Aaron Olkin

[email protected]

Lighting Designer, Production Manager, and Software Engineer

Scenic Design

Mamma Mia 01 Mamma Mia 02 Mamma Mia 03 Mamma Mia 04 Mamma Mia 05 Mamma Mia 06
HoSS 06 HoSS 01 Hoss 03 HoSS 02 HoSS 04 HoSS 05
HBC ISO 01 HBC ISO 02 HBC ISO 03 HBC ISO 04 HBC ISO 05 HBC ISO 06

Resume

Harvard Theater Experience

Lighting Design

House of Several Stories
Dir. Julius Wade
Loeb Experimental Theater
July 2019
Saccharine
Dir. Luke Martinez
Loeb Experimental Theater
February 2019
figures;
Dir. Tiffany Lau
Harvard Dance Center
December 2018
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play
Dir. Nick Hornedo
Loeb Experimental Theater
November 2018
A Very Potter Musical
Dir. Carla Troconis
Loeb Experimental Theater
October 2018
Once Upon a Time
H-R Modern Dance Company
Farkas Hall
October 2018
Dreams
H-R Modern Dance Company
Harvard Dance Center
April 2018
Columbinus
Dir. Derek Speedy
Farkas Hall
November 2017
The Pirates of Penzance
Dir. Patrick Cressler
Agassiz Theater
October 2017
JOGGING
Dir. Melissa Nussbaum Freeman
Loeb Drama Center
October 2017
Ammunition: The First-Year Musical
Dir. Eli Troen
Agassiz Theater
April 2017
In The Heights
Dir. Daniel Rodriguez
OBERON
April 2017
SKETCH
Dir. Richard Feder
Loeb Experimental Theater
March 2017
Gypsy
Dir. Caro Ribeiro
Loeb Drama Center
March 2017
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dir. Patric Verrone
Adams Pool Theater
February 2017
Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls
Dir. Matthew Munroe
Farkas Hall
November 2016
Nuestra Señora de las Nubes
Dir. Nicolas Enrique O'Connor
Loeb Experimental Theater
November 2016
The Trojan Women
Dir. Federico Roitman
Loeb Experimental Theater
October 2016
FAP #22: Just Kidding
First-Year Arts Program
Farkas Hall
September 2016

Scenic Design and Technical Direction

Mamma Mia!
Dir. Ryan Kapur
Loeb Drama Center
October 2019
House of Several Stories
Dir. Julius Wade
Loeb Experimental Theater
July 2019
in search of
Harvard Ballet Company
Loeb Drama Center
April 2019
on quarter
Harvard Ballet Company
Loeb Drama Center
November 2018

Production Management

Mamma Mia!
Dir. Ryan Kapur
Loeb Drama Center
October 2019
House of Several Stories
Dir. Julius Wade
Loeb Experimental Theater
July 2019
Sweeney Todd
Dir. Julius Wade
OBERON
December 2017

Select Other Projects

Assistant Lighting Designer
The Danube
LD: Mary Ellen Stebbins
Farkas Hall
April 2019
Technical Director
Out of Orbit
Harvard Ballet Company
Loeb Drama Center
March 2018
Sound Engineer
Dryside
Dir. Aislinn Brophy
Loeb Drama Center
April 2017

Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theater

Executive Producer

Managed all administrative aspects of the company, including marketing, finance, staff recruitment, patron services, and production management; restructured HRST and improved its infrastructure to allow for expansion of the program and improved customer service.

April 2019 - Present

Princeton Summer Theater

Production Stage Manager

Coordinated production meetings, ran rehearsal, and called three shows, as well as various administrative and business tasks.

Summer 2018

Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club

Vice President

Oversaw operations of the club, especially as they pertain to student productions on the main stage at the Loeb Drama Center, the largest venue on campus.

December 2018 - December 2019

Treasurer

Managed finances for the largest theater-producing organization at Harvard, oversaw budgets for numerous productions.

January 2018 - December 2018

Lighting Advisor

Mentored new or inexperienced lighting designers, helped designers develop and implement their lighting designs.

Spring 2017 - Spring 2020

Education

Harvard University

B.A. Candidate in Computer Science; Secondary in Theater, Dance, and Media

May 2020

Princeton High School

June 2016

Theatrical Coursework

  • Directorial Concepts and Set Design of the 20th and 21st Centuries – Julia Smeliansky
  • Design Foundations: Scenography Studio – Sara Brown
  • Techniques in Theater Design and Technology – Andrew Gitchel, Kat Nakaji
  • Introductory Theater Design: Lighting, Audio, and Video – Justin Paice, Jonathan Carr, Andrew Will
  • Lighting Design – Josh Higgason
  • Interactive Design and Projection for Live Performance – Josh Higgason
  • GAGA People – Mario Zambrano

Computer Science Coursework

  • Computer Graphics - Gortler
  • Operating Systems - Kohler
  • Data Systems - Idreos
  • Systems Security - Mickens
  • Compilers - Chong
  • Data Structures and Algorithms - Nelson

Skills

  • ETC Eos and Expression Family Consoles
  • QLab Audio, Video, and Show Control Programming
  • Isadora
  • Vectorworks Drafting and 3D Modeling
  • Lightwright
  • Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, and InDesign
  • Microsoft Office
  • DSLR Still and Video Photography
  • Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, C, and C++ Programming Languages
  • Vue.js, Django, and other frameworks