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Michael Joseph Kellner

Cell: 630.835.9573
Email: mike@kellnerlighting.com
* indicates work done on construction, painting, and lighting crews
** indicates currently working on this production

Concert Lighting Design
Artist Place/Company Year
The HighLife Metro, Chicago 2010
Mojo and the Bayou Gypsies McAninch Arts Center 2010
Ladysmith Black Mambazzo McAninch Arts Center 2010
Kronos Quartet McAninch Arts Center 2010
Jim Peterik and Worldstage 2010 McAninch Arts Center 2010
Curt Elling McAninch Arts Center 2010
Kid Jazz McAninch Arts Center

2010
Ralphs World McAninch Arts Center 2009
Riders In The Sky McAninch Arts Center 2009
Sara Hickman McAninch Arts Center

2009
Sisters In Soul McAninch Arts Center 2009
Arlo Guthrie McAninch Arts Center 2009
Kind of Blue at 50 McAninch Arts Center

2009
Fiddlers 4 McAninch Arts Center 2009
The HighLife House of Blues, Chicago 2009
7% Lucid Elwood Days Festival 2009
The HighLife Metro, Chicago 2009
The Punch Brothers McAninch Arts Center 2009
Aswat McAninch Arts Center 2009
Gavin Coyle McAninch Arts Center 2009
Arts Center Jazz Ensemble: Kidjazz McAninch Arts Center 2009
The Lascivious Biddies McAninch Arts Center 2009
Jim Peterik and Worldstage McAninch Arts Center 2009
Ramsey Lewis McAninch Arts Center 2009
The Lifeline Metro, Chicago 2009
Mulligan Mosaics
 McAninch Arts Center 2008
Megan McDonough McAninch Arts Center 2008
Leo Kottke/Loudon Wainwright III McAninch Arts Center 2008
Preservation Hall Jazz Band McAninch Arts Center 2008
The Blind Boys of Alabama McAninch Arts Center 2008
David D'Or McAninch Arts Center 2008
Anne Hampton Callaway McAninch Arts Center 2008
Bonnie Koloc McAninch Arts Center 2008
Gavin Coyle McAninch Arts Center 2008
Jim Peterik and Worldstage McAninch Arts Center 2008
Battle of the Bands Hinsdale South High School 2007
Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul McAninch Arts Center 2007
The Attraction House of Blues, Chicago 2007
Global Drum Project McAninch Arts Center 2007
The Attraction House of Blues, Chicago 2007
Robert Cray Band McAninch Arts Center 2007
Tiempo Libre McAninch Arts Center 2007
     

Theatrical Lighting Design
Name of Show  Place/Company Year
Beauty and the Beast Lemont High School 2010
Opera: Turandot Dupage Opera Theatre 2010
Love Sex and the IRS LaGrange Repretory Theatre 2009
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat UK** Up and Coming Theater 2009
The Dining Room** Tree House High Summer Theater 2009
Shun the Heaven** Tree House High Summer Theater 2009
Of Mice and Men* McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2009
Brigadoon Lemont High School 2009
Laura LaGrange Repretory Theatre 2009
Pillar Of Fire & The Foghorn McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2008
Proof McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2008
Disco Pigs McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2007
Illinois International Pageant McAninch Arts Center 2008
Academy of Dance/Illinois Ballet Theatre McAninch Arts Center 2008
Elite Dance Company Recital Hinsdale South/Elite Dance 2008
Good 'N' Plenty Tree House High Summer Theater 2008
Laramie Project Tree House High Summer Theater 2007
Over The Tavern Downers Grove Players 2008
Memory of Water Downers Grove Players 2007
Hansel and Gretel Downers Grove Choir Society 2007
Fiddler on The Roof Petting Zoo Productions 2006
All Because Of Agatha   Vortex Theatre  2006
Beauty and The Beast Hinsdale South High School 2006
Little Shop of Horrors Hinsdale South High School 2005
Once Upon a Mattress Hinsdale South High School 2004
     
*** denotes production work has not begun yet
** denotes preproduction work has begun    
* denotes Production is under way    
Assistant Lighting Designer
A Christmas Carol McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2008
     
Head Production Electrician - Programmer
Name of Show   Place/Company Year
Opera: L'Elisir d'Amore Dupage Opera Theater 2009
Walk On: The Rosa Parks Story Mad River Theater Works 2009
Opera: The Beggers Opera Dupage Opera Theater 2009
Russian National Ballet - Swan Lake McAninch Arts Center 2009
Dance: Von Heidecke's Chicago Ballet: Nutcracker McAninch Arts Center 2008
Concert: East Village Opera Company McAninch Arts Center 2008
Dance: Ronald K Brown McAninch Arts Center 2008
Concert: Scrap Arts Music McAninch Arts Center 2008
Opera: Tosca Dupage Opera Theater 2008
Opera: Otello Dupage Opera Theater 2008
Dance: Von Heidecke's Chicago Ballet: Nutcracker McAninch Arts Center 2007
Dance: Pilobolus Dance Company McAninch Arts Center 2007
Concert: Pat Metheny Trio McAninch Arts Center 2007
Lighting Crew - Stage Hand - Sound Engineer
Name of Show  Position  Place/Company Year
Opera: La Boheme Lighting Crew* Dupage Opera Theater 2007
Opera: Hansel and Gretall Deck Hand* Dupage Opera Theater 2007
Wierd Al Stage Hand McAninch Arts Center 2007
A Christmas Carol Rail Cheif* McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2006
The Real Inspector Hound Lights Operator* McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2006
Nocturne Sound Operator Buffalo Theater Ensemble 2006
A Chorus Line Sound Engineer* All-State Ensemble 2006
       
Film Lighting Crew
Name of Show  Position  Place/Company Year
Busted Grip Columbia Production 2 Student Film 2009
Left But Not Forgotten Grip Columbia Production 2 Student Film 2009
 
 
Carpentry
Name of Show  Place/Company Year
Opera: The Beggers Opera Dupage Opera Theater 2009
Italian American Reconciliation Buffalo Theater Ensemble 2008
Cizano and Smirnova's Birthday McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2008
Sleuth Buffalo Theater Ensemble 2008

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

 McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2008
Rabbit Hole Buffalo Theater Ensemble 2008
Velveteen Rabit McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2007
Henry V McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2007
Woman in Black Buffalo Theater Ensemble 2007
Seascape with Sharks and Dancer Buffalo Theater Ensemble 2007
Arabian Nights McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2007
Aladdin McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2007
Fantastiks Buffalo Theater Ensemble 2007
Medea McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2007
Radio Plays McAninch Arts Center Student Prod. 2007
Noises Off Buffalo Theater Ensemble 2007
     
     
     
Technical Director
Name of Show  Place/Company Year
The Dining Room Tree House High Summer Theater 2009
Shun The Heaven Tree House High Summer Theater 2009
Good 'N' Plenty Tree House High Summer Theater 2008
     
Scenic Design
Name of Show  Place/Company Year
Good 'N' Plenty
 Tree House High Summer Theater 2008

SPECIAL SKILLS
SOUND
I am capable of mixing audio from front of house for a stage event, ranging from cue playback to a large band. Audio is not my expertise but I can handle engineering an event.
LIGHTING

Lighting is my career expertise. I have not recieved a college degree yet, but I will be persueing a a bachelors degree in lighting design. Meanwhile I have been working as the head production electrician for every show on the main stage of the McAninch Arts Center. My duties range from interpreting light plots to hanging the plots, to designing shows myself. I have a general understanding of the basic spotlight functionality in Vectorworks 2008. I've drawn many light plots. I have a growing self taught knowledge of lighting photometrics.

As a programmer I am capable and well versed in High End Systems Hog 3 Software & IPC console, Colortran Innovator 48/96, Colortran Encore, ETC Insight console, ETC Express 48/96, 72/144, ENTTEC LightFactory control software. Jands Hog 500.
CONSTRUCTION

I have worked in the sceneshop at McAninch Arts Center for 3 years, I have been through 4 years of woodworking vocational courses as well. Completed an introductory course on welding. Covering Oxyacetaline welding and cutting, stick welding, MIG, and TIG. An overview of plasma cutting but not hands on.

When given technical drawings, I am capable of building what is drawn.
RIGGING
Counterweight single purchase fly systems, Chain Motors