DONALD N. KLUKAS

klukas.donald@gmail.com

donaldklukas.com

(608)931-3160

424 Church Street, Suite 2000, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219, United States of America

Touring Lighting Designer / Director / Programmer / Production Manager

PDF printable version of Resume

Recent Work:

Lighting Director / Designer – Muscadine Bloodline 2023 Tour

Lighting / Video Director / Production Manager – Michael Martin Murphey – Cowboy Christmas Tour 2022

Lighting Director – 2022 Window World Family Reunion Phoenix, AZ – PixMob

Lighting Director – Icon For Hire – Ready For Combat Tour 2022

Lighting Director / Designer – Viper Alley Lincolnshire, IL

Lighting Director / Designer – The AVent Techs

Lighting Director / Designer – AV Leads

Lead Electrician 2020 Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show

Stagehand – Frank Productions – Madison, Wisconsin

Stagehand / Electrician – Overture Center for the Arts Madison, WI

Stagehand – Live Nation Entertainment – Charlotte, NC

Stagehand – Chicago Stagehand

 

Production Companies I’ve Worked With (some directly and others through third-party agencies)

ILC
Performance Lighting Chicago
Frost Lighting
Signature Production Group
BlackOak Technical Productions
Sound Investment
PS America
On StageAudio
PixMob
Freeman AV
American AV
3D Exhibits		 PRG
VisionCollective
1080 Productions
Creative Technology Group / NEP Live Events
Full Staging
Vx3 LLC
MacroProductions
SmartSource
Tallen Technology Rentals
Digerati Productions
Encore Event Technologies
ebu Productions

Education & Certifications

Columbia College Chicago – Live & Performing Arts Management
Event Safety Alliance – Event Safety Access Training
OSHA 10-hour Entertainment & Exhibition Industries Safety Training and Certification
ETC – DMX Theory, Operation, and Troubleshooting
ETC – Eos Family Virtual Media Server
ETC – Eos Level 1 and 2
High-End Systems – Hog 4
ACT Academy grand MA2 User Class 101+102 Badge of Completion
ACT Academy grand MA3 Pro Beginner
ACT Academy grand MA3 Pro Conversion		 USITT/ESTA – Asynchronous Serial Digital Data Transmission Standard for Controlling Lighting Equipment and Accessories Training
USITT/ESTA – Lighting Control Systems – 0 to 10 V Analog Control Specification Training
USITT/ESTA – Design, Manufacture, and Use of Aluminum Trusses and Towers Training
USITT/ESTA – Entertainment Technology–Recommended Practices and Guidelines for the Assembly and Use of Theatrical Boom & Base Assemblies Training
USITT/ESTA – Manual Counterweight Rigging Systems Training
USITT FORUM@FOUR: LIGHTING LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTIONS
Arkaos Live Media Server Training
Resolume Media Server Training

Consoles / Software / Skills

Consoles Software Skills
Grand MA 1,2,3 Consoles
Hog 4 Consoles
ETC EOS Consoles
Obsidian Consoles
Avolites Consoles
Chamsys Consoles
Martin Consoles
Strand Consoles		 Lightwright
L8 Visualizer
Capture Visualizer
VectorWorks Spotlight
VectorWorks Vision Previz		 Stagehand Management
Production ManagementProblem-solvingLeadershipFlexibilityAttention to detail
Truck Pack
Dropbox
Word / Excel / PowerPoint
Basic Photoshop
Basic Premiere
Basic InDesign
ProPresenter