Karina Halevy

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Image Description: Black and white photo of Karina (white skin, brown hair, red button-down, black leggings, white socks, blue mask) doing an attitude to the back on stage. Picture credits: Titus Jahng, 2022.

Interests

  • ballet, contemporary, modern, lyrical, character/folk, jazz, musical theater, (basic) tap
  • directing and/or choreographing performances that reconstruct (or deconstruct (?)) fairytales/sci-fi or tell stories about broader things like health (mental & physical), neurodivergence, and social/cultural/gendered experiences
  • lighting design/programming/board operations, technical production, stage management, data/operations/finance management, publicity, front-of-house, sound design/engineering/board operations, video/media design/engineering/operation
  • if necessary I can also sing at like, a mezzo-soprano range, either operatically or not operatically whatever

Background

Selected Stage Experience

Choreography

Dance (choreographed by other people)

Lighting

Skills I have so far: creating cues (pre-programmed and live-mixing), magic sheets, & basic VectorWorks plots, programming & running cues on ETC Ion, ETC ColorSource 20AV, & grandMA2 consoles, training new board operators, syncing cues with QLab sound files, hanging/focusing/cabling/patching/addressing fixtures (mainly conventional Source 4s, Esprites, & D40s), inserting gels/barrels/replacement lamps, researching & communicating equipment needs.

Directing

Skills so far: creating show themes, storyboards, & idea docs, acquiring & setting up props & costumes, recruiting photographers, videographers, choreographers, & board members, organizing photoshoots, creating publicity materials, leading board meetings, creating cast lists, teaching technique & repertoire classes, handling (certain) emergencies, managing costume closets.

Producing

Skills: talking to choreographers, group leaders, tech staff, & external vendors to collect equipment needs & stage diagrams, setting up & striking basic sound systems (e.g. Mackies with Honey, some Shure SM58 wireless mic + elementary LS9 setups), creating show orders & equipment lists, recruiting & training runcrew, leading technical & choreographic research, facilitating production, budget & design meetings, giving feedback to designers, creating budgets, writing grants, organizing donation matches, leading load-ins & strikes.

  • Techie in Charge (Production Manager) for Omni by Soulstylz, fall 2024
  • Production Coordinator for CMU’s second annual Nutcracker, fall 2024
  • Production Coordinator for Prelude by En Pointe, spring 2024
  • Assistant Techie in Charge for CMU LTI’s Welcome Back Party & Talent Show, winter 2024
  • Student Producer for ARTS FIRST DanceFest, spring 2023
  • Producer for Falling Together, Laura Coe’s senior thesis performance, winter 2023
  • Treasurer for archive, fall 2021
  • Treasurer for daybreak, spring 2021

Stage-Managing

Skills: scheduling auditions & rehearsals, calling performer/light/sound cues, executing projection/backing track cues, removing body mics from performers, assisting with stage transitions, using ClearCom, answering cast questions.

House-Managing

Skills: coordinating publicity tabling, managing ticket sales, distributing programs & PPE, talking to patrons, ripping & counting ticket stubs, transporting instruments, chairs, stools, & music stands, placing chains for lift runs during set changeovers, communicating on radio.

  • House Manager for Beyond Us by Scotch’n’Soda (S’n’S), winter 2024
  • Usher & set changeover crew for choral & orchestral concerts, speaker events, dance installations, & movie screenings at Sanders Theater, fall 2022 - winter 2023
  • Usher for The Merry Widow, winter 2023

Sound

Skills: mixing soundtracks in iMovie, creating & operating QLab showfiles, training board operators, setting up & maintaining speakers, music, & mics.

  • Sound Engineer & Narrator for CMU’s second annual Nutcracker, fall 2024
  • Sound Engineer & Co-Emcee for CMU LLM Agent Workshop, spring 2024
  • Sound + Projections Engineer for Prelude by En Pointe, spring 2024
  • Sound load-in crew for Carrie by S’n’S, fall 2023
  • Sound designer for [intervals], spring 2023