"All the world's a stage, And all
the men and women merely players: They have
their exits and their entrances; And one
man in his time plays many parts..."
- William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Gabriel and his siblings were raised with a costume trunk in the attic
and always encouraged to develop presentations, videos, puppet
shows and magic shows. He started acting in elementary school
plays, and rediscovered his passion for it again in high school,
winning best supporting actor his senior year. He dove into the
technical side in the summer work-study program at the Delta College
Atherton Auditorium and fully immersed himself into all facets
of theater when he went to college.
University of California - Davis
 At
UC Davis, Gabriel enjoyed a regular work study position as aScene
Shop Assistant, where he learned the fundamentals of stage carpentry,
scene painting, etc. During his four years at UCD, he had numerous
opportunities to design sets, lights, costumes, sound, act and
even direct a one act play.
Gabriel was invited in to the graduate set
design course to prepare a portfolio for graduate school auditions,
and he was offered two main-stage set design slots. The first
was Zora is My Name, by Ruby Dee, the west-coast premiere.
The second was Peer Gynt (pictured) with British avante
garde director Pip Simmons. Gabriel received his BFA in
Dramatic Art at UC Davis in 1992 with Departmental Honors.
Carnegie Mellon Drama
 At
Carnegie Mellon University, the oldest degree-granting drama
program in the country, Gabriel was given the opportunity to
design shows with world class directors and artists, and his
love of the art of theater grew in collaboration with his amazingly
talented peers and mentors. In his first year, Gabriel learned
the benefits of 1/8" scale white models, which were required
on most class projects because they could communicate the 3-dimensional
idea quicky, be lit for effect, and be redone relatively easily.
Pictured is the model for Oedipus Rex.
Gabriel was given many production assignments thoughout the
CMU season, including assistant set designer, props master and
scenic artist. Gabriel's mainstage designs at CMU were for Sweeney
Todd, directed by J. Ranelli, and The
Cherry Orchard, directed by Mladen Kiselov. During
summers, Gabriel taught scene paingting in the Carnegie Mellon
Pre-College program and served as Stage Technician for the Festival
of New Plays at CMU. Gabriel received
his MFA in Scene Design in 1996.
Marin Theater Company
 Returning
to the Bay Area, Gabriel joined the Marin Theatre Company, where
he served in the scene shop as master carpenter and assistant
technical director. His first set design there was Machinal
(pictured), directed by Don K. Williams for the MTC School.
Gabriel also had the opportunity to design sets for Artistic
Director Lee Sankowich for the main stage show Molly Sweeney,
as well as designing lights for the comedy Bleacher Bums.
During this time, Gabriel also did freelance scenery and lighting
design at the Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley
and lights for the Hayward Little Theater.
Lowell High School
 In
1999, Gabriel was hired as Technical Director and Instructor
for Lowell High School's Performing Arts Department. Lowell
is one of the nation's top high schools, with an award winning
performing arts program and incredibly creative students. Gabriel
managed a 1000 seat, 30 lineset proscenium stage; supervised
and instructed a tech crew of up to 30 students and volunteers;
and oversaw production budgeting, publicity & box office
management; and developed a Theater Tech class program with
beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. Gabriel and his
students hosted a full performing arts season, with regular
musicals and plays; dance, choir, orchestra, jazz and band concerts;
school assemblies, performances and rallies; plus hosting outside
dance school recitals, church performances, and international
touring groups.
Gabriel also supervised facility maintenance, and made improvements
& upgrades, including new, state of the art sound and lighting
systems, and a remodeled scene shop, dressing room, paint and
storage areas. He also did design & grant work for renovations
to the Carol Channing Theater, and the new Steve Silver Little
Theater.
  Gabriel's
Theater Tech students were so motivated, that they were able
to win the Tech Olympics at the Ohlone College Theater Festival,
and win 1st prize in Set Design for Twelfth Night (pictured).
Gabriel's students were an inspiration to him and brought him
great joy, always rising to the challenge that live theater
offers. When he resigned, Gabriel knew he was leaving them in
a good place for the next TD, and looks back at Lowell as some
of the best team oriented theater he has done. In 2004, Gabriel
was called to expand his ministry on to the world stage. Since
then, he has focused more in sacred ritual and devotional music
performance. He looks forward to his next stage design project
in service to his ministerial calling.
Gabriel is seeking collaborative artists (script writers, composers, producers, publicists, performers, puppeteers, musicians, designers, technicians, etc.) for this exciting new theater production. Please contact Gabriel to arrange an interview/audition.
Karmageddon: a Musical Revue
 A musical revue and puppet cabaret for the End of Times, based on the mainline prophecies as unsealed in the Everlasting Gospel. What happens when earthlings keep on riding the 'gravy train' of capitalism on into tribulation? It all unfolds on 'The World Stage', a fully designed, touring spherical stage representing our transforming planet earth.
The story line follows a group of young people who are literally called from out of the audience to drop their old world roles and take a stand with Archangel Michael by presenting the 'little book' to the world thru a revue of fantastic music, dance, puppety and pageant.
As the tribulations unfold in front of them on the world stage, the players are called into their drama/karma to heal it. As they do, each is taken thru a cosmic initiation, remembering who they are and how they are to serve in the Creation's plan. The characters transmute the karma as it comes up, synthesizing the mythology around the End Times by making a stand with archangel Michael, who delivers the world with full ETI contact, culminating in the arrival of all the world avatars on the New Jerusalem mothership, bringing the New World of free giving and recieving and delivering (almost) all the souls back into the eternal family.
Posting here soon:
Outline & Script
Stage Design & Drawings
Music & Lyrics
"The play's the thing..."
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