Barbara Brennan

Barbara Brennan began her career at Cinema Services in Las Vegas in 1972, a company that provided lighting rental and sales for the entertainment Industry. It was a family business where she learned her craft from the entry level: answering phones, taking and pulling orders, and working with the equipment. She worked with numerous industry-leading lighting designers, producers, and Las Vegas Resorts as well as attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to further her education. From live performance, to television broadcast, Barbara became proficient in the business of entertainment lighting.  When her Dad, Jim Brennan passed in 1996, Cinema Services became part of Fourth Phase (now Production Resource Group), giving her the opportunity to be involved with more extensive projects. 

 

Barbara moved to San Diego and decided to broaden her horizons, establishing Brennan Productions, Inc., where she furthered her work in television production lighting with ABC Sports and with her brother, Bill Brennan, who gave her the challenge of working on the Summer Olympics in Australia and the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

 

Upon returning to Las Vegas she was hired by Strand Lighting as their representative for the Las Vegas Area adding to her experience with entertainment system sales. Barbara was presented with the opportunity to become the  Director of Production Services for the Wynn Resort and, of course, jumped at the experience to work on opening a new Las Vegas property. Barbara stayed at the Wynn for four years, however, she had become so enamored with System Sales that she decided to return to PRG as the West Coast Manager of the System Sales Department working on many diverse projects. 

 

She ultimately landed at 4Wall Entertainment where she worked for ten years becoming Vice President of System Sales, completing many major projects  before retiring in  2024. 

 

Barbara is profoundly grateful for the incredible life experiences the Entertainment Lighting Industry and its people have provided her.  It was not the usual track for a woman in this business, however, she has enjoyed every moment and would do it all again, absolutely!