1. Arielle Ems Lighting Designer
Cell (503) 707-4749 Email: ems.arielle@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Internship
in
Entertainment
Technology
Walt
Disney
World
May-­‐August
2014
Duties
included:
Backstage
work
and
lighting
work
for
Little
Mermaid,
Beauty
and
the
Beast,
Fantasmic,
Frozen
Summer
Fun
Processional,
Epcot’s
World
Showplace,
Jeweled
Dragon
Acrobats,
Finding
Nemo:
The
Musical
Lighting
Designer
Home
and
Community
Options
Inc.
June
2013
Fiddler
on
the
Roof
Director,
Mark
Roeckers
Light
Board
Operator
Rockwell
Kent
Festival
Feb
2012
Angels
in
the
Trees:
The
Rockwell
Kent
Story
Director,
Judy
Myers
Electrician/Stage
Crew
Minnesota
Beethoven
Festival
June
2012
Production
Manager,
Kirsten
Blake
Events:
Leipzig
Sting
Quartet,
Dale
Warland
and
Festival
Chorale,
Angela
Hewitt,
Eroica
Trio,
Sharon
Isben
Li-­‐Wei
Quin
and
Albert
Tieu,
Branford
Marsalis
and
Ned
Kirk
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Saint Mary’s University, Winona, MN Aug 2011 - Present
Lighting
Design
Working,
Nutcracker,
Rabbit
Hole,
Triangle
Factory
Fire
Project
(London,
UK)
Co-­‐Lighting
Designer
Dance
Repertory
Company
Assistant
Lighting
Designer
Our
Town
Master
Electrician
Hamlet
Assistant
Master
Electrician
Machinal
Programmer/Light
Board
Operator
Le
Corsaire
Special
Effects
Pentecost
Stage Crew for the Page Series-Saint Mary’s University Aug 2011 – Present
DUTIES
INCLUDE:
Running
Lighting
Focus
Calls,
Facilitating
a
crew,
Backstage
work
Shows
crewed:
Creole
Choir
of
Cuba,
Intergalactic
Nemesis,
Roseanne
Cash,
Eileen
Ivers,
Terrance
Simien
and
the
Zydeco
Experience,
Luna
Negra
Dance
Theatre,
Griffin
Theatre:
Letters
Home,
The
Good
Lovelies,
Yuval
Ron
Ensemble
EDUCATION
Current Bachelor of Arts in Theater, Saint Mary’s University, Winona, MN
Emphasis in Lighting Design Expected Graduation: May 2015
RELATED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
Computer
Skills:
Windows,
Mac,
and
Linux
user,
Vectorworks
2012-­‐15,
Lightwright
5,
Microsoft
Suite
Console
Programming:
ETC
Expression
2X,
3X,
Strand
100,
ETC
Ion,
Strand
GSX
100,
WholeHog
3,
Grand
MA
2
Other
Lighting
Skills:
Instrument
Maintenance,
Color
Scroller
Maintenance,
Color
Fader
Maintenance
Fly
Rail:
Single
Purchase
Fly
Rail
Other:
Walt
Disney
World
Pyrotechnics
Class,
USITT
Member,
U.S.
Passport
REFERENCES
Tamara Honesty Jason Underferth Kirstin “Fluffy” Blake
Head of Design Production Manager Production Manager
Western Illinois University Saint Mary’s University of MN Southern Utah University
513-919-2325 Cell 612-232-9385 Cell 507-458-4037 Cell
309-298-1543 Office 507-457-1720 Work fluffyblake@weber.edu
TL-Honesty@wiu.edu jaunderf@smumn.edu
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION: AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST