General Skills, Training & Accolades

Randall Lewandowski-Theatre Arts Teacher/Director

1544 Hickory Trail, Allen TX 75002 (956) 536-8496

My resume and this document provide more of a Curriculum Vitae of my career as an artist and educator. A digital portfolio is also available on my website: www.randalllewandowski.org

SUMMER THEATRE (1977-2001)

·         Post Playhouse, Crawford, NE (Summer, 1977) Actor, Designer (Summer, 1982)

·         Wildcat Hills Amphitheatre, Gering, NE (Summers, 1978, 1979) Scenic Designer/TD & Actor

·         Black Hills Playhouse, Custer, SD (1982) Property Master & Actor

·         Shapiro Acting Company, Gering, NE (1983) Scenic Designer/TD

·         Theatre West Designer/ TD/Actor (Summers 1999 through 2001)

OTHER ASSOCIATED WORK EXPERIENCE/ACCOLADES (1979-2004)

·         Industrial Metal Factory Assembler, Lockwood Manufacturing, Gering, NE (Summers, 1979-82)

·         General Contractor/Builder for my new home, Torrington, WY (Summer, 1989) Indoor and Outdoor House Painting (Summers, 1996-1998)

·         Building and Construction, Finish & Cabinet Carpenter, Colorado Springs, CO (Summer, 2004)

·         Wyoming High School Speech Coach of the Year, Director of Speech & Debate, Torrington HS, Torrington, WY (1997-1998)

NON-TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATRE

·         Director of Theatre & TD, Torrington HS, Torrington, WY (1983-2000)

·         Director of Theatre & TD, Scottsbluff HS, Scottsbluff, NE (2000-2001)

·         Director of Theatre & TD, Fountain Ft. Carson HS, Colorado Springs, CO (2001-2004)

TEXAS TEACHING EXPERIENCE (2005-Present)

·         Director of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Clear Brook HS, Friendswood, TX (2005).  Nominated Best Director by Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS), Houston, TX

·         Technical Direction for Crazy for You, Woodlands at College Park HS, Conroe, TX (2006). Nominated for Best Scenic Design by TUTS, Houston.

·         Scenic Designer/Technical Director Harlingen Community Theatre (2008).

·         Taught TV and Video Journalism for three years (2003, 2004 & 2005), becoming familiar with: Adobe Final Cut Pro and Casablanca Video Editor

·         Vectorworks Spotlight & Sketch-up (two CADD software programs used in the theatre industry). Four-hour graduate course at Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon (Summer, 2014).

·         Tal Lostracco's Summer Theatre Camp (Two Weeks)-Technical Theatre Intern, Southwestern University (Summer, 2015)

·         Created shelving storage system for Scene Shop at Wylie East High school (2015)

·         Scenic Painting-Three-Week Summer Scenic Painting Seminar at Cobalt Studios, White Lake, NY (2016)

·         Master Carpenter-Garland Summer Musicals (Summer, 2019)

·         ETC Nomad-On-line software for Light Consoles, ETC Ion XE One day Training Courses (2020)

·        Set up Vectorworks (CAD software) on a web server for student access. Developed a curriculum at Wylie HS to teach advanced technical theatre students how to use Vectorworks.

·         Wylie High School, Teacher of the Month (2017, 2018)

·         Created a Vacuum System for Wylie HS Scene Shop (2020)

·         Co-Founder of Facebooks group page called Technical Theatre Educators, now over 10,000 members. (2020)

·         Allen High School, Nominated for Student’s Teacher of the Year (2021)

·         Wrote two grants through the Allen Foundation for two large mobile toolboxes (2022) and then for a Sawstop Table Saw (2023).  Both were awarded to our theatre department.

·         Founder of the Allen ISD Technical Theatre Camp, now in its third year (2023).  For AISD students 6th through 12th grades (lighting, sound, rigging, stagecraft, tool safety, stage management and costuming).

·         Attended ETC ION XE Seminar at TechLand in Houston, intensive three-days (Summer, 2022)

·         Designed and Built Set for Grease, Wylie East HS (Summer, 2023)

·         Attended Maestro Directing Seminar with Chris Garcia (Summer, 2023)

·         Created storage systems in the Scene Shop at Allen HS for scaffolding equipment, dimension lumber, pegboard system in tool room, shelving systems for plywood pieces, roller cover dry rack (2021-2025).

·         UIL OAP District IX, Advanced to Districts from Zone (2024)