Matt Hazard is a lighting designer who works during the day for Vincent Lighting Systems. His recent freelance projects include serving as the lighting director for several Harmony Project concerts and lighting designer for many organizations including Kenyon College Dance, Opera Columbus, Opera Project Columbus, the Ohio State Department of Theatre and School of Music, Nationwide Pleasure Guild, and several area high school productions. Matt earned his BA in Theatre and his MFA in Design at Ohio State and has taught and developed classes in the Department of Theatre. He is also an ETCP Certified Entertainment Electrician and a member of IATSE Local 12.
MATTHEW J. HAZARD
24 W. Kenworth Rd.
Columbus, OH 43214
614.354.1089
mjhazard@gmail.com
LIGHTING DESIGNS
Production MFA Solo Projects A Chorus Line Beauty and the Beast Carmina Burana Concert for Us You Can’t Beat the House Beyond All Recognition Puccini (Il Tabarri & Gianni Schicci) Dream On Pippin Mission: Seraglio Fall Dance Concert I Still Have Joy Cheaper by the Dozen La Traviata Catch Me If You Can A Midsummer Night’s Dream Let Your Voice Be Loud Scrap Heap Bus Stop All Together Now Wedding Singer As You Like It In Here Out There Full Monty (co-design) In the Heights As You Like It Les Miserables The Nutcracker Falstaff The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Hamlet Eurydice Shipwrecked: The Amazing… Faramondo Palmer Park The Woman in Black The Marriage of Figaro Noises Off Letters Home: Voices from Iraq Labyrinth of Desire The Magic Flute English Therapy The Woman in Black La Calisto Elixir of Love Coronation of Poppea Cowboy Mouth Ghost Stories of the Blacksmith Curse Rock and Roles Shakespeare |
Company OSU Department of Theatre Pickerington North HS Nationwide Pleasure Guild OSU School of Music Harmony Project Pickerington North HS OSU Department of Theatre Opera Project Columbus Harmony Project Pickerington North HS Opera Columbus Kenyon College Theatre & Dance Harmony Project Pickerington North HS Opera Columbus Pickerington North HS OSU Department of Theatre Harmony Project Kevin McClatchy Pickerington North HS Harmony Project Pickerington North HS OSU Department of Theatre OSU Department of Theatre Otterbein University Upper Arlington Vocal Music OSU Department of Theatre Upper Arlington Vocal Music Columbus Youth Ballet OSU School of Music OSU Department of Theatre Royal Shakespeare Company OSU Department of Theatre Whistling in the Dark OSU School of Music OSU Department of Theatre Whistling in the Dark OSU School of Music OSU Department of Theatre OSU Department of Theatre OSU Department of Theatre OSU School of Music OSU Department of Theatre Upper Arlington HS Theatre Arts OSU School of Music OSU School of Music OSU School of Music OSU Department of Theatre OSU Department of Theatre OSU Department of Theatre |
Venue Bowen Theatre Performing Arts Center Palace Theatre Weigel Hall Nationwide Arena Performing Arts Center Bowen Theatre McCoy Center Ohio Theatre Performing Arts Center Southern Theatre Hill Theatre Ohio Theatre Performing Arts Center Southern Theatre Performing Arts Center Lincoln Theatre Ohio Theatre Bowen Theatre Performing Arts Center Ohio Theatre Performing Arts Center Lincoln Theater Bowen Theatre Fritsche Theatre UAHS Auditorium Lincoln Theatre UAHS Auditorium Thurber Theatre Mershon Auditorium Bowen Theatre Van Fleet Theatre Bowen Theatre Green Room Theatre Southern Theatre Bowen TheatreMo Ryan Shedd Theatre Mershon Auditorium Thurber Theatre Theatro Technis Bowen Theatre Thurber Theatre Studio Theatre Little Theatre Thurber Theatre Mershon Auditorium Thurber Theatre Studio Theatre Studio One @ Riffe Center Studio Theatre |
Director Jeanine Thompson Allen DeCarlo David Baghat Anna Gawboy David Brown Allen DeCarlo Kevin McClatchy Jeffrey Marc Buchman David Brown Allen DeCarlo Michael Cavanagh Balinda Craig-Quijada David Brown Allen DeCarlo Mary Birnbaum Allen DeCarlo Melissa Lee David Brown Jeanine Thompson Allen DeCarlo David Brown Allen DeCarlo Mo Ryan Mo Ryan David Caldwell Eric Kaufmann Mo Ryan Eric Kaufmann Sharon Daye A. Scott Parry Jimmy Bohr Tarell Alvin McCraney Beth Kattelman Kal Poole Peter Kozma Mo Ryan Dwayne Blackaller Peter Kozma Mo Ryan Jimmy Bohr Jimmy Bohr Peter Kozma Nick Dekker Kal Poole Peter Kozma Peter Kozma Karen Coe Miller Blair Wing Anthony Hill Beth Dekker |
Year 2018 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 2007-13 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2005 2004 2004 |
LIGHTING PROGRAMMING
Production La Boheme Armide La Voix Humane & Pagliacci The Marriage of Figaro |
Company Opera Columbus Opera Columbus Opera Columbus Opera Columbus |
Venue Southern Theatre Southern Theatre Southern Theatre Southern Theatre |
Lighting Designer Christopher J. Frey Christopher Popowich Christopher Popowich Christopher Popowich |
Year 2016 2015 2015 2015 |
CURRENT POSITION
Outside Sales and Creative Solutions for Vincent Lighting Systems, July 2018 – Present
WORK EXPERIENCE
-Lighting Studio Manager/Rental Coordinator, Ohio State, August 2000 – July 2018
-HVAC Assistant, Battelle, 2000
-Russian Linguist, USMC, 1995 to 1999
EDUCATION
-MFA Design, The Ohio State University, 2011
-ETCP Certified Entertainment Electrician, 2009
-BA, The Ohio State University, 2000
-Russian Language Training, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA 1996
-General Studies, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH, 1990
SKILLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
-Proficient with ETC Eos, Gio, Ion, Element, Express, Obsession, Strand 520, and Hog 3 consoles
-Proficient with intelligent lighting accessories such as color scrollers, rotators, and moving mirrors
-Proficient with moving lights and LED fixtures
-Proficient with AutoCAD, LD Assistant, Photoshop CS, MS Office, Lightwright
-Working knowledge of Vectorworks, Dreamweaver, Flash, Corel Painter, Poser, ETC Networks
-Manage purchasing for 90% of Departmental lighting budgets (Seasonal and Production)
-Manage rentals of a 600 seat proscenium theatre and 250 seat black box theatre
-Hire, schedule, coordinate crews for all events in the above spaces
-Consulted on facilities and outfitting of new Student Union at Ohio State
-Working knowledge of Russian language
REFERENCES
Available on request