This is a display of some of the work I have done.
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Show name: Into the Woods (2020)
Company: Michigan State University Department of Theatre
Director: Deric McNish
Scenic Designer: Brandon Barker
Lighting Designer: Shannon Schweitzer
Design Concept: Nature reclaiming/overcoming industry. The resilience of nature = the resilience of the characters
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Company: Maine State Music Theatre 2023 season
Paint Charge: Brandon Barker (myself)
Asst. Paint Charge: Sarah Augustin
Staff Painters: Dani Ranisate
Description: Photos from my second season at MSMT
Shows: "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Musical"; "9 to 5 - The Musical"; "Something Rotten"
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Company: Maine State Music Theatre 2022 season
Paint Charge: Kenton Jones
Asst. Paint Charge: Danielle DeLaFeunte
Staff Painters: Brandon Barker and Kelly Daignault
Shows: "The Color Purple"; "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"; "Kinky Boots"
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Show name: A Memory of Two Mondays and A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller (2018)
Company: Michigan State University Department of Theatre
Director: Rob Roznowski
Scenic Designers: Lex van Blommestein and Brandon Barker
Lighting Designer: Shannon Schweitzer
Design Concept: A dock; to represent a place for each play, an indiscriminate place meaningful for both settings. The video is an example of how the crates opened to reveal the set decoration (my design).
Show name: Frankenstein (2019)
Company: Michigan State University Department of Theatre
Director: Ryan Welsh
Scenic Designer: Michael Gault
Lighting Designer: Rachel Aho
Props Master: Brandon Barker
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Show name: OKLAHOMA! (2019)
Company: Michigan State University Department of Theatre
Director: Brad Willcuts
Scenic Designer: Kirk Domer
Paint Charge: Brandon Barker
Design Concept: Sears & Roebuck catalog from the show's time period
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Company: Stagedoor Manor (2019)
Charge Artist: Emily Rose Menshaw
Scenic Artists: Lucy Hancock, Brandon Barker, and Ruby Goldstein
Scenic Designers: Adam Gehle, Calvin Stara, Tori Evans, Brooklyn Cliche, Bethany Lee, Helena Cooling, Josh Oberlander
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Various projects from the 41 shows produced that summer.
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Advanced Stagecraft Class (Spring 2019)
Instructor: Mark Willoughby
Purpose: to teach advanced stagecraft skills such as: welding, milling wood, joinery, CNC routing and programing, using advanced machinery (lathe), and intro to rigging and automation
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