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                                                       Eric Berninghausen
 
                                      
                                                     Phone: 802.989.4052
                                            eric.berninghausen@gmail.com
                                                    www.designebb.com
 
 
            Education:
 
  MFA, Boston University, Boston, MA.                                                                       2010
  Concentration:   Scenic Design
                                               
  Master of Fine Arts Thesis:  A stage and costume design for                              2010
  She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith (1773) 
  Design concept: set street level at the height of the Harlem Renaissance
           
  B.S. Theatre, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.                                          2004
  Concentration: Scenic Design and Technical Theatre.
  Departmental Honors
 
  Significant courses: Modern Drama, Scenic Design,
  Costume Design, Foreign Films, Sociology, Environmental studies,
  Ceramics/Sculpture, Jewelry and Metal Working.
 
         Employment:
 
  Gettysburg College:  Gettysburg PA                                                                          2011-2016
  Assistant Professor in Theatre Arts
  Set designer and technical director for mainstage productions
  Classes taught: Intro to Theatre, Production Design, Fundamentals of Set
  Design, Independent Studies,
 
 
 Student Advising;   Gettysburg,  PA                                                                           2012-2016
 Academic and artistic advisor for ten students
 I seek to enable the student to take an active role in choosing their courses
 I try to make sure students understand not just what the curricular requirements are but why they are important and how they reflect the nature of a liberal arts education.  I meet with them regularly and am available to them most days.  In my role as advisor I seek to support my students and discuss their class choices while helping them plan for the future.  I never tell them they have to take a class and at times this frustrates them as they seem to be looking for the answer.  When that occurs I explain to them that they must “adopt the mantle of the expert” and make their own curricular decisions.  Before I started advising I attended the Spring workshop for new faculty advisors in 2012 which was very helpful. 
 
 
 Playwright's Horizons:  New York, NY.                                                                      2006-2011
 Properties Carpenter Assistant Props Master
 Assisted props master in the acquisition and building of specific show props  
 for Mainstage and Peter Jay Sharp productions.  Built custom furniture as 
 well as set dressings and hand props.  Responsible for project management:
 time, budgets, materials, execution.
 Me Myself and I, This, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Retributionists, Our  House, Crazy Mary, Frank's Home, Essential Self Defense, The Pain and the Itch, Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky,
 
  Propstar Inc:    New York, NY.                                                                                        2010
  Properties Carpenter/shop manager
  Worked closely with designers Santo Loquasto and Michael Yergan to 
  develop and actualize their ideas.  Built both custom and altered furniture for
  Lincoln Center as well as the Belasco Theatre
  Designed and oversaw the construction of specific show props
  Painted and or distressed items to designers specifications.
  Opening on Broadway October 2010:  A Life In the Theatre, 
  Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
 
  Public Theatre:  New York, NY.                                                                                     2008
  Props Artisan/Props Designer Shakespeare in the Park:
  Hamlet, Hair, Sam Shepard's Kicking a Dead Horse.
  Built furniture and effects for Hamlet and Hair.  Worked closely with  
  designers to develop and execute their ideas. 
  Created a life-like horse designed as the central element of the set for
  Mr. Shepard's production.
 
  Manhattan Theatre Club: New York, NY.                                                                    2005 - 2006
  Properties Artisan and Scenic Carpenter.
  On Broadway: A Country Girl, Rabbit Hole, The Shining City,
  City Centre: The Beauty of the Father, Based on a Totally True Story, 
  Defiance, Our Leading Lady, Black Bird, Regrets Only,
 
  Huntington Theatre Company:  Boston, Ma.                                                            2007 -2009
  Teaching Assistant
  Taught Boston University undergraduate students basic      
  design, held design colloquium.  Responsible for directing student work              
  and providing hands on instruction.  Other T.A. responsibilities included
  management of student class work
   The 39 Steps, Streamers, Third, How Shakespeare won the West,
   Boleros for the Disenchanted, Rock N Roll, Corn is Green,  Hinge of the World,
   Miracle at Naples, Pirates of Penzance.
 
 
  Kodaikanal International School:  Tamil Nadu,  India                                             2004-2005
  Woodworking and Art Teacher, Scenic Designer.
  Full time teacher at one of India's oldest and most prestigious international  
  schools.  Developed a woodworking curriculum for middle and high school
  levels.  Created and implemented a course of arts study geared toward
  elementary level students.  Designed and coordinated drama productions. 
  Organized and lead a community service trip to build housing in Nagaputtnam, a costal town devastated by the 2005 Tsunami.
 
 
  Urban Stages:   New York, NY.                                                                                       2009
  Teaching Artist, Scenic Design
  Taught scenic design to middle school students enrolled in a summer theatre  
  intensive.  Developed a curriculum geared toward teaching students with  
  little theatre experience in how to develop and manipulate a
  theatrical space.  Urban Stages is a theatre company dedicated to introducing
  under-privileged New York students to the wonder of theatre.  Managed
  budgets, materials and student work. 
 
 
 
 
            Creative Work:
 
Scenic Design: Suddenly,     College Park, Maryland                                                   2016
Created by PuppetCinema
Currently workshopping at the Cafritz Theatre
University of Maryland
Work Shop performance April 2016
Premier   Feb 2017

Model making/Design work,  Gala Retrospective  NY, NY                                        2016
Red Bull Studios.

 
Scenic Design:  Two Trains Running, Harrisburg, PA.                                                2016
Open Stage Harrisburg
 

 
Production Coordinator:  Salt of the Earth, Brooklyn, NY.                                        2015
 
 
Scenic Design: One Man, Two Guvnors, Frederick, MD  .                                         2015
Maryland Ensemble Theatre
 
 
Scenic Design:  Talley’ Folly,  Harrisburg, PA.                                                                2015
Served as Technical Director
 
 
Scenic Design:  Clybourne Park,  Frederick MD.                                                          2014
 
 
Scenic Design:  The Lieutenant of Inishmore    Frederick, MD.                                2014
Served as Technical Director
 
 
Design Consultant:  The Prince,    New York, NY/Chicago                                          2012
The Hot Festival Dixon Place, 
The Chicago Fringe Festival
 
  Scenic Design: The Secret Death of Puppets,  New York, NY.                                  2011
  Premier: October 2011 at Dixon Place
  Designer and Technical Director
  Assistant designer and Gettysburg student Matt Crane
 
  Scenic Design:  Besharet,  New York, NY.                                                                      2011
  Equity Showcase
  Premier: March 2011 at Performance Space 122
  Designer and technical director
 
  Scenic Design: Potatoes of August,     New York, NY.                                                  2008
  Premier at Dixon Place
 
 
  Scenic Design:  The Birthday Party,  Boston, Ma .                                                         2008
  supervised set construction, Boston University Studio Theatre   
     
  Scenic Design:  The Weavers,  Boston, Ma.                                                                    2007
  Mainstage production Boston Center for the Arts                                          
 
  Apprenticeship to Allen Moyer:   New York, NY.                                                           2009-2010
  Assisted in the design and execution of opera and theatre productions.
  Draftsman and model builder for Mr. Moyer's designs for:
  Tales of Hoffman, Eugene Onegin, Mr. and Mrs. Fitch, M. Butterfly, Passion
  Play
 
  Huntington Theatre Company:  Boston, Ma.                                                                   2007 -2009
  Props Artisan
  Worked closely with members of the Huntington Staff.  Responsible for             
  directing student work.  Other T.A. responsibilities included management of
  production budgets, materials. 
   The 39 Steps, Streamers, Third, How Shakespeare won the West,
   Boleros for the Disenchanted, Rock N Roll, Corn is Green,  Hinge of the World,
   Miracle at Naples, Pirates of Penzance.
 
 
 
     Lake George Opera:  Saratoga Springs,  NY                                                                    2002-2003
  Saratoga Performing Art Center,  Main Stage
  Scenic carpenter and light board operator
  Escape From the Seraglio, Daughter of the Regiment, Susannah, Le Cenerentola
 
  Middlebury College Summer Theatre:  Middlebury VT.                                                 2000-2001
  Assistant Technical Director
  Sound board operator,  Master electrician
 
           Grants:
 
  Full Fellow Boston University                                                                                                 2007-2010
  Graduate Teaching Assistant                                                                                                  2007-2010
  Research + Professional Development Grant                                                                     2015
  Gettysburg College Faculty Development Committee

            Service to the Community:
 
 One year replacement on EPACC                                                                                            2013
 Field Trip leader Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival                           2011/2014
 Gettysburg Festival                                                                                                                      2013
 Heritage Festival                                                                                                                           2013
 
            Skills and Qualifications:
 
  Natural Leader, Dedicated Teacher, Hand Drafting, Computer     
  Drafting, Scenic Painting, Costume Design, Sculpting, Welding, Mould
  Making,  Fine Carpentry, Model Making, Photoshop, Vectorworks,
  Sketching and Rendering, Set Dressing, Stenciling. 
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