Miami Light Project’s Technical Fellowship Program is a program designed to benefit early-career technicians and support the workforce development in Miami. The program’s goal is to provide free technical theater workshops and paid work experience for Miami-based aspiring/emerging technicians.
Workshops and job training will take place during the late summer months of 2024. For more information, please email [email protected]. Technical Fellows must live in South Florida and be eligible to work in the United States.
Workshops will take place at Miami Theater Center located at 9806 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores, FL 33138.
Intro to program and general overview
Thursday, July 18, 2024 • 5:45-6 pm
Department: Admin
Instructor: Eventz Paul
Hours: .25
Learn about audio visual set up and how to work with projectors
Thursday, July 18, 2024 • 6 – 8:30 pm
Department: Audio/Visual
Instructor: Sean Sullivan
Hours: 2.5
RSVP
Fundamentals of sound for theater and events, and console overview
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 • 6 – 8:30 pm
Department: Sound
Instructor: Andre Best
Hours: 2.5
RSVP
Learn stage lighting design for live performance
Thursday, July 25, 2024 • 6 – 8:30 pm
Department: Lighting Design
Instructor: Bruce Brown
Hours: 2.5
RSVP
Learn what a stage manager does and how they run a show
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 • 6 – 8:30 pm
Department: Stage Management
Instructor: Claudia Campos
Hours: 2.5
RSVP
Explore the finances of a freelancer and learn how to fund projects
Thursday, August 1, 2024 • 6 – 8:30 pm
Department: Finance
Instructor: David Camargo
Hours: 2.5
RSVP
Learn about power, fixture types and the functions of lighting instruments
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 • 6 – 8:30 pm
Department: Lighting
Instructor: Arturo Garcia
Hours: 2.5
RSVP
Basic camera usage, composing visuals and lighting for the camera
Thursday, August 8, 2024 • 6 – 8:30 pm
Department: Audio/Visual TFP 2024 – webpage updates.docx
Instructor: Claudio Marcotulli
Hours: 2.5
RSVP
Explore tools and their purpose for set-building
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 • 6 – 8:30 pm
Department: Carpentry
Instructor: Miriam Sierra
Hours: 2.5
RSVP
To request materials in accessible format and accommodation to attend an event, please contact Eventz Paul at 305.576.4350 or email us, at least five days in advance to initiate your request.
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We are accessible and assistive listening devices are available. To request materials in accessible format and accommodation to attend an event, please contact Eventz Paul at 305.576.4350 or email us, at least five days in advance to initiate your request.
Eventz Paul is currently the Technical Director and Productions Manager at Miami Light Project. He has been a part of this organization since 2011. He participated in Miami Light Project’s first class of the Technical Fellowship Program held at The Light Box. He joined this program hoping to improve his existing theater skills. He received training from experts in the industry that mentored and further his theater technical skills. Now, he has successfully used his professional knowledge and has had the opportunity to work with various arts organizations and venues throughout Miami including Miami Theater Center, National Young Arts Foundation, the Colony Theatre and many more. He has become an instructor and conducts audiovisual classes to incoming technical fellows.
Beth Boone has been the Artistic & Executive Director of Miami Light Project since 1998, developing critically acclaimed artistic programs that have asserted the organization as one of the leading cultural institutions in South Florida. These programs include: the establishment of Here & Now, South Florida’s most respected commission and presenting program for community-based artists; premiere presentations of internationally acclaimed; pioneering historic international cultural exchange with Cuba; and the creation of The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse, a multi-use performance and visual art space in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District. She previously served as Associate Director of Development for Florida Grand Opera, Deputy Director for the Department of Cultural Affairs at Miami Dade Community College, Wolfson Campus, co-founded an Off Broadway theater company (New York Rep), and served for six years as a Program Associate in the Arts & Culture Program of the AT&T Foundation. She received a B.A. in Fine Arts from the College of Charleston in South Carolina, and a MFA in Theater Arts from Brandeis University in Boston, MA.