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WHO’S WHO

JOEL BURKHOLDER (Sound Designer) JANESSA A. HARRIS (Lighting Designer)
is the Production Manager and Technical is from Houma, LA but resides in Spring,
Director for Stages. He previously designed Texas. She began her professional
sound for Stages: Ring of Fire, Five Course career as a lighting designer at McLeod
Love, Panto Wonderful Wizard, End of Summer Playhouse in Carbondale, IL.
The Rainbow, Gidion’s Knot, and Xanadu. She continued on to Norwegian Cruise
Recently designed/engineered sound Line as their Lighting Technician for a
for Kinkaid High School’s production of year, and has joined Stages for the first
Into The Woods, and lighting design for time to present a session within Stages
Lubbock Moonlight Musicals production Studio Sessions. She holds a Bachelor
of Tarzan. Before moving to Houston, he from Louisiana State University and a
was Production Manager for Caldwell Master of Fine Arts from Southern Illinois
Productions in Lubbock, Texas where he University in theatre. Lighting Designer
managed productions for: Randy Rogers; credits include Pinkalicious the Musical,
Turnpike Troubadours; Wheeler Brothers; Spring Awakening the Musical, Burn the
Josh Abbott Band; William Clark Green; Floor: Farewell Show, Norwegian Getaway
Brandon Adams; Grupo Solido; Ram Christmas Show, The Lion, the Witch and
Herrera; Shelly Lares; Flaunt Girls. He the Wardrobe, Peter and the Starcatcher.
was Technical Director & Front-of-House She wants to thank Stages for giving her
Manager for The Cactus Theater in the opportunity to paint the stage once
Lubbock, Texas, while gaining experience more.
in Sound Engineering & Sound Design
for a few mentionable artists: Marcia PETER TON (Video Designer/Editor) is a
Ball; The Crickets Live in Concert; Justin theatre director\designer and filmmaker
Townes Earl; An Evening with W.C. Clark; from Houston, Texas. Stages: Sensitive
Butch Hancock; Branson On The Road; Guys, NSFW (Assistant Director/Sound
Joe Ely Unplugged; A Child Is Born(World Designer), Panto Star Force (Assistant
Premiere); Kenny Maines; Rt. 66 Pipes & Projection Designer), Swimming While
Sticks, and Lighting Design: Del Castillo; Drowning (Sound/Video Designer), We Are
The Flatlanders; Roy Rivers as John Proud to Present… (Sound/Video Designer)
Denver; Asleep at The Wheel; Jerome Bell. Alma en Venta (Video Designer), My
Joel has worked with Meeting Architects Mañana Comes (Assistant Director/Sound
as the Sound Engineer; Superbowl 2017 Designer), Straight White Men (Assistant
at Museum of Fine Arts and the Bell Director/Sound & Video Designer), Miss
Tower, USFN Austin. He studied Theatrical Teen (Sound Designer), The Elaborate
Production & Design at Texas Tech Entrance of Chad Deity (Video Designer),
University, with an emphasis in Lighting Marie Antoinette (Assistant Director), Mack
Design. He was the Technical Director for and Mabel (Assistant Projection Designer);
City Lights Theater in 2013. He was the Alley Theatre: The Carpenter (Assistant
Technical Director for Lindenmere Theater Director); Main Street Theater: (Projection
in Pennsylvania for the summer seasons of Designer) The Cat in the Hat, Schoolhouse
2008 and 2010. Joel is an Eagle Scout. Rock Live!, Daisy, Junie B. Jones is Not
a Crook, The Wizard of Oz, Copenhagen,
Bunnicula, Mockingbird, RFK, Red-Hot
Patriot; (Projection Engineer) Shrek, the
Musical, Silent Sky; Horse Head Theatre
Company: (Sound/Video Designer) The
Flick; The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise;
4th Wall Theatre Company: The Glass
Menagerie (Projection Designer), Reckless