LIVE ARTS . Charlottesville . VA
DREAMGIRLS by Henry Krieger & Tom Eyen
FAR FAR FUTURE DAYS OF LIVE ARTS PAST* co-concieved by Julie Hamberg
VANYA AND SONYA AND MASHA AND SPIKE by Christopher Durang
0014: PARTY GALORE* concieved by Julie Hamberg
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA* adapted for the stage by Julie Hamberg & Peter DiMartino, based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel
SURREAL 2013* concieved by Julie Hamberg
IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY by Sarah Ruhl
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS* concieved by Julie Hamberg . story by Shawn B. Hirabayashi
SOUTHERN REP . New Orleans . LA
DYING CITY by Christopher Shinn
CHERRY LANE / FringeNCY . NYC
MADONNA AND CHILD AND OTHER DIVAS* by Tom Johnson
THE PUBLIC THEATRE . NYC
STRANGE GRACE* by Jane Shepard . New Works Now! Festival
BALLAD OF YACHIO* by Philip Kan Gotanda . Assistant Director . Sharon Ott, dir . Anspacher Theatre
PECULIAR WORKS PROJECT . NYC
CORNBURY: THE QUEEN'S GOVERNOR* . Benefit staging with David Greenspan . by William M. Hoffman & Anthony Holland
HOME MOVIES by Rosalyn Drexler & Rev. Al Carmines . part of the Obie-winning OFF STAGE: THE WEST VILLAGE FRAGMENTS
NEW GEORGES . NYC
HE WHO GETS SLAPPED by Leonid Andreyev . Roaring Girls Project
A PLAY* by Jane Shepard . The Culture Project at the Salon
GLORIA* by Lisa Reardon . Mainstage
BLOODY THANKSGIVING* by Brooke Berman ('02) . the last of 7 new short plays in 7 yrs as part of the fabuloso Perform-a-Thons ('95 - '02)
VITAL THEATRE COMPANY . NYC
DEAR VIENNA* by Catherine Allen
IDIOT'S DELIGHT by Robert E. Sherwood
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON...* pieces by Mark Loewenstern & Mike Teele
FUNNY* by Shawn B. Hirabayashi
DUCKS CROSSING* by Jane Shepard
REPRESENATIVE NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT NYC
ABINGDON THEATRE CO ... RECOVERING THE REAL* ME by Kurt McGinnis Brown
THE ACTORS STUDIO ... THE SWEET, SWEET MOTHERHOOD* by Jeremy Kareken in collaboration with Lee M. Silver
REVERIE PRODUCTIONS ... SHOCK AND AWE* by Damon DiMarco
INDEPENDANT ... VIRTUOSA* by Jon Krupp
VITAL THEATRE CO ... WILHELMSTRASSE* by Stuart Caldwell
VITAL THEATRE CO ... ANOMALIES OF THE HEART* by Catherine Gillett
VITAL THEATRE CO ... DEAR VIENNA* by Catherine Allen
EST ... T42* . by Gina Barnett
* New play
DRAMA LEAGUE DIRECTORS PROJECT . NYC
POOR OPHELIA* by Shawn B. Hirabayashi . McGinn/Cazale Theatre
LINCOLN CENTER DIRECTORS LAB . NYC
POST PUNK LIFE* by Simon Fill . 78th Street Theatre Lab
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY . NYC
MAJOR BARBARA by George Bernard Shaw . Assistant Director . Daniel Sullivan, dir . American Airlines Theatre /// Drama League/Roundabout Theatre Director's Project Assistant Directing Fellowship
RECKLESS THEATRE COMPANY . NYC
RAIN FROM HEAVEN by S.N. Behrman . Theatre 3 @ W. 43rd
MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB . NYC
ALLIGATOR TALES* by Anne Galjour . Assistant Director . Sharon Ott, dir . City Center Stage II
SIX FIGURES THEATRE COMPANY . NYC
DARK LANTERN* by Katt Lizzard . The ArcLight
CLOWNING THE BARD* (The Histories) conceived by Linda Ames Key . FringeNYC & The Mint
WESTBETH THEATRE CENTER . NYC
COMFORT AND JOY by Jeffrey Hatcher with Walkabout Theatre Company
LAB THEATRE CO . now Circle East . NYC
EATING THE DEAD* . Jane Shepard . The Players Club . Workshop
CALL OF THE WILD* by Catherine Gillett . Circle in the Square Downtown
GOD IS A DYKE* by Jane Shepard . West Bank Cafe
ONE DREAM . NYC
THE WHEAT AND THE MOON* by Shawn B. Hirabayashi
ANYBODY'S GAME* by Jane Shepard
CIRCLE REP LAB . CIRCLE REPERTORY CO . NYC
WENDY AND DANNY GUSTIN...* by Lisa Reardon
PERFORMANCE NETWORK . Ann Arbor . MI
CELINA, OR THE CHILD OF MYSTERY by Zelanak & Davis
TRAIN, BEYOND THE BLUES* by Christine Rusch
ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP
LIVE ARTS . Artistic Director . 2011 - 2016
SOUTHERN REP . Interim Producing Director / Artistic Associate . 2008 - 2009
VITAL THEATRE COMPANY . Associate Artistic Director . 2005 - 2007 / Artistic Associate . 2003 - 2005
RECKLESS THEATRE CO . Associate Artistic Director . 1999 - 2001
PERFORMANCE NETWORK OF ANN ARBOR . Co-Artistic Director . 1990 - 1991
ARTS MANAGEMENT | PRODUCING | INDUSTRY GIGS
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AFFILIATIONS
SDC . Associate Member . current
NEW GEORGES . Affiliated Artist . '93 – present
SOUTHERN REP THEATRE . Artistic Associate . '08 – '09
LINCOLN CENTER THEATRE DIRECTORS LAB . Alumnus . '95, '96, '97 (production), '99
LAB THEATRE CO . 'Member . 1996-99, after Circle Repertory Co & it's Lab dissolved
CIRCLE REP LAB . Member . 1993 until its sad dissolution
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS AS DIRECTOR
"Big Easy". Nominated for Best Drama . regional premiere of DYING CITY at Southern Rep
OBIE . Part of OFF STAGE: THE WEST VILLAGE FRAGMENTS . Peculiar Works Project
OOBR . Off-Off Broadway Review Award for Excellence . IDIOT’S DELIGHT at Vital Theatre Co
OOBR . Off-Off Broadway Review Award for Excellence . FUNNY at Vital Theatre Co
Drama League Fellow . Drama League/Roundabout Theatre Director's Project Assistant Directing Fellowship
LCT Lab . Awarded one of four full-length workshop productions in 3rd year
TEACHING & FACILITATING
HOLLINS UNIVERSITY Playwrights Lab Summer Festival at Mill Mountain Theatre . Guest Responder 2016
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Drama Production Management . Guest speaker each semester . 2011-2016
LIVE ARTS' Weekend Intensives for Company Members
. Workshop leader . The Playwright / Director Collaboration
. Instructor . Directing the Action
. Instructor . Script Analysis for Directors
. Instructor . Staging the Scene
. Instructor . Dramatic Audition Technique for Musicals
. Instructor . Giving a Fabulous Audition
LIVE ARTS' Workshops for Teens
. Instructor . Audition Technique for Musicals
. Instructor . Tackling a Scene
. Instructor . Movement and Staging
LIVE ARTS' New Play Development . Discussion Facilitator of over 30 play readings
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY
. "Tuesdays at 7" Facilitator
. Trained as a Guest Artist
TRAINING
Circle Repertory Company School of Theatre ... 3 year program in Directing & Dramaturgy . NYC
DIRECTING . Anne Bogart, Marcus Stern, Marshall Mason, Norman Rene, Lynn M. Thomson, Michael Warren Powell .
DRAMATURGY . Lynn M. Thomson & Milan Stitt
PLAY WRITING . Milan Stitt (entire three years)
VOICE . Chuck Jones
Playwrights Horizons Theatre School . NYC
DIRECTING . Bob Moss
Michigan State University
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE . not even close to directing....
CONFERENCES & GATHERINGS
Edinburgh Festival Fringe . ATL Humana Festival Professionals Weekends . TCG Annual Conferences . National New Play Network Annual Meeting . Southern Rep . Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Conferences (i.e., Directing Comedy, Staging the Classics, Viewpoints)
photo credit:
from SURREAL 13 at Live Arts . Pernmoot Photography | Favicon Eye icon by Tim Boelaars from The Noun Project