Tyler Schroder (he/him) is an undergraduate student in Pauli Murray College and a trained Level 2 Technician from Fairfax County, VA. Today, Tyler serves as a peer mentor with Undergraduate Production with a specialty in sound, technical operations, lighting, and life safety operations. A computer scientist by major, he’s often mistaken for an EECS or TAPS major when he’s up in the grid.

Specialties & Skillset

• Sound Design, Sound Engineering
• Live Event A/V (Set Up, Mixing, Event Support…)
• Certified in Genie Aerial Work Platform use (last cert. 2020)
• Set Construction, Design, Basic Rigging. Tools >= 12VDC. LASER qualified (2021).
• Team Leadership, Personnel Management, Project Management
• Fire & Life Safety Compliance, Crowd Management
• Radio Operations / RF Engineering (FCC Licensed - Callsign N2RTS)
• ETC ION Lighting Programming, Lighting Design
• Basic Cinematography (filming, audio capture, editing in Blackmagic Resolve + WeVideo)
• WordPress site design and maintenance, Systems Administration

Tyler loves to work on innovative, original, and/or unique theatre projects, and is happy to consult on sound design & engineering, project management, technical direction, or even running a theater skills workshop. Send him an email (first.last) for his latest availability.
 

Other Production Roles

• 2023 - Surviving Troubled Waters: From Prison to Freedom Through Music (R. Jenkins) - Sound Engineer
• 2023 - HOT AND COLD SHOWERS: AN EVENING OF GRAND GUIGNOL (Yale Cabaret) - Asst. Sound Designer 
• 2022 - LONG WAY DOWN Staged Reading (J. Kisare, Adapt. J. Reynolds) - Sound Engineer
• 2022 - GOSPEL, RAP, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (R. Jenkins) - Sound Engineer
• 2022 - ECHOS OF ATTICA (R. Jenkins) - Sound Engineer
• 2018-2020: Chief Engineer for Director Mike Hudson
  • 2020 You Can’t Take It With You (M. Hart) - Sound Designer, Technical Director
  • 2019 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (S. Stephens) - Sound Designer
  • 2018 Clue (J. Lynn) - Sound Designer 
  • 2018 The Laramie Project (M. Kaufman) - Crew