Venue Coordinator at Chelsea Factory

Previous employment at Chelsea Factory, with event-by-event positions including Venue Coordinator, Deck Crew Lead, Run Crew, Deck Crew, Painter, and Operations Associate. Chelsea Factory is now closed, but it fulfilled its mission of providing revitalizing opportunities to artists in the NYC area in the years immediately following the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Past engagements include:

Venue Coordinator: GALLIM Winter Intensive Showcase (January 2025)
Venue Coordinator: Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) Dance Showcases (January 2025)
Venue Coordinator: Raquel Almazon: La Paloma Prisoner (December 2024)
Venue Coordinator: Studio School of Design: Designer, Director & Choreographer Networking Event (August 2024)
Venue Coordinator: The Playground NYC: FREEPLAY (July 2024)
Venue Coordinator: Studio School of Design: Lighting Design Workshop (July 2024)
Venue Coordinator: Ladies of Hip-Hop: Ladies Battle! (July 2024)
Venue Coordinator: National Black Theatre (NBT): Blood Work (June 2024)
Venue Coordinator: Yara Travieso: Antología: Una Teta-Novela (June 2024)
Venue Coordinator: Ballez Dance: Travesty Doll Play (May 2024)
Deck Crew: NBT: Packages o’ the Things We Deliver (March 2024)
Venue Coordinator: PS3 Benefit Bash (March 2024)
Venue Coordinator: “Fete at the Factory” Fundraiser (March 2024)
Venue Coordinator: Trusty Sidekick: Frolic (March 2024)
Deck Crew: Juilliard × Chelsea Factory Showcases (February 2024)
Venue Coordinator: APAP Dance Showcases: YYDC, EMERGE125, GALLIM, RuddR Dance (January 2024)
Venue Coordinator: Bushwick Starr: Artist Residency (January 2024)
Deck Crew: Flamenco Vivo: Navidad Flamenca (December 2023)
Venue Coordinator: Dance/NYC: State of NYC Dance (December 2023)
Venue Coordinator: LEIMAY: Extinction Rituals (December 2023)
Venue Coordinator: Soul Science Lab: Artist Residency (December 2023)
Deck Crew: IndieSpace: The Big Give (November 2023)
Venue Coordinator: Sonic Fried Chicken (October 2023)
Venue Coordinator: luzAzul: Opera for Babies (October 2023)
Deck Crew: YYDC: Nowhere (June 2023)
Deck Crew: Ballet Hispánico: Pa’lante Scholars Spring Concert (April 2023)
Operations Associate: Karma Kids Yoga: Family Yoga (May 2023)
Deck Crew Lead & Run Crew: Soul Science Lab: Artist Residency (March 2023)
Deck Crew: EMERGE125 (February 2023)
Deck Crew: The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival: KLII, Protec/Attac, Queens of Sheba (January 2023)
Deck Crew: Andrea Miller: GALLIM’s 15th Anniversary Season (October 2022)
Deck Crew: Andrea Miller: BLUSH with GALLIM (April 2022)

Employment began in March 2022 and continued through the venue closure in May 2025.

The demands of these positions and events required skills such as team organization, leadership, delegation, detailed record-keeping, backstage etiquette, light hang & focus, operation of heavy machinery, physical lifting, knowledge of power tools, stagehand skills, and on-the-go problem-solving.

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