Dawn Chiang

Experience

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  Broadway, Off Broadway, Regional Theater, Concert Acts

  Jan 1975 - now

  Lighting Designer

  BROADWAY- Zoot Suit- Tango Pasion (co-designer)OPERA- New York City Opera, resident lighting designerDANCE- American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera, New York (co-designer)NEW YORK- Encores! Concert Musical series at City Center (co-designer)OFF BROADWAY- Roundabout Theater- Manhattan Theater Club- Rattlestick Playwrights TheaterREGIONAL THEATER (Selected credits)- Guthrie Theater- Oregon Shakespeare Festival- Syracuse Stage- Mark Taper Forum- South Coast Repertory- Arizona Theater Company- Berkeley Repertory Theatre- TheatreWorks Silicon Valley- Alabama Shakespeare Festival- Milwaukee Repertory Company- Denver Center Theater Company- Children's Theater Company, MinneapolisCONCERT ACTS - LIGHTING DIRECTOR- Paul Anka- The CarpentersMULTI-MEDIA PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS:- FDNY Fire Zone (Rockefeller Center, New York) - THEA AWARD WINNER- Casino Rama/Chippewa traditions rotunda (Rama, Ontario, Canada) Show less

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  Theatre Projects

  Jan 1990 - now

  Senior Consultant

  Project manager, overseeing the design and construction of two complex, purpose built acrobatic and water spectacular venues, both under non-disclosure agreements:-- $450 million Han Theatre in China-- $250 million The House of Dancing Water in MacauPart of a senior team of four overseeing project across two continents and 12 time zones, including extended onsite project supervision overseas.Managed six contract consultants and three internal specialist teams in the design and specification of a high end, one-of-a-kind performance venue, utilizing leading edge and never-been-done technologies in multiple disciplines. -- Coordinated written, verbal communication and presentations in two languages.Oversaw and helped create all project reports, reviews, responses to submittals, requests for information for the team; created system to organize and track all documents and subsequent responses. Show less

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  New York City Opera

  Jan 1990 - Dec 1991

  Resident Lighting Designer

  Designed original productions, and revived existing productions. Six month season included up to 14 productions in rotating repertory. Supervised lighting changeover for two productions per day, six days a week.

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  Show Boat

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1998

  Associate Lighting Designer

  Broadway; London; Australia; 2 North American toursSupervised the construction, installation and teching of these five productions worldwide.

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  Theatre Communications Group

  Jun 2006 - May 2012

  Vice President & Board Member

  Theatre Communications Groups (TCG) serves as the service organization to over 400 theaters in the United States. TCG works to increase the organizational efficiency of its member theatres, cultivate and celebrate the artistic talent and achievements of the field, and promote a larger public understanding of and appreciation for the theatre field.Board members are working professionals from the theatre field, plus valued contributors from related fields.

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  Dragone

  Mar 2008 - Feb 2009

  Senior Technical Supervisor

  Supervised the integration of theatrical and production systems into the construction of the new $250 million facility in Macau, China for DRAGONE (Franco Dragone, director). Production is a permanent water/acrobatic show for the City of Dreams casino.2,000 seat venue includes:- 3.7 million gallon pool at 160' diameter by 26' deep- 8 hydraulic lifts (at 10 tons each) within the pool to create a dry stage or deep pool- 40 acrobatic trolleys on 20 overhead tracks to transport performers and scenery- 250+ water jets/fountains within the hydraulic lifts Show less

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  Behind The Scenes Foundation

  Jan 2016 - now

  Board Member

  Behind the Scenes provides financial assistance to entertainment technology professionals in need due to serious illness or injury.