Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Extracurricular activities
Timeline
Babysitter

Siena Stark

Santa Ana,CA

Summary

Dynamic and detail-oriented Stage Manager with experience at UMN/Guthrie BFA Actor Training Program, adept at executing technical cues and ensuring safety on stage. Proven problem-solver with strong teamwork skills, proficient in QLab and video editing. Committed to delivering seamless performances and fostering a collaborative environment.

Professional childcare provider with comprehensive understanding of child development and behavior management. Skilled in creating structured and fun environment that promotes learning and growth. Known for reliability and adaptability, consistently meeting dynamic needs of families and fostering positive relationships.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Apprentice

New Swan Shakespeare Festival
06.2024 - 08.2024

Chosen as 1 of 10 interns to participate in this educational and hands-on opportunity at the Swan Shakespeare festival at UCI. We had workshops in theater production and observed the rehearsals. During the run, I shadowed the stage manager, set up and ushered shows. University of California, Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Irvine, California

Stage Manager

UMN/Guthrie BFA Actor Training Program
11.2024 - 02.2025

I oversaw successful execution of technical cues during live performances, ensuring seamless transitions between scenes, enforced safety measures due to potential stage equipment hazards, managed resources effectively, ensuring timely setup and breakdown of stage equipment, ensured continuity in performances by maintaining detailed records of blocking notes, prop placements, and costume changes, and built the sound cues and ran sound design through QLab. The show, "L'Chaim" went up in February 2025 for two weekends.

2nd AC, Grip

UCLA
06.2023 - 07.2023

Laundry Day, digital video, 5 minutes. Position: 2nd AC, grip. A comedic short film about two people trying to sneak into a crime boss’s headquarters. Produced for a Summer Institute class: “Production practice in film, television and digital media” University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Director of Photography

UCLA
06.2023 - 07.2023

Whispers of Stone, digital video, 5 minutes. Position: Director of Photography, contributing writer, color corrector. A dramatic short film that follows two people: an aspiring artist who works as a tour guide in a local sculpture garden, and an older man who stumbles into the garden on his way to his daughter’s funeral. Through their conversations, we watch the characters evolve through their juxtaposition with a specific sculpture, The Walking Man. Produced for a Summer Institute class: “Production practice in film, television and digital media” University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Actor

Hulu
08.2022 - 08.2022

Position: paid background actor. Directed by Michelle Krusiec for Huluween Shorts on HULU. Aired October 2022

Babysitter

Care.com Inc
03.2021 - Current
  • Played games, worked on puzzles, and read books to young children.
  • Communicated positively with children and guardians.
  • Organized and cleaned home after activities by picking up toys and straightening up play room.
  • Maintained a clean and organized environment to ensure the well-being of children under care.

Education

High School Diploma -

Orange County School of The Arts
Santa Ana, CA
06.2024

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Acting

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
05-2028

Skills

  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Quick learner
  • Fast learner
  • Problem-solving
  • Video Editing, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects
  • Graphic Design and Media Packet
  • Development: Canva, Adobe Photoshop
  • Spanish Literacy
  • Sewing, Costume design and production
  • SFX makeup
  • Fashion and costume design
  • Jewelry design and making
  • Ranked Western horseback rider
  • Jazz, ballet, and musical theater dance
  • Stage management
  • Proficient using QLab
  • Patience and empathy
  • Dependability
  • Child supervision
  • Conflict resolution
  • Toddler care experience
  • Childcare
  • Housekeeping

Extracurricular activities

Santa Ana Community College Classes, 2020 – 2024

  • Playwriting, Grade earned: A
  • Acting Technique II, Grade earned: A
  • Acting Technique III, Grade earned: A
  • Camera Workshop, Grade earned: A
  • Combat and Dialects, Grade earned: A

Orange County School of the Arts- Theatre Performance

2018 - present, Grades 7-12, 10-22 hours/week, 33 weeks/year Actor, Contributing Author, Wardrobe, Costume Designer

  • A Lovely Afternoon: Pam
  • The Matchmaker: Ensemble
  • New Play Festival 6: Secrets and Lies, Nurse Janet
  • Three Stories: Prime Minister, Narrator, Monk
  • War of the Worlds: Reporter
  • New Play Festival 8: [Thanksgiving], Barbara (Mom); [Christmas Sister], Avery
  • Above Water: Kelly
  • Little Women: Head Wardrobe, Seamstress
  • The Lost Ones: Wendy
  • New Play Festival 8: These Masks, Schnoz
  • Radium Girls: Costume Designer, Head Wardrobe; Spokeswoman, Ensemble
  • Unleashed, a sketch comedy: Jennifer Coolidge, Henchman, Air Fiddle Contestant; Musical Guest- drums
  • Mac Beth: Lady Macbeth

School of Rock, Tustin CA – Performance Band

2021- 2024, Grades 10-12, 4 hours/week (not including practice), 44 weeks/year Student

  • Weekly drum lessons and band practices
  • Reading sheet music and learning to play by ear
  • Six live performances per year, including: Go-Go’s vs. Bangles, Best of the 2000’s, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, Prog Rock
  • Performance Locations: Garden Grove Amphitheatre, Rock & Brews, Peppertree Park

Orange County School of the Arts – “Cinespia,” film discussion and review writing club

2020 - 2023, Grades 9-11, 10 hours/week, 6 weeks/year Founder, President, Discussion and Review-Writing Facilitator

  • Founded group, recruited over 30 members
  • Facilitated movie selections and led discussions
  • Encouraged writing and editing movie reviews on Letterboxd
  • Hosted movie nights

UCLA – Film & Television Summer Institute. Digitial Filmmaking (3 units college credit)

June - July, 60 hours/week, 3 weeks Student

  • Attended daily lectures, workshops, post-production labs
  • Attended evening film screenings and alumni speaker panels on the film and television industry
  • Collaborated on development projects
  • Filmed daily exteriors on location across UCLA campus
  • Immersion, instruction in Adobe video editing tools; Assisted editing final film
  • Director of Photography and Writer on final film, Whispers of Stone

Timeline

Stage Manager

UMN/Guthrie BFA Actor Training Program
11.2024 - 02.2025

Apprentice

New Swan Shakespeare Festival
06.2024 - 08.2024

2nd AC, Grip

UCLA
06.2023 - 07.2023

Director of Photography

UCLA
06.2023 - 07.2023

Actor

Hulu
08.2022 - 08.2022

Babysitter

Care.com Inc
03.2021 - Current

High School Diploma -

Orange County School of The Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Acting

University of Minnesota
Siena Stark