Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
References
Timeline
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Michaela Bocchino

Boston,MA

Summary

Production management professional with 3 Years of experience. Knowledgeable about allocating resources, maintaining equipment and spaces, optimizing productions/shows/events. Has a hands-on and dedicated approach. Articulate and professional problem-solver with good relationship-building abilities. Proficient in planning and implementing innovative production strategies.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Production Manager

Boston Center For The Arts
12.2021 - Current
  • Oversees of physical operations of the venues across the campus for Boston Center for the Arts (BCA)
  • Responsible for supporting venue operations, resource maintenance, managing risk, and running events
  • Works across the organization to implement policies, procedures, programs, and systems
  • Maintained and ran the BCA events lighting, sound, installation, client care, etc for the wide range of large scale events that take place in the main venue, theaters, and gallery.

Stage Manager/Deck Manager/Assistant Stage Manager

Multiple Institutions
12.2021 - Current

Wooden Kiwi Productions,

Tony Williams Dance Center

  • Provide practical and organizational support to directors, performers, designers, and technical crew throughout the production and rehearsal process, and supervise onstage and backstage activity during performances.
  • Scheduling and running rehearsals, communicating the director's wishes to designers and craftspeople, coordinating the work of the stage crew, calling cues and possibly actors' entrances during performance.

Overhire Art Handler & New Media Installation Technician

Multiple Institutions
12.2017 - Current

DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum,

Mass Art Art Museum,

Boston Center For The Arts,

Carpenter Center,

Institute of Contemporary Art: Boston,

The Trustees of Massachusetts

  • Working with the preparator, curator, and artists within the institutions for shows in the space
  • Handling artwork and its packaging, safely preparing and hanging/displaying work, prepping the gallery for the art/shows
  • Assisting with the removal, packaging, and shipping of sculptures, paintings, large scale pieces, and major audio/visual/new media installations
  • Assisting with the safe installation of sculptures, paintings, large scale pieces, and major audio/visual/new media pieces and installations.

Overhire Electrician/Lighting Technician/AV Technician

Multiple Institutions
04.2014 - Current

American Repertory Theater,

Huntington Theater Company,

Speakeasy Stage Company,

Company One,

ICA Theater,

Moonbox Productions

  • Project-based team member who is working under the supervision of the Head Electrician, of each institution, installing, troubleshooting, and loading-out theatrical lighting, video, and projection equipment and materials.

Production Manager

Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
05.2018 - 03.2020
  • Oversees of physical operations of the venue for Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (CMAC)
  • Responsible for supporting venue operations, resource maintenance, managing risk, and running events
  • Works with the non-profit to implement policies, procedures, programs, and systems
  • Maintained and ran the CMAC events lighting, sound, installation, client care, box office, etc for the wide range of large scale events that take place in the theater, gallery, and courtyard.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Studio For Interrelated Media

Massachusetts College of Art And Design / BFA
Boston, MA
2018

High School - Visual Arts

Boston Arts Academy
Boston, MA
2013

Skills

    Organizational management

    Written and verbal communication

    Handling and prioritizing multiple tasks and projects

    Leading teams:

  • Training
  • Safety procedures (live entertainment)
  • Scheduling
  • Supervising (technical, production, and house staff)
  • Assistant Teaching (stagecraft):

  • High school students
  • Undergrad students
  • Venue Management:

  • Technical knowledge of theatrical production:
  • Lighting, projection, sound, stage management, house management
  • Lighting maintenance and operation
  • Basic sound operation and maintenance
  • Event planning and venue management:
  • Maintaining and creating floor plans, instruction manuals
  • Protocols, and procedures
  • Permits and licenses
  • Confidentiality/ NDA protocols
  • Long and short-range maintenance planning
  • Equipment budgets, inventory maintenance
  • "On-the-fly” problem solving
  • Operate, maintain and safeguard the technical assets
  • Assess, troubleshoot and respond to emergencies
  • Programs: Drafting software, Adobe Suite, Google Suite, Microsoft Office

Certification

  • scissor lift certification
  • boom lift certification
  • crowd management certification

References

Richard Wood 

Co-Owner and Operator: Wooden Kiwi Productions

Cell: 617-388-4151 

Work :781-209-2623 

Email: richard.wk@icloud.com 


Phyllis Y Smith 

Senior Director of Operations: Boston Center for the Arts

Work: 617-426-1491

Email: psmith@bostonarts.org 


Nita Sturiale

Mass Art Professor and Department Chair: Studio for Interrelated Media

Cell: 617-230-7862

Work: 617-879-7481

Email: nsturiale@massart.edu 

Timeline

Production Manager

Boston Center For The Arts
12.2021 - Current

Stage Manager/Deck Manager/Assistant Stage Manager

Multiple Institutions
12.2021 - Current

Production Manager

Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
05.2018 - 03.2020

Overhire Art Handler & New Media Installation Technician

Multiple Institutions
12.2017 - Current

Overhire Electrician/Lighting Technician/AV Technician

Multiple Institutions
04.2014 - Current

Bachelor of Arts - Studio For Interrelated Media

Massachusetts College of Art And Design / BFA

High School - Visual Arts

Boston Arts Academy
Michaela Bocchino