Milinda Weeks

UT, USA
I am a creator and I love what I do. I am able to bring that love onto the stage in a visual medium. How lucky am I?

Work Experience

Snow College Theatre Dept.

Associate Professor

Associate professor and scenic/lighting designer of theater at Snow College.
August 2017 - Present Ephraim, Utah, United States

Snow College Theater Dept.

Assistant Professor

Assistant professor and scenic/lighting designer of theater at Snow College.
August 2013 - July 2017 Utah, United States

Snow College Theater Dept.

Adjunct Professor, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer

Teach classes including Lighting Design, Scenic Painting, and Stage Craft. I am also the resident designer for all of Snow College Theater Depts. main stage productions.
January 2011 - May 2013 Ephraim, Utah, United States

Pickleville Playhouse

Designer, Scenic Charge, Master Electircian, Light and Sound Technician

Designer and technician for numerous Pickleville Playhouse summer and winter seasons.
Design work includes:
Lighting Design for Christmas With Juanito Bandito, Winter 2013
Scenic Charge for The Hanging of El' Bandito Re-imagined, Winter 2012
Set and Lighting Design for I believe in Christmas, Winter 2012.
Lighting Design for Once Upon a Christmas, Winter 2011.
Lighting design for Bandito Rides Again, Summer 2010.
Master Electrician, Summer Season 2010.
Lighting technician, Summer Season 2012, 2011, 2009.
Scenic Charge, Summer Season 2012.
Sound engineer, Winter 2010, Summer Season 2009, 2010.
April 2009 - December 2013 Utah, United States

Tuacahn Center For The Arts

Scenic Charge

Lead scenic charge for Tuacahn's Starlight Express and Mary Poppins.
April 2013 - June 2013 St. George, Utah, United States

Old Lyric Repertory Theater Company

Lighting Designer

Lighting Designer for the Old Lyric Repertory Theater Company's 2012 season.
Including: Big River, Steel Magnolias, Lend Me A Tenor, Private Lives, Greater Tuna, and advisor to the lighting apprentice for Charlotte's Web.
May 2012 - August 2012 Utah, United States

Old Lyric Repertory Theater Company

Lead Scenic Artist

Scenic Charge for the Old Lyric Repertory Theater's 2011 season including: Amadeus, See How they Run, Little Shop of Horrors, 39 Steps.
May 2011 - August 2011 Logan, Utah, United States

Old Lyric Repertory Theater Company

Scenic Carpenter

May 2010 - August 2010 Logan, Utah, United States

Utah Festival Opera Company

Carpenter

October 2008 - March 2009 Logan, Utah, United States

Education

Utah State University

MFA, Lighting and Scenic Design

August 2009 - May 2012 Logan, Utah, United States

Languages

English (Native),
Spanish (Beginner),

Awards

American College Theater Festival

Regional Design Award, Region VIII, Lighting Design for Seussical the Musical

2011

American College Theater Festival

Regional Award, Region VIII, Lighting Design for Our Country's Good

2012

American College Theater Festival

Paper Projects 1st place Merit Award, Graduate Division Scenic and Lighting Design Milinda Weeks for The Ice Wolf, Utah State University

2012

Skills

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, Digital Photography, Film Photography, Graphic Design, Photo Editing, Sewing, Vectorworks, Adobe Audition, Carpentry, Master Electrician , Scenic Painting,