photography. |
Lighting/Midi Programmer
| Penn State School of Theatre | Spring 2010 | |
| Penn State School of Theatre | Fall 2009 | |
| Penn State School of Theatre | The Wiz | Spring 2009 |
| Surflight Theatre | Intern Cabaret | Summer 2008 |
| Surfligh Childrens Theatre | The Wizard of Oz | Summer 2008 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Oklahoma | Summer 2007 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Summer Stage (four childrens shows) | Summer 2007 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Aida | Summer 2006 |
Master Electrician
| Penn State School of Theatre | Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl | Fall 2008 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Oklahoma | Summer 2007 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Summer Stage (four childrens shows) | Summer 2007 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Aida | Summer 2006 |
Assistant Master Electrician
| Penn State School of Theatre | Die Fledermaus | Spring 2008 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Summer Stage (four childrens shows) | Summer 2006 |
Lighting Designer
| Curtain Call Theatre | Annie | Winter 2010 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | True Villains | Summer 2010 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Guys and Dolls | Summer 2009 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Disney Spectacular | Summer 2009 | Mainstage Center for the Arts | Beauty and the Beast | Summer 2009 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Willy Wonka Jr. | Summer 2009 |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | High School Musical 2 | Summer 2009 |
Assistant Lighting Designer
| Penn State School of Theatre | Fall 2009 | |
| Mainstage Center for the Arts | Aida | Summer 2006 |
Honors and Affiliations
Recipient of the 2010 Penn State Theatre Oliver Smith Award for Technical Achievement
Recipient of the 2009-2010 Mabel Reed Knight Scholarship.
Member of USITT National 2008-2010
Awarded Arts and Architecture Research Grant for the creation of miniature portable light sources.
Member of Penn State Thespians.