Ernie J. Gubbels
Omaha NE 68134-4938
402-319-7691 (CELL) 402-572-7971 (H)
402-572-5061 (FAX)
erniejg@brightspotlighting.com
www.brightspotlighting.com
Operational Experience
More than twenty years of experience: contracting and managing IATSE union crews of more than twenty hands in addition to scheduling and managing student and volunteer crews; negotiating and fulfilling production riders; and generating, negotiating, and scheduling shop orders for multiple-concurrent productions.
Three years of experience providing technical consulting and actively participating on the program committee for the Southwest Iowa Arts Center. Recommending and performing the technical facilitation for act such as Linda Eder, Trinity Irish Dance Company, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, and Jimmy Hoper.
As the Technical Director for the Southwest Iowa Arts Center; a two theater complex consisting of a 660 seat proscenium theater, a 120 seat black-box, scene shop, and vocal, instrumental, and visual arts class rooms; responsibilities included: providing direct technical assistance and consultation during the actual construction of the facility; overseeing the installation of the lighting, sound, and counterweight systems; researching and installing a computerized ticketing system; authoring policies and procedures for the facility; providing marketing and sales consultation; and providing long-term operational consultation and planning for the facility as a whole.
As the technical engineer for Peony Park Inc. responsibilities included: planning, specifying, installing, and maintaining public-address and performance sound systems, video, and telecommunications systems for the multi-acre amusement park and water park, with multiple performance stages, and a multi-room catering facility.
Extensive experience with: AutoCAD; LightWright; Cool Edit Pro (Adobe Audition); WinTix; Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Project, Publisher, and Visio); Print Shop; Microsoft Windows, OS2, AIX, Linux, Solaris, SCO Unix, MS-DOS.
Extensive hands-on experience with the following lighting equipment: ETC Express, ETC Expression, ETC Net, Wholehog, Horizon, Colortran consoles and luminaries, Electro Controls consoles and dimmers, EDI consoles and dimmers, StatusCue, Navigator, Celco consoles, High End Systems automated luminaries, Vari*Lite luminaries, Altman luminaries, Fleenor, GAM, Rosco, Lee, Applo, BARCO projectors, Martin luminaries, Lightronics, WYSIWYG, Lycian, Strong, hazers, foggers, dry ice systems, and many others.
Extensive hands-on experience with the following sound equipment: Yamaha DM2000, Mackie 3200, 2400, Peavy mixers, MCI multi-track recorders, PC based multi-track digital recorders, Eventide processors, AKG microphones and processing, Shure microphones and processing, SoundCraft mixers, Furman, Crown amplifiers and microphones, BGW, DBX processing, RANE, QSC, EMT, Audio-Technica, Altec mixers, processors, and amplifiers, Electro Voice, Neumann, Sennheiser, EAW, and others.
Production Lighting, Sound, and Pyrotechnics Experience
February 2000 - Present |
Iowa Western Community College – “Linda Eder in Concert”, “Trinity Irish Dance Company˜”, “Five By Design-Radio Days˜”, “The Capital Steps”, “Banu Gibson in Concert”, “Give’em Hell Harry”, “Jimmy Hoper˜”, “Heartland of America Band˜”, “Little Shop of Horrors X”, ”Oklahoma”, and many Dance Recitals
Iowa Western Community College
2700 College Road
Council Bluffs IA 51502
Directors-
Jeff Osborne (for Linda Eder); Roxanne Wach, Hersh Rodasky, Kathleen Bagby
Lighting
Designer / Theater Electrician. / Master Electrician / X
and Sound Designer /
˜Technical Coordinator, Crew Chief, and Master Electrician
Summer 2000 - Present |
SNAP Productions – “Twilight of the Gold’s X”, “A Perfect Ganesh”, “Street Theater”, “Mother Tree Cat”, “Laramie Project”
Snap Productions
3225 California Street
Omaha Nebraska 68131
Directors-Roxanne
Wach, Michelle Phillips, Scott Jackman, Lara Marsh, Todd Brooks
Lighting
Designer / Theater Electrician. / Master Electrician / X
and Sound Designer
November 1999- Present |
Chanticleer Community Theater – “Do Not Go GentleX”, “Blood Brothers**”, “Damn Yankees”, “The Diary of Anne Frank”, “State Fair”, “West Side Story”, “The Man Who Came to Dinner”, “South Pacific”, “Drop Everything”, “Hansel & Gretel”, “Moon Over Buffalo”, “Brighton Beach Memoirs”
Chanticleer Community Theater
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Directors-John
Gibson, Todd Brooks, William Bohanon, Michelle Phillips, Brandon Higdem, Michal
Simpson, Thomas Bertino, Sr., Norman Filbert
Lighting
Designer / Master Electrician / X and Sound Designer /
**and Pyrotechnic Designer.
July 1999 - Present |
B&D Productions – “Annie”, “Wizard of Oz**”, “Once Upon A Mattress”, “The Music Man”, “Beauty and the Beast**X”
Chanticleer Community Theater
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Producer – Robert Putman; Director – Dwayne Ibsen
Lighting
Designer / Master Electrician / **and Pyrotechnic Designer/ and X
Sound Designer.
1984 – Present |
Omaha Press Club – “The Omaha Press Club Gridiron Show”
Rose Blumpkin Performing Arts Center, Peony Park Ballroom, Holiday Inn Ballroom
Omaha, Nebraska
Directors
– Howard T. Swain Jr., Michelle Phillips, Kate Schrader, David Wallace
Lighting
Designer / Master Electrician / Sound Designer / Pyrotechnic Designer.
1998-2000 |
Thomas Jefferson High School – “Kiss Me Kate”, “Frankenstein”, “A Christmas Carol”, “Yearbook”
Thomas Jefferson High School
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Director – John Gibson
Lighting
Designer / Master Electrician / Sound Designer / Pyrotechnic Designer /
Assistant Instructor.
2000- Present |
Pat Carlson Dance Studio – Spring Dance Recital
Orpheum Theater
Omaha Nebraska
Director – Pat Carlson
Automated
Lighting Designer / Pyrotechnician and Designer.
JMR Production – Princess Diana The Musical
2002 |
Jewish Community Center Theater
Omaha Nebraska
Director – Karen Javich
Lighting Designer
2001, 2002, 2003 |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Women’s Gymnastics Team
Bob Devaney Sport Center
Lincoln Nebraska
Coach / Director – Dan Kendig
Pyrotechnician
and Designer.
January 2000 and 2001 |
Iowa Western Community College – Adjunct Technical Theater Instructor
Iowa Western Community College
2700 College Road
Council Bluffs IA 51502
Department Dean-Frances “Frankie” Parrott
Peony Park – “Dance to the Music”, “Jukebox Saturday Night”
Peony Park Theater
Omaha, Nebraska
Director – Entertainment Services Company
Lighting
Designer / Master Electrician/Sound Designer.
Omaha Symphony – “Omaha Symphony Debutante Ball”
Peony Park Ballroom, Holiday Inn Ballroom
Omaha, Nebraska
Director – Omaha Symphony Debutante Ball Committee
Lighting
Designer / Master Electrician / Sound Designer.
Arthritis Foundation – “Woman of the Year Gala”
Peony Park Ballroom
Omaha, Nebraska
Director – Elaine Jabenis
Lighting
Designer / Master Electrician / Sound Engineer.
Make A Wish Foundation – “Tony Orlando”
Peony Royal Grove
Omaha, Nebraska
Director – Make A Wish Foundation
Lighting
Designer / Sound Engineer.
Other Work experience
1995 - Present |
MSI Systems Integrators
Omaha, Nebraska
Systems Architecture Consultant, Business Intelligence Specialist, Database Specialist, Project Manager, Systems Integration Engineer.
Certifications and Memberships
State of Nebraska Pyrotechnic “Display Operator License” #02-02/009 exp. 2005-02-28
ATFE Display Fireworks Permit
Pyrotechnics Guild International, Inc. “Fireworks Safety Certification”
Member Pyrotechnics Guild International, Inc.
Member Entertainment Services & Technology Association – “ESTA”
Member USITT
Awards
2000 |
Theatre Arts Guild – Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design Award– Blood Brothers
2001 |
Theatre Arts Guild – Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design Award– Damn Yankees
Theatre Arts Guild – Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design Nomination – Diary of Anne Frank
2002 |
Theatre Arts Guild – Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design Nomination – West Side Story
Theatre Arts Guild – Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design Nomination – South Pacific
2003 |
Theatre Arts Guild – Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design Nomination – Laramie Project
Hobbies and interests
Playing Ice Hockey, Motorcycle Riding/Racing, HobyCat Sailing, Computers
References
Available upon request.