CLAIRE PARRELL
Claire Parrell
Production Experience
Boston University School of Theatre
Show Title
Runaways
La Traviata
Name of Director
Elaine Vaan Hogue
Nathan Troup
Position
Lighting Board Operator
Production Assistant
Date
December 2018
October 2018
Oak Park and River Forest High School
Show Title
Much Ado About Nothing
Twilight; Los Angeles, 1992
Metamorphoses
Dead Man's Cell Phone
Mary Poppins
Sense & Sensibility
Diary of Anne Frank
The Real Inspector Hound
Legally Blonde
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Into the Woods
Marcus; and the Secret of Sweet
Little Shop of Horrors
Name of Director
James Bell and Avi Lessing
Linda Berns
Annie Slivinski
Stephanie Guralnick
Michelle Bayer
Annie Slivinski
Michelle Bayer
Ben Brotman
Amelia Kmiec
James Bell
Michelle Bayer
Avi Lessing
Michelle Bayer
Position
Master Electrician and Designer
Projections Designer
Stage Manager
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Master Properties
Apprentice Sound
Master Electrician
Assistant Properties
Master Electrician
Assistant Carpentry
Assistant Carpentry
Apprentice Electrician
Illinois High School Theatre Festival All-State Production
Show Title
Name of Director
Position
Big Fish
LaDonna Wilson
Construction Crew, Projectionist
Date
May 2018
February 2018-March 2018
December 2017
April 2017
February 2017-March 2017
December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
July 2016
May 2016
February 2016-March 2016
December 2015
October 2015/January 2016
Date
January 2018
Skills
Lighting
-Able to understand, plot, hang, and focus Elation Sixpar 300 LEDs, ETC source 4s, and Elation 15 Rs
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-Able to select proper gels and gobos for specific fixtures
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-Able to operate ETC Ion board
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Stage Management
-Able to create organized, detailed prompt books. Includes blocking notes from actors and proper scene shift, lighting, sound, and music cues.
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-Able to create specific prop lists, rehearsal reports, set layouts, schedules, etc.
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-Able to accurately tape out a set layout for actors use.
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-Able to effectively communicate between the director and technical director for shows
Carpentry
-Able to build platforms and flats (both hollywood and broadway)
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-Able to use circular saws, jig saws, table saws, miter saws, panel saws, drills, planer, router, belt sander
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-Able to design and read drafts
Projections
-Able to program projections in Isadora
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-Able to troubleshoot Isadora
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-Able to find and collect content for a show
Sound
-Able to set up mics and correctly cable them
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-Able to edit sound cues in Logic Pro X