"Precious Little" for City Theatre 2011

Originally on first reading i was not "touched" by this play.  This was not a world premiere but we were the first real full production.  As some rewrites happened and we got closer to production i started to become quite interested in the play.  During the technical rehearsals I really fell in love with the writing.  We had a multi locale play and it was dependent on sound, light, costuming, and staging to make it work. I would say we were pretty successful and had a great experience working on this play.

"Louder, Faster" for City Theatre 2011

This was a world premiere.  I had designed jeff hatcher plays before.  I had designed an eric simonson play before.  I worked with eric as a director before.  I had designed the other eric and jeff collaboration.  So it was like working with old friends.  This play has a lot of humor and some very funny characters.  Fortunately this world premiere had only one location and was a comedy which made my life much simpler than the norm.

"Long Story Short" for City Theatre 2008

This was a world premiere co-production between City Theatre and TheatreWorks in Palo Alto. The pictures are from the City Theatre production.  The production out in Palo Alto was a little different.  There was no ceiling. I wish i had some pictures from that version.  It looked very similar but would be great for you to see the minor difference.  The musical is based off a play called "The infinite heartbreak".  It is a interesting story of a couple whose life plays out on the night of their first date.  We are in the bedroom of the couple's residence for the entire story.
 

more "The Producers" 2010

Just had to include these as well.  As in any CLO production you have little time but sometimes you hit a home run.

"The Producers" for CLO 2010

Bill Burns, the director, was going to recreate the broadway production.  We had the national tour set.  We had the majority of the bells and whistles but no automated deck since it, the production, was right in the middle of the summer season for CLO.  I had just returned from NYC doing "The Jimmy's" and had to jump right into this production.  I was also going through a personal family trauma.   The musical is a lot of fun to watch and work on.  The leads were great.  Doing a musical is a lot of work to begin with but doing it on the schedule( 2 day turn around) that CLO has it's a huge challenge.  In the end I was very happy with the look of the show.  It also helped to have all those practicals in all those sets working.  Thank you Will Dennis.

"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" for CLO Cabaret 2008

This was a nice little production of the musical.  James Brennan was very easy to work with.  Lots of funny stuff in this piece.  Any couple would recognize their life on stage.

"Nunsense" for CLO Cabaret 2010,2011

We remounted the production and it was so easy to do.  Danny Goggins directed it both times and Terry, his asst. was there to help with choreography and blocking.  This show has been around for years but still brings folks into the theater.  Danny gave me some freedom but always wanted to remind me how "bright" he wanted it.  He is a pleasure to work with.