Production résumé
Daryl Sprout
Live-event technician, stagehand, and animal safety professional with decades of practical experience behind the scenes and on set.
Call (945) 998-6910
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
Production experience that understands the whole room.
For more than 30 years, Daryl has taken freelance stage calls and IATSE Local 127 permit work, from carpentry and electrics to sound, video, truck loading, and crew support. That work kept him close to the changing tools of the trade. His current production work adds a specialized role: Animal Wrangler and Animal Safety Officer for sets using live reptiles.
Union and technical work
Freelance Stage Worker
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas · IATSE Local 127 permit calls · 30 years, off and on
Worked freelance and permit calls across stage carpentry, electrics, sound, video, truck loading, and general production crew support for theatre, concerts, dance, and school productions.
Early theatre credit
Stage Carpenter
c. 1985 · Majestic Theatre, Downtown Dallas
Stage carpenter crew for A Couple White Chicks Sitting Around Talking during the Majestic Theatre’s return as a working downtown performance venue.
Selected live-event engagements
Large rooms. Fast turns. No room for guesswork.
Stage Manager, TAOM Convention, North Texas. Worked directly with Johnny and Pam Thompson, Tom Mullica, Fielding West, and Harry Anderson on the public magic show.
Lighting Director, Nemra, regional touring rock band
Stage electrics, lighting, and truss power, Evita
Stage carpentry, The Phantom of the Opera
The Rolling Stones, Steel Wheels Tour
Backstreet Boys
Sound, Conan O’Brien
Phish
Royal Canadian Ballet
The Tudor Ballet’s Nutcracker, contracted by the Eisemann Center
Professional crew support for well-resourced high school productions
On-camera, animal, and character work
Comfortable in the costume, on the mark, behind the scenes, and around the animal.
Selected performance work
Full-sized rat performer, The Nutcracker
Panda-suit performer with live snake, Dude Perfect
On-camera as himself, additional Dude Perfect segment
Segment appearances, NBC 5’s Texas Today, Fox 4’s The Ten, and Fox 4’s Good Day
Provided live snakes and off-camera production assistance, The Real Housewives of Dallas
Snake Wrangler and on-camera hand performer, The Son, starring Pierce Brosnan. Provided Venezuelan rattlesnake for a buckskin-costume close-up.
Current production role
Animal Wrangler and Animal Safety Officer
Commercial photo and video productions
Provides calm, experienced live-reptile handling and on-set animal safety support. Brings practical snake knowledge, clear communication, and a performer’s understanding of what the camera needs.
View reptile production work →Core production skills
Useful before, during, and after the cue.
- Stage carpentry
- Stage electrics
- Live sound support
- Live video support
- Truck loading and crew calls
- Load-in, load-out, and backstage coordination
- Live reptile handling and animal safety on set