Cheles Rhynes

Cheles Rhynes is currently on the staff of the World-Famous Apollo Theater in New York, NY as Senior Director of Production. In recent past, he was also on staff at Austin Community College as a Theatre Production Technician, acting as Master Electrician for both the Dance & Drama departments. In additional recent past, he was on staff at the historic Paramount/State Theatres in the heart of downtown Austin, TX as a Production Manager. Prior to these positions, he was on staff at Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, FL as a Production Manager (Straz Center is the fifth largest performing arts center in the country.

Cheles was the Co-Founder and Executive Director of MRP Inc., a presenting, producing and production management arts organization. His multi-faceted experience in technical theatre has taken him to Brazil, Lithuania, Croatia, Poland, Bosnia, Serbia, Ireland, Turkey, Amsterdam, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as all of the lower 48 continuous states in the USA.

Cheles' award-winning lighting designs, technical direction and stage management has been used by: Alvin Ailey II, Grupo Hadeja of Belgrade, Andrea E.Woods & Dancers/Souloworks, Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group, hjw/EDGEWORKS Dance Theater, vocalist Tamara Wellons, Stephanie Powell Danse Ensemble, Nejla Yatkin, hiphop/writer/spoken word artist Toni Blackman, Gesel Mason Performance Projects, CityDance Ensemble, Company E, Carpetbag Theatre, Scottish Rite Theatre, Amy Morrow/The Theorists, Maia Maiden Productions and The VORTEX Theater.