Uri Rubinstein

+33 (0)6.30.64.68.37
3 rue du Tapis Vert
93260  Les Lilas  FRANCE

E-mail: uri@lightdesign.co.il

Work Experience

Freelance lighting designer & technician
1980 - present

Designed hundreds of theatre shows, dance performances, installations & performance art

Long-term working relationship with several fringe groups & acting studios

Experience as stage manager, production manager, and consultant on lighting installations & theatre design

Experience hosting theatre groups from overseas. Assistant to technical director of the Israel Festival ’97

 

Instructor, Stage Lighting Design - Kibbutz Seminar, Hebrew University, Emunah College, School for Visual Theatre
1995 - present

Create syllabus, teach in classroom & in theatre environment, advisor on student projects

Stage electrician & resident lighting designer - Khan Theatre
1982-84 , 1990-96

Responsible for hanging, focusing & board operation, touring with shows throughout country

Designed numerous productions, assistant to designers on other productions.

Chief electrician for "Romeo & Juliet" co-production with Palestinian El-Kasabeh Theatre

Chief electrician for theatre tours in Moscow, Lille, Paris, Bergen & Zurich

Architectural lighting consultant – Valley Lighting Baltimore
1986-87

Consultant to private clients, designers, architects & contractors for residential & commercial projects

Technical Director - Behar Centre Jerusalem & Baltimore Theatre Project
1984 - 1986

Honors/Activities/Personal

Khan Theatre Jerusalem - “Side by Side by Sondheim” ’89; “Dinner” ’90; “Zone Libre” ’92; “The Night & The Mountain”

’93;“Rubber Merchants” ’95; “Molly des Sables” ’96; “Transient Shadow”-‘99

Haifa Theatre - "Before the Bride Chokes" ''98; "Goodbye & Good Riddance" '99

Be'er Sheva Theatre - "Master of Two Servants" ''01;

Upper Galilee "Days of Music" Festival '02 - "The Sultan is Pregnant" Etty Ben-Zaken & Eitan Steinberg; "Orfeo ed Euridice" directed by Julia Pevzner

HaZira (HaBama Theatre) – “Sister Bride” Teatronetto Festival ’89; “A House Possessed: ’89; “On Bed & Death” ‘90

T.A.C.T. Community Theater – “The Maids” ’97

J.E.S.T. Amateur Theater – “Private Lives” ’91; “South Pacific” ’91; “Pajama Game” ’92; “A Chorus ofDisapproval” ’93;

“Look Back in Anger” ’93; “Sisters Rosensweig” ’97; “Sylvia” ’98; “Annie” ’98; "Once Upon a Matress" '00

Nissan Nativ Acting Studio – “Six Characters in Search of an Author” ’93; “The Suitcase Packers” ’94;

“The Crucible” ’95; “Eddie King” ’95; “Teal” ’96; “Winnie the Pooh” Children’s Theatre Festival Haifa ’97;

“Blood Wedding” ’98: “The Bear” “The Proposal” “The Festivities”-Chekhov ‘98;

"Oil on Canvas" '99; "Wool Dog" '00

Yoram Levenstein Acting Studio – “Midsummer Night’s Dream” ’93: “Allenby” ’98

Kibbutz Seminar – “The Lost Women of Troy” ’97; “Kroum” ‘98; "Midsummer Night's Dream" '00

Pargod Theatre – “The Last Journey” Teatronetto Festival ’91; “Spider On Herzl’s Forehead” ’98;

“On the Doorstep” ‘99

Mimos Movement Theatre – “Nude Man With Red Cloth” ’93; “Martha” Teatronetto Festival ’95: “Anahi” ’98

Local Theatre – “The Lane of White Chairs” Akko Fringe Theatre Festival 1^st prize, lighting design 2^nd prize ’97

Tzavta Theatre – ‘Short’ Theatre Festival II, design for 5 one-acts ’98; ‘Short’ III, 3 one-acts ’99;

Education