Graduations
Big Wave Events is one of the leading event production firms in the Northeast. We provide event management, web streaming and our own state-of-the-art audio, video, lighting, trussing, staging, décor, power, and electrical distribution. Our leading education clients include Yale University, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield University, Iona College, Seton Hall University, Fairfield High Schools, Choate Rosemary, Hotchkiss, to name a few.
During these difficult times, we have developed several Outdoor Graduation Options for groups between 100 to 1,000 cars. The Graduations can be during the daytime using LED screens or for a bit more of excitement, at night, with our high power digital 18,000 ansi lumen laser video projectors coupled with 19.5’ x 35’ screens. We provide a powerful FM transmitter as well as a line array audio system, lighting, staging, etc. You provide the parking lot; media and we do the rest.
Yale Law School
Fairfield High School
The Hotchkiss School
Shepaug High School Graduation 2021
Location: Bridgewater Fairgrounds
Production Manager: Jeffrey Winthrop
Audio Engineer: Joseph Burns
Video Engineer: Preston Martinik
Live Stream: Evan Chrustic
Yale Law School Graduation 2020
Location: Yale Law School Courtyard
Producer: Brian Winthrop
Director: David Levine
Technical Director: Jeffrey Winthrop and Joseph Burns
Sound Engineer: Frank Egan
Video Engineer: Preston Martinik
Walter Camp Football Gala
Event Location: Lanman Center at Yale University
Decor Lighting: Joe Burns, Brian Jennings, Tristan Kane
Drapery and Swags: Mariella Winthrop
Support Staff: Sheri Alblaugh, Barry Alblaugh, Laura Papeneau, Solange Vieira, Linette Navareete, Milena Vieira, Robert Howard
Yale University Blue Leadership Gala
Event Location: Lanman Center at Yale University
Event Producer: Brian Winthrop
Audio Engineer: Joseph Burns
Lighting Designer: Brian Jennings and Tristan Kane
Fabrics and Décor: Mariella Winthrop
Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation Gala
Site: RCG Farm, Newtown, CT
Event Production Management: Brian Winthrop
LD: Joseph Burns
Audio: Frank Egan
Electrical Distribution: Brian Jennings
Drapery: Mariella Winthrop
Yale School of Law Graduation
Location: Lanman Center
Event Planner: Laura Lauro
Producer: Brian Winthrop
Designer: Mariella Winthrop
Audio: Joseph Burns
Video: Brian Jennings
Power Point: Tristan Kane
ACCED Convention, Pittsburgh, PA
Location: Wyndham Grand
Producer: Brian Winthrop
Audio Engineer: Joseph Burns
Designer: Mariella Winthrop
Camera: Brian Jennings
Video Switching: Tristan Kane
Walter Camp Football Gala
Location: Lanman Center Yale University
Lighting Designer: Joseph Burns
Decor: Mariella Winthrop, Jessyka Patterson
Fairfield Prep Fundraising Gala
Location: Fairfield Prep
Producer: Brian Winthrop
Lighting Designer: Joseph Burns
Audio Engineer: Edward Godin
Walter Camp Football Awards Dinner
Producer: Brian Winthrop
Lighting Designer: Joseph Burns
Decor: Mariella Winthrop, Jessyka Patterson
AV: HB Live
Blue Leadership Gala Yale University
Location: Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gym, New Haven, CT
Producer: Brian Winthrop
Audio Engineer: Joseph Burns
Lighting Designer: Rhys Kiernan
Decor: Mariella Winthrop
Our Lady of Mercy Lauralton Hall School Awards Gala
Location: Gym on Campus
Event Producer: Brian Winthrop
Lighting Designer: Jeffrey Winthrop
Audio Tech: Joseph Burns
Decor: Mariella Winthrop
Sacred Heart Univ Graduation Ball
Location: Tent at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Producer: Brian Winthrop
Lighting Designer: Jeffrey Winthrop
Audio Engineer: Joe Burns
Decor: Mariella Winthrop
Fairfield Prep Alumni Event
Location: Tent at Fairfield Prep, Fairfield, CT
Production Manager: Jeffrey Winthrop
Lighting Designer: Joseph Burns
Audio Tech: George Matulis
Connecticut Florists Association
Producer: Brian Winthrop
Lighting Designer: Jeffrey Winthrop
Audio Engineer: William Moore
Decor: William Moore and Tristan Kane
Location: Sheraton Springfield
Mid-Atlantic Tent Renters Association
Location: Tents at Marriott Hotel, Uniondale, NY
Producer: Brian Winthrop
LD: Jeffrey Winthrop
Audio: William Moore
Décor: Mariella Winthrop
Build Boston Fundraising Gala
Location: Massachusetts Convention Center
Producer: Brian Winthrop
Lighting Designer: Jeffrey Winthrop
Sound Engineer: Carlos Dias
Decor: Mariella Winthrop
Mass Providers Council Convention and General Session
Event Location: Boston Copley Marriott, Boston, MA
Event Planner: Jill Moran
Event Producer: Brian Winthrop
Lighting Designer: Jeffrey Winthrop
Audio Engineer: Carlos Dias
Designer: Mariella Winthrop
Connecticut Florists Association
Producer: Brian Winthrop
Lighting Designer: Jeffrey Winthrop
Audio Engineer: Joseph Burns
Décor: William Moore
Location: Sheraton Springfield
Blue Leadership Ball
Site: Lanman Center, Yale University
Event Planner: Duke Diaz, Payne Whitney, Director, Yale University and Alison Cole, Director of Athletic Development, Yale University
Event Producer: Brian Winthrop, President, Big Wave Event Productions, LLC
Event Designer: Mariella Winthrop, Big Wave Event Productions, LLC
Audio Engineer: Carlos Dias, Big Wave Event Productions, LLC
Lighting Designer: Jeffrey Winthrop, Big Wave Event Productions, LLC
Technical Director: Ed Berenhaus, Big Wave Event Productions, LLC
Sports Award Ceremony
Sports Award Ceremony Production: Brian Winthrop, CMP, CSEP, Big Wave Event Productions, LLC
Dartmouth Head Football Coach: Coach Buddy Teevens
Sports Award Ceremony Event Planner: Joey McIntyre, Director of Football Operations
Dartmouth College Football Awards Brunch
Event Production: Big Wave Event Productions, LLC
Head Coach: Buddy Teevens III
Yale University Blue Gala Ball
Site: Lanman Center, Yale University
Event Planner: Ed Mockus, GM, Lanman Center
Event Production including audio, video, lighting, drapery, etc.: Big Wave Event Productions
Event Producer: Brian Winthrop, CMP
Gala and Award Ceremony for Containerisation at the New York Public Library
Event Production Company: Big Wave Event Productions, LLC,
Event Producter: Brian Winthrop, LD: Andy Rugvie, Audio
Technician: Matt Bellis, Video Technician: Bill deHuff
The Annual Award Ceremony and Gala for Pfizer
Site: Mystic Marriott, Paul Bachinger, Catering Manager
Event Planner: April Hudson, Pfizer
Event Producer: Brian Winthrop
Event Production Company: Big Wave International, Ltd.
LD: Michael Seidman
Audio: Ian Lewis
Annual Sports Awards Ceremony for Pace University
Site: Pace University Gym
Producer: Brian Winthrop
LD: Joseph Burns
Sound Engineer: Tom Russell
Mobius Awards Gala with a Hi-Tech theme
Entertainment: Fear No Ice
Site: Stamford Marriott Hotel, Nia Gaskin, CMP
Event Coordinator: Dan Kane, Manager of Marketing Communications, Mobius
Event Production Company: Brian Winthrop, CMP, CSEP, Big Wave Event Productions, LLC.
Quinnipiac University Awards Dinner
Site: Recreation Center
Event Planner: Karla Natale, Director of Special Events, Quinnipiac University
Event Producer: Brian Winthrop, Big Wave Event Productions, LLC
Production Company: Big Wave Event Productions, LLC (audio, video, lighting and fabrics)
