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'''Lindsey McGowen''' is a technical improvisor and transplant from Detroit.
'''Lindsey McGowen''' is a technical improvisor, Co-Technical Director of [[The Hideout Theatre]], and transplant from Detroit. She has an expensive piece of paper that says she knows stuff about technical theater.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Lindsey has an expensive piece of paper that says she knows stuff about technical theater, studying stage management and lighting design at Case Western Reserve University. She also occasionally ran tech for CWRU's collegiate improv troupe Improvment. Upon graduating, she decided that theater-as-a-day-job was not as fun as it looked and took a hiatus from theater from 2006-2013.  
Lindsey studied Stage Management and Lighting Design at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. She also occasionally ran tech for CWRU's collegiate improv troupe "Improvment." Upon graduating, she decided that theater-as-a-day-job was not as fun as it looked and took a hiatus from theater starting shortly after graduation. In 2013, she started volunteering with a local improv theatre (GO!Comedy in Ferndale, MI) before relocating to Austin in early 2014.




Since moving to Austin in early 2014, she immediately jumped into the local improv scene and has been running tech for shows at both [[The Hideout Theatre]] and [[The Institution Theater]]. She specializes in scoring and sound effects.
On arriving in Austin, she immediately jumped into technical improv with both feet and has been instrumental to several mainstage shows at both [[The Hideout Theatre]] and [[The Institution Theater]] ever since. She also acts as Lead Audio Engineer on ''Tales from the Black Vault'', the podcast version of [[The Black Vault]], and as Music Director for [[The Jukebox Musical Project]].




Outside of improv, Lindsey is active in the national contemporary a cappella scene as a judge, producer, master clinician and performer. She occasionally performs musical improv with the help of her looping station as seen in her Free Fringe show [http://vimeo.com/100491197 Synesthesia].
Outside of improv, Lindsey is a professional Project Manager and is active in the national contemporary a cappella scene as a judge, producer, master clinician and performer. She occasionally performs musical improv with the help of her looping station as seen in her Free Fringe show [http://vimeo.com/100491197 Synesthesia] and as a guest musician with [[Indigo Shift]].
 
==Troupes==
* ''[[History Under the Influence]]'' (technical director)
* ''[[Tech Nightmare]]'' (scoring tech)


== Shows ==
== Shows ==
* ''[[History Under the Influence]]'' (light/sound tech)
* ''[[All You Need is Love!]]'' (technical director)
* ''[[Hurly Burly]]'' (sound tech)
* ''[[Austin Secrets]]'' (2015-2016 runs) (technical director)
* ''[[Pick Your Own Path]]'' (light/sound tech)
* ''[[Boy, Howdy!]]'' (technical director/light tech)
* ''[[Theatresports]]'' (2014 run) (light/sound tech)
* ''[[Control Issues]]'' (technical director)
* ''[[Dance Dreams]]'' (technical director, swing tech)
* ''[[Death by Musical]]'' (technical director)
* ''[[Fiasco]]'' (technical director/light/multimedia swing tech)
* ''[[Four Chambers]]'' (technical director, light/sound tech)
* ''[[GrimmNoir]]'' (sound tech)
* ''[[How I Saved the World Over Summer Vacation]]'' (technical director, scoring tech)
* ''[[Hurly Burly]]'' (sound tech/stage manager)
* ''[[I'll Take the Physical Challenge!]]'' (technical director)
* ''[[Local on the 8's]]'' (technical director)
* ''[[Lonely Star]]'' (scoring tech)
* ''[[Next Week on Game of Thrones]]'' (light tech)
* ''[[Nothing and Everything]]'' (stage manager/props mistress/swing tech)
* ''[[Peter Pan and the Great Unknown]]'' (technical director/swing tech)
* ''[[Process]]'' (2016 run) (technical director)
* ''[[Reform School for Wayward Girls]]'' (sound tech)
* ''[[Savage Swords]]'' (technical director/light tech)
* ''[[Start Trekkin']]'' (2017 run) (technical director)
* ''[[Teenage Wasteland]]'' (technical director)
* ''[[Theatresports]]'' (2014, 2017 runs) (swing tech, technical director)
* ''[[The Big Bash]]'' (swing tech, 2015-present)
* ''[[The Black Vault]]'' (light tech, 2015-present)
* ''[[The Amazon and the Milksop|"The Fitzgeralds Save the World"]]'' (tech, 2016-present)
* ''[[The International Improv Experience]]'' (light tech)
* ''[[The International Improv Experience]]'' (light tech)
* ''[[Reform School for Wayward Girls]]'' (sound tech)
* ''[[The Jukebox Musical Project]]''
* ''[[Nothing and Everything]]'' (stage manager/props mistress)
** ''The Black Death'' (music director)
** ''In the Air Tonight'' (music director)
** ''Karma Police'' (music director)
** ''Renaissance Queen'' (music director/cast)
** ''Home Again: The Story of Passover'' (music director)
** ''Beyonce's Wild West'' (music director)
* ''[[The Kindness of Strangers]]'' (technical director, light/sound tech)


== More Information ==
== More Information ==
* [http://wikipella.org/wiki/Lindsey_McGowen Lindsey's wikipella page.]
* [http://wikipella.org/wiki/Lindsey_McGowen Lindsey's wikipella page.]
* Interviews by [[Andrew Buck]]: [http://yesandrew.com/the-sunday-interview-lindsey-mcgowen/]


[[Category:Techs|McGowen]]
[[Category:Techs|McGowen]]

Latest revision as of 21:08, 6 August 2017


Lindsey McGowen

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Years Active 2014-Present

Lindsey McGowen is a technical improvisor, Co-Technical Director of The Hideout Theatre, and transplant from Detroit. She has an expensive piece of paper that says she knows stuff about technical theater.

Summary

Lindsey studied Stage Management and Lighting Design at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. She also occasionally ran tech for CWRU's collegiate improv troupe "Improvment." Upon graduating, she decided that theater-as-a-day-job was not as fun as it looked and took a hiatus from theater starting shortly after graduation. In 2013, she started volunteering with a local improv theatre (GO!Comedy in Ferndale, MI) before relocating to Austin in early 2014.


On arriving in Austin, she immediately jumped into technical improv with both feet and has been instrumental to several mainstage shows at both The Hideout Theatre and The Institution Theater ever since. She also acts as Lead Audio Engineer on Tales from the Black Vault, the podcast version of The Black Vault, and as Music Director for The Jukebox Musical Project.


Outside of improv, Lindsey is a professional Project Manager and is active in the national contemporary a cappella scene as a judge, producer, master clinician and performer. She occasionally performs musical improv with the help of her looping station as seen in her Free Fringe show Synesthesia and as a guest musician with Indigo Shift.

Troupes

Shows

More Information

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