Honor Society® member
Kaelin Tester
Assistant Lighting Designer at Costa Mesa Playhouse
- Technical Theatre and Design
- Class of 2020
- Trabuco Canyon, California
Member since April 2020
About
I am a high school senior currently attending Orange County School of the Arts. Starting the 2020 fall semester, I will be attending Chapman University perusing a double major in Theatre Technology and Business Administration. I have really fallen in love with both lighting and makeup design throughout my high school career, but I am completely enamored by the world of interactive art instillation. This includes pop up museums, haunted houses, themed mazes, or large scale works like MEOW WOLF. I am drawn to it because combines art and story in a completely unique way that involves the audience and makes them apart of the story too. I was the production manager of my school's own interactive art instillation called The Home of the Future, in which I learned valuable skills about leadership, craftsmanship, and perseverance.
Education
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Chapman University
Theatre Technology
2020 – 2024
Honors and awards
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principal's list
Maintained a weighted GPA of 4.0 or above.
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Outstanding Makeup Design
An award administered by Orange County School of the Arts to a student exhibiting talent in makeup design.
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Outstanding Lighting Design
An award administered by Orange County School of the Arts to a student exhibiting talent in lighting design. Awarded due to my outstanding lighting design of the production of the "1984 Project".
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3rd Degree Black Belt
Six years of hard work and perseverance to earn this degrees from World Taekwondo.
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girl scout silver award
The highest degree of honor a girl scout Cadette can earn through a community service project.
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Seal of Biliteracy
An award given after mastery over two languages. In this case, the languages are English and Spanish
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AP Scholar Award
Awarded to students who score 3 or more on at least three AP exams.
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Certificate of Achievement
Administered by the Santa Monica Paddle Board Event to a volunteer who were exceptionally helpful during the event.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
My dream job would be a creative director of interactive art instillation.
- Graduate school interests
I am currently not attending Grad School.
- Outside the classroom
My hobbies include the outdoors in all of its forms. I enjoy backpacking, hiking, mountain bike riding and even rock climbing. I am also very interested in film and attend a local art house movie theater weekly with a local film club. My personal favorite type genre of film, is horror. I also enjoy body paint and body art. For my junior prom, I painted a galaxy across my body.
Experience
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Assistant Lighting Designer
Costa Mesa Playhouse
Dec 2019
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Lighting Shadow
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Aug 2019
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Assistant Lighting Designer
No Square Theatre
Jul 2019
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Lighting Designer
Orange County School of the Arts
Nov 2018 – Mar 2020
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Makeup Designer
Orange County School of the Arts
Oct 2018
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Production Manager of The Home of the Future
Orange County School of the Arts
Aug 2018 – Jun 2019
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Stage Manager
Orange County School of the Arts
Mar 2018 – Mar 2020
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Lighting Shadow
Hamilton, London
Jul 2017
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Light Board Operator
Orange County School of the Arts
Mar 2017 – Mar 2020
Volunteering
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General Volunteer
The Wise Place
Aug 2019 – Mar 2020
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General Volunteer
San Clemente Ocean Festival
Jun 2015 – Jun 2019
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
- Spanish Advanced
