Welcome to the online home of the Electrics Shop of
The North Carolina School of the Arts
The lighting program is specifically tailored to successfully prepare students for careers in the professional theatre. The curriculum offers sequentially developed classroom instruction, laboratory work and practical production experience in color and design, drafting, drawing, principles of lighting design, stage electrics, photometrics, fixed and automated equipment, lighting technology, computer-aided design and production management. Students have the opportunity to work in virtually every type of theatre space they will encounter in the profession in all the performing arts – on plays ranging from classical to contemporary, ballet and modern dance concerts, and opera. After the second year of instruction, students can follow either the Lighting Design or the Lighting Technology track of instruction and production assignments. In the final two years of the program, students explore styles of production and are given progressively greater responsibility for lighting the 25 shows presented at the School each year. Students finish with an impressive portfolio, well-equipped to enter the profession.
Eric Rimes Lighting Technology (2003)
Studied at Florida State University and the Yale School of Drama. Toured with productions of AIDA, RAGTIME, MARTIN GUERRE, SPIRIT, JEKYLL AND HYDE and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST as an Electrician, Pyrotechnician and Moving-Light Technician. Electrician, Vee Corporation; Lighting Consultant, Hey City Theater; Assistant Automation Shop Supervisor, Scenic Technologies; Assistant Consultant, Theater Projects Consultants; Resident Designer and Electrician, Florida State University Performance Halls; Electrician at various IATSE locals across the country. Member, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
Norman Coates Director of Lighting (1990)
B.A., Temple University. Lighting designer for Broadway shows: "The News" and "Prince of Central Park." Off-Broadway: "Here Are Ladies," "Diversions and Delights," "Blood Knot," and "Limbo Tales." Designed Richard Harris' international tour of "Camelot." Regional credits include two seasons at PlayMakers Repertory, Burt Reynolds' Jupiter Theatre, and The Hirschfeld Theatre. Member, United Scenic Artists (USA) and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA).
