Productions at Boston University

Red Bike - Live Streamed Production: Production Manager

This production was a created on a built deck, fitted with a turntable at center. The performances were live streamed which was captured on three PTZ cameras along with a stationary wireless camera in the middle of the turntable, which would ride along to create a unique experience through streaming.

The Team: 1 Stage Director, 1 Cast Member, and a Management, Design, & Production Team of 20.

Rehearsal Dates: February 2 - March 10, 2021

Live Broadcast Performance: April 11 - 13, 2021

Total Show Budget: $5,700

Stage Director: Blair Cadden; Lighting Designer: Jonas Hayes; Scenic Designer: Meg McGuigan; Costume Designer: Ryan Goodwin; Sound Designer: Ryan Blaney

Mansfield Park - Production Manager

Mansfield Park is a chamber opera broken into two acts by Jonathan Dove with a libretto by Alasdair Middleton. The plot is heavily based on the 1814 novel by Jane Austen. This piece can be performed alongside a 13 piece orchestra, but due to capacity limits put into place during the pandemic, the team decided to perform this piece how it was initially composed for four handed piano. This production was filmed inside the Booth Theatre over a ten day span, which then was edited in post-production for one month until the release date to the public.

The Team: 1 Stage Director, 1 Music Director/Conductor, 1 Cast of 10 Singers, 2 Pianists, and a Management, Design, & Production Team of 27.

Video Recording Dates: February 2021

Video Release Date: April 23, 2021

Total Show Budget: $9,350

Stage Director: Jim Petosa; Conductor: William Lumpkin; Lighting Designer: Kevin Dunn; Scenic Designer: Adam Hawkins; Costume Designer: Emma George; Sound Designer: Sean Doyle

Turntable Project - Production Manager

The Turntable Project was create in lieu of the pandemic, due to the restrictions to live productions. Through strategic planning, the faculty and staff at Boston University created a versatile project that includes different time periods which incorporated design elements in scenery, costumes, lighting, sound, and stage properties. There were three rooms named the Early 18th Century (Period) Room, the Medieval Room, and the Modern Room. These rooms were divided equally on top of a twenty-foot diameter turntable which rotated every five minutes during the showings. Each rotation had unique lighting and sound elements to create a new atmosphere for each room.

The Team: A Management, Design, & Production Team of 30

Showing Dates: November 18 - 20, 2020

Total Show Budget: $22,000

The Rake’s Progress - Production Manager

The Rake’s Progress is an English opera written in three acts including an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The principal of the story concerns the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, who deserts Anne Trulove for the delights of London in companionship with Nick Shadow, who turns out to be the Devil. After multiple misadventures, all initiated by the devious Shadow, Tom ends up in Bedlam, a hospital for the 'insane' at that time situated in the City of London. The overall moral of the tale is: "For idle hearts and hands and minds the Devil finds work to do."

The Team: 1 Stage Director, 1 Music Director/Conductor, 2 Casts of 24 Singers, 38 Orchestra Members, and a Management, Design, & Production Team of 30.

Rehearsals Dates: January 21, 2020-February 26, 2020

Show Dates: February 27, 2020-March 1, 2020 (4 Performances)

Total Show Budget: $29,550

Additional Project Budget: $12,000 - to build a orchestra pit cover and orchestra platforming as part of a capital investment for the School of Theatre and School of Music: Opera Institute.

Director: Jim Petosa; Conductor: William Lumpkin; Lighting Designer: Kat C. Zhou; Scenic Designer: James F. Rotondo III; Costume Designer: Ryan C. Goodwin

Kamioroshi: The Decent of the Gods - Production Manager

Kamioroshi was an experiment in transcultural theatre by an international production and ensemble team. The play brings a Shawnee man and an African American woman fugitive slave to Japan in 1854 during the so-called “Opening of Japan”. There they join with Japanese peasants struggling against their modernizing government to create a just world. They embark on a pilgrimage on the Nakasendo highway in pursuit of the millennium. The play featured Japanese Kagura (traditional folk dance) such as Yama no Kami mai, Sanbaso mai, and Gongen Sama Mai accompanied by Japanese flute and drum, as well as an African American Ring Shout.

The Team: 1 director from NYC, 2 choreographers from NYC, 7 actors from Boston University, 5 actors from the Boston metro area, 1 Actors’ Equity Association actress, and a Management, Design, & Production team of 20

Rehearsals Dates: November 2, 2019-December 11, 2019

Show Dates: December 12, 2019-December 15, 2019 (5 Performances)

Total Show Budget: $5,475.00

Director: Sonoko Kawahara; Lighting Designer: Qian Chengyuan; Scenic Designer: Elizabeth Pattyn; Costume Designer: Ryan C. Goodwin

Fringe Festival 2019 - Associate Production Manager

Show 1: As One - Directed by: Jim Petosa - 2 actors.

Show 2: Later The Same Evening - Directed by: Eve Summer - 2 casts of 12 singers each.

Show 3: Amputees - Directed by: Sarah Shin - 8 actors.

The Team: 3 separate design & management teams and a production team of 15.

Rehearsals Dates: Rehearsals ranged from September 10 - October 22

Show Dates: Performances ranged from October 4 - October 27

Total Festival Budget: $4, 600.00