EDUCATION
- Diploma – Theatre Arts – Technical Production | Humber Polytechnic, Toronto | Graduated - 2024
- Masters - Mass Communication | Madras Christian College | Dropped Out - 2014
- Masters – Global Media Studies | University of Westminster, London | Graduated - 2012
- Bachelors – Electronics and Computers Engineering | Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur | Graduated - 2010
THEATRE
Show | Date | Theatre Company | Director/Choreographer | Credit | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kintsugi | November, 2025 | Sampradaya Dance Creations | Lata Pada & Suma Suresh | Lighting Designer + Stage Manager | Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto |
Mixed Bill - Summer Dances | September, 2025 | Frog in Hand Productions | Colleen Snell | Photographer | Art Shelter, Mississauga |
Mississauga Multilingual Fringe Festival | September, 2025 | Sawitri Theatre Group | Multiple | Photographer | Various Venues, Mississauga |
Oleanna | August, 2025 | Icarus Theatre | Anthony Goncharov | Set Designer | Tarragon Extraspace Theatre, Toronto |
Body as Nature | July, 2025 | Caitlin Griffin | Caitlin Griffin & Brendan McMurtry-Howlett | Lighting Designer + Stage Manager | Soulpepper's Tank House Theatre, Toronto |
Lahore | May, 2025 | Sawitri Theatre Group | Naimesh Nanavaty | Lighting Designer + Photographer | Papermill Theatre, Todmorden Hills, Toronto |
Sawitri Shorts 2025 | April, 2025 | Sawitri Theatre Group | Various | Photographer | Maja Prentice Theatre, Mississauga |
Bodies of Nature | March, 2025 | Cawthra Park Secondary School - Dance Department | Kinaj | Lighting Designer | Cawthra Park Secondary School, Mississauga |
Erased | November, 2024 | Theatre Passe Muraille + Open Heart Surgery Theatre | Dir: Coleen Shirin MacPherson
Designer: Nick Blais | Assistant Lighting Designer | Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto |
Silent Screen | November, 2024 | National Ballet of Canada | Sol León and Paul Lightfoot | Lightwalker | Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto |
A Case for the Existence of God | November, 2024 | Coal Mine Theatre | Dir: Ted Dykstra
Designer: Nick Blais | Assistant Lighting Designer | Coal Mine Theatre, Toronto |
The Thanksgiving Play | October, 2024 | Mirvish Productions | Dir: Vinetta Strombergs
Designer: Nick Blais | Assistant Lighting Designer | CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto |
A Mixed Bill - Summer Dances | July, 2024 | Frog in Hand | Colleen Snell | Lighting Designer | Art Shelter, Mississauga |
A public reading of an unproduced
screenplay about the death of Walt Disney | December, 2023 | Workshop - Humber Theatre + Outside the March | Dir: Mitchell Cushman
Designer: Nick Blais | Academic Project as an ASM and photographer | Humber Theatre, Toronto |
Emma Bovary | November, 2023 | National Ballet of Canada | James Bonas and Helen Pickett | Lightwalker | Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto |
In Bloom | July, 2023 | Artists' Play | Dir: Elizabeth Dawn Snell
Designer: | Lighting Board Operator | Artists Play, Toronto |
Noir | July, 2023 | Frog in Hand | Colleen Snell | Assistant Lighting Designer + Photographer | Stonehooker Brewery, Mississauga |
The Effect | July, 2023 | Coal Mine Theatre | Mitchell Cushman | Assistant Lighting Designer | Coal Mine Theatre, Toronto |
Stephen Sondheim’s - A Little Night Music | May, 2023 | The Royal Conservatory of Music | Richard Ouzounian | Assistant Lighting Designer | Koerner Hall, Toronto |
Bentboy | October, 2022 | Young People's Theatre | Eric Coates | Lightwalker | Young People's Theatre, Toronto |
OTHER ROLES:
- Technical Director <Contract, Full-time> - 2025's Mississauga Puppet Fesitval - Crane Creations - Mississauga, Canada | Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
- Production Coordinator <Internship> - Encore - Toronto, Canada | Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
- A/V Technician <Internship> - Encore - Toronto, Canada | May 2024 - June 2024
- Production Operator <Part-time> - City of Mississauga - Mississauga, Canada | Sep 2023 - Feb 2024
- Cinematographer/Photographer <Full-time, Self employed> - Freelance - Hyderabad, India | Jan 2014 - Jun 2022
- Content and Social Media Analyst <Full-time> - Hindustan Times - Gurgaon, India | Nov 2012 - Nov 2013
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- ETC Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program | Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC), 2025 - Ongoing
Selected as one of a limited number of participants worldwide, and the only participant based in Canada.
Engaging in mentorship with leading professionals in lighting and entertainment technology.
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CERTIFICATIONS:
- Vectorworks Core Associate Certificate | Issued by Vectorworks
- Working at Heights Training | Issued by WHSC
- Power Elevated Work Platform Training | Issued by Humber Polytechnic
- Emergency First Aid, CPR/AED | Issued by Canadian Red Cross
- Worker Health and Safety Awareness in 4 Steps | Issued by the Ministry of Labour Training and Skills Development
- Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness in 5 Steps | Issued by the Ministry of Labour Training and Skills Development
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Associate Member, Associated Designers of Canada (ADC), Canada