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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