More about Me
at a
Catholic School for kindergarten to eighth grade.
That was not the best experience, but now that I look back on it I think that it
was great that my parents sent me there. I do not remember much about my
days at Mother of Sorrows, MOS, (the Catholic School). I had a rough time
at points making friends, but this has seemed to make me stronger and to keep
good friends with everyone that I meet. In terms of learning, MOS was a
great. I would have to say that I am very happy that I learned grammar
there because at Hilton they all weren't taught grammar until senior year in
High School. I remembered enough then to be able to not study it
then. Now however some people may argue that I don't follow the rules any
longer. Oh well.
After eighth grade I moved over to public school in ninth grade. This is where I got my first taste of theatre. At Hilton High School I joined stage crew and stayed in it all four years that I was there. I started out by being an electrician. Mostly I got to only do work during the show. During the show I would unplug and plug in instruments. Our school was very short on circuits. Also I got to change out some gel. A very early version of a color scroller. Later on I was in charge on stage and was able to deal with scenery. I helped build every show after that. Also shortly after this I dealt with every show. Well eventually I became the stage manager, whom was in charge of stage crew. This is how I decided what I wanted to do theatre throughout my life. My High School life had a profound effect on the rest of my life. Not just that I found my love for theatre, but also I found myself and mostly figured out who I was. I learned important skills of dealing with people and how to make and keep friends.
I went on to Ithaca College as a Theatrical
Production Arts major with a concentration in technology. I was
involved in many shows while at college. My portfolios
show most of them along with some other work that I have done. Going in
to college I thought that I was going to be a lighting designer, but the next
four years had something completely different in store for me. I was on
track in the beginning for lighting and for carpentry. I followed those
two basic tracks, but it set me up stronger in carpentry. I also
discovered that I enjoyed carpentry better. College helped me figure out
that I enjoy and am good at being an assistant lighting designer and also being
a good technical director. So after finishing school with all this
knowledge I accepted a job as the Master Carpenter at The
Fulton Opera House in Lancaster Pennsylvania. 
After
two years as Master Carpenter, I was promoted to Assistant Technical
Director. I then left Lancaster and spent the summer of 2005 at
Williamstown Theatre Festival as the Associate
Technical Director. While there I interviewed and accepted the
position of Assistant Technical Director at
Long Wharf Theatre. While I at
Long Wharf I learned a lot more about automation and operating with a staff
crew and over hire crew. In my second year I was offered the position
of Technical Director. i accepted the position and have been in it
ever since. I recently bought a house in West Haven. There are pictures of the different houses I looked at. All were in equal amount of disarray. It is really a fixer upper. The first morning there, New Years Day 2009, I had to rip out most of the kitchen cabinets. Check out the pictures.
This page was last updated on 02/14/10.