Managing Director of Contemporary Theatre of Dallas     2014 - 2016      

(the theatre was closed in December 2016 following the deaths of founder Brian Loncar and his daughter, Grace)

           Converted a commercial entity to a non-profit corporation

           Created and managed season budgets, production budgets

           Redesigned website

           Created and managed social media, video ads, marketing, season subscriptions, program design 

           Implemented video ad campaign

           Negotiated Equity contracts and contracts for all artists and production staff

           Hired designers, technicians and actors

           Managed facility rentals and scheduling           

           Overhauled ticketing system

           Managed a separate business entity associated with the theatre - full bar with liquor license

           Directed Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel

           Produced New Play Readings

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Managing Artistic Director of Actors’ Theatre Of Dallas            1987 – 1993

           Managed and directed all aspects of production, marketing, publicity, season subscriptions, grant writing, program design, production meetings, scheduling, board meetings, artist and technician contracts, budgeting

 

 

Ursuline Academy of Dallas

Theatre Division Head / Director / Instructor  

September 2000 – 2008

 

Courses Taught:

 

Introduction To Theatre – one semester fine arts credit course covering character analysis, beginning set design, theatre history and acting

                                                Texts: Stage and School

                                                Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

                                                     

Fundamentals of Acting – a Method-based acting class that incorporates auditioning, stage direction, objective, obstacle, script

                                                analysis, character analysis, monologue and scene work

                                                 Texts:  Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen

                                                             Audition by Michael Shurtleff

                                                             Basic Drama Projects

 

Intermediate Acting - 2nd semester Method Acting course with additional emphasis in

                                                Voice and movement in scene study and monologue work and culminates in a year-end showcase performance

                                                Texts:  Same as above

 

Period Acting Styles/Theatre for Young Audiences  - This is a year long junior level language-based acting course which focuses on Greek,                                                       Commedia del Arte, Elizabethan /Jacobean/Shakespeare, Moliere, and British Restoration Comedy.  The course also                                                           incorporates a touring show that travels and performs for young audiences through-out the spring semester.

                                                Texts:  Compilation of notes from numerous theatre history

                                                 sources and period acting styles sources including Oscar Brockett, John Barton, Curtis Daw, Paul Rudlin

 

Directing/Producing for the Stage – This is a year long course of study in directing and

                                                producing with an emphasis on script selection, guided

                                                practice in directing, casting, script analysis, physical and psychological blocking, sound design, lighting design,

                                                Texts:  The Director’s Voice

                                                Play Directing in The School

                                                Directing for the Stage