Julia van Broek

Brown/Trinity M.F.A Intern, Trinity Repertory Company

Providence, RI, USA
I am a hard-working recent graduate of UCSB's Theater Design Program, seeking a position as an administrative or design assistant. I have substantial collaborative experience, strong hand-drafting, scale-model building, and design research skills; as well as, scheduling, proofreading, textual editing, and inter-personal communication abilities. and My immediate goal is to contribute all of these abilities to a designer or a team of artists who share my enthusiasm for production and design.

Work Experience

Trinity Repertory Company

Brown/Trinity M.F.A. Intern

This is a comprehensive technical theater and administrative internship. Duties include assisting the Production Coordinator, Technical Supervisor, and Production Manager, hang and focus of theatrical lighting instruments, assisting the Scenic Charge in building sets, costume crew and run crew during performances, and performing a variety of additional tasks for the Brown/Trinity M.F.A program and its many productions.
August 2012 - June 2013 Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Center Stage Theater

French Festival Intern

Designing and painting decorative pieces for the Festival; Set-up and break-down; serving as a "floater" (meaning that I took on various duties depending on what was most needed at different times during the festival); Beverage service at the two Center Stage Theater tents; general maintenance.
June 2012 - July 2012 Santa Barbara, California, United States

California Shakespeare Theater

Stage Management Intern

Duties included working closely with the Stage Manager and Production Assistant, preparing for rehearsals, taking line notes, running rehearsals, serving as a member of the run-crew during performances, assisting with maintenance of rehearsals and shows, being on book during rehearsals and tech, and serving as a stage manager for the summer Shakespeare conservatory.
June 2011 - September 2011 California, United States

Education

University Of California - Santa Barbara

Pursuing Bachelor of Arts

Theater Major, Design Concentration
September 2007 - Santa Barbara, California, United States

University Of Leeds

UCSB Education Abroad Program

Area of Study: Performance and Cultural Industries

Courses: Design for Theatre and Film, Performance Design Process, Colour and the Design Process, Introduction to Textiles
January 2010 - June 2010 Leeds, United Kingdom

Palacky University

UC Davis Summer Abroad Program

Area of Study: Exercise Sciences and Wellness
June 2009 - July 2009 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Skills

Google SketchUp, Lightwright, Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook Express, Photoshop, Architectural Drafting, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Hand Drafting For Theater, Picasa, Scale Model Building, Vectorworks, Virtual Light Lab,

Stage Management Experience

"Fear and Misery"
UCSB Graduate Directed One Acts Festival
(April 2011-June 2011)
Director: Kane Anderson

"Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton"
UCSB Undergraduate Directed One-Acts Festival
(January 2011-March 2011)
Director: Maggie Yeomans

Duties included assisting director throughout casting process, booking rehearsal space, assisting director during meetings with costume, set, and lighting departments, getting coffee for director and cast, creating prop lists, relaying information from director to cast, calling light and sound cues during performances.

Associate Scenic Designer

"Tartuffe"
(October 2011-February 2012)
Directed by Tom Whitaker
Set Design by Nayna Ramey

"Entangled"
(October 2011-March 2012)
Directed by Risa Brainin
Set Design by Nayna Ramey