P
HILIP
W
ATSON – LIGHTING DESIGN
New Rochelle, NY 10805
E-mail:
lxdesigner@lightsgo.com
Wk: (866) 433 8258 Cell: (757) 580 5483 Fax: (866) 234 8124
Philip is a British citizen, aged 42, and holds a Green Card. He has spent the last 16 years living and working in the USA.
Photographs and reviews of his work can be seen at
www.lightsgo.com
or via mail on request. Philip is a member of United
Scenic Artists USA829.
NATIONAL TOURS
2LUCK PROD.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dir: Philip McKinley
MAINSTAGE PROD.
Hello Dolly
Dir: Bob Durkin
MUSICALS & OPERA
Directors include: Dorothy Danner, Bob Durkin, Geoffrey Hitch, Michael Licata, Dennis Edenfield, Steven Minning, Gary John
LaRosa, Lawrence Thelen, David Wanstreet and Bill Castellino. Work with set designers includes Michael Yeargan, Joe Stell,
Tom Tutino, Michael Boyer, Michael Winkleman, and Ed Zuckerman.
VIRGINIA OPERA
Porgy and Bess
RIVERSIDE THEATRE – FL
Chicago
WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC THEATRE
Beauty and the Beast, Singing in the Rain, Miss Saigon, Mame,
Smokey Joe’s Café, My Fair Lady, Chicago, Godspell, Forever Plaid
South Pacific, Camelot, 1776, Annie, Anything Goes, Carousel, Fiddler On The
Roof, Gypsy, West Side Story, Grease, She Loves Me, The Most Happy Fella, Secret
Garden, Hello Dolly! Sound of Music, Cabaret, Oklahoma, Showboat, Man of La
Mancha, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Honky Tonk Angels
VIRGINIA MUSICAL THEATRE
Camelot, The Secret Garden, Evita, Big River
STAGE DOOR THEATRE – FL
Hello Dolly!
VIRGINIA CHILDREN’S CHORUS
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR ARTS - VA
How to Succeed in Business, Smokey Joe’s Café
Guest Artist
Figaro, Hansel and Gretel
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY - VA
Jesus Christ Superstar
Guest Artist
THEATRE
Directors include Leon Ingulsrud, Cecil McKinnon, Christopher Hanna, Dennis Jones, Alan Cornell, and Anders Cato.
Set designers include: Richard Chambers, Tom Buderwitz, Elwood Robinson, and John McDermott.
SHAKESPEARE & Co. - MA
Romeo and Juliet – with the Buffalo and Virginia Symphonies
NYU – TISCH
- NY
Man of Mode, The Maids
CIRCUS FLORA
- MO
Da Capo - Spoleto Festival USA and St Louis - 2003, The Western - 2004
SIERRA REPERTORY
- CA
Ghosts, Rashomon
RIVERSIDE THEATRE - FL
Sylvia, Tru, Tuesdays with Morrie
WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC THEATRE
Death of a Salesman
SURFLIGHT THEATRE
- NJ
Lend me a Tenor, Dracula, Brighton Beach Memoirs
THEATRE OF THE MILLENIUM - VA
Hedda Gabler, An Evening of Beckett’s Shorts
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY - VA
The Tempest, Anthony and Cleopatra, Anatol, Medea, Time of Your Life
Guest Artist
Macbeth, Angels in America Pt. I Angels in America Pt. II, The Hairy Ape,
The Grapes of Wrath, Dancing at Lunasa, Tartuffe, Roosters
DANCE & OTHER MUSIC
Choreographers include: Ginger Thatcher, Frank Bove, Todd Rosenlieb, Robert Garland, Massimliano Volpini, Attila Egerhazi,
Leigh Witchel, David Berkey, Boris Chepelev, and Jelon Viera
VIRGINIA BALLET THEATRE
Con Amour, Les Patineurs,, The Firebird, Coppelia
Resident Designer Since 1998
Gorgons and Sondheim, The Nutcracker (5 years), Choreographers invitational, The
Firebird, Appalachian Spring, Dracula (3 years)
SPACE COAST BALLET - FL
Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker
SECOND WIND DANCE - VA
Global Dance
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL TATTOO
Military Tattoo in 14,000-seat stadiu m – 112 moving lights 500 conventional
FLAMENCO OLE
- VA
An Evening of Flamenco
ROPER THEATRE - VA
Opening Celebration
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SPECTRUM PUPPETS - VA
Peter and the Wolf with Virginia Symphony
SKITCH HENDERSON VA
Virginia Arts Festival Opening Gala
GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR ARTS - VA
Dance Concerts - 2003, 2004
Guest Artist
ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGN & LIGHTING SUPERVISION
MARK MORRIS
2005 UK Tour Lighting Supervisor
KEN BILLINGTON
Nobody Don’t Like Yogi – National Tour 2005 with Ben Gazzarra - Relights
ROBERT WIERZEL
Rodelinda – Virginia Opera. Set Design by John Conklin - Relights on tour
CHRISTOPHER J. LANDY
Turandot - Virginia Opera
MOVING LIGHT PROGRAMMING
NATASHA KATZ – Off Broadway
The Roaring Girl – The Foundry Theatre, NY. Strand 520i
KEN BILLINGTON’S Chicago
Chicago – Taiwan tour to Taipei. Whole Hog II
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
SHAKESPEARE & Co.
Production Manager for 2004 Season
VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL 2001, 2002
Production Manager for 2001 and 2002 Season
VIRGINIA OPERA
Production Coordinator 2000
SPACE COAST BALLET
Production Manager for 2004/2005 Season
PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN
CUBAN NATIONAL BALLET
Swan Lake
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
The Tempest
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP
Concert
RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET
Don Giovanni
MIDORI & VIRGIINIA SYMPHONY
Concert
VIRGINIA BALLET THEATRE
All shows since 1998
OTHER SKILLS
LIGHT BOARD PROGRAMMER FOR
ETC – all including Obsession; Strand – LP and 520i; GrandMA – GrandMA Line;
Flying Pig – WholeHog II and III; Horizon – advanced programmer; Lightfactory
COMPUTERS
CAD-VectorWorks; Lightwright; Trackmaster; Microsoft Office; PhotoShop;
Primavera Scheduling. ESP Vision Pre viz.
OTHER
Headshot and Theatre Photography; Project Manager – Projects totaling $100
Million per year; PADI Diver; CPR Trained; Reads Music; Conversational French.
Construction Civil Engineer 1987 to 1999.
EDUCATION
B.sc. (Honors) Civil & Structural Engineering (1987) Manchester, England.
UNITED KINGDOM CREDITS
LIGHTING DESIGN
THE BARN THEATRE COMPANY
Merchant of Venice, The Seagull
AYLESBURY OPERA COMPANY
Don Giovanni, Carmen
ROSEMARK THEATRE COMPANY
Romeo and Juliet
UMIST ARTS THEATRE
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Fireraisers
CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS COMPANY
Unwise Monkeys – with Hugh Laurie
OTHER WORK HISTORY
Philip worked as a Civil Engineer for 11 years on marine and road projects in the USA and UK. Positions held included Field
Engineer, Site Superintendent and Project Manager. He is an experience estimator and manag er. One of his most successful
projects involved taking a team of employees and their families to Guantanamo Bay Navy base to build piers for the US Navy.
He left Construction in 1998 to work as a Freelance Lighting Designer.
A copy of my full Master Electrician resume is available on request or at www.lightsgo.com
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