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.