SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Production Manager | 52nd St. Project | August 2018 – to present As the PM, I am the primary technical support for all the Project’s annual programs, and the facilities manager, safety officer and rental coordinator for the Project’s Five Angels Theater, situated in the heart of Manhattan, New York. Associate Production Manager | Yale School of Drama (YSD) | Langston Hughes Festival, 2017 Festival of three new plays written by student playwrights; Led budget and production meetings with student, faculty, and staff. Prepared SAYANTEE SAHOO PRODUCTION & TECHNICAL MANAGER budget sheets, recorded and communicated meeting minutes. and Live Events Planned and supervised load-in, change-overs and strike of the shows. OBJECTIVE & INTERESTS Office Assistant | YSD Dept. of Safety and Health | Summer 2017 To be a thorough participant in a collaborative Updated the MSDS sheets for the various shops on campus and production environment & enable cross- indexed the YSD Safety and Health Handbook. disciplinary ideation for execution of the artistic vision. Special interest in touring shows, Production Manager, Accounts manager, Administrative Office-in educational outreach and new works. Charge | Uhinee Kolkata Theatre Group, | Several productions and annual theatre festival, 2008 - 2010, 2013 - 2015 EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Played the dual role of manager and designer on several shows, ▪ Informed about workplace health & safety including touring shows, in which I organized the logistics for touring, including OSHA guidelines, first aid, CPR, and coordinated transport, liaised with venue staff and led the installation rigging rescue. OSHA-30 certified. and strike of technical requirements. Worked as technical manager ▪ Working experience in theatrical lighting, sound, for annual regional theatre festival. Management included co- carpentry and rigging. ordination of multiple shows, curating shows by other theatre groups for presenting at the festival, providing technical support and ▪ Experience in electrics and lighting design; props instruction at children’s workshops, etc. Currently involved as a design, construction, and management; wardrobe management, make-up, and mask-making. consultant with the group since 2015. ▪ Experience in managing technical resources for TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT| INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVALS multi-venue theatre performances (including Technical Office-In-Charge (Main Festival Office) | Bharat Rang outdoor presentations). Mahotsav, 2014-15 ▪ Demonstrated experience in software used for Worked as assistant to Technical Director of the festival. About 70 technical design and management, especially MS national and international plays, in multiple languages, performed Office Suite, OneNote, and AutoCAD (2D+3D). over 2-3 weeks in 5 venues in and a satellite venue in a Familiar with Adobe Acrobat and Vectorworks. regional city in India. Maintained technical riders for all the shows ▪ Fluent in three languages - English, Hindi, and through thorough communication with groups situated around the Bangla. Coordinated and managed multi-lingual globe and in the country; maintained & updated drawings of venues, and multi-cultural staff and crew teams. equipment lists (stock and hire) and communicated with technical ▪ Extensive experience as run-crew (deck, managers of each venue, in each city. Oversaw changeovers and wardrobe, electrics). worked as crew, as and when necessary. ▪ Knowledge of basic structural and mechanical Assistant Technical Manager | International Theatre Festival of engineering math and physics. , 2014 Worked as assistant to one of the four technical managers for the ▪ Basic knowledge of automation, projections, and festival. Around 50 national and international plays, in multiple welding. languages, performed over two-three weeks in multiple indoor and ▪ Personal love for theatre photography, poster, outdoor venues. Work included technical coordination of light and and ad design; fluent in Photoshop and CorelDraw. A/V equipment between the different venues, procuring necessary ▪ Interest in technical and academic paper-writing. scenery and props, etc.

SSAHOO_V2018 | Page 1 of 2 2 EDUCATION TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND TECHNICAL DESIGN, SHOP EXPERIENCE ▪ Yale School of Drama (YSD), New Technical Director | Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Sitka, AK | Summer 2018 Haven, USA | Class of 2018 Job included execution of all artistic design departments, including building Pursuing MFA in Technical Design & scenery for the summer musical, ‘Legally Blonde’; supervised team of an ATD, Production | Graduating on 21st MAY a technical intern, and local volunteers, who worked as the production crew 2018 for five different camps over the summer; acted as the facility in charge for ▪ (NSD), New the camp’s venues, including the Sitka Performance Arts Centre; Taught a Delhi, India | Class of 2013 class on Live Production as part of the Middle School and High School camp. Post-Graduate Diploma (Equivalent to MA) in Theatre Technique and Technical Director (TD) and Assistant Technical Director (ATD) | YSD, New Design. Haven, CT| 2015-17 As TD for three student shows, oversaw build of the scenery; prepared and ▪ West Bengal University of Technology, West Bengal, India | Class of 2009 tracked the budget; scheduled, and supervised the build, load-in and load- Master of Science (MS) in Molecular out of scenery. Completed three production assignments as the ATD, Biology. including the Carlotta Festival of New Plays. Designed rigging systems, and drafted shop drawings of assigned scenic elements. TEACHING/WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION Production Intern | Shakespeare & Co., Lenox, MA | Several productions, ▪ Site-specific Shakespeare production Summer 2016 With students studying BA in Drama at the Dibrugarh University, India, 2014 Worked in the scenery and prop shop as assistant to the staff carpenters and prop master, built several scenic pieces and props for various shows; worked ▪ Portraits & Puppets as load-in and changeover crew for the different spaces and shows in rep. With middle and high school students in Bally, West Bengal at the Gangaridi TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT & ARTISTIC DESIGN theatre group, India, 2013 Assistant scenic designer | National School of Drama (NSD)’s co-production

▪ Storytelling and vocal performance with Grand Circus| India, 2011-12 With middle and high school students Worked closely with circus riggers & technicians to maintain the safety and from the Gond tribal community at the Eklavya social service group, Madhya security of the performers. I was the bridge between theatrical carpenters, Pradesh, India, 2011 stage-hands, and the circus staff. Stage Manager | NSD’s showcase at ATEC seminar, Beijing, | 2012-13 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Primary bridge of communication between the Technical Director in Beijing ▪ Charukala Shree (Senior Diploma) in Visual Arts awarded by Academy of and the Scenic designer in New Delhi. Technical requirements and actor’s Music and Fine Arts (Govt. of West blocking were developed in New Delhi within the venue parameters at Bengal), 1999. Grade awarded – First North Theatre (Central Academy of Drama, Beijing); Division. Technical Manager & Light Designer | Hypokrite Theatre Co., NY, USA| ▪ Pierre-Andre Salim Memorial 2017-18 Scholarship, Yale School of Drama, th Technical Design, and Production Managed and coordinated the mounting of a new bilingual play at the 12 Department, for pursuing the MFA South Asian theatre festival; Rehearsed in New York city and performed at the program (2015-18). Rutgers University auditorium, NJ, in summer 2017. Designed lights for the ▪ Individual Production Grant, Ministry of shows at the American Theatre for Actors, in June 2018. Culture, Gov. of India for production Master Electrician | Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, USA|2016 titled Misunderstanding based on Albert Camus’ play (2014-15). Prepared production budget for stock and rental units, and work schedules in ▪ National School of Drama Graduate consultation with lighting supervisor and staff electricians. Made hang boards Fellowship on topic of ‘Pala-gaan’ and hang plots, supervised staff and over-hire crew for hanging, focus & strike. (Traditional oral performance form of Assistant light designer and Electrics inventory manager| Vivadi Collective’s Bengal and Odisha, India) under the co-production with IGNCA (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts), 409 guidance of Dr. Abhilash Pillai (2013-14). Ramkinkars | New Delhi, India | 2015 CONTACT A promenade, multi-venue performance co-directed by Vivan Sundaram, a [email protected] sculptor and Anuradha Kapur, a theatre director; Multiple indoor and +1-203-821-1381 outdoor locations. Multi-locational lighting design and installation (no show control software used). Operated the main lighting board.

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