Rob Baxter:  

Been about play, work and family, not necessarily in that order...but fortunately, play and work were one in the same and now so are family and play... Moved to Austin in 1979 for UT after leaving Univ. of Ill. Both schools seemed to have little to offer at the time, so I never degreed. (When your professors genuinely ask you to teach the class you came there for in the first place during week one and then later that year ask if you can help get them a summer gig, it's maybe time to move on.) Spent my 20's working for: Ohio Ballet, San Antonio Ballet, Ballet Austin, Spoleto Festival, New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera, IATSE Local 205, Miss USA/Universe, The University of Texas and Paramount Theatre in Austin, and many corporate clients. As anything from stagehand/electrician to Production Manager or Lighting Designer. Earned my IATSE 205 and Equity Union cards in this time. Spent most my 30's in Orlando and NYC, working for or at Universal Studios/Orlando, the New York City Ballet, NBA, MTV, PBS, The Lincoln Center, Carengie Hall, a few presidents, & way too many corporate clients from Amex to Xerox...From Australia to Amsterdam, Sicily to Seoul. Also joined IATSE Locals 631, 477, 366, 52 and ONE in this timeframe, got engaged and married and then we had two way cool kids...time to leave NYC and raise them ba...Expand for more