Max Schaffer
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To me, production & event design is 99% management + logistics. Unless everyone & everything are exactly where they need to be at precisely the right time that 1% complex artistry never gets a chance to exist.

 
 

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“…shows the true fluidity of seemingly permanent institutions, the range of diversity hidden within our binaries, and the ease with which we can break free from them with just a little creativity.”

Illuminus Festival - Boston (2018)

 
 
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Selected productions

Sue's Holiday SpechTechular [Production designer/master electrician Nov 17']

Othello: The Remix [Programmer/electrician sub. Dec 16']

Exquisite Potential/Sinatras - Arclight Theatre [Lighting designer/programmer. July '14]

Emilie La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight - Harvard University Physics Sci-Box [Projection/lighting/scenic designer & technical director. March '14]

Antigonick - American Repertory Theatre-Loeb Mainstage [Lighting designer/programmer. Sept-Oct '13]

Buyer and Cellar - Barrow Street Theatre [Asst. Master Electrician/carpenter. June'13]

New Music Singers 2013 - Fiorello H. LaGuardia Concert Hall [Lighting designer/ programmer. April '13]

Icons and Relics - Location One (NY Fashion Week after- party) [Asst. lighting designer/programmer. Feb '13]

Saudio Aramco Holiday Celebration - Waldorf Astoria [PA for NYCDA/Theatrical Events. Dec '12]

Hedwig and the Angry Inch - The Press Room [Programmer and electrician. June '12]

New Music Singers 2012 - Fiorello H. LaGuardia Concert Hall [Lighting designer/ programmer. Dec '11]

Party of One - Location One [Lighting/projection designer. Oct '11]

Power Balladz - Midtown Theatre at Ha! Comedy Club [Electrician. Aug '10]

55th Annual Drama Desk Awards - Fiorello H LaGuardia Concert Hall [Electrician. Aug '10]

Fetch Nightclub for Dogs - Fetch Club [Electrician. Aug '10]