LARRY D. ROUTH BFA

Summary | Education | Employment

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

• Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre - Extensive practical experience in technical theatre.
• Technical Director - University Theatre Center / Sam Houston State University. Recipient of exclusive Staff Excellence Award.
• Furniture Craftsman - Construction and Finish with extensive shop equipment skills.
• Set Carpenter and Special Effects Assistant - Major Motion Picture Studios and Independent Productions.
• Film Production Certificate - Emphasis in cinematography, Editing, Lab Preparation, and Sound Recording.
• Author, Director, Designer, Actor of many educational and professional productions.
• President, Walker County Citizens Recycling

EDUCATION

• 1984: Independent course in Script Supervision / Continuity, Mark Thomas, Instructor at Sherwood Oaks Film College, Hollywood, CA.
• 1983: Film Production Certificate, Los Angeles City College, L.A., CA.
• 1976: Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

• 1983- Present Technical Director - University Theatre Center, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas 77341
• Responsible for the co-ordination of all technical aspects of 10 to 12 productions each year. Involved in development of projects from concept through design - construction - performance. In addition, scheduling, "teching," and managing touring groups, music concerts, dance concerts, and any specialty uses of the facility. Along with set construction, painting, prop fabrication, sound, lighting, and special effects for a 500 seat Mainstage Theatre and a 130 seat Studio Theatre, facility duties include tool, hardware, and stock maintenance, knowledge of material usage and cost, ordering and maintaining material, material usage and cost, ordering and maintaining material, establishing and workingwithin a conservative budget. Organization, development, instruction, of a daily 3 hour practical lab / workshop for 30 to 40students.
  

Related skills:

• Drafting
• Construction from blueprints
• Knowledge of a wide range of power and hand tools
• Scene painter (props to drops)
• Plastics, Foams, P.V.C., Laminates
• M.I.G. welding
• 1981 - 1984 Cabinet Maker - Urmann & Martzell, Inc. N. Hollywood, CA.
• Produced custom furnishings for exclusive commercial and residential decors. Projects ranged from oak and laminate conference tables for Warner Bros. Offices to custom installation of wooden cabinets for Elizabeth Taylor's Bellaire home. Corian counter tops, responsible for complete construction process, finishing, and installation.
• 1978 - 1981 Independent contractor, Los Angeles, CA. Self-employed carpenter and painter.
• 1977 - 1978 Set Carpenter, Universal Studios and Burbank Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Set construction for location / sound stage film and T.V. production.Assignments: KOJAK, BARRETTA, ROCKFORD FILES, QUINCY, INCREDIBLE HULK, JAWS II, ROOTS II

PERSONAL

Height 6'3" - Weight 195 lbs.

Born - February, 1954, Dallas, Texas

Married to Jude' Routh, 1981

Children: Samuel Travis, Hattie Elizabeth