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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Sonia Pasqual
Entertainment Lighting Design/Technician
IATSE Local 631
(407) 719-7589 (Mobile)
spdesigntech@yahoo.com
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EDUCATION
M.F.A Design Lighting, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 2011 - Present.
Technical Certificate, Theatre & Entertainment, Valencia Community College, Florida 2003.
B.A Theatre Arts, Design & Production, Fordham University Lincoln Center, New York 2001.
A.S Theatre Entertainment Technology, Valencia Community College, Florida 1999.
Amethyst Design Entertainment, Inc. Present - 2006, FL
- Lighting Designer
- Lighting Consultation & Instruction
- Production & Events (includes: Stage, Theatre, & Corporate)
- Freelance (lighting design, set design and master electrician)
for such companies as Ballet South, People's Theatre, Trinity Preparatory School, Solid Rock Church of God, Valencia Character Co., Respect -Orlando, and Cando Event Planning.
People's Theatre 07/2006, -Orlando, FL
- Lighting Designer.
- The Wiz, young kids portray the role of Dorothy, Lion, Tin Man, and Scarecrow. By the Young People's Theatre. William F. Brown take on the The Wiz of Oz.
Walt Disney World Entertainment, 2006- 2004 -Lake Buena Vista, FL
- Production Planner, Downtown Disney, Boardwalk, & Resorts, Pleasure Island,TA.
In charge of crews, lighting events, staging events, special events, stage demolition, order and purchase, rentals, event planning, and part of design team.
- Lighting Designer, Walt Disney World, Lighting Designer Global Bench.
- Lighting Assistant & Follow Spot Op. Press Event, MGM Studios, Crew Chief, Greg Stevens.
- Lighting Facilitator for Lighting the Disney Way (Basic Lighting).
- Lighting Technician night clubs (BET SoundStage, Mannequins, 8Trax, & West End Stage) Pleasure Island.
- Lighting programmer Hog II, III, PC, & ETC consoles for night club entertainment, stage concert and events.
- Lighting Assistant & Follow Spot Op. Night of Joy 2004, Magic Kingdom, Dir. Rob Ryan.
- Pyrotechnics, Video/Camera Op, Tech for Live Shows, Downtown Disney & Magic Kingdom.
Valencia Character Company Blackbox Theatre, 06/2006, -Orlando, FL
- Lighting Designer.
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, straight drama play by Edward Albee. Working with college students to implement my design through hang, focus, and production execution.
Festival of Dance, Annie Russell Theatre (Rollins College), 05/2006, -Winter Park, FL
- Lighting Designer.
- Dance lighting for over 30+ dance/ballet sets, for youngsters to teenagers performers.
Festival of Dance, Annie Russell Theatre (Rollins College), 05/2005, -Winter Park, FL
- Lighting Designer.
- Dance lighting for over 30+ dance/ballet sets, for youngsters to teenagers performers.
Harrison Arts, 10/2004, -Lakeland, FL
- Lighting Designer.
- Work with High School students with focus and implementing plot and designs for The King and I.
Children's Theatre of Florida, 01/2004, -Sanford, FL
- Master Electrician.
- Head of hang, circuit, troubleshooting and repairs.
Seaside Music Theatre, 2003, -Daytona Beach, FL
- Follow Spot Operator for You Never Know.
Daytona Beach Community College, 2003, -Daytona Beach, FL
- Lighting Director & Master Electrician for the Cultural Arts Department. Responsible for Lighting Designs for shows and Theatreworks/USA tours,
troubleshooting and maintaining conventional and theatre spaces, assist with inventory and purchasing of lighting, and operation of console or spotlight
for shows. ETC Expression board Programmer for all events. Load-In and Load-Outs for invited shows.
Orlando Youth Theatre, 07/2003, -Orlando, FL
- Lighting Design/Master Electrician/ETC Programmer & Operator. Kiss Me Kate. Tim Hanes, Director.
Children's Theatre of Florida, 06/2003, -Sanford, FL
- Newspaper Theatre Instructor. Teach students how to construct costumes, props, and set pieces using Newspaper.
- Lighting Director/Design. Teach students about conventional lighting, color, and theory.
- Lighting Technician/NSI board Programmer for show.
Olympia HS Titan Theatre, 04/2003, -Orlando, FL
- Lighting Design for Bye Bye Birdie.
- Lighting Technician in charge of hang, focus, circuit, and troubleshooting.
- ETC Expression Programmer.
- Assistant to Set Designer.
Gorilla Theatre, 07/2002, -Tampa, FL
- Lighting, Scenic Design for Young Dramatics Project 2002, five productions in one space..
- Lighting Technician in charge of hang, focus, circuit, and troubleshooting.
- Lightboard Programmer.
Valencia Performing Arts Center, 12/2001, -Orlando, FL
- Lightboard Operator for Nutcracker by Rollins Dance.
- Load in and Load out of production.
Young Artists United, 08/2001, -Blue Heron Arts Center, New York, NY
- Lighting Design *premiere's*Unheard Of by Paul Hagen & eXILE by Jose Landivar.
- Lighting Technician in charge of hang, focus, circuit, and troubleshooting.
- Lightboard Programmer.
Gallery Players, Inc. 04/2000, -Independent Theatre, New York, NY
- Lighting Design *premiere*Galleria degli Angeli by William Kernen.
- Master Electrician, Lightboard Programmer & Stage Manager.
M4JP/A Motion Crusade 04/2000, -Speyer Hall, University Settlement, New York, NY
- Lighting Design *premiere*Recreating the Myth of Medusa & Shaka Sankofa Choreography Kevin Clayborn.
M4JP/A Motion Crusade is a performance troupe. Experimental Dance & Movement Theatre.
- Master Electrician, Lightboard Programmer & Operator.
Marionette Swedish Cottage Theatre, Summer 2001/2000, -New York, NY
- Lighting Consulant and Lighting Technician for touring shows, Assistant to Winifred Sensiba.
- In charge of maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairs of conventional and architectural lighting instruments and boards.
Universal Studios 1997-1999, -Orlando, FL
- Tech Level 5, in charge of show operation for Horror Makeup & Nickelodeon Game Lab venues.
- Special Events Tech, Follow Spot Operator for Mardi Gras, setting up for special park events in Universal Studios Escape.
Lighting Technician / Production Experience
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Fordham University Lincoln Center, Theatre 2001-2000, - New York, NY
- Shop Master Electrician, in charge of maintaining and repairs of cable and conventional lighting, hang and circuit for shows.
- Light Designs for Playwright Festivals, ETC Programmer & Operator for several shows.
- Studied under Chad McArver as a Lighting Design student.
Pace University Theatre, 1999, -New York, NY
- Lighting Design student, worked on several shows in the Fall as Master Electrician, Light Board Programmer and Operator.
Valencia Character Company 1996-99,2001, -Orlando, FL
- Lighting Technician, Programmer on Colortran & ETC consoles for the Performing Arts Center.
- Follow Spot Operator and trainer for shows.
Flagler Auditorium 1996-1994, -Palm Coast, FL
- Lighting Technician (Raider) for over 75 Broadway Touring Company Shows.
- Follow Spot Operator & Strand board Programmer and Operator for shows and B-way Tours, some favorites: Sweet Charity, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers & Gyspy.
- Load-In and Load-Out for B-way Tours.
Related Experience
Lighting Dimensions International 2000, Orlando, FL
- Intern, Load-In and Load-Out class rooms for Entertainment Liighting Seminars. Venue Technician.
Skills
- Windows and MAC/IBM platforms
- Excel, Spreadsheets
- Vectorworks Spotlight 9 (working on 12)
- AutoCAD 2000 LT
- Lightwright
- WordPerfect, MS Word, Corel Office
- Power Point
- Paint Shop Pro 7
- Photo Impact
- Photoshop
- WholeHog II, Hog PC
- WholeHog III (basics)
- Omega 2 & Leprecon console
- ETC consoles
- Strand consoles (basics)
- NSI/Levition, Colortran
- HTML 4, php, javascripts
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