Your Creative Journey

Brian Reed - Stage Hand, Rigger and Rope Access Technician

Paul Carganilla and Kevin Gregg

Brian Reed (or just “Reed” to most folks), accidentally got started in the crew side of entertainment by accident in 1989- and he’s still here! Like rush hour on the 101, he’s had a ton of unexpected stops and weird routing in his Journey: theatre, rock n roll, a little bit of film work, sort of being a roadie, LA, Vegas, South Korea and a whole lot of putting people in the air at a few different theme parks and hundreds of theaters in the US.

When he’s not working he’s usually the oldest dude skating at the skatepark.

Highlights from this episode:

  • Reed talks about his early days of learning the craft while surrounded by talented and hardworking people
  • Thoughts about ghosts while working both as a host and technician aboard The Queen Mary
  • The necessity of leadership in the arts, pulling from Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's "Extreme Ownership"
  • An encouraging word to artists about what working life will be like after COVID-19

Links from this episode:

https://www.usitt.org​
https://esta.org/
https://www.controlbooth.com