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.
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.
