I just got back from a trip with Tom Gold Dance to Provence, France; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Bilbao, Spain. We performed a repertory that included works by Balanchine, Robbins, Petipa, and Tom Gold to sold out audiences in every country. It was a fantastic trip and the work looked great.

I've just returned from 3 weeks in Saratoga Springs, NY, the summer home of the New York City Ballet. We performed our usual varied repertory in the lovely outdoor setting of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

Last Thursday I lit New York City Opera's Spring Gala on the Promenade of the David H. Koch Theater. A few pictures are below.








Photos by Darrell Beasley

The ballet has returned from successful trips to both Hong Kong and the Kennedy Center, and now we're gearing up for our Spring season, which runs from May 3 to June 12. After that we get ready to go to our Summer home for a few weeks.

I've just finished designing the premiere of Firemen by Tommy Smith, directed by Michael McQuilken. The show was produced by my good friends at Magic Futurebox and performed at the Tank on 45th street. I was really happy with how the show turned out, especially given limited resources and tech time.

At NYCB we've just finished our annual run of the Nutcracker; next up is our Winter Season, which runs until February 27th. After that the ballet heads to the Hong Kong Cultural Center for a week of performances, followed by our annual visit to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

We've just wrapped up the Fall Season at the New York City Ballet, which has taken up almost all of my time since mid-April. Next up, I'm designing Crimes of the Heart and The Odd Couple for New Players Company, and I'm headed up to Williams College in MA to light Davidsbunderlertanze for a weekend.

I spent almost all of 2009 working on projects with the New York City Ballet, as I am now officially their Assistant Lighting Director. We just wrapped up our 2010 Winter Season. Next up for me is designing A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline for the Fiddlehead Theater Company in Boston at the John Hancock Hall. After that, I'm assisting William Armstrong at the Mint Theater on 43rd Street on the play Dr. Knock. After that, it's time to prep the Spring 2010 Ballet season. I'm available for work for all of August and most of October and November.

I was just informed that I've been nominated for a New Hampshire Theatre Award for this summer's production of Doubt: A Parable. I'm trying to acquire some photographs of the production to put up. The ceremony is on February 6th.

I've just finished designing my last show of 2008, Bristol Riverside Theatre's annual "Winter Musicale." It's a holiday concert they put on for their community, and it was a lot of fun.

After a productive and busy 2008, I've just accepted a 6-month job at the New York City Ballet as a lighting assistant. I'll be there from January through June, with most of March off.

I just got back from Dallas, where I assisted Matt Richards on A Christmas Carol. Matt and his wife just had a baby--congratulations to them! Next up I have a week off before I go back to PA to design a winter concert for Bristol Riverside Theatre.

I've just returned from Bristol Riverside Theatre in Bristol, PA, where I designed Absurd Person Singular. Gus Kaikkonen was the director. Pictures should be up as soon as I have them.

Pictures from this summer's productions of Stones in His Pockets, An Ideal Husband and Nobody Don't Like Yogi have been posted.

Right now I'm in New Orleans, assisting on the Starbucks Leadership Conference and General Assembly meeting. The scope of the project is enormous, and my responsibilities are extensive. I'll post some pictures as things get further along; today has been nothing but taping out rigging points.

I've finished my time in Peterborough, NH for the summer, where I designed Harvey, Nobody Don't Like Yogi, Stones in His Pockets, Private Lives, An Ideal Husband, Doubt and the children's shows Hansel and Gretel and Cindy Reilly.

I'm about to head to Torrington, CT to tech The Magic Treehouse, a new children's show going on a national tour. When I return from that, I'm going to Tempe, AZ to do Cloudless with Susan Marshall & Company, followed by New Orleans to be Assistant LD for the Starbucks Leadership Convention and General Assembly. Then I'm designing Absurd Person Singular for the Bristol Riverside Theater in Pennsylvania, followed by associate designing A Christmas Carol at Dallas Theater Center.

It's a busy fall. Pictures from the summer's shows should be up shortly, along with a minor redesign of some portions of the website.