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Elliott M. Burke 29 Woodbridge Street South Hadley, MA. 01075-1138 Phone: 857.222.0008 E-mail: emburke@ishahel.org |
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Career Objective: Seeking extensive freelance or permanent work in directing, writing, research/ development, and design for theatrical production. Interested in traveling/ relocating locally or abroad. |
Résumé: Brief Extended Productions Download a copy of my résumé Ishah 'El theatre arts |
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| Experience: Assistant To The Director Production Manager Production Stage Manager Technical Director Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager House Supervisor Light Board Operator Spot Light Operator Sound Board Operator Research and Development Music Research Set And Stage Construction Technical Assistant Production Assistant Properties Construction & Management Performer Artist Assistant To The Director Revels, Inc., Watertown, MA. 1999
Attended production
and tech development meetings and
rehearsals to ensure smooth, proper and safe production- performance.
Duties include historical research, props construction and maintenance,
assistance of production crew, light rigging
and specialty props/
effects production.
Supervision of
house and stage personnel as well as
tech crew for each show through load-in, rehearsal, performance,
strike and load-out. Processing of payroll for hired work crew
and ordering/ receiving supplies for performance and
theatre
maintenance. Running of lights, sound, and stage management
for hired shows in theatre.
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Development of prompts
with the director and creator through rehearsals; setting blocking,
cues, and staging directions;
communicating needs and
requirements for the performance to the Production director, and
ensuring the
safety of all involved. Running of lights and
sound during each performance.
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Technical Director M.I.T. Musical Theatre Guild, Kresge Theater, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. 1994
Constructed stage
sets, props and scenery; supervised stage
hands in setting up/
striking of stage sets and tech gear. Used
materials on-hand for construction which resulted in saving 90% of
production budget. Constructed a replica of an authentic electric
chair using only an old black and white photograph as a model.
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New England Conservatory
Opera Theatre, Revels,
Inc., Stations
of the Cross,
Good Friday, Lydia
Fair, Brant
Rock Essayons
Theater Company Our
Place Theatre Project Once
Upon A Time
Children’s Theatre Anam
Cara/ Mobius Art
Gallery,
Development of prompts with the director through rehearsals; setting
blocking, cues, and staging directions; communicating needs and
requirements to cast and crew, and ensuring promptness in duties and
safety of all involved.
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Assistant Stage Manager New England Conservatory Opera Theater Boston, MA. 2005 Revels, Inc., Watertown, MA. 1999 ~2005 Nora Theatre Company Boston Playwright's Theatre Boston, MA. 2000 ~ 2004 Revels,
Inc./ Shakespeare
and Company,
Assisted the director
and stage manager with various tasks -
rehearsal and production including running lines, tracking props,
setting up the stage and calling cues. Also
involved props. management,
quick scene and clothes changes, applying stage make-up, up-keep of
costumes, special scene decoration, baking of edible props and running
a fog machine for special effects. Researched music used in production.
Minor bit character(s) in play.
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House Rehearsal Supervisor Sanders Theatre/ Lowell Hall/ Memorial Hall Complex, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 1997 ~ 2001
On hand supervisor of
performance space during scheduled
rehearsals of orchestral, symphonic, choral and chamber ensembles.
Duties involve setting up of and striking any
equipment, monitoring
theatre for safety and privacy and assisting the conductor and
production manager with any needs.
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Once
Upon A Time
Children’s Theatre/
Present through
development and rehearsal of light
cues with the artistic director, director,
light designer and
technicians. Operated light cues through production of show.
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Weslia
Whitfield Cabaret
Performance, Senior Spring Musical
Production,
Carmel Foundation, Carmel, CA. 1991
Operated spot light
for emergency fill in during production
of show.
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Sound Board Operator Once Upon A Time Children’s Theatre/ The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Boston, MA. 2000 Nora Theatre Company, Cambridge, MA./ Boston Playwright's Theater, Boston, MA. 1999 ~ 2004
Present through
development and rehearsal of sound
cues with the artistic director, director and sound designer. Operated
sound cues through production of show. Also assisted the artistic
director with cast auditions and callbacks.
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Extensive research
into the history and culture of
traditional Armenian performing arts which was used for the Christmas
Revels production of 2002.
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The Lyric Stage
Company of Boston, Anam
Cara/ Mobius Art
Gallery,
Researched and
provided music used in production of shows.
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Anam
Cara/ Mobius Art
Gallery,
Construction of set
and scenery for performance. Involved in
load in and strike of materials for the set as well as electric's for
lighting.
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Revels,
Inc./ Shakespeare
and Company, Emerson
Majestic Theatre, Jewish Theatre New
England,
Newton, MA. 1998 ~ 1999
Varied duties of set
construction, light rigging, masking,
patching and painting.
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Running crew duties of
maintaining stage and backstage
areas, enacting quick scene changes crucial to production and keeping
cast and crew up-beat. Minor character prop effect in play.
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Anam
Cara/ Mobius Art
Gallery,
Development of,
purchasing of materials for and construction
of properties used in performance.
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Performer The 9th 1st Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 1999 Fourth Tenor Clone in "The Seedy Opera". Stations of the Cross, Good Friday, Vineyard Fellowship of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA. 2001
Choir Member- Tenor
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Artist Stations of the Cross, Good Friday, Vineyard Fellowship of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA. 2001 10th
Station- "From
the cross, Jesus Christ Forgives"- (Assemblage)
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