Artistic Resume for:
Franklin C. Coleman
9228 Rockefeller Lane
Springfield, VA 22153
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Director
Aldersgate Church Community Theater
February, 1996, Sweetheart Dessert: A Musical
Review
Assistant Director
Oak Ridge Community Playhouse
- January, 1978, One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest
- May, 1978, Much Ado About Nothing
- October, 1984, The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Community Alliance Supporting Theatre
- October, 1993, Dial "M" for Murder
Aldersgate Church Community Theater
October, 1995, Black
Comedy
Stage Manager
Oak Ridge Community Playhouse
- May, 1976, Loot
- July, 1976, Ten Little Indians
- July, 1977, The Rainmaker
- January, 1978, One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest
- May, 1978, Much Ado About Nothing
- December, 1978, Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?
- September, 1979, Hedda
Gabler
- May, 1984, Crimes of the Heart
- October, 1984, The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Community Alliance Supporting Theatre
- October, 1993, Dial "M" for Murder
Little Theatre of Alexandria
- January, 1994, Key for Two
(winner, LTA Outstanding Production)
- September, 1994, Sherlock's Last
Case
- September, 2007, Sunshine Boys
Port City Players
- April, 1994, The Dresser
- May, 2003, Wrong Turn at Lungfish
(nominated, ACT Outstanding Play) (nominated, WATCH Outstanding
Play)
Aldersgate Church Community Theater
- October, 1995, Black Comedy
Reston Community Players
Elden Street Players
- March, 2001, Side Man (winner,
WATCH Outstanding Play)
Lighting Designer
Oak Ridge Community Playhouse
- April, 1976, The Pursuit of
Happiness
- October, 1978, The Amorous Flea
- March, 1979, Richard II
- March, 1984, H. M. S. Pinafore
- August, 1984, Annie
- January, 1985, Mass Appeal
- June, 1985, Barnum
- August, 1985, The King and I
- October, 1985, The Philadelphia
Story
- November, 1985, The Wind in the
Willows
- December, 1985, The Lark
- January, 1986, Waiting for Godot
- March, 1986, The Gondoliers
- April, 1986, The Little Prince
- June, 1986, Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
- December, 1986, The Madwoman of Chaillot
- June, 1987, Oliver
- October, 1987, The Dresser
- March, 1988, Noises Off
- June, 1988, The Case of the Dilligent Director
- August, 1988, Babes in Arms
- January, 1989, Looking Glass
- February, 1989, The Mystery of
Edwin Drood
- June, 1989, A... My Name is Alice
- February, 1990, Grease
- June, 1990, Pageant
- July, 1993, Sweeney Todd
Pellisippie Players
- October, 1984, Tintypes
- August, 1986, Cabaret
- December, 1986, The Gifts of the
Magi
Oak Ridge Civic Music Association
- May, 1985, Carmen
- May, 1988, The Mikado
Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, Tenn.
- October, 1986, Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Up and Coming Players
- April, 1988, Take It Home,
Tennessee
- August, 1989, Old Friends
Wesley Foundation of UT, Knoxville
- May, 1988, You Can't Take It With
You
- April, 1989, Horray
for Hollywood
Oak Ridge High School Masquers
- November, 1988, Up the Down
Staircase
- April, 1989, Kiss Me, Kate
- May, 1989, Juvie
- November, 1989, The Mouse That
Roared
Maryville College Theatre
- December, 1988, A Christmas Carol
- April, 1989, Tartuffe
- December, 1989, A Christmas Carol
Smoky Mountain Passion Play at Townsend
- June, 1989, Passion Play
- June, 1989, Damascus Road
Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Association
- November, 1989, Cinderella
Shop Theater, 721 Broadway, NYC, NY
- March, 1990, The Elephant Man, The
Musical
Vienna Theater Company
- December, 1991, The Good Doctor
- April, 2000, Snoopy (nominated,
ACT Lighting Design) (nominated, ACT Outstanding Musical)
- January, 2003, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (nominated, ACT Lighting
Design) (nominated, ACT Outstanding Play)
- January, 2006, Enchanted April
(nominated, WATCH Lighting Design) (nominated, WATCH Outstanding
Play)
Little Theatre of Alexandria
- January, 1994, Key for Two (nominated,
Woods Award) (winner, LTA Outstanding Production)
- June, 1994, Strange Bedfellows (winner,
Woods Award)
- October, 1994, Tintypes
(Ruby Griffith, Second Runner-Up Outstanding Achievement in a Musical)
- April, 1995, All My Sons
- October, 1995, 84, Charing Cross Road (nominated, Woods Award)
(winner, LTA Outstanding Production)
- April, 1996, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(winner, Woods Award)
- September, 1996, Postmortem (nominated,
Woods Award)
- October, 1996, The Sisters Rosensweig (winner, Woods Award) (winner,
LTA Outstanding Production)
- September, 1997, Noises Off (winner,
Woods Award) (winner, LTA Outstanding Production)
- February, 2000, Lettice
& Lovage (nominated, WATCH
Outstanding Play)
- October, 2000, The Last Night of
Ballyhoo (nominated, WATCH Outstanding Play) (winner, LTA
Outstanding Production)
- July, 2001, Return to the
Forbidden Planet
- October, 2004, Over the River and
Through the Woods (nominated, Patty Dillaber
Mickley Award) (nominated, WATCH
Outstanding Play)
- September, 2007, Sunshine Boys
(nominated, Patty Dillaber Mickley Award)
- September, 2009, The Foreigner
(nominated, Patty Dillaber Mickley Award)
- April, 2010, Lady Windermere's Fan
- July, 2011, Hairspray
(winner, WATCH Lighting Design) (winner, WATCH Outstanding
Musical)
- March, 2014, Proof
(nominated, WATCH Lighting Design) (nominated, WATCH Outstanding
Play) (winner, Patty Dillaber Mickley Award)
- August, 2014, Spamalot
(nominated, WATCH Lighting Design) (winner, WATCH Outstanding
Musical)
- July, 2016, West Side Story
(nominated, WATCH Outstanding Musical)
- September, 2018, August, Osage
County (nominated, WATCH Outstanding Play)
- February, 2019, You Can't Take It
With You
- April, 2019, Savannah Disputation
(winner, Ruby Griffith Outstanding non-Musical)
- February, 2022, Blue Stockings
Port City Players
- February, 1996, Spiked Heels
- March, 1996, Someone Who'll Watch
Over Me (nominated, ACT Lighting Design) (nominated, ACT
Outstanding Play)
- March, 1997, Talk Radio
- September, 1998, Kiss of the
Spider Woman (nominated, ACT Lighting Design)
(nominated, ACT Outstanding Play)
- October, 1998, Accidental Death of
an Anarchist
- August, 2000, Breaking the Code
- November, 2001, The War of the
Worlds / The Shadow
- November, 2002, The Waverly
Gallery
- February, 2003, Betrayal (nominated,
ACT Lighting Design) (nominated, WATCH Lighting Design) (winner,
ACT Outstanding Play) (winner, WATCH Outstanding Play) (winner,
Ruby Griffith All Round Production Excellence)
- May, 2003, Wrong Turn at Lungfish (nominated,
ACT Lighting Design) (nominated, ACT Outstanding Play)
(nominated, WATCH Outstanding Play)
- October, 2005, Hauptmann
(nominated, WATCH Outstanding Play) (winner, Ruby Griffith All
Round Production Excellence)
- February, 2011, No Niggers, No
Jews, No Dogs
Keegan Theatre
- April, 1997, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- November, 2005, Portrait of a
Madonna and Suddenly Last Summer
Elden Street Players
- March, 1998, The Grapes of Wrath
- March, 2001, Side Man (winner,
WATCH Lighting Design) (winner, WATCH Outstanding Play) (Ruby
Griffith Outstanding Achievement in a Play)
- March, 2004, Copenhagen
(winner, WATCH Lighting Design) (Ruby Griffith First Runner-Up
Outstanding Achievement in a Play)
- July, 2009, Passion
- June, 2010, Wit
(nominated, WATCH Lighting Design)
- June, 2012, Flowers for Algernon
- March, 2013, Seafarer
Reston Community Players
- April, 1999, Arcadia
- January, 2001, Communicating Doors
- March, 2001, Man of La Mancha
- March, 2002, The Fantastics (nominated, WATCH
Outstanding Musical)
- October, 2002, 1776
(nominated, WATCH Outstanding Musical)
- October, 2003, City of Angels (nominated,
WATCH Outstanding Musical)
- October, 2004, Mame
- January, 2005, Proof
- September, 2005, Beauty and the
Beast (winner, WATCH Lighting Design) (winner, WATCH
Outstanding Musical)
- May, 2007, Museum
- October, 2007, Guys and Dolls
- January, 2008, Experiment with an
Air Pump (nominated, WATCH Lighting Design)
- February, 2008, Urinetown
(nominated, WATCH Outstanding Musical)
- March, 2009, The Full Monty
(nominated, WATCH Lighting Design)
- April, 2013, 33 Variations
(nominated, WATCH Lighting Design)
- October, 2015, Shrek, the Musical
(nominated, WATCH Outstanding Musical)
- March, 2020, The Diary of Anne
Frank
- October, 2021, The Musical of
Musicals, The Musical
- April, 2022, Bright Star
(nominated, WATCH Lighting Design)
- July, 2022, Newsies
- March, 2023, Stop Kiss (nominated, WATCH lighting Design)
- January, 2024, Murder on
the Orient Express
The Arlington Players
- July, 2000, Love Letters
- January, 2017, The Lion in Winter
Foundry Players
Springfield Community Theater
- July, 2002, 1940's Radio Hour
(winner, ACT Outstanding Musical)
The Old Brogue
- September, 2002, The Brogue Show
- March, 2003, The Weir
Old Town Theater
- October, 2002, The Crawlspace Waltz
- January, 2005, Noel & Cole
Runyonland Productions
The American Century Theater
- November, 2004, Paradise Lost
Fountainhead Theatre
- February, 2005, An Ideal Husband
Natural Theatricals
- June, 2005, Ion
- August, 2005, Herakles
- September, 2005, Alexa's
Necklace
1st Stage
New Galaxy Theatre Group
- July, 2009, Live! Girls! Organize
Charter Theater
- October, 2009, Lie With Me
Next Stop Theater
- May, 2014, Into the Woods
Aldersgate Church Community Theater
- July, 2018, Enchanted April
Rooftop Productions
Awards
- 1993-94 LTA Woods Award: Excellence in
Lighting (for Strange Bedfellows )
- 1995-96 LTA Woods Award: Excellence in
Lighting (for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof )
- 1996-97 LTA Woods Award: Excellence in
Lighting (for The Sisters Rosensweig )
- 1997-98 LTA Woods Award: Excellence in
Lighting (for Noises Off )
- 2013-14 LTA Patty Dillaber Mickley
Award: Excellence in Lighting (for Proof)
- 2001 WATCH Award: Outstanding Lighting
Design (for Side Man )
- 2004 WATCH Award Outstanding Lighting
Design (for Copenhagen)
- 2005 WATCH Award Outstanding Lighting
Design (for Beauty and the Beast)
- 2011 WATCH Award Outstanding Lighting
Design (for Hairspray)
Lighting System Designer
Oak Ridge Community Playhouse
August, 1984 - January, 1985
Episcopal Church of St. Joseph the Carpenter, Sevierville, Tenn.
October, 1986 - April, 1987
Lighting System Design Consultant
Webb High School, Knoxville, Tenn.
October, 1986
Maryville College Theater
March - April, 1989
Smoky Mountain Passion Play at Townsend
April - June, 1989
Lighting Instructor
Basic Theater Lighting Techniques
Oak Ridge Community Playhouse:
- October - December, 1986
- January - March, 1989
Oak Ridge High School:
Advanced Theater Lighting Design
Oak Ridge Community Playhouse:
- October, 1986 - March, 1987
- January, 1989 - May, 1989
- April, 1990 - June, 1990
Board Member
Oak Ridge Community Playhouse
- November, 1988 - August, 1989:
Historian and Special Events
- September, 1989 - July, 1990: Vice
President, Playreading, and Membership
Barnaby Productions
- July, 1994 - June, 1995: 2nd Oatlands Celtic Festival: Hospitality Chairman
- July, 1995 - June, 1996: 3rd Oatlands Celtic Festival: Hospitality Chairman
- July, 1996 - June, 1997: 4th Oatlands Celtic Festival: Staged Readings
Chairman
- July, 1997 - June, 1998: 5th Potomac
Celtic Festival: Photograpy &
Publicity
- February, 1998 - August, 2003:
Secretary
Port City Players
- July, 1996 - June, 1997: Member at
Large
- July, 1997 - July, 2007: Secretary
Barnaby Council for Celtic Studies
- March, 1998 - August, 2003: Secretary
Playwright
- Hallowscreen
(original one-act play) first performed October, 31, 1988
- The Santa Who Stayed for Breakfast (original
one-act play) performed January 1, 1989
- The Death of Rock N. Roley (adaptation to Dinner Theater)
performed June 2, 1990
- Sweetheart Dessert (introductory
and connecting material) performed February 10 & 11, 1996
- Spirit of America (introductory
and connecting material) performed November 1 & 2, 1996
- Drop and Drag Net performed
June 6, 1997
- Numerous pastiches, parodies, and
final acts
Freelance Writer
- July, 1989, to November, 1992: Book
Reviewer for Publishers Weekly
- November, 1989, to Present: Book
Reviewer for Small Press
- December, 1990, to November, 2006:
member of the National Book Critics Circle
- June, 1991, to Present: member of
Washington Independent Writers
- April, 2009, to Present: consultant to
iDirect for product documentation
Artistic Photographer
Selling private prints since 1991
Portfolio displayable upon request
Dogwood Arts Photo Contest, Knoxville
- 1987, First Place, Color, Landscape
- 1989, First Place, Black & White,
Landscape
Martin Marietta Camera Club, Oak Ridge
- 1988, First Place, Black & White,
Art & Design
- 1988, Best of Show, Black & White
Town of Vienna Photography Show
- 1992, First Place, Black & White,
Pictorial
- 1993, First Place, Color, Landscape
- 1995, First Place, Black & White,
Photojournalism
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