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 |
|---|---|
| Ideation | Sound Designer |
| And Then There Were None | Sound Board Operator |
| August: Osage County- Essential Season | Sound Designer/Sound Engineer |
| The Three Musketeers - Essential Season | Stage Manager |
| Ultimate Beauty Bible- Etcetera Season | Sound Designer/Sound Engineer/Sound Board Operator |
| A Bright New Boise openstage Etc | Sound Designer/Sound Engineer |
| The Submission openstage Etc. | Sound Designer/Sound Engineer/Board Operator |
| The North Plan | Stagehand |
| Spring Awakening | Assistant Lighting Designer/Master Electrician |
| Romeo And Juliet | Sound Designer/Sound Engineer |
| The Tempest | Sound and Projection Board Operator |
| Scapin | Stage Manager |
| The Rocky Horror Show | Stage Manager/Lighting Designer/Master Electrician |
| Amadeus | Stage Manager |
| Wit | Master Electrician |
| Shipwrecked! An Entertainment | Stage Manager |
| The 39 Steps | Apprentice Lighting Designer/Master Electrician |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure | Stage Manager |
| The One-eyed Man Is King | Stage Manager |
| Anon(ymous) | Refugee Chorus/Sewing Lady |
| Noises Off | Shift Crew |
| Man Of La Mancha | Stage Manager |
| The Threepenny Opera | Stage Manager |
| Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead And 15 Minute Hamlet | Electrics Crew |
| The Exonerated | Electrics Crew |
| Rasputin | Electrics Crew |
| The Exonerated | Set-In Crew |
| The Solid Gold Cadillac | Electrics Crew |
| The Exonerated | Stage Manager |
| The Women | Set-in Crew |
| The Winter's Tale | Electrics Crew |
| A Perfect Ganesh | Electrics Crew |
| The Women | Stage Manager |
| Major Arcana | Funny Thing About Love; Sara |
| Macbeth | Electrics Crew |
| Communicating Doors | Electrics Crew |
| Moon Over Buffalo | Electrics Crew |
| Moon Over Buffalo | Stage Manager |
| Macbeth | Sound Board Operator |
| Who Will Carry The Word | Lina |
| Fuddy Meers | Stage Manager |
| The Mousetrap | Board Operator |
| Cry Havoc | Board Operator |
| The Comedy Of Errors | Stage Manager |