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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

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.

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.

© 2025 by Dan Schoedel

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