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Theatre

Walt Disney World, September 2022 - April 2023

Entertainment Costumer

At Walt Disney World, I worked as a costumer for the Festival of Fantasy parade. As a costumer, my primary responsibilities were to assemble and prepare costumes in the morning, assist performers with dressing prior to parade step off, assist performers with undressing at parade step down, and laundering all costume pieces at the end of the day.

UpS For Downs, Summer 2022

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Sound Designer and Engineer

I was the sole sound designer and engineer for this production. I created the QLab, microphone plot and assignments, and was in the booth running both the microphones on the board & the QLab with all of the backing tracks during the 3 performances.

UpS for Downs, Summer 2022

Legally Blonde, Sound Designer

For UpS For Downs production of Legally Blonde, I created a QLab with all of the backing tracks and sound effects. I ran the QLab during the show, and assisted with the microphone plot as well.

Illini Student Musicals, Spring 2022

Legally Blonde - Assistant Sound Designer

For my final show with ISM, I primarily worked on putting mics on actors, as well as assisting with mixing the pit.

The Armory, Spring 2022

The Gulf - Sound Designer

This was my first show I sound designed on my own: working to create the perfect gulf ambience, as well as a pre-show playlist that set the mood for the performance.

Illini Student Musicals, Fall 2021

Into The Woods - Production Resource Manager

Taking on my first non-sound related position in a while, I served as the Production Resource Manager for ISM's Into The Woods. My responsibilities included collecting security deposits, creating & monitoring an anonymous feedback form throughout the production, and worked on resolving any issues that arose throughout the rehearsal process.

Ups For DownS, Spring 2021

Les Miserables - Assistant Audio Engineer

This production of Les Miserables was done completely virtually, and my job as the assistant audio engineer was to take the actors recorded vocal parts and align them with the instrumental tracks. Some of the tracks I mixed for this show are available in my sound portfolio, linked on the home page.

Illini Student Musicals, Spring 2021

Little Women - Assistant Sound Designer

For this production, I mixed all 4 of the performances, assisted with board programming, and assisted with putting microphones on actors.

Illini Student Musicals, Fall 2020

Fall Showcase - Assistant Sound Designer

During the fall semester of 2020, I was an assistant sound designer for a showcase. My responsibilities involved putting microphones on actors, and doing sound effects/playing tracks on QLab. I also got to curate the pre-show playlist, which, of course, consisted of mainly Carly Rae Jepsen.

Illini Student Musicals, Spring 2020

A Chorus Line - Assistant Sound Designer

Prior to it's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was one of the assistant sound designers for A Chorus Line. Though we were unable to put on the show, I assisted in sound design planning & preparation.

THEA 151 and THEA 453

Theatre Sound Coursework

While pursuing my minor in Theatre, I've taken two theatre sound courses, and am currently enrolled in Sound Design 1. Some of my coursework (dialogue editing & sound design) is available in my sound portfolio, linked on the homepage.

Theatre: Experience

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