Colin Van Horn

Work History

Montclair State University, CPO

03.2015 - Current

Facilitate the safe and timely loading in, assembly, and loading out of scenery and equipment for visiting performance companies in multiple venues, including 2 proscenium theaters, multiple studio spaces, and a 2000 seat amphitheater.
Maintain the performance and production areas of all CPO venues for both the sake of safety and professionalism. This includes working with the campus facilities departments to quickly correct or update any issues with the buildings.
Assist in budgetary and scheduling discussions for productions, giving my thoughts from a technical standpoint.
Assist in the scheduling of crews for all load ins, show calls, and strikes.
Manage crews for all load ins, show calls, and strikes for department productions, University events, and select rental events.
Work in conjunction with academic units to facilitate any productions they do in the various venues that CPO oversees.
Work with the production staff of visiting companies to solve any technical issues of all given shows.
Work with various departments within the university (Student Development and Campus Life, The President's office, etc.) to assist in the production of special events, both in the spaces that fall under CPO, as well as other areas around campus.

Montclair State University - Theater and Dance

01.2010 - 03.2015

Primary carpenter, welder and rigger for the productions of The Grapes of Wrath and Stage Door (2012-13), and Equus, First in Flight, and 42nd Street (2013-14)
Worked with students during the productions, both using their existing skills, as well as teaching them new techniques to advance both their skills as fabricators, as well as their sense of safety in a theater environment.
Assisted the technical director in making construction decisions, materials lists, and build and installation schedules.

Capital Scenic Inc.

01.2005 - 09.2014

Built scenery using skills as a carpenter, welder (steel and aluminum), metal worker, rigger, foam worker and fabric worker.
Assisted in build preparation by creating working drawings both by hand, and using computer drafting (AutoCAD).
Assisted in job price estimation as well as ordering of all necessary supplies.
Built scenery for Off Broadway (Theater Works USA, Making Books Sing), for corporate events (20th Century Fox, Heineken, Dunkin Donuts), for trade shows (Baldor Foods, Snapple), and for concert events (Matisyahu, My Morning Jacket).
Acted as Lead Fabricator on the specific builds
- Matisyahu - 6' tall spinning mirror dreidel
- Heineken - 8' tall draft keg for the US Open promotion
- My Morning Jacket - Lead draftsman on the 20' diameter 'magic eye'

Montclair State University - Arts and Cultural Programming

01.2010 - 03.2014

When acting as Technical Director, I served as primary construction and safety decision-maker, taking existing designs, and converting them into working shop drawings, in order to create a working budget, order materials, and schedule labor time to complete the construction of the required scenery.
Carpenter, rigger, electrician, flyman and run crew on multiple load-ins and performances, including theatrical, dance and concert performances.
Carpenter and welder for Robert Brustein's Schlemiel the First (2010)
Technical Director for David T. Little's Dog Days (2012)
Advance Technical Director for Robert Wilson's Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter (2013)
Technical Director for workshop and production of Liz Queler's Still Will Be Heard (2013/2014)
Technical Director for Richard Schechner's Imagining O(2014)

L.I.V. Design

01.2010 - 01.2012

Carpenter and welder for both theatrical productions and fashion/corporate installations

Montclair State University - Cali School of Music

02.2010 - 03.2011

Technical director for the Cali Opera (2010/2011)
Served as primary construction and safety decision-maker, taking existing designs, and converting them into working shop drawings, in order to create a working budget, order materials, and schedule labor time to complete the construction of the required scenery.
Supervised the build and load in of the shows, including scheduling and managing of of the construction and load in crews.