Here's a picture of the Wedding Ceremony.
Fran was awarded Best Director in Boston for her productions of Marvin's Roomat The Peabody House Theatre and Orpheus Descendingat the Huntington Theatre's Studio 210.
Fran and I have collaborated on many productions as Director and Designer and we really
enjoy working together.
Here's a picture of us having a great time at
a wedding in Vermont a few years ago.
We recently worked on two major productions together. The first was a reenactment of REX v. WEMMS: The Trial of the Boston Massacre produced by Suffolk Law School and peformed at Fanueil Hall in Boston and then at the dedication of the new Suffolk Law School building on Tremont Street in Boston.
Our second collaboration was a production of three one act plays called Seductions produced by the Poet's Theatre and held at the Works Theater in Somerville. The one act plays were: The Lover by Harold Pinter, Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams and The Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov (which was directed by Aiden Parkinson).
We worked together on Marvin's Room at the Peabody House Theatre Cooperative in Somerville,
Mass. It was a wonderful production and touched the hearts of those who saw it.
Here are a few quotes from the reviews:
We also collaborated on an Equity Member's Project production of
Orpheus Descendingat the Huntington Theatre's Studio 210 in Boston to rave
reviews.
My avocation is designing scenery and
lighting for professional theatre in the Boston area. I have designed
sets and lights for more than 200 productions in Professional,
College and Community Theatres over the past 30 years.
My latest professional work has been with the Regis College in Weston, Lyric West
Theatre in Wellesley, Peabody House Theatre in Somerville,
The Lyric Stage in Boston, and Centastage and SpeakEasy Stage Company at the Boston
Center for the Arts. (Theatre Resume)
Theatre is a joy for me. I really love working collaboratively to bring a show to life and watching something that didn't exist yesterday become a reality. The collaborative development process of a show really excites me when it works. You can almost feel the dynamic energy through the entire performance.
It is a wonderful feeling to be backstage
and see and hear the audience be transported into the play. I know they appreciate the
creativity that goes into putting up a show.
Here is a link to some pictures of my designs: (USITT/NE Designer Showcase)
I am a Theatre Techie through and through. (The Techie Gospel) I have done some 'walk ons' in a couple of shows, but enjoy the backstage work much more.
Jessica Madelyn Cutler was born on Friday, June 23, 2000 at 6:50 pm at U. Mass
Memorial Hospital in Worcester. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Here's a picture of her with her proud Grandfather!
Victoria was 4 years old this July and she is beautiful!
Stephen is now 6 and starts school full-time in the Fall. He is the greatest grandson in the world! He is wonderful and I
love him very much.
Stephen and Victoria a great looking pair of kids. Here's a Christmas
picture of them together. Aren't they great?
Another passion of mine is
Sailing. I have a Columbia 29' sailboat, Tranquillity, which I have sailed to Nova Scotia,
Canada; sailed the Coast of Maine; seven exciting trips to Bermuda and a major
off-shore passage to St. Croix in U.S. Virgin Islands.
The trip to St. Croix was capped by hurricane Hugo that hit St. Croix
while my boat was there and devastated the island. Tranquillity was holed and put
on the beach right between a large outcropping of rocks and the St. Croix Yacht
Club clubhouse. It was seven weeks after the hurricane before I was allowed to
fly into St. Croix. My friend Al and I patched the hole and hired a crane to pick
her off the beach and put her in the water. It was really exciting when the men
who ran the crane yelled, "She's a floater," meaning that there were no
other holes in the hull. The following summer I sailed her back to Boston from
St. Croix and have been sailing her in New England waters since.
I am very active with the Masons. I support the
charitable work the Masons do and pitch in to help where ever I can. Both my Grandfathers, James Sargent Jones and LeRoy Case Gardner, were Masons and active in both the York and Scottish Rite and the Shriners.
I know that
without organizations and philanthropies, such as the Masons, the less
fortunate of the world would suffer. The Masons help our children who have
been afflicted by crippling deseases or accidents.
We need to help our children. They are our future!
I am currently: (as of May 12, 2006)
I am an active member of:
BLUE LODGE
YORK RITE
SCOTTISH RITE
SHRINERS
Past Masonic Activity:
If you are looking for a professional Project Manager with a wealth of experience and the abiltiy to make significant progress, check out my Business Resume.
My last High Tech position was at Comverse Network Systems. I was Director of R&D Operations in Wakefield, MA, prior to a reduction in force downsizing. I really enjoyed working with the people at Comverse.
Unfortunately, the economy has not been good to Comverse and they have had two major downsizings.
I survived the first downsizing, but I did get caught by the second cut.
Before Comverse I worked at the Open Software Foundation
which merged with X/Open to become The Open Group. My last position was as
North American Sales Operations Manager responsible for the TeleSales Group
and the general operations of the sales organization.
Prior to this I was the Collaborative Development Project Manager responsible for the
Complex Text Layout (CTL) and the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Pre-Structured Technology Projects. These were software implementations collaboratively
developed with four major companies and the Open Group, requiring diplomacy and
skill in managing multiple corporate cultures, diverse people and distributed
development projects.
Prior to working on these projects I was asked by the Board of
Directors and President of the Open Software Foundation to be the Project Manager
responsible for the merger of the Open Software Foundation in Cambridge, Mass.
and X/Open in Reading, England to form The Open Group.(Business Resume)
Before coming to The Open Group I
worked for Kubota Graphics Corporation as a Project Manager. Kubota was a
Japanese owned company based in Santa Clara, California. Kubota was the successor
to Stardent Computer (Ardent+Stellar=Stardent). The flagship system from Stardent
was the Titan, which is still a great graphics engine, designed
specifically to drive pixels and spans. At Kubota I was responsible for the
intercompany relationship and legal agreements with Digital for OSF/1 and our
graphics hardware and software. I was also responsible for the development of an
Alpha based Graphics accelerator sub-system. We then began development of a PC
based Graphics accelerator PCI card. The Japanese stopped the funding of Kubota
Graphics and we went out of business on August 2nd, 1995. (Business Resume)
Prior to working for Kubota I spent 20
years with Digital Equipment in a variety of management and individual
contributor roles. I loved working at Digital in the 70's and early 80's.
However, it became very tedious in the late 80's because too many projects were
canceled and senior management could not seem to make decisions as to the overall
direction of the company. When they offered an early retirement package in 1992,
I made the decision to leave to see if there was "life after DEC." (Business Resume)
