Collaborative+Team+Bios

Anne McMeeking Media Visualizations, Director, Set Design  ﻿ Is a MFA candidate (2011) in Theatrical Design at the University of Texas at Austin. Her focus on Scenic Design and Art began many years ago along with her love of drawing and painting. Receiving her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2005, Anne spent a few years working as a freelance designer, painter, and craftsperson. Some notable highlights from her theatrical career include; Set Designs for the UT Butler School of Music’s production of Albert Herring, Penfold Theatre Company’s Three Days of Rain, UTNT’s premiere of Francis Ya-Chu Cowhig’s Lidless, Charge Scenic Artist for Zilker Theatre Productions’ Music Man and Annie, Scenic Artist and Assistant Scenic Designer for the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts. Her set design for Kimber Lee’s new play FIGHT can be seen this fall at UT.

Awards: Austin Critic’s Table Nominee – Set Design: Three Days of Rain, B. Iden Payne Awards Nominee – Set Design, Three Days of Rain, Santa Barbara Independent Theatre Awards – Co-Set Design, Blue Heart, Doracas and Ted Hatlen Scholarship Award, Norton and Milenma Brown Scholarship in Drama, Louis Joules Hexter Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Theatre Art, Donald M. Oenslager Endowed Scholarship, Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Drama.

Ashley Cunningham Media Visualization & Programming Consultant Freelance + Art Director + Collaboration  Seed Design Studio specializes in environmentally friendly and socially responsible projects, while our experience and flexibility allows us to work with businesses of any industry.

Eric Gazzillo Media Projection System Coordinator Currently studying integrated media at the University of Texas at Austin, Eric Gazzillo is a lighting designer who with a combination of skills that makes him particularly prepared for experimentation with media integration. Eric earned his bachelor's degree at Towson University in Baltimore. During his years at Towson, he not only studied lighting design and technical direction in the theater department but also spent his time earning a minor in electronic media. Outside of school, Eric has designed for the prestigious children's summer stock theater, Stagedoor Manor, and also for the Baltimore Playwrights Festival. Most of his experience in new media comes from his four year employment for the media organization The Towerlight. While working at The Towerlight, Eric produced a variety of original video content while also growing his skills as a photojournalist. In the future Eric plans to use his skills to create truly unique visual experiences.

Victoria Hendrix Lighting Design V ictoria is a 2nd year Lighting MFA Candidate who is inspired by change, color and the unending search for a perfect vanilla latte. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Education: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">The University of Texas at Austin, TX Masters of Fine Arts Candidate Lighting Design May, 2012. San Francisco State University, CA Bachelors of Arts Technical Theatre & Design May, 2006. Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA Associates of Arts Theatre Technology January, 2005. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Honors/Awards: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Brown Scholarship - The University of Texas at Austin, KCACTF Lighting Design Nomination, Dean’s List San Francisco State University, Dean’s List Foothill College.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Michael Howell <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Music Composition, Devising & Performer <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Michael Howell is from Houston Texas and is currently in his fifth year at the University of Texas finishing his B.A. in Theatre and Dance, and his B.S. in radio-television-film. He is an actor and musician who's work has been seen in the performance piece he directed and performed in entitled Romulus Ate, UT's 2010 production of The Fantasticks, and on the field of Darrel K. Royal Memorial Stadium as a member of the Longhorn Band (2006-2010). He has also composed music that has been featured in a UT Men's Basketball Half-time performance, and has performed with the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Taylor Kirk <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Media Visualization Programming, Audio <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Originally from Fort Worth, Tx, Taylor Kirk is now an Austin based sound designer and composer currently finishing his final year at The University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Theatre and Dance. His latest works include musical composition for Shadowplay, and the sound design, composition, and live foley work on UT’s 2010 production of Our Town; for which, he was nominated for an Austin Critics Table Award for Best Sound Design. His upcoming work includes the sound design and composition for the world premiere of Fight by Kimber Lee. While sonic art is his main artistic focus, he also creates visual artwork. He has had several shows in both Austin, Tx and Dallas, Tx. His work is very organic, dealing with the action of creation and how that translates into a finalized piece. His artistic interest has recently spurred into video art, creating a few short films and VJing around the Austin area at concerts. He is currently developing a dance video with two choreographers here in the area based on the juxtaposition of monk culture, Gregorian chants, and modern hip-hop and technology. His future plans include traveling around Europe as well as attending graduate school for design and sonic art.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Chell Parkins <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Choreographer

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Chell Parkins is an MFA candidate in Dance, with a focus on the intersection of dance, math and technology. She is a dancer and choreographer who utilizes her strengths as a musician, actress and competitive triathlete to create original multidisciplinary works. In December of 2010, Chell travelled with UT students and faculty to Cartagena, Colombia to work with Alvaro Restrepo's El Colegio Del Cuerpo. She is currently the Assistant Director to David Justin in The University of Texas’ youth touring company’s production of Br’er Wood. Chell received her BA with an emphasis in both Dance and Acting from Washington University in St Louis. In 1993, she attended Harvard Summer Dance Intensive, where she studied choreography under Joe Goode and began to draw upon all her resources to create works with dialogue, live music and movement. While attending the Dance Center of Columbia College in Chicago in 1994, Chell won a Community Scholarship. In 1995, after relocating to San Francisco, she founded Brigid’s Daisy and created two evening length works, one which was highlighted at Joe Goode’s Bread and Butter Series. She was commissioned to return to Washington University to teach a Contact Improvisation class and create a new work in 2000. She has been a member of MADCO, Steamroller, Ruby Rico’s, Bibliodance, and Forklift Dance Works. She has created work in Austin for MOMfest, Frontera Fest, Dance Carousel, Big Range Dance Festival and Ears, Eyes and Feet and regularly teaches dancers, actors and musicians ages 2 to 65.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Bich Vu <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Costume Design <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">“Lion, rifles—and stupidity.” This is how Bich began her life in theatre. Along the way she has designed costumes for OTHELLO (Independent Shakespeare Company), THE JORDAN PROJECT (Feature), HARD TIMES (The Unusual Suspects), JUMPING THE MEDIAN (Santa Monica Playhouse), F.O.B. (East West Players Youth Tour), SPEECH & DEBATE (The Blank Theatre Company), THE LAST SEDER (Ensemble Studio Theatre), and BOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA (UCSB Performing Arts). A recent transplant from Los Angeles, she is in pursuit of an M.F.A. in Theatrical Design at The University of Texas at Austin.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Marc Reynolds <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;"> Staging Consultant, Devising

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Marc, a native of Los Angeles, received his undergraduate degree in Vocal Performance from Brigham Young University, his Master of Music degree with an emphasis in Opera Directing from The University of Texas at Austin, and is continuing there pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree with an emphasis in Opera Directing. One of the primary areas of academic and artistic interest he is actively researching and exploring successful artistic collaboration in the multi-media production of live Opera and Music Theatre. As a stage director Marc Reynolds has enjoyed recent success in directing The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat for Austin Lyric Opera, Amahl And The Night Visitors for Sparkling City Light Opera, La Serva Padrona for La Follia Austin Baroque, as well as La Curandera, and Albert Herring for the University of Texas at Austin’s Butler Opera Center. His engagements in the near future include The Magic Flute for a return engagement with Sparking City Light Opera, and Cosi Fan Tutte for the Butler Opera Center. He is currently the Teaching Assistant for the Butler Opera Center at The University of Texas at Austin.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Dorian Robison <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;"> Technical Director <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Dorian was born and raised in Medford, Oregon. In 2009 he received a B.F.A. in Theatre, with an emphasis in Technical Direction, from Southern Oregon University. While at SOU, Dorian was fortunate enough to be the Technical Director for two Center Stage productions and two Mainstage, one of which being Mary Zimmerman’s, “Metamorphoses”. Experiences outside of SOU include; Construction Production Assistant, for the film “My Name is Bruce”, Technical Director and Scenic Designer for the Hawaii Education of the Arts (HEARTS) production of “Seussical the Musical” and also as an intern at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's scene shop. Since arriving at the University of Texas at Austin, Dorian has gained experience as an Assistant Technical Director, on “Pride & Prejudice”, “Our Town” & “Albert Herring”. Dorian has found work around Austin as a Master Rigger and Technical Director for Tutto Theatre Company and Paper Chairs, respectively. Within the last year he has also aided in the Thesis Projects of Graduate Alums, Ariana Schwartz and Kevin Beltz. Currently Dorian is working diligently, as the Graduate Technical Director for UT’s production of “Fight” and “The Three Penny Opera”.