Resume & Contact Info | Megan M. Reilly
 
Megan M. Reilly | 512.569.8814 | megan.reilly@gmail.com
     
     
LIGHTING DESIGN
Butler Opera Center at UT Austin Trouble in Tahiti (2008) Robert DeSimone, Dir.
Austin, TX The Impresario (2008) Octavio Cardenas, Dir.
     
Cambiare Productions Transformations (2008) Created, Directed & Designed by Megan M. Reilly & Sarah Mosher
Austin, TX  
     
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Well Suited (2007) Kathy Dunn Hamrick, Chor.
Austin, TX    
     
Forklift Danceworks The King & I (2007) Allison Orr, Chor.
Austin, TX    
     
Cohen New Works Festival Portrait (2007) Andee Scott, Chor.
Austin, TX Rapunzel (2005) Created by Kim Gritzer & Megan M. Reilly
     
University of New Hampshire A Doll's House (guest LD, 2007) David Richman, Dir.
  The X Factor (guest LD, 2006) Raina Ames, Dir.
  Tartuffe (guest LD, 2003) Deb Kinghorn, Dir.
     
University of Texas at Austin There & Not There (2007) Andrea Beckham, Chor.
  Holes (2006) Rod Caspers
  Flesh and the Desert (2005) Robi Polgar, Dir.
  Adverse Camber (2005) David Justin, Chor.
     
Lakes Region Summer Theatre 2006 Summer Season Directors: Rick Wilson, Eric Nielsen, J.T. Kidd, Brian Swasey, Patrick DuLaney
Meredith, NH  
     
Rude Mechanicals/Bayou Radio Minus Tide (2006) Ellie McBride, Dir.
Austin, TX    
     
The Actor's Collective Speaking in Tongues (2004) Jon Drawbaugh, Dir.
San Francisco, CA The Blue Room (2003) Jon Drawbaugh, Dir.
     
New Conservatory Theatre Center You Should Be So Lucky (2003) Chris Jenkins, Dir.
San Francisco, CA Salam Shalom (2003) Mike Ward, Dir.
     
Lunatique Fantastique E.O. 9066 (2003) Liebe Wetzel, Dir.
San Francisco, CA    
     
ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGN
Butler Opera Center at UT Austin Dialogues of the Carmelites (2006) Kathryn Eader, LD
Austin, TX The Scarecrow (2006)  
     
Kansas City Repertory Theatre A Raisin in the Sun (2006) Michelle Habeck, LD
     
Cincinnati Opera 2005 Summer Season Thomas Hase, LD
     
University of Texas at Austin Cabaret (2004) Jessica Rapier, LD
     
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Assistant Instructor UT Austin Theatre & Dance 2007
Courses taught: Theatre Technology, Spring 2007
     
Teaching Assistant UT Austin Theatre & Dance 2004-2006
Assisted primary instructor in the following courses: Lighting Technology, Theatre Technology, Production Lab
     
Electrician & Light Board Operator Great American Music Hall, SF, CA 2004
Designed & operated lights for various musical and spoken word acts including Rasputina, Cat Power, Jello Biafra, The Mother Hips, Erin McKeown, Teitur, Mason Jennings
     
Rental Agent / Lead Rental Agent Holzmueller Productions, SF, CA 2002-2004 (Lead: 2/04-7/04)
Assisted customers with rental of conventional & moving fixtures, control boards, dimmers, and other lighting equipment; followed up on missing or late orders; accounting duties; as Lead Rental Agent, supervised rental department
     
Electrics Intern Theatre at Monmouth, Monmouth, ME Summer 1999
Assisted lighting designer and master electrician with hang, focus, and maintenance of repertory plot; worked as light board operator; performed maintenance and repairs as needed on lighting equipment; completed electrics changeovers daily
     
EXHIBITIONS & HONORS
City of Austin Cultural Funding Grant Recipient (with Cambiare Productions; Transformations), 2008
USITT Certificate of Excellence for Design as Performance Exhibit (Rapunzel), 2007
Prague Quadrennial Student Exhibit & Design as Performance Exhibit (Rapunzel), 2007
World Stage Design Digital Exhibition, 2005
Morton Broan, Nellie Lea Brown & Minelma Brown Lockwood Scholarship Recipient, 2004-2007
Georgia B. Lucas Foundation Fund Scholarship Recipient, 2006-2007
Patrick Hines Endowed Scholarship, 2005-2006
Louis Jules Hexter Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Theatre Arts, 2004-2005
     
EDUCATION
MFA - Theatrical Design (Lighting) University of Texas at Austin 2007
Studied: Lighting Design, Scenic Design, Costume Design, Scenic Rendering via Photoshop, Automated Lighting, Figure Drawing, Vectorworks
     
BA - Theatre; BS - Biology University of New Hampshire 2000
Minor: Women's Studies
     
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
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