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Dan Schoedel

Lighting Design (Selected)

Contract Lighting Designer                       City Bridge Church, Plano, TX                            2023 - Present  

Contract Lighting Designer                       Chase Oaks Church, Plano, TX                           2014 - 2022              

The Cuban and the Redhead                    Pegasus Theatre, Plano, TX                                2018                       Director:  Robert Bartley

Native Gardens                                           WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX                     2017                       Director:  David Lozano

Parade In Concert                                       WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX                     2017                       Director:  Kelsey Leigh Ervi

It’s Only A Play                                             Uptown Players, Dallas, TX                                 2016                       Director:  Cheryl Denson

Mothers and Sons                                       Uptown Players, Dallas, TX                                 2016                       Director:  Bruce R. Coleman

The Big Meal                                               WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX                     2016                       Director:  Emily Scott Banks

Lord of the Flies                                          WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX                     2016                       Director:  Kelsey Leigh Ervi

Catch Me If You Can                                   Uptown Players, Dallas, TX                                 2015                       Director:  Cheryl Denson

Bonnie & Clyde                                           WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX                     2014                       Director:  René Moreno

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer                 WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX                     2014                       Director:  Emily Scott Banks

Xanadu                                                         WaterTower Theatre, Addison, TX                     2013                       Director:  Bob Bartley

Broadway Our Way                                     Uptown Players, Dallas, TX                                 2013                        Director:  B.J. Cleveland

Children                                                       WingSpan Theatre Company, Dallas, TX          2012                        Director:  Susan Sargeant

Nickel and Dimed                                       Mountain View College, Dallas, TX                    2012                       Director:  Akin Babatundé

The Importance of Being Earnest             WingSpan Theatre Company, Dallas, TX           2011                       Director:  Susan Sargeant

A Christmas Carol                                       First Baptist Church – Carrollton, TX                  2011                       Director:  David Stanley

Twilight: Los Angeles,1992                         Mountain View College, Dallas, TX                    2011                       Director:  Akin Babatundé

The American Dream & The Sandbox      WingSpan Theatre Company, Dallas, TX           2010                       Director:  Susan Sargeant

Betrayal                                                        Kitchen Dog Theater, Dallas, TX                         2010                       Director:  Tina Parker

My Sister in This House                              WingSpan Theatre Company, Dallas, TX           2009                       Director:  Marjorie Hayes

Annual Christmas Production                    The Peoples Church, Toronto, Canada      ’03-’07, ’09, ’10              Director: Jenny Boot

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Assistant Lighting Design (Selected)

The Hologram Theory                                Blue Light Theater Co.,                                        2000                       Designer:  Ryan Mueller

         Assistant LD (Off Broadway)                  The McGinn/Cazale Theater, New York, NY

 

Additional Experience

Salas O'Brien – July 2006 – Present

   Senior Consultant

      - Theatrical Lighting Consultan

D.N.A. Productions – January 2005 – August 2006

   “The Ant Bully” (Warner Brothers) – Lighting Lead

      - Sequence Lighting, Compositing, Shot Lighting, Look Development

C.O.R.E. Feature Animation – September 2003 – November 2004

   “The Wild” (Walt Disney Pictures) – Sequence Lighter, Lighter

      - Lighting:  Sequence Lighting, Shot Lighting, Look Development

      - Effects:  Look Development

Pixar Animation Studios – June 2002 – August 2003

   “Finding Nemo” (Disney/Pixar) – CG Artist

      - Effects:  Simulation, Particles

      - Lighting / Rendering / Compositing

Humana Festival, Actor’s Theater of Louisville / Ensemble Theater, NYC   - 2002

   “Virtual Meditation #1” by Sarah Ruhl - Production Designer, Interaction Design

      - Production Designer:  Worked with Sarah Ruhl and design team to design the physical and virtual world.

      - Interaction Design:  Collaborated with teammates with the design of bio-feedback for the experience.

      - Modeling / Animation:  Adapted facial models to low poly count.  Facial Animation.

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Education

Carnegie Mellon University, Master of Entertainment Technology (MET), 2003, 3.81 G.P.A.

Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, BFA in Theatre / Lighting Design, 2001, 3.81 G.P.A.

 

Awards / Nominations

2015 - Nominee - Best Lighting Design of a Play – Equity, 16th Annual Column Awards, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

2014 - Nominee - Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Equity, The 15th Annual Column Awards, Xanadu

 

Skills

Vista Lighting Consoles, ETC Lighting Consoles, Pharos/Mosaic Lighting Control, Revit, Twinmotion, Enscape, 3D Studio Max, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, Photography.

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© 2025 by Dan Schoedel

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