60 Grosvenor Lodge Dublin, Ireland, D06 07903 247521 [email protected] Danielle Donnally wantontheatre.org/portfolio-danielle Education: The Lir Academy – PG Dip Fine Art, Stage Design, August 2018 University of St Andrews – BSc (Hons) Neuroscience, 2013-2017 The Field School – High School Diploma, 2009-2013 Experience: PG Diploma in Stage Design – The Lir Academy (expected completion August 2018) Credits: Lighting Design for Watch and This is me, trying to communicate. Model Making for Making History, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Ubu Roi Co-Founder – Wanton Theatre Company (November 2015- Present) Wanton Theatre Company is an independent student theatre company. As part of the Wanton Team I have produced, and designed the set and lighting for all five of our productions to date. I was also in charge of the company finances, helping to keep budgets and ensure profitable decisions. Technical Operations Officer – Mermaids: The University of St. Andrews Performing Arts Fund (2015-16 & 2016-17) As Tech Officer, I oversaw the technicians on around 80 productions across my two years on committee, and made sure that each was properly trained. On committee, I was involved with choosing which plays to fund each semester, and all the everyday decisions made about how to best support them. Deputy Barron Manager – The Barron Theatre Subcommittee (2015-16 & 2016-17) Assisted with day-to-day running of The Barron Theatre, a completely student-run black box in St Andrews that is home to many of the Mermaids shows and other events such as Life Drawing and Improv Comedy Entertainment Space Manager – Entertainments Subcommittee, The University of St Andrews Students’ Association (2016-2017) Liaison for events happening in the Union spaces, and assisted each with lighting, sound, and AV requirements Production Assistant - Forum Theatre, Silver Spring, MD (February- April 2013) Skills: o Building abilities – including framing, plastering, tiling, basic carpentry, and painting. o Lighting – Understanding of generic lighting, as well as intelligent fixtures including LED fixtures, and Clay Paky moving heads (Sharpy, Alpha Wash and Spot/HPE). o Basic sound mixing – Understanding of analogue boards, as well as some digital consoles. o Working within and managing budgets o Photoshop, InDesign, Vectorworks - basic knowledge o Model Making and drafting both by hand and using Vectorworks/CAD 60 Grosvenor Lodge Dublin, Ireland, D06 07903 247521 [email protected] Selected Production Credits: With Wanton Theatre: Cock (Bartlett) Producer/Designer The Stage, 2017 Boys (Hickson) Producer/Designer 9 Alexandra Place*, 2016 Constellations (Payne) Producer/Designer The Stage, 2016 Not I, Embers, Rockaby (Beckett) Producer/Designer The Barron Theatre, 2016 ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Ford, ed. Producer/Designer Edinburgh Fringe, 2016 Ryan Hay) With Mermaids: The University of St Andrews Performing Arts Fund: Urinetown: The Musical (Hollman/ Producer/Designer The Byre Theatre, 2017 Kotis) Cloud Nine (Churchill) Producer/Designer The Byre Theatre, 2016 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Williams) Producer/Designer The Stage, 2015 Equus (Schaffer) Lighting/Set Designer The Byre Theatre, 2015 A View From The Bridge (Miller) Lighting Designer The Byre Theatre, 2016 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Lighting/Set Designer The Barron Theatre, 2015 (Albee) The 39 Steps (Norman) Lighting Designer The Barron Theatre, 2014 Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Lighting Designer Venue 1, 2014 Head Chopped Off (Lockhead) Mercury Fur (Ridley) Lighting Designer Crail Airfields*, 2014 Patriots (Gillespie) Lighting/Set Designer Edinburgh Fringe, 2015 The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert/ Lighting Designer Edinburgh Fringe 2015 Sullivan) With Sonder Theatre UK: Hot Mess (Hickson) Lighting Designer Club 601, 2016 The Waste Land (Eliot) Lighting Designer The Barron Theatre, 2015 Crave (Kane) Lighting Designer The Barron Theatre, 2015 *Site Specific piece.