Gabe Whitnack
Bright Star
Assistant Lead Electrician / Programmer
Otterbein University, 2023
Director: David Caldwell
Stage Manager: Alex Munzke
Assistant Stage Managers: Libby Carroll, Grace Pruchnicki
Lighting Designer: TJ Gerckens
Sound Designer: Kitty Mader
Costume Designer: Anna Grywalski
Scenic Designer: Isaac Ramsey
Charge Artist: Matt Knerr
Tech Director: Patrick Stone
This show was originally planned to be on a larger stage, but was moved to Otterbein's smaller black box theatre, and it was incredibly fun taking an incredibly ambitious design and successfully executing it alongside the lead electrician (Luca Fragiotta) in a space filled with constraints and potential problems. I also worked as the programmer on this show, which deepened my experience in that field and allowed me to work very directly alongside a designer... and it taught me how to type what he told me to type really fast!
Production photos by Isaac Ramsey