{"id":34,"date":"2022-03-18T12:05:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T12:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-03-25T19:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T19:51:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-691 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4213-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4213-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4213-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4213-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4213-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4213-87x116.jpeg 87w, https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4213-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Austin VanWinkle <\/strong>(he\/him\/his) is an up and coming lighting designer and artist originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from William Woods University in\u00a02019 with a Bachelor of Science in Equestrian General Science. While completing that degree, he became heavily involved in the theatre department which led him to pursue higher education.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"\">Austin graduated with his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design and Technology, with an emphasis in Lighting Design, at the University of Missouri \u2013 Kansas City in May of 2022.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"\">Austin\u2019s lighting career started in 2017 with a production of <em>BINGO! The Winning Musical<\/em>. Since then, some of his highlights include <em>Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead <\/em>(2018), <em>Drowning Girls <\/em>(2018), <em>Peter\/Wendy <\/em>(2018), <em>Dance Nation<\/em> at The Unicorn Theatre (2021), and\u00a0<em>Jane Eyre<\/em> at UMKC (2022).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"\">While in graduate school, Austin has discovered a love for dance and has worked with a multitude of dancers and choreographers including Ronald Tice and Gary Abbott. Many smaller projects include working with local choreographers such as Olivia Emert, Alexis Borth, and Kaitlyn Gardner.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"\">Austin\u2019s acting credits include <em>Silence <\/em>(2016), <em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream (2016), Unnecessary Farce (2017), Love Minus (2017), Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (2018), Eurydice (2019), <\/em>and finally<em> Sir Slob and the Princess (2019).<br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<p class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-753\" src=\"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9A5E53BC-9EE2-4CF9-8C36-A89F9E2A530E.heic\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-755 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4763-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4763-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4763-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4763-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4763-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4763-87x116.jpeg 87w, https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4763-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/>Austin currently lives in Saint Charles, MO with his two cats, Gus and Cleo. He works with Lindenwood University as the Lighting Coordinator.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 &nbsp; Austin VanWinkle (he\/him\/his) is an up and coming lighting designer and artist originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from William Woods University in\u00a02019 with a Bachelor of Science in Equestrian General Science. While completing that degree, he became heavily involved in the theatre department which led him to pursue higher education. Austin graduated with his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design and Technology, with an emphasis in Lighting Design, at the University of Missouri \u2013 Kansas City in May of 2022. Austin\u2019s lighting career started in 2017 with a production of BINGO! The Winning Musical. Since then, some of his highlights include Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (2018), Drowning Girls (2018), Peter\/Wendy (2018), Dance Nation at The Unicorn Theatre (2021), and\u00a0Jane Eyre at UMKC (2022).\u00a0 While in graduate school, Austin has discovered a love for dance and has worked with a multitude of dancers and choreographers including Ronald Tice and Gary Abbott. Many smaller projects include working with local choreographers such as Olivia Emert, Alexis Borth, and Kaitlyn Gardner. Austin\u2019s acting credits include Silence (2016), A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream (2016), Unnecessary Farce (2017), Love Minus (2017), Dog Sees God: Confessions of<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinvanwinkle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}