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			DAN WEINGARTEN Lighting Design (818) 400-0867 / www.danweingarten.com / dan@danweingarten.com Teaching Experience Professor, Loyola Marymount University, Theater Arts and Dance Dept. 2004 to present: Teaching classes in lighting design, stage management and other technical theater topics Visiting Professor , Loyola Marymount University, Theater Arts and Dance Dept. 2002 to 2004 Adjunct Professor, Loyola Marymount University, Theater Arts and Dance Dept. 2001 to 2002 Venue Lighting Design Consulting Designer for the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Pasadena - 2002 to 2004 Responsible for working with the theater’s arcitechts to ensure that, when finished, the facility contained dynamic and flexible spaces ripe with possibilities, complete with the tools that would create an enviroment in which LA’s best theater designers would be eager to collaborate on small theater productions. Lighting Design for Theme Park Lighting Director, Theatrical Operations Unit, Universal Studios, Hollywood - 2007 to present Responsible for ensuring that the original lighting designer’s artistic vision is maintained at shows. Lighting Design for Opera Nixon in China_____________________________________Long Beach Opera, Terrace Theater, Long Beach, CA Peter Pawlik, Director - Opened March 2010 Good Soldier Schweik _______________________________Long Beach Opera, Center Theater, Long Beach, CA Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, CA Ken Roht, Director - Opened January 2010 Emperor of Atlantis & The Clever One ____________Long Beach Opera, The hull of the Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA Andreas Mitisek, Director. Opened June 2009 Motezuma Long Beach Opera, Center Theater, Long Beach, CA Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, CA David Schweitzer, Director - Opened March 2009 The Cunning Little Vixen_____________________________ Long Beach Opera, Center Theater, Long Beach, CA Ken Cazan, Director - Opened January 2009 The Diary of Anne Frank________________Long Beach Opera, Underground parking lot of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles Underground parking garage of Long Beach City Hall, Long Beach, CA Andreas Mitisek, Director - Opened April 2008 Orpheus & Euridice _____________________________Long Beach Opera, Belmont Olympic Pool, Long Beach, CA Andreas Mitisek, Director - Opened January 2008, Remounted May 2010 Winterreise________________________________________ Long Beach Opera, Center Theater, Long Beach, CA Andreas Mitisek, Director. Opened May 2007 Lighting Design for Theater BRLHDF: The Nibelungen ___________________Collision Theory, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA Aaron Henny, Director - Opened June 2010 Jawbone of an Ass ________________________________Circle X Theater Co, The Lillian Theater, Hollywood, CA Jim Anzide, Director - Opened May 2010 Wirehead __________________________________The Echo Theater Company, Stage 52 Theater, Los Angeles CA Larry Biderman, Director - Opened January 2010 2009 Ovation Awards ________ Los Angeles Stage Alliance, Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, Redondo Beach, CA Dan Friedman, Director - January 2010 Slasher ____________________________________________________The Zephyr Theater, Hollywood, CA Lee Sankowich, Director - Opened October 2009 Stranger____________________ _________________________________Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA Keythe Farley, Director - Opened June 2009 LA Drama Critics Circle Nominated Design Man of La Mancha________________________Winged Lion Productions, The Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach, CA La Canada Presbyterian Church, La Canada, CA Valerie Mayhew, Director - Opened April 2009 Does He Know _____________________________Triumvirate Pi Theater Company, The Electric Lodge, Venice, CA Leslie Grey, Director - Opened February 2009 Two Trains Running ______________________________The Ebony Rep, Nate Holden Theater, Los Angeles, CA Israel Hicks, Director - Opened October 2008 Ovation Award Nomination, Best Lighting Design (Large Theater) Ovation Award Winner, Best Production of a Play (Large Theater) Adramalech’s Monologue_______________________________________ Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA Josh Moyse, Director - Opened September 2008 Opa!_____________________________________ Double Play Connections, Bleeker Street Theater, New York, NY Spiro Venloudos, Director - Opened August 2008 The Last Seder _______________________Ensemble Studio Theater Company, Greenway Court Theater, Los Angeles Joseph Megel, Director - Opened June 2008 Pippin _________________________________________East West Players, HD Hwang Theater, Los Angeles, CA Tim Dang, Director - Opened May 2008 Compleat Female Stage Beauty ________________________Rogue Machine, Theatre/Theater, Los Angeles, CA John Perin Flynn Director - Opened April 2008 Alice Sit by the Fire__________________________________________ Pacific Resident Theater, Venice, CA Joe Olivieri, Director - Opened December 2007 Seven Santas _________________________The Open Fist Theater Company, The Open Fist Theater, Hollywood, CA Darin Anthony, Director - Opened Dec 6, 2007 Two Rooms _____________________________Santa Barbara Theater Company Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, CA Asaad Kelada, Director - Opened September 2007 Catch the Fish ____________________________________________The New School Theater, New York, NY Kristin Hanggi, Director - Opened August 2007 New York Fringe Festival winning play Orestes Remembered __________________________Ghost Road Theater Co, Fools Fury Fest., San Francisco, CA Katharine Noon, Director - Opened March 2007 Street Angel Diaries _____________________________Zebulon Projects, Theater at Boston Court, Pasadena, CA Darin Anthony, Director - Opened December 2006 Visiting Mr. Green _________________________Ensemble Theater Company, Alhecama Theater, Santa Barbara, CA Jonathan Fox, Director - Opened November 2006 2006 Ovation Awards ________________________Los Angeles Stage Alliance, Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, CA Mark Seldis, Director - November 2006 Orestes Remembered ____________________________Ghost Road Theater Company, The Getty Villa, Malibu, CA Fools Fury Festival, San Francisco, CA The Strub Theater, Loyola Marymount University, Westchester, CA, The Powerhouse Theater, Santa Monica, CA Katharine Noon, Director - Opened March 2007, Remounted February 2009 Rock of Ages __________________________Prospect Pictures Productions, Ren Mar Studios, Stage 6, Hollywood, CA Vanguard Theater, Los Angeles, CA Flamingo Casino, Main Showroom, Las Vegas, NV Kristin Hanggi, Director - Opened January 2006, moved March 2006, Remounted June 2006 Touch the Names _________________________Ensemble Theater Company, Alhecama Theater, Santa Barbara, CA Randal Mylar, Director - Opened March 2006 The 2005 Ovation Awards _______________The Los Angeles Stage Alliance, The Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, CA Mark Seldis, Director - November 2005 Nina Variations _______________________________The Company Rep, Deaf West Theater, North Hollywood, CA Hope Alexander, Director - Opened January 2005 A Lovely Sunday for Creve Cour Questa ________Ensemble Theater Company, Alhecama Theater, Santa Barbara, CA Robert Grande Weiss, Director - Opened March 2005 The Court Theater, West Hollywood, CA Joe Ciccaci, Director – Opened April 2005 The Last Flapper __________________________Ensemble Theater Company, Alhecama Theater, Santa Barbara, CA Michael Rothaar, Director - Opened May 2005 The Four Dervishes ________________________Ghost Road Theater Company, LA Theater Center, Los Angeles, CA Katharine Noon, Director - Opened October 2005 Mikes Incredible Indian Adventure__________________________ Los Angeles Theater Center, Los Angeles, CA Nancy Keystone, Director - Opened October 2005 Godspell__________________________________________ Winged Lion Productions, Southern California Tour Valerie Mayhew, Director - Opened April 2005 Bold Girls _____________________________________________The Matrix Theater Company, Hollywood, CA Lisa James, Director - Opened October 2004 Dealing With Clare ______________________________________The Matrix Theater Company, Hollywood, CA Andrew Robinson, Director - Opened October 2004 The Real Thing______________________________ The Ensemble Theater, Alhecama Theater, Santa Barbara, CA Asaad Kelada, Director - Opened October 2004 Romeo and Juliet __________________________The Theater at Boston Court., Boston Court Theater, Pasadena, CA Michael Michetti, Director - Opened September 2003 Ying Zhang, in Concert _____________________New West Symophny Orchestra, The Kodak Theater, Hollywood, CA Boris Brott, conductor - Opened August 2002 Avalon _________________________________________Myo Productions, The Doolittle Theater, Hollywood, CA Josie Walsh, Director - Opened June 2002 Jesus Christ Superstar _______________________________Winged Lion Productions, Southern California Tour Valerie Mayhew, Director - Opened March, 2002 Emma’s Child _____________________________________________The Odyssey Theater, Los Angeles, CA Meryl Friedman, Director - Opened November 2001 In Flegrante Gothecto _________________________Circle X Theater, The McCadden Place Theater, Hollywood, CA Jillian Armenante, Director - Opened August 2000 LA Drama Critics Circle Nominated Design Blood Sugar ______________________________________________The Tamerind Theater, Los Angeles, CA Michael Michetti, Director - Opened May 2000 Against the Glass __________________________________________The Court Theater, West Hollywood, CA Jennie Sullivan, Director - Opened March 2000 Selected pre-2000 productions: Crimes of the Heart __________________________________________The Falcon Theater, Toluca Lake, CA Gary Marshall, Director - Opened November 1999 Anastasia Krupnik ___________________________________________The Falcon Theater, Toluca Lake, CA Meryl Friedman, Director - Opened October 1999 1999 L.A. Weekly Awards _____________________________The Tom Bradley Theater, LATC, Los Angeles, CA Michael Bretz, Director - November 1999 1998 American Choreography Awards _________________________Wilshire Ebell Theater, Los Angeles, CA Shanda Sawyer, Director - April 1998 Nijinski Speaks___________________________________ Harold Clurman Theater, Theater Row, New York, NY Dom Solinaro, Director - Opened September 1998 The Rover ___________________________The Circle X Theater Company, The Actors Gang Theater, Hollywood, CA Michael Michetti, Director - Opened July 1998 Garland Award winning design Great Men of Science Nos 21&22 _________________Circle X Theater Company, The Lost Studio, Los Angeles, CA Jilllian Arminante, Director - Opened March1998 Ovation nomination, Garland Award, LA Weekly Award Our Country’s Good __________________________________Pasadena Shakespeare Company, Pasadena, CA Dana Marley, Director - Opened Sept 1997 Drama-Logue Award winning design Broadway Bound______________________________________ Group Repertory Theater, North Hollywood, CA Dom Salinaro, Director - Opened June 1995 Drama-Logue Award winning design Beauty & The Beast _____________________________American Family Theater, 60 city U.S. Tour. Spring 1994 Lighting Design for Dance (selected credits) Luminario Ballet 2010 Season ____________________________________The Ford Theater, Hollywood, CA Claire Trevor Theater, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA Judith Flex-Halle Artistic Director – Opened August 2010 Luminario Ballet 2009 Season__________________________ Martha B. Knobel Dance Theater, Long Beach CA El Portal Theater, North Hollywood, CA Judith Flex-Halle Artistic Director - August 2010 Crust – Hysterica ____________________________________________The Unknown Theater, Hollywood, CA Kitty Macnamee, Artistic Director – August 2008 X – Hysterica _________________________________________________The Ford Theater, Hollywood, CA Kitty Macnamee, Artistic Director - August 2008 Victorious – Hysterica________________________________________ The Open Fist Theater, Hollywood, CA Kitty Macnamee, Artistic Director - August 2008 LA DanceForce ______________________________________1998 - 2004 National Conventions, Anaheim, CA, Long Beach, CA, and Las Vegas, NV The Edge Scholarship Show ____________________Edge Performing Arts Center, The Nate Holden Theater, The Montalban Theater, Los Angeles Theater Center, Los Angeles, CA Bill Prudich and Randy Allaire, Directors - Annually May 1992 to Present Lighting Design for Corporate Clients Nike – World Cup Celebration, Montalban Theater, Hollywood, CA - June, 2010 Converse / Paper Magazine “We Love Art”, Montalban Theater, Hollywood, CA - March 2010 Nike – Under the Hood with Manny Paquio, Montalban Theater, Hollywood, CA - September 2009 Nike – Presents Intermillan, Montalban Theater, Hollywood, CA - August 2009 Nike - FC Barcellona, Montalban Theater, Hollywood, CA - July 2009 Joe’s Jeans - Fashion Show Lighting for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Smash Box Studios, Culver City, CA - July 2003 Line 6 – Tradeshow Booth lighting for NAMM, Anaheim / Los Angeles, CA 1997 – 2008 Line 6 – Tradeshow Booth lighting for Summer NAMM, Nashville, TN 1997 - 2008 Line 6 – Tradeshow Booth lighting for MusikMesse, Frankfurt, Germany – 2000 - 2002 Education MFA, California Institue of the Arts, Valencia Ca. School of Theater Major: Design and Produciton, Concentration Lighting Design BSBA, Drexel University, Philadelphia Pa. College of Business and Administration Majors: Finance and Management of Information Systems