Gregory J. Marshall
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Summary
I am relocating to the New Haven area in early October and am eager to find out about job opportunities in local theatre. Since August of 2002, I have served as Technical Director of the Wilhoit Theatre at Drury University. Drury’s theatre program consists of about seventy students and eight faculty and adjunct faculty members. Each season, we mount three straight plays and one musical on our main stage, and one smaller production in our studio black box theatre. We also do two touring productions, our Broadway Cabaret musical revue and our Shakespeare in the Schools, which takes a bare-bones abridged literary masterpiece on tour to local high schools in the spring. We feature a playwriting competition every other year and produce the top two submissions, and last semester boasted a first-time partnership with a historical downtown theatre. I am very proud of the growth I’ve witnessed and helped to foster in the past ten years.
Being the only full-time staff member has allowed me to remain very hands-on with respect to everything we do on a daily basis. I have been very active in the building of special props and furniture, scenic painting, scenic design, and lighting design at Drury. I teach our students the values of craftsmanship and pride, and I try to teach it by example. I strive to create a positive, collaborative work environment in which people can take advantage of their strengths. In addition, I am a general problem-solver and a creative and forward thinker.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Drury University, Springfield, MO, August 1998
Major: Theatre
Minor: Studio Art
Experience
•Technical Director, Wilhoit Theatre
Drury University, Springfield, MO
August 2002 – present
– Responsible for all technical areas in a six productions season, in multiple venues
– Generate construction drawings from designers’ elevations, renderings, and models
– Supervise and teach students in a practicum environment; create and delegate work assignments; demonstrate proper tool usage and maintenance; demonstrate painting techniques; ensure safe working conditions
– Prioritize work assignments according to production deadlines
– Coordinate installations with class schedules
– Compile materials lists and purchase construction materials
– Recognize and foster student talent and proficiency
– Perform general maintenance and repairs on shop tools and lighting instruments, and organize, store, maintain, and repair stock scenery, props, and furniture
•Scene Shop Supervisor/Properties Master
Summer Tent Theatre, Missouri State University, Springfield MO
May 2006 – August 2006 (Scene Shop Supervisor)
– Managed and coordinated a five carpenter, full-time crew for three summer stock equity productions
– Ensured proper and accurate building from construction drawings
– Delegated work assignments
– Maintained safety, organization, and cleanliness standards
May 2005 – August 2005 (Properties Master)
– Generated props list for three summer stock equity productions
– Created or otherwise located and/or purchased props
– Coordinated with directors/scenic designers regarding prop specifications
– Ensured suitable hand props for rehearsals
•Carpenter/Draftsman
Bill’s Custom Woodworks, Inc., Willard, MO
February 1999 – March 2002
– Built from and drafted technical drawings
– Milled, shaped, sanded, and assembled cabinet doors and face frames; delivered and installed cabinets
– Generated lists of door and drawer sizes for each particular job
– Acquired specifications for built-in appliances from manufacturers and retailers to custom design cabinets
– Consulted with customers to reproduce specific styles of cabinetry from photographs, sketches, or descriptions
– Organized and filed customer and contractor orders, answered telephones, other light office work
•Assistant Shop Supervisor, Wilhoit Theatre
Drury University, Springfield, MO
August 1995 – May 1998
– Ensured proper, safe, and economical building and painting of sets by student workers
– Taught correct handling and use of hand and power tools
– Demonstrated building and painting techniques
– Supervised hang and focus of lighting instruments from drafted plots
– Researched, designed or built from plans, special set and hand props
– Provided an overall safe, productive, and enjoyable work environment
Skills
- Carpentry
- Layouts
- Prop Building
- Scenic Painting
Groups & Associations
- Alpha Psi Omega National Honorary Theatre Fraternity
Spoken Languages
- English
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