Passionate, hardworking professional with proven success in leading the execution of museum displays, corporate displays, trade shows, themed environments, theatrical scenery, and specialty scenic elements.
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This video gives a good overview of the museum. At the beginning and throughout the video are scenes from the Holavion Theatre. I was Project Manager for this and the Union Theatre.
I worked on the award winning, state of the art Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, IL. I was the Project Manager who worked with BRC Imagination Arts and the state to create one of the finest museums around. My scope included 2 performance spaces; Holavison and The Eyes of Lincoln, some specific props and theming around the museum, and a small, portable exhibit. Over 3 m visitors and counting.
Ghosts of the Library: This show includes a live actor who describes the wonders that this Presidential Library has in store from the artifacts. It uses much of the same Pepper's Ghost technology that is used in the Haunted Mansion and Knott's Farm's Mystery Lodge [another BRC Imagination Arts production]. The actor opens books and out flies Civil War scenes, Lincoln giving a speech, and a finale that transforms the entire stage. (I won't give away the ending and spoil the magic.) Though Lincoln's Eyes: This show gives a brief history of Abraham Lincoln's life. This is similar to a 4D show, but does not require 3D glasses. There are many physical effects that include shaking chairs, cannon fire with real smoke, and an appearance by John Wilkes Booth in the rafters. It is also much more packed with information than Ghosts of the Library.
Battle Stations 21 is an $82.5 million facility at the Navy's Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill. A 157,000 square-foot building that includes a replica of a pier and a 210-foot-long replica of a guided-missile destroyer. USS Trayer feels, smells, sounds and looks like the real thing, with the incorporation of the latest in virtual reality, FX, AV. Lighting, surround audio, sea and diesel scents, 90,000 gallons of water splashing between the pier and the ship and modern construction techniques.
In August 2005, the McHugh Construction Company, the United States Navy's Naval Facilities Engineering Command Midwest (NAVFAC Midwest) Great Lakes, and OSHA's Region V Chicago North Area Office joined together to form an OSHA Strategic Partnership (OSP) during the construction of the Battle Stations 21 (BS 21) Project. The BS 21 Project was an $80 million, "one-of-a-kind-in-the-world" construction project that consisted of constructing a one square block, boxed-shaped building. Inside of this building the USS Thayer was built which is a replica of an Arleigh-Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer with internal compartments that duplicated other U.S. Navy ships. The BS 21 Project took place at the United States Navy Recruit Training Center located in Great Lakes, Illinois. The main goals of the OSP were to reduce injuries and illnesses through developing, implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive safety and health management system (SHMS) and utilizing the latest technologies and safest available methods. The BS 21 Project was successfully completed in the spring of 2007.
June 2011- present (1 year 6 months) The HPC designates local historic landmarks, local historic districts, and reviews COA and COEH applications. It is also recognized by the Department of the Interior as a Certified Local Government. This designation gives the HPC the ability to review National Register Nominations, participate in grant programs, and participate in other federal and state incentive programs.
I worked as a Master Carpenter on many award winning productions. An excellent group of directors, designers and actors. Joe Tilford, Steve Pickering, Peter Rybolt, Kate Buckley, Jackie and Rick Penrod, Lindsay Jones.