What am I doing with my time these days?

My time seems to divide up between my freelance projects, and a few ongoing clients which have a longer arc of involvement, though they are seldom full-time. Here is an overview of both.

• Lighting Design -- my main interest
  • To read about what I have done over the past decade or so, take a gander at My Resume
  • This work is inherently visual, and also time based. You can't really see what I do without attending a live performance, but to some extent, you can approximate that experience by browsing my web-based portfolio. While other productions are being added constantly, at this time I can offer the following choices.

• 2003
  • American Dreams an adaptation of the book by Studs Terkel, with music. National touring production by The Acting Company, founded by John Houseman.
  • The Seagull (co-designed with William Kenyon) at the Metropolitan Playhouse, New York / Tannery Theatre, Newburyport, MA / ICA Boston, MA
  • The Art of Being Oscar a workshop performance of a new musica, at the Florence Gould Hall of the Alliance Francais, New York.
  • Avenue Q (PROGRAMMER) at the Vineyard Theatre, New York
  • Well by Lisa Kron (PROGRAMMER) at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre, New York
  • Shift a concert for dance collective Notes in Motion, University Settlement, New York
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ( ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER) Summer Theatre at Muhlenberg, Allentown, PA
  • Resident Technical Director, Theatre at St. Clement's, New York working with
    • The New Group's Women of Lockerbie
    • New Federal Theatre Project's Last Dance for Sybil
    • HBO Production's Sex and the City
  • Sh-K-Boom Room, at the Zipper Theatre, featuring concerts by
    • Alice Ripley
    • Michael Cerveris
    • Adam Pascal
    • Mario Cantone
    • Sherie Renee Scott
    • The Petersons
    • Everett Bradley
    • David Yazbeck
    • Greg Naughton
  • On The Town Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

• 2002
  • Al Stewart in concert at New York's premiere cabaret space, The Bottom Line
  • Book of Days by Lanford Wilson (ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER) New York Premiere, Signature Theatre
  • Take Me Out (PROGRAMMER) at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre, New York
  • Sorrows and Rejoicings by Athol Fugard (ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER) New York Premiere, Second Stage
  • Candide at Yale Dramatic Association, New Haven, CT
  • Gay Pride Series, Theatre at St. Clement's, New York (co-designed with Andrew Grant)
    • George M
    • The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
    • Howard Crabtree's When Pig's Fly
  • Resident Technical Director, Theatre at St. Clement's, New York -- working with
    • Westbeth Theatre Projects' Graham Norton at Large
    • New Federal Theatre Project's Last Dance for Sybil

• 2001
  • Al Stewart in concert at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
  • Playhouse Creatures by April DeAngeles. People's Light and Theatre Company, Malvern, PA.
  • Noises Off by Michael Frayne. Hofstra USA Productions, Hempstead, NY.
  • Tally's Folly by Lanford Wilson. (ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER)
    at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park.
  • SpringFest 2001 presented by Long Island City Arts Project as part of ArtsFrenzy.
  • Lighting Design for industrials and special events clients such as 425 Fifth Ave, 375 Park Ave (the former Seagrams Building) MOUSE, and as Associate LD, Aveda, Compaq, and others.
• 2000
  • Suite in Two Keys (ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
  • MacBethat Yale Dramatic Association, New Haven,CT
  • Velazquez by Antonio Buero-Vallejo -- American Premiere, at ATA/Chernuchin Theatre
  • For Tri-Luminary, Inc. -- a large assortment of industrials and special events for clients such as Boston Consulting Group,Berlin Cameron Partners, and others.
  • Dozens of special events, benefits, and parties at Laura Belle, including scenes from The Music Man (Broadway company), Technics' 30th Anniversary, and many others.
• 1999
  • Harvest Ceremonies at the National Musem of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institute)
  • Jesus Christ Superstar at SGTG, Bellerose, Queens.
  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Yale Dramatic Association, New Haven, CT
  • Trilogy World Premiere of a new dance by Laura Dean, at Duke University's RJ Reynolds Theatre, Durham, NC
  • Suite in Two Keys (ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
  • For Tri-Luminary, Inc. fashion show for Legend, launch party for I-won.com, and others.

• 1998
  • Harvest Ceremonies at the National Musem of the American Indian
  • The Censor at 29^th Street Rep
  • Julius Caesar at Spingold Theatre Center, Brandeis University.
  • The Captain's Tiger (ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER) at Manhattan Theatre Center

• 1997
  • A New York Romance
  • Bobby Supreme
  • Sphere
  • High Society Party for WWOR at Laura Belle
  • Harvest Ceremonies
  • One More Time
  • Laura Belle
• 1996
  • Free Food and Frontal Nudity
  • Show Boat
  • Valley Song
  • Sympathetic Magic
  • The Santaland Diaries
  • A Soldier's Play
  • Christmas Revels
  • Cakewalk
  • Native Movement (Dance)
  • In a Clean House
  • A New York Romance

Lighting for Live Music

Since 1994, I have been affiliated with a string of bands based in New York and elsewhere, doing lighting for them in small venues, and occasionally some larger ones. They have included:

• Al Stewart (pictures now available of Grace Cathedral show)
• Dave Nachmanoff
• The Billygoats
• The Seems
• Bellwether
• Johnny Chan and the New Dynasty Six
• Episonic
• Medicine Stick
• Andrew Vladeck

Here's a partial list of venues:

• Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
• Mercury Lounge
• CB's Gallery
• Baby Jupiter
• Brownie's
• Louisiana Community Bar and Grill

A sample of the Seems music is available to multimedia-capable browsers. It's from the song "Nature of It."

Event Lighting

• From 1996 to 1997 I was affiliated with Jan Kroeze Lighting Designs, known internationally for their work on fashion shows, industrials, circuses, and theatre. Functioning as an Associate Designer, I have been able to work on such projects as Seventh on Sixth, Donna Karan's showrooms (especially DKNY Kidswear and DKNY Jeans) Polo by Ralph Lauren, fashion shows and parties at Macy's and Nordstrom's.
• From 1996 to 2000 as Resident Lighting Designer at Laura Belle I worked on hundreds of special events, highlights of which are listed above.
• In 1999 I founded Tri-Luminary, Inc. to better provide lighting (and other technical elements such as video, sound, and demo computers) to corporate and special events clients. See www.triluminary.com for more details about this company.

That's what I have been doing. If anything on this list is currently available to your area, I hope you can make it by to see that. If you wish to know more, write me at the address below.

Contact Info:

Jeremy Kumin
E-mail: jkumin@bway.net
FAX: (718) 875-3596
My ISP: bway.net
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This page was first published May 28, 1996. Last revision November 25, 2001.

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