About Us

Lunar Theatrical builds scenery and provides technical services for theatrical productions and other events. We build the full seasons for three Portland theatre companies, and take on a variety of other projects each year. We have facilities for traditional wooden scenery construction, as well as both steel and aluminum fabrication. We also have expertise in rigging, mechanical moving scenery, automation, and special effects.

Lunar Theatrical is a continuation of the independant work of Demetri Pavlatos. For many years Demetri has been involved in the theatre community while simultaneously being an employee of other organizations. A few years ago he decided to make his theatre work full-time, and the result is Lunar Theatrical. Besides managing his company, Demetri serves as the technical director for Profile Theatre Company, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, and Bag & Baggage Productions, and is also a set designer and lighting designer. In addition to his professional work, Demetri is the technical director at Saint Mary's Academy, teaching the students to build the sets for school productions and to work with lighting and sound, and also works with the theatre students at Tigard High School.

From 1990 until 2006 Demetri was employed by Studio Concepts, Inc. where he engineered and built the mechanical animation systems for parade floats in Portland, Pasadena, and Phoenix. Prior to Studio Concepts, Demetri was on the staff of the Portland Civic Theatre from 1987 until it closed in 1990, and before that worked for R.A. Reed Productions.


A few of our talented people:


 
Jen Levear:

Jen is the person you will most often find working on a Lunar Theatrical project, despite the fact that she is also attending college part time. Jen is a carpenter, lighting technician, welder, and draftsperson, and for five years has been an important part of the shows at Broadway Rose Theatre Company, including serving as Assistant Technical Director for the past two years.

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Paul Sandmeyer:

Paul is the carpenter we give the hard jobs to. For many years he worked for Chris Whitten Design and Display, and currently divides his time between Hippo Hardware, Stage Right, and Lunar Theatrical.