Donald Robert Fox

Education

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit:

I can use: Etc Lighting Boards, Ion Lighting Console

About me

Donald Robert Fox is an award winning designer who has stage managed, technical directed or designed over 200 productions. He has worked in regional theatres such as: The Wharton Center, Jewish Ensemble Theatre, Glacity Theatre Collective, Opera New Jersey, Boarshead Theatre, Williamston Theatre, The Unseam'd Shakespeare Company, The Lyric Opera of Dallas, Keystone Repertory Company, The Albuquerque Little Theatre, Plowshares Theatre Company, The Michigan Shakespeare Festival Tricklock theatre Company and the Mosiac YouthTheatre. In 2011 Mr. Fox designed the lighting and projections for the New York Premier of Tom Stoppard and Andre Previn's Every Good Boy Deserves Favor at Carnegie Hall with the Toledo Symphony. In 2010 he had the pleasure of working with The Wharton Center and Tom Izzo on Izzo Goes To Broadway. In 2009 he was nominated for a Wilde Award, in Detroit, Michigan, for lighting design for his work with the Williamston Theatre. In 2008, he was named Best of Scenic Design by the San Antonio Express- News for Journey's End. He received the 2007 Alamo Theatre Arts Council Globe Award for Excellence in Scenic Design for Brigadoon, the 2005 award for Excellence in Lighting Design for As You Like It and for Excellence in Scenic Design for Far Away in San Antonio, Texas. He has received the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Best of Theatre 1999 for the Lighting Design of Our Town and The Hudsucker Proxy. He has received two Detroit Free Press Theatre Excellence Awards for Best production: in 1995 for The Thebans for Sound Design and in 1997 for East Texas Hot Links, for lighting Design. In 2000 Mr. Fox conceptualized the Henry Heymann Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA for the University of Pittsburgh which saw completion in 2001. He has had the privilege of working with such artist as Arthur Giron, Horton Foote, Akira Matsui, Petr Matasek, Greg Ganakas and George Faison. Mr. Fox has taught or been a guest artist with Alfred University, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Baylor University, the University of New Mexico, University of Pittsburgh, University of the Incarnate Word and the University of Toledo. He holds a B.F.A. in Directing & Design from Baylor University and a M.F.A. in Design from Wayne State University. He is a member of Actors' Equity Association, the International Association of Lighting Designers, United Scenic Artist Local 829, and the United States Institute of Theatre Technology.
Additional skills:
Scenic Design
Projection Design
Technical Direction
Production Management
Stage Management
Console Programming: Strand, ETC
Projection Design & Implementation
Intelligent Fixture Programming: High End System, Vari-Light, Martin, ETC
Advanced Experience Up Rigging & Down Rigging Standards and Practices
Set Construction, Advanced Scene Painting, Welding
Properties Design, Properties Construction
Audio Tech
Platforms: Windows, Macintosh
Programs: Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Illustrator 10, Dreamweaver CS4
CAD and Database Applications: VectorWorks 2010, LightWright 5.0, Sketch-up Pro 7
Visualization Programs: WYSIWYG
Offline Editors: Strand, ETC
Sound Editing: Pro-tools, SFX
Industry awards:
Pulse Award Nomination - Lighting Design
The Blue Door Williamston Theatre Williamston, MI 2010

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Certificate of Merit - Lighting Design
Machinal University of Toledo Toledo, OH 2009

Wilde Award Nominated Best Lighting Design
The Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man-In-The-Moon-Marigolds Williamston Theatre Williamston, MI 2009

Alamo Theater Arts Council Globe Awards Excellence in Production: Comedy
The Clean House Univ. of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX 2008

Alamo Theater Arts Council Globe Awards Excellence in Production: Drama
Journey's End San Pedro Playhouse San Antonio, TX 2008

Alamo Theater Arts Council Globe Awards Excellence in Scenic Design
Brigadoon San Pedro Playhouse San Antonio, TX 2007
Far Away University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX 2005

Alamo Theater Arts Council Globe Awards Excellence in Lighting Design
As You Like It University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX 2005

Best of Theatre Lighting Design, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Our Town University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 1999
Hudsucker Proxy University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 1999

Theatre Excellence Award for Best Production
East Texas Hot Links Plowshares Theatre Company Detroit, MI 1997
Referees:
Marketa Fantova Scenographer/Artistic Director PQ2019
removed
Jon LittleScene Shop Supervisor removed
John Neville-Andrews Director removed
Sandy Thomley Production Manager Wharton Center East Lansing, MI

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Lighting Designer
Job Titles	Stage Manager, Production Manager, Production Supervisor, Set Artist / Designer, Gaffer / Lighting Director, Lighting Tech / Operator, Constructions, Carpenter, Rigger, Lighting Designer, Electrician, Theatre Technician, Automation / Flying
Years in industry	6+ years
Work Permits	USA