MERCEDES GIL has worked behind the scenes for many Fort Collins theatre and dance productions since 1985. Her most recent backstage contributions have been in sound design and engineering for OpenStage Theatre’s productions of August: Osage County and A Bright New Boise, and as a lighting crew member for numerous OpenStage productions. She also has served as the lighting designer for Mountain Dance’s spring shows and their annual Nutcracker with a Twist for the past four years, and as the technical director for Fort Collins Children’s Theatre’s fall musicals. Onstage, Merce has appeared in OpenStage Theatre’s productions of Anon(ymous) and Who Will Carry the Word.
Mercedes's Work in OpenStage Theatre
| Event | Role |
|---|---|
| And Then There Were None | Sound Board Operator |
| Ideation | Sound Designer |
| The Three Musketeers - Essential Season | Stage Manager |
| Ultimate Beauty Bible- Etcetera Season | Sound Designer/Sound Engineer/Sound Board Operator |
| August: Osage County- Essential Season | Sound Designer/Sound Engineer |
| The North Plan | Stagehand |
| A Bright New Boise openstage Etc | Sound Designer/Sound Engineer |
| The Submission openstage Etc. | Sound Designer/Sound Engineer/Board Operator |
| Romeo And Juliet | Sound Designer/Sound Engineer |
| Spring Awakening | Assistant Lighting Designer/Master Electrician |
| Scapin | Stage Manager |
| The Tempest | Sound and Projection Board Operator |
| Amadeus | Stage Manager |
| Wit | Master Electrician |
| The Rocky Horror Show | Stage Manager/Lighting Designer/Master Electrician |
| The 39 Steps | Apprentice Lighting Designer/Master Electrician |
| Shipwrecked! An Entertainment | Stage Manager |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure | Stage Manager |
| The One-eyed Man Is King | Stage Manager |
| Anon(ymous) | Refugee Chorus/Sewing Lady |
| Man Of La Mancha | Stage Manager |
| Noises Off | Shift Crew |
| The Threepenny Opera | Stage Manager |
| The Exonerated | Set-In Crew |
| The Solid Gold Cadillac | Electrics Crew |
| Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead And 15 Minute Hamlet | Electrics Crew |
| The Exonerated | Electrics Crew |
| Rasputin | Electrics Crew |
| The Exonerated | Stage Manager |
| A Perfect Ganesh | Electrics Crew |
| The Women | Set-in Crew |
| The Winter's Tale | Electrics Crew |
| The Women | Stage Manager |
| Major Arcana | Funny Thing About Love; Sara |
| Communicating Doors | Electrics Crew |
| Moon Over Buffalo | Electrics Crew |
| Macbeth | Electrics Crew |
| Macbeth | Sound Board Operator |
| Moon Over Buffalo | Stage Manager |
| Who Will Carry The Word | Lina |
| Fuddy Meers | Stage Manager |
| Cry Havoc | Board Operator |
| The Mousetrap | Board Operator |
| The Comedy Of Errors | Stage Manager |