Performance Technologist

Tracy S. Fitch Designer, Manager, Teacher

**** ********* *****, ***. * C: 704-***-****

Charlotte, NC 28215

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http://www.mthespiandesign.com/

EDUCATION

MFA: Theatrical Design specialization in Lighting and Technical Design

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) May 1998

BA: Speech and Theatre specialization in Technical Theatre (Cum Laude)

Old Dominion University (ODU) May 1995

Master Classes: Advanced Obsession Console Programming and ETCNet2 Configuration

Rowe Theatre June 2001

Strand ShowNet Configuration & Premiere Programming

Robinson Hall September 2005

TECHNOLOGY ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Faculty Member/Staff Member 2000-Present

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Train & Supervise Staff/Student Employees to Complete Team & Independent Projects.

Supervise Specification & Installation for Ethernet Lighting Control Systems.

Specify & Troubleshoot Dance, Music, Opera & Theatre Box Office and Credit Card Systems.

Member College Information Technology Advisory Group.

Departmental Technology Support for 21 Member Faculty, Staff, & Students.

Author Departmental Technology Plan.

Supervise 15 Station Student Computer Lab.

Specify New Building CAD/Video Lab Equipment.

Select Equipment for Digital Video Package.

Design & Build Digital Audio Systems.

Information Technology Consultant for Robinson Hall Construction (multi-venue performing

arts center).

Specify Performance Equipment for Music/Dance/Theatre/Opera Spaces.

Design Keying Configuration & Program of Electronic Access Locks.

Support Presentantions for Outside Groups and Summer Programs.

Directron.com Help Desk Senior Moderator/Moderator 2003-2004

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Guide Customer Troubleshooting of PC Hardware of all Forms.

Suggest New Products and Emerging Trends.

Promoted to Senior Moderator for Quality of Service.

Evaluate and Mentor Junior Moderators.

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University of Utah Faculty Member 1998-1999

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Train and Supervise Student Employees to Complete Team & Independent Projects.

Manage of Power Macintosh Laboratory.

Pilot Online Course Evaluation Project.

Beta-Test for MiniCad (now Vectorworks) Lighting Toolkit Documentation.

Old Dominion University 1992-1995

Unix Support Group

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

New Group Consolidating Campus wide Unix-Compatible Server/Workstation Support.

System Scripting & Administration Tasks.

Select, Port, Create, & Install Utilities and Tools.

Implementation Team for First Campus-Wide Student Email Rollout.

LAN Support Group

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Troubleshoot & Maintain Combination PC/Mac Netware Network for Entire Campus.

Team Built & Installed First University Web Server.

Large Scale Migration Team Moving 400+ PC Network to Ethernet Topology.

Student Services

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Technology Consulting & Support for Division Including: Admissions, Financial Aid,

Registrar, Student Health Service, & Student Life.

Database Programming & Troubleshooting for Student Health Service.

Administrator for Network Redesign & Installation for Large Scale Consolidation Project with

New Construction.

Network Administrator for Final Consolidated System.

NC School of Science & Mathematics Computer Support Team 1989-1991

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Maintenance & Installation for Labs Distributed Across Campus.

Implementation Team for First Dormitory PC Network.

IBM PC LAN Administrator.

THEATRICAL POSITIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES

University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Faculty Technical Director 2000-2006

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Engineer & Coordinate Build/Load-In of 6 Seasons of Dance, Theatre, Opera, & Music

Productions and Guest Artists.

Design Lighting, Sound, & Special Effects for Multiple Productions.

Manage Production Budgets & Schedules.

Train & Supervise Staff/Student Technicians and Designers.

Plan, Inspect, & Open $30 Million New Facility.

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Departmental Information Technology Coordinator.

Author successful requests for over $20,000.00 of equipment for student and faculty use.

Create departmental technology plan for distribution of information technology resources.

Author and Maintain of Dance & Theatre Stage Management Handbook.

Chair Computer/Design Lab Committee.

Develop First Multi-Year Production Calendar & Up-to-Date Online Publication.

De facto Departmental Production Manager (2000-2003).

Maintain Production and Equipment Budgeting for Active Performance Seasons.

Manage Schedules for Two Performance Venues.

Author Successful Requests for Over $100,000.00 in Stage and Shop Equipment.

Equipment Coordinator/Purchaser for Department & Three Performance Venues.

Technical Theatre & Presentation Facilitator, Camps on Campus.

Develop Electronic On-site Observation Form for College of Education.

Member College Information Technology Advisory Group.

Member Humanities Building Planning Committee.

Lighting Consultant for Music Department Recital Hall Theatrical Lighting Upgrade.

Facility Manager for Five Performance Venues as well as Classroom Areas.

Consultant for Orchestra Shell Mechanized Rigging Design/Installation.

Principal Planner and Author of Design & Production Comprehensive Curriculum Revision.

Teach Management, Technical Production, Lighting, & Sound Coursework including: THEA

3001/4001 Design & Production (new course); THEA 3001 Theatrical Photography (new

course); THEA 2212 Lighting Design; THEA 1203 Basic Stagecraft; DATH 2401 Production

Practicum. (descriptions at http://www.mthespiandesign.com/curriculum/coursehistory.pdf )

Central Piedmont Summer Theatre: Lighting Designer/Sound Designer 2000

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Design Lighting, Sound, & Special Effects for Multiple Productions.

Prepare Rental Package for Bid & Execute Contract.

Supervise Staff Master Electrician and Interns in Implementation.

Sundance Summer Theatre Technical Director 1999

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Coordinate Build/Load-In of Summer Shows with Contract Production House.

Plan and Execute Changeovers/Strike Using IATSE Stagehands.

Supervise & Assist Staff Master Electrician, Sound Designer, Prop Master, etc.

University of Utah: Faculty Technical Director Theatre 1998-1999

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Manage Production Budgets & Schedules.

Procurement and Scheduling for Lighting Crew.

Engineer & Supervise Build/Load-In of Production Seasons.

Supervise Staff Master Electrician, Sound Designer, Prop Master, Scenic Artist, etc.

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Train & Supervise Student Technicians and Designers.

Teach Technical Production Coursework including: THEAT 1180 Basic Stagecraft; THEA

1180 Basic Stagecraft Lab; THEAT 1160 Production Babcock. (descriptions at

http://www.mthespiandesign.com/curriculum/coursehistory.pdf )

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale: Graduate Assistant Theatre 1995-1998

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Procurement and Scheduling for Lighting/Scenery Crews.

Engineer & Supervise Build/Load-In of Production Seasons.

Hang & Focus Departmental Productions.

Lighting, Sound, Technical, & Effects Design for Multiple Productions.

Train & Supervise Undergraduate Technicians and Designers.

Teach Technical Production Coursework including: THEA 218A Stagecraft Scenery; THEA

218B Stagecraft Lighting; THEA 218A and 218B Laboratory. (descriptions at

http://www.mthespiandesign.com/curriculum/coursehistory.pdf )

Clinton Area Showboat Theatre Production Manager/Technical & Lighting Designer 1997

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Manage Production Budgets & Schedules.

Engineer & Supervise Build/Load-In/Hang/Focus of Production Season.

Design Lighting & Sound for Production Season.

Supervise of Staff Master Electrician, Carpenters, Prop Master, Costume Shop Head, etc.

ODU University Theatre/Chandler Recital Hall Senior Staff Member 1993-1995

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

Manage Staff Scheduling.

Specify New Lighting System.

Plan and Implement Upgrades Including Audio & Video.

Recruit, Train, & Supervise Junior Staff for Two Multi-Disciplinary Venues with 220+ Active

Nights per Year.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Productions Designed:

Technical Direction for more than 50 productions; Lighting Design for more than 40 productions;

Sound Design for more than 40 productions including Theatre, Dance, Music, & Opera in Venues

from Academic to Professional across NC, VA, IL, IA, UT.

Production credits available at http://www.mthespiandesign.com/curriculum/prodcredits.pdf.

Professional Workshops Presented:

USITT National Conference

Co-Coordinator for Light Lab; Equipment Coordinator 2006

Panelist for Teaching Stagecraft 2005

Co-Coordinator for Light Lab 2004

Panelist for Structural Coatings for the Stage 2003

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Associate On-Site Coordinator for Light Lab 2003

Panelist for File Interchange Among Design Programs 2001

Presenter for Step-up to AutoCAD2000: New Functions and Features (group) 2001

Presenter for Advanced Excel: Doing More with Macros and Menus (group) 2001

SCEM (Spreadsheet for Cost Estimation of Materials) 2000

Barbizon Lighting Theatre Academy Theatre Safety 2003

SouthEastern Theatre Conference

Panelist for Roses are Red, Violets can be Brown 2001

Publications:

Fitch, Tracy S. Stage Management Handbook. 5th ed. Charlotte: UNCC Dance & Theatre Dept.,

2002. 72pp.

Fitch, Tracy S. and Ronald Naversen. Rev. of Effects for the Theatre, ed. by Graham Walne.

Choice 33.4 (Dec. 95): 265.

Naversen, R. A. and Tracy Fitch. Rev. of Effects for the Theatre, ed. by Graham Walne. Theatre

Design and Technology 32.5 (Fall 96): 62.

SPECIAL SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

Household & Theatrical Wiring Budgeting/Estimation

Woodworking Custom Spreadsheet Design (Excel, Calc)

Live & Recorded Sound MIG Welding

Drafting (hand, VectorWorks, AutoCAD) Pyrotechnics

8 Years of University Teaching Creative Problem-Solving

COMPUTER FAMILIARITY

MS Office (Excel macro & Word template development) Adobe Acrobat

OpenOffice.org Adobe Pagemaker

AutoCAD (r12-2006 custom add-on development) Adobe PhotoShop

Vectorworks (versions through 12) Adobe Audition

WYSIWYG (theatrical lighting visualization) Adobe Premiere

Lightwright (theatrical lighting paperwork) Sony Vegas (video editor)

Computerized Lighting Control Systems by ETC & Strand Sony SoundForge

Apache (webserver) Audacity (audio editor)

Microsoft VBA Windows

AutoCAD DCL & AutoLISP MacOS

DOS/Windows Batch File Scripting Gnu/Linux

PHP (recent work on lilina-head news aggregator) PalmOS

Perl SunOS

csh AIX

Bash IRIX

VAX/VMS

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SPECIAL RECOGNITION

UNC Charlotte 49er Award by Arts and Sciences Dean Schley Lyons 2004

For Outstanding Effort on the Completion of Robinson Hall

Creative Loafing Magazine Theatre Awards 2001

Best Lighting Design in Charlotte Finalist

Hello, Dolly!; Carousel; Moon Over Buffalo; Alice in Wonderland; Blood Brothers

Central Piedmont Summer Theatre

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

United States Institute for Theater Technology 1994-Present

Active National Member of Lighting and Technical Production Commissions

Stagecraft Mailing List 1993-Present

Active (2,000+ members) International Discussion Group

Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship Honor Society inducted 1997

Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society inducted 1993

REFERENCES

Ken Burrows, Ph.D. Matthew Webster, M.F.A.

Director of Summer Programs Head of Theatre Education

Office of Continuing Education Department of Dance and Theatre

University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of North Carolina at Charlotte

9201 University City Boulevard 9201 University City Boulevard

Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 Charlotte, NC 28223-0001

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