Tyler Schroder
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 engineering & design, technical operations, radio frequency management, lighting, and life safety. A computer scientist by major, he’s often mistaken as EECS or TAPS from all the time he spends behind the console or 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 + UP/Dramat Shop Qualified.
- FLYRAIL operation qualified (2023)
- LASER qualified (2021)
- Team Leadership, Personnel Management, Project Management
- Fire & Life Safety Compliance, Crowd Management, Event Logistics
- Radio Operations / RF Engineering (FCC Licensed - Callsign NT1S)
- ETC ION Lighting Programming, Lighting Design
- Basic Cinematography (Video/audio capture, production support, Blackmagic Resolve + Premiere Pro)
- WordPress site design and maintenance, systems administration
Tyler loves to work on innovative, original, and/or unique theatre projects. He is happy to consult for sound design & engineering, project management, technical direction, or even running a theater skills workshop. Regardless of where you are in the production lifecycle, send him an email (first.last) for his latest availability.
Other Production Roles
- 2023 - I AM ALAN TURNING (M. Suttor) - Sound Engineer
- 2023 - YALE BAROQUE OPERA PROJECT PRESENTS CAVALLI’S DORICLEA - Rigging Crew
- 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 Mike Hudson (Sr. Director, Fairfax Co.)
- 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
Production
| Show Name | Role | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Legally Blonde | Head Rigger | May 17 – 19, 2024 |
| Black Boy Therapy! | Sound Engineer | Apr 4 – 6, 2024 |
| The Postmodern Prometheus | Technical Director | Apr 5, 2024 |
| Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 | Sound Engineer | Dec 7 – 9, 2023 |
| Massacre (Sing to Your Children) | Sound Engineer | Nov 9 – 11, 2023 |
| Second Annual Pauli Murray Talent Show | Playwright | Oct 13, 2023 |
| The Addams Family | Sound Engineer | May 19 – 21, 2023 |
| No Way Out | Sound Engineer | Apr 14, 2023 |
| Long Way Down | Assistant Stage Manager | Apr 6 – 8, 2023 |
| Long Way Down | Technical Director | Apr 6 – 8, 2023 |
| Long Way Down | Sound Engineer | Apr 6 – 8, 2023 |
| Gypsy | Sound Engineer | Mar 2 – 4, 2023 |
| Spring Awakening | Assistant Sound Engineer | Feb 2 – 4, 2023 |
| Meet the Bensons | Technical Director | Nov 11, 2022 |
| Pauli Murray Fall Talent Show | Producer | Oct 15, 2022 |
| Word Nerd | Sound Engineer | Apr 22 – 29, 2022 |
| Word Nerd | Assistant Sound Designer | Apr 22 – 29, 2022 |
| A New Brain | Assistant Sound Engineer | Mar 10 – 12, 2022 |
| Passion | Sound Designer | Dec 9 – 11, 2021 |