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
August 2013-September 2014

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.

For more details, see my Curiculum Vitae

References Available Upon Request