marisa abbott
theatre designer and technician
live events
Eaux Claires Music Festival
Lighting Designer: The Creek Stage 2017
Lighting Designer: The Kills Stage 2016
Two-Day music festival featuring Bon Iver and Francis and the Lights among numerous other bands.
Worked as the lighting designer/board operator for the Kills Stage (2016) and The Creek Stage (2017) during the two days of the festival. Also worked as a technician, building stages, loading in lighting and sound equipment, and loading and unloading backline gear from trucks, changing over equipment between performances, and striking all equipment.
Lighting Designer / Technician
Duties include: Designing lights for a large gala-type event taking place in the concourse of the University Center at UW-Stevens Point, setting up equipment, programming the show, striking all equipment in a timely manner.
Capitol Campaign Gala
2016
Eaux Claires Music Festival
2015
Two-Day music festival featuring Bon Iver and The National among numerous other bands.
Worked as a student technician, setting up stages, lighting and sound equipment alonside professional equipment rental companies, loading and unloading backline gear from trucks, changing over equipment between performances, and striking all equipment.
Program Services Technician
2014-2016
Technician for on-campus events at UW-Stevens Point.
Duties include: Setting up lighting and sound equipment for live concerts, speakers, school meetings and banquets, operating lighting equipment, mixing sound from analog and digital boards, working with clients and bands to meet their requests.
Annual three-weekend series of music groups performing for an audience in a dinner-theatre type setting at Oconomowoc Arts Center's Little Theatre..
Worked as a technician, setting up and operating lghting and sound equipment for live performances.
Cabaret Cafe Series
2010-2012
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Lighting Designer and Technician for various dance recitals that rented out the Oconomowoc Arts Center.
Duties include: Hanging and focusing lights in a rep plot, working with Choreographers to achieve their vision, working quickly to program and learn a recital, operating lighting board during shows, working with Stage Managment team on headset.