Jack Young
Associate Professor
Head of Graduate Programs
Coordinator of Graduate Acting and Directing
University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance
ADMINISTRATION
Head of Graduate Programs, Coordinator, Graduate Acting & Directing, University of
Houston School of Theatre & Dance September 2006 to present
--Leading development of curriculum to make specific tracks in Acting, Directing and
Design
--Leading development of curriculum among voice/speech, movement, acting and
directing faculty
--Preparing materials for advertising and recruitment
--Developing audition/screening processes for candidates
--Setting up audition/screening tour
--Arranging transfer credits for the class of MFA students who followed me down from
Ohio University to finish their training at University of Houston
--Contacting/developing relationships with professional companies to place students in
summer employment
--Leading discussions with Alley Theatre about future partnerships with MFA students
--Search Committee for new Director of School of Theatre & Dance
Head, The Professional Actor Training Program, Ohio University School of Theatre
September 2003 to July 2006
--Leading MFA faculty in U/RTA program
--Leading development of curriculum among voice/speech, movement and acting faculty
--Contacting/developing relationships with professional companies to place students in
summer employment
--Preparing materials for recruitment
--Organizing coverage for classes during recruitment tours
--Hiring Guest Teachers
--Connecting with School of Theatre alumni for professional contacts for students as well
as development purposes
--Committee work
--Season Selection
--Program Heads
--Search Committee for new Playwrighting faculty member
--Performance Faculty
--Faculty Senate
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Artistic Director, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival--Fall 2001 to Fall 2003
--Choosing plays for summer season
--Producing WillPOWER educational outreach tour
--Oversaw development of Lincoln Center Aesthetics Education work with Allentown
and Bethlehem Schools
--Conducted search for new managing director
--Hiring of actors, directors, designers, choreographers for productions
--Developing new marketing brand with advertising firm
--Sponsorship solicitation
--Developed group sales effort to connect with area non-profits
--Part of Major Gifts Campaign Team, started endowment that reached $1 million
Artistic and Executive Director--The Warehouse Theatre--an Equity SPT/Special
Appearance company--January, 1992 to Fall 2001
--Raised $1.8 million for Capital Campaign to build company new home
--Develop annual budget for approval of Board of Directors
--Choosing shows for seasons
--Casting
--Hiring of directors and designers for productions
--Writing national, state, local and foundation grants to support work of theatre
--Developing publicity
--Scheduling of classes for The Warehouse Theatre School
--Working with Board of Directors on Long Range Planning
--Developing annual Fundraising efforts with Board of Directors
--Leading Board negotiations/planning for New Home
--Negotiating annual agreement with Equity
--Overseeing Apprentice Program with County Fine Arts High School
--interviewing apprentices
--scheduling of workshops taught by Journeymen and other local artists
--selecting scholarship winners
--working with Fine Arts faculty for evaluations
--Working with County School System to provide Theatre for Young Audiences
--Negotiating rental of 400-seat proscenium space with local performing arts center
--Developing and executing senior citizen outreach programs
--Negotiating rights with royalties houses
--Recruiting performers for new Professional Journeyman Program
--Representing Theatre with state & local arts and business organizations
--Organized transfer of production of Dorothy Parker: One Foot In Scarsdale to Players
Club, NYC
--Represented South Carolina at 1996 & 1999 Theatre Communications Group Biennial
Conferences
--Co-produced Hamlet with Clemson Shakespeare Festival
--produced tour of Romeo & Juliet to Clemson Shakespeare Festival
--produced tour of Twelfth Night to Clemson Shakespeare Festival
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ADMINISTRATION—The Warehouse Theatre (continued)
--produced tour of Henry V to Clemson Shakespeare Festival and Newberry Opera House
--produced to tour of As You Like It to Clemson Shakespeare Festival and Newberry
Opera House
--produced 6 seasons of free Shakespeare in the Park
Duke Stage Company—an Equity SPT company
Artistic Director, 1990-91
--Worked with NY producer/playwright George W. George directing readings of his plays
--Mid-Life Menu --April '91
--Program for Murder --October '90 (with re-writes from 1st reading during summer)
--Planned and produced a season of three staged readings during summer of '90
--Blue Window
--God's Country
--Program for Murder
--Secured rights for plays
--Cast company
--Developed publicity for series
--Directed projects
--Ran post-play discussions
Associate Artistic Director, 1989
--Worked with Artistic Director David Ball to choose season
--Worked with AD to cast season
--In charge of assignment and scheduling of interns
--Developed subscriber list
--Performed in two of three plays
--Worked with committee in Beaufort, NC, to explore possibility of starting shows in
Durham and moving them to Beaufort
Duke University Drama Program—1988-1992
--Associate Director of Program under Director David Ball & Interim Director Dale
Randall
--Associate Head of Acting Area under Master Teacher Bob Hobbs
--Member of Program's Executive Council
--chose and scheduled season
--involved in setting Program policy and curriculum
--recruited new faculty
--worked with Program's Board of Advisors
--planned fundraising and construction of new facilities
--Chaired "Happy Hour"--weekly meeting of all faculty and students
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ADMINISTRATION—Duke University Drama Program (continued)
--Oversaw Journeyman Teacher program
--supervised the teaching of the Introduction to Acting courses
--scheduled special workshops offered by Journeyman Teachers
--supervised Journeyman Teachers productions of "Sprint Scenes"--one-acts to increase
performance opportunities for underclassmen and beginning performers
--guided journeymen in administrative matters
--chaired search committee for new journeymen
--Produced one evening of the second World Premieres Festival
--Served on review committee for directing faculty member
--Served as Pre-Major Advisor for undergraduate students
--Mentored Special Fellowships
--Scheduled courses/spaces
--ten or more courses each term
--four different spaces
--Maintained spaces and procured equipment
--Assisted Master Teacher Hobbs in setting up two-year certificate program for advanced
professional students
--Screened applicants' videotapes and material
--Set up curriculum through Duke Continuing Education
--Put together publicity for program
Administrative Assistant to Head of the Professional Actor Training Program, University
of Washington, September 1984- May 1986
--liaison with professional directors
--supervised and maintained physical plant
--produced workshop shows
--organized auditions for summer work for ensemble
--led ensemble preparations for New York Showcase
TEACHING
Head of Graduate Acting & Directing, University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance—
September 2006 to present--Associate Professor (Tenured)
--MFA program, leading graduate acting and directing students through two-year progression
from realism through language plays (Shakespeare, Moliere, Stoppard) to highly
theatrical work (Greeks, Melodrama, New Work— Viewpoints, Physical Comedy)
--Audition Preparation
--Ensemble Training through Suzuki and Viewpoints
--MFA Director Mentoring
--Undergraduate Directing
--Undergraduate Acting
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TEACHING (continued)
Texas Intensive—Society of American Fight Directors’ sanctioned Regional Workshop,
University of Houston—September 2007
--Taught basic rapier & dagger
--Taught elements of tempo/rhythm in fight choreography
--Taught Comic/Serious unarmed combat performance
--Taught Basic Broadsword
Society of American Fight Directors’ Teacher Training Workshop, North Carolina School
of the Arts, Winston-Salem—Summer 2007
--Assisted Fight Master Richard Raether on training and evaluation of candidates for
status as Certified Teachers
--Taught workshops on physical tempo/rhythm to teacher candidates
Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore TX—Summer 2007
--Taught workshops in stage combat
--Taught workshops in Viewpoints
Texas Intensive—Society of American Fight Directors’ sanctioned Regional Workshop,
University of Houston—September 2006
--Taught basic rapier & dagger
--Taught elements of rhythm in fight choreography
--Taught broadsword using elements of Suzuki
--Taught two SAFD skills test renewals
Head of the Professional Actor Training Program, Ohio University School of Theatre—
September 2003 to July 2006—Associate Professor
--MFA program, leading graduate acting and directing students through two-year
progression from realism through language plays (Shakespeare, Moliere, Stoppard) to
highly theatrical work (Greeks, Melodrama, New Work— Viewpoints, Physical
Comedy), with third year spent in an internship at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park,
Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Milwaukee Rep
--Audition Preparation
--Movement/Stage Combat—unarmed, single rapier, rapier and dagger, quarterstaff,
smallsword, as well as work in mime, theatre dance, juggling, and neutral & character
mask
--BFA Shakespeare—intensive course bringing together skills in acting, voice, speech,
movement and scansion
Guest Teaching-Alabama Shakespeare Festival MFA Program
Univ. of San Diego/Old Globe MFA
St. Louis University
Clemson University
Virginia Tech
DeSales University
Muhlenberg College
Case Western Reserve University
Lees-McRae College
Lehigh University
Marshall University
Rutgers University
University of South Carolina/Shakespeare Theatre MFA Program
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TEACHING (continued)
PBR Workshop—Society of American Fight Directors’ sanctioned Regional Workshop,
University of Cincinnati/CCM, Cincinnati, OH—November 2004
--Taught Metronome work
--Taught Suzuki
--Assisted Fight Master Brian Byrnes and Certified Fight Director k. Jenny Jones in their
workshops
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival—September 2001-September 2003
--Worked with Education Directors to teach artist-teachers how to lead workshops for
high school students on PSF’s Will Power tour
--Stage Combat
--“Cracking the Code”: Finding the Clues In Shakespeare’s Verse
--Vocal Variety
--Acting The Scene
--Taught workshops for interns and tri-district teachers during summer season
--Viewpoints
--Stage Combat
Adjunct, Lehigh University, Spring 2002
--Taught Stage Combat and choreographed violence for MACBETH
Adjunct, DeSales University, Fall 2001
--Taught Stage Combat and choreographed violence for ROMEO & JULIET
Director and Master Teacher, The Warehouse Theatre Professional Journeyman Program
--1993 to Fall 2001
a post-graduate training program for theatre artists to make a serious start in the
profession
--Teaching acting, script analysis, movement, and directing
--Coaching auditions work
--Supervising directing projects
--Advising/Guiding Journeyman teaching assignments for Apprentice Program
--Supervising assignments in shops
--Advising on career research
--Hiring guest teachers
--Auditioning/Interviewing applicants at regional auditions and in Greenville
Director, Warehouse Theatre School--from 1992 to Summer 2001
--"Backstage Peeks"--developed and led a series of workshops for patrons on the
processes of theatre
--Conducted Master Classes for Professional Performers in Upstate
--Set up Classes for adults and teenagers, taught by members of the company
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TEACHING (continued)
Teacher, Celebration Barn Stage Combat Performers'/Choreographers'Workshop—
1995/1996
--Taught acting and armed & unarmed stage combat to theatre professionals in 2-week
workshop
Teacher, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts--1994
--Taught acting to students selected from across the state in summer Gifted & Talented
Program
Interim Head of Theatre, Fine Arts Center--Greenville, SC--1994-95
(stepped in as emergency replacement when program lost director)
--improvisation, sense memory leading to scene work for SC’s first secondary school for
the arts
Teacher, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts--1993
--Taught stage combat to students selected from across SC in summer Gifted & Talented
Program
Teacher, Advanced Teacher Training Workshop--National Stage Combat Workshop--1992
--Worked with Fight Masters Allen Suddeth and Drew Fracher in developing and
evaluating participants' teaching and fight skills
Associate Head of Acting Program under Master Teacher Bob Hobbs--Duke University
Drama Program--1988-1992
--Taught all levels within Advanced Acting Sequence (admission by audition/permission
only)
--Acting I--personalization through image work & subtext, leading to scenes of Williams
--Acting II--action/objective work leading to scenes of O'Neill
--Acting III--characterization and style work, leading to scenes of Ibsen and Strindberg
--Acting IV--advanced style work, including Shakespeare, Moliere, Wilde, and Greek
messenger monologues and scenes
--Introduction to Acting--course for majors and non-majors
--techniques of image work, sense memory, and action playing
--techniques of warmups, relaxation, and concentration as preparation for stage work
--chose audition and scene work for students
--read and responded to students' class journals
--Movement for Actors
--theatre & period dance
--mime
--metronome work
--LeCoq neutral and character mask
--alignment and isolation work
--animal/characterization work
--stage combat (armed and unarmed) leading to SAFD Certification
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TEACHING—Duke University Drama Program (continued)
--Theater Forum
--Course for juniors to explore possible career/training options to follow after graduation
--Stage Management
--Speech (Lessac, Hobbs)
--Coaching students' preparations towards outside auditions (North Carolina Theater
Conference, Southeastern Theater Conference, University/Resident Theater Association,
Institute of Outdoor Drama, New England Theatre Conference)
--1990--36 out of 36 actors passed on to SETC from North Carolina's Theater
Conference screening; Duke actors made up 1 out of every 20 actors at the 13state SETC conference
--1989--28 students sent to NCTC; 27 passed on to SETC: one-third of NC's group
--1988--all 12 students passed on from state screening to SETC--only school in NC to
have all students sent on
--Mentor to 11 Dannenberg Fellowships over 4 years
Teacher, National Stage Combat Workshop, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1989
--Worked with Fight Master J. R. Beardsley in demonstration of safe techniques of unarmed
combat
--Helped developing certification choreography for the workshop
--Critiqued and tutored participants in workshop
Private coaching in Seattle--Auditions and Scene Study, 1986-1988
Teacher, Summer Institute of the Arts, Newport News Public Schools, Virginia, 1987
--Developed curriculum and taught talented and gifted high school students basic theatre techniques
--acting
--unarmed combat
--improv
--lighting/shop safety
Assistant Fight Choreographer, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, CO, 1986
Dr. Daniel S.P. Yang, Artistic Director
--Assisted choreographer in developing fights for 3 Shakespeare productions (King Lear,
Henry IV, I, and Two Gentlemen of Verona )
--Taught choreography to actor/fighters
--Taught fight techniques and safety to novice fighters
--Ran regular, brush-up, and understudy rehearsals
--Maintained integrity of fights through six week run
--Maintained weapons
Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Dr. Jack Walcott, September 1985-May 1986
--Taught introductory acting classes within undergraduate program as part of assistantship
--basic techniques of personalization, action playing and characterization
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TEACHING (continued)
Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Ursula Meyer, September 1984-May 1985
--Taught modern, tap and period dance to first year graduate students in PATP
Dance Captain, Unto These Hills, Cherokee, NC, Summer 1981
--Taught master classes in Ballet for company
--Maintained integrity of performances through 13 week run
ARTICLES
“Rave” column on Gift Ideas for young theatre artists starting college for Southern Theatre,
Winter 2006
“Rave” column on “Broadway’s Best” satellite radio channel for Southern Theatre, Fall
2005
Profile of Julie A. Richardson for SOUTHERN THEATRE, March 2004
Education Center Piece--Theatre Communications Group--Winter, 2000
"What Happened to the Actor in 'Actor-Combatant'?"--The Fight Master, 1994
"Actor Training in the Politically Correct Environment"--The Fight Master, January 1991
WORKSHOPS TAUGHT
American College Theatre Festival
2005—Acting at all Speeds
--Finding the Clues in Shakespeare’s Verse
Mill Mountain Theatre Young Players Company
December 2004—Unarmed Stage Combat
--Viewpoints
Southeastern Theater Conference
2004—Acting at all Speeds
--Finding the Clues in Shakespeare’s Verse
--“What Are They Looking For”: Producers’ View of the Audition Process
2003—Acting at all Speeds
--Finding the Clues in Shakespeare’s Verse
--“What Are They Looking For”: Producers’ View of the Audition Process
1992--Finding the Clues in Shakespeare's Verse
1991--"What Do I Do With My Hands?"--Releasing the Movement Impulses Inherent in
your Monologue
--Rhythm and Tempo as Keys to Characterization
--Integrating the Lessac System into an Acting Program
1990--Building a Character: Neutral and Character Masks
--Improvisation workshops
--Performing Scenes of Violence for the Camera
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WORKSHOPS TAUGHT (continued)
South Carolina Theatre Association
1992--Stage Combat--Act/React/Act
Greenville County School District, SC
1992-2001--Work in schools with residencies and workshops for students; teacher
training
Wake County Schools, NC
1991--Stage Combat Safety for Secondary and Elementary Drama Teachers
North Carolina Theater Conference
1991--Presenting the Illusion of Violence
Virginia Thespian Conference
1990--Finding the Clues in Shakespeare's Verse
DIRECTING
Beijing Institute of World Theatre & Film, Peking, China
--Persephone Underground –December 2007
The Players' Club, New York City
--One Foot in Scarsdale--Dorothy Parker: The Unauthorized Autobiography--Oct. 1993
Texas Shakespeare Festival
--Amadeus—June 2007
Fallingwater/Stages Rep
--Three Days of Rain—January 2007
Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival
--Private Lives—November 2005
Wayside Theatre, Northern Virginia
--God’s Man in Texas—August 2005
--The Turn of the Screw--October 2002
Monomoy Theatre, Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
--Servant of Two Masters—October 2006
--A Flea in Her Ear—June 2005
University of Houston
--A Midsummer Night’s Dream October 2007
--Antigone—October 2006
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DIRECTING (continued)
Ohio University School of Theatre Professional Actor Training Program
--Boston Marriage—September 2005
--Arms and the Man—September 2004
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Lehigh Valley, PA
--Love’s Labours Lost—July 2003
--The Comedy of Errors—June 2003
--Hamlet—June 2002
--Henry V--July 2002
--Julius Caesar (outreach tour), Fall, 2002
Clemson Shakespeare Festival
--As You Like It--March 2001
--Henry V--March 2000
--Twelfth Night--March 1999
--Romeo & Juliet--March 1997
--Hamlet--March 1996
Starving Artists, Atlanta
--Antigone--August 1998
The Warehouse Theatre, Greenville, SC
--The Cripple of Inishmaan--May 2001
--The Cherry Orchard--January 2001
--Betrayal--September 2000
--Master Class--May 2000
--Arcadia--January 2000
--The Santaland Diaries--December 1999
--Richard III--September 1999
--Twelfth Night--February 1999
--A View From The Bridge--January 1999
--A Doll's House--November 1998
--The Death of Zukasky--October 1998
--Ring Round The Moon--September 1998
--Medea--March 1998
--The Nerd--January 1998
--The Meeting--January 1998
--Julius Caesar--November 1997
--A Streetcar Named Desire--September 1997
--Biloxi Blues--May 1997
--20th Century Romance--February 1997
--The Best Christmas Pageant Ever--December 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000
--MacBeth--September 1996
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DIRECTING—The Warehouse Theatre (continued)
--All in the Timing--April 1996
--The Diary of Anne Frank –November 1995 and 1996
--The Miser--September 1995
--A Midsummer Night's Dream--April 1995
--The Swan--April 1995
--Our Country's Good--January 1995
--Eaten Alive (premiere)--November 1994
--Someone Who'll Watch Over Me--November 1994
--The Odyssey--October 1994
--The Taming of the Shrew--September 1994
--Fool for Love--June 1994
--Painting Churches--May 1994
--Jungle Book--March 1994
--Love Letters--February 1994
--Six Degrees of Separation--January 1994
--Talking With--February 1994
--Marvin's Room--October 1993
--A Midsummer Night's Dream--September 1993
--Sea Marks--May 1993
--Dorothy Parker: The Unauthorized Autobiography--February 1993
--Closer Than Ever--January 1993
--The Lover--November 1992
--The Speed of Darkness--November 1992
--Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music--June 1992
--Lovers--June 1992
--Crossing Delancey--May 1992
--Androcles & The Lion--April 1992
--Other People's Money--March 1992
--Groves of Academe--January 1992
--The Author's Voice--January 1992
--Metaphysics (premiere)--January 1992
--Hedda Gabler--November 1991
Duke Stage Company, Durham, NC
--Mid-Life Menu--July 1991
--Program for Murder--July 1991
--Blue Window--June 1991
--God's Country--June 1991
Duke University Drama Program
--The House of Bernarda Alba—April 1991
--The Servant of Two Masters—November 1990
--Sprint Scenes --5 one acts (3 sets)
--The Fantasticks –January 1990
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DIRECTING—Duke University Drama Program (continued)
--Shadows on the Water –premiere—April 1990
--Three Stops –premiere—April 1989
--Sisters Under The Mink –premiere—May 1989
--Hamlet—November 1989
--The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (completely double cast)—October 1988
--Fool For Love—September 1988
--Widows --premiere--(playwright Ariel Dorfman won Kennedy Center's '88
Playwriting Award)
Seattle Studio Theater
--Savage/Love--November 1987
FIGHT DIRECTION
Primary Stages, New York City
--Hostages
Texas Shakespeare Festival
--Othello
--Man of La Mancha
--Much Ado About Nothing
--Amadeus
Charlotte Repertory Theater
--War of the Roses --part of American Four-Play
Monomoy Theatre, Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
--Servant of Two Masters
--A Flea in Her Ear
--Henry V
University of Houston
--Antigone
--The Woolgatherer
Ohio University School of Theatre
--Romeo & Juliet
--The Gods Are Not To Blame
--Man of La Mancha
--View From The Bridge
--On The Line
--Twelfth Night
--Trojan Women
Lehigh University
--MacBeth
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FIGHT DIRECTION (continued)
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
--The Comedy of Errors
--Henry V
--MacBeth
--Julius Caesar
Synchronicity Performance Group (Atlanta)
--The Feigned Courtesans
Starving Artists/Theatre Emory (Atlanta)
--Antigone
The University of South Carolina MFA Program
--Twelfth Night
--Romeo & Juliet (dir by Dennis Krausnik)
Clemson Shakespeare Festival
--As You Like It
--Henry V
--Twelfth Night
--Hamlet
--Romeo & Juliet
Trustus Theatre, Columbia, SC
--MacBeth
Flat Rock Playhouse
--Dr. Cook's Garden
The Warehouse Theatre
--Scapin
--Richard III
--Twelfth Night
--A View From The Bridge
--The Death of Zukasky
--Ring Round The Moon
--Julius Caesar
--MacBeth
--The Taming of the Shrew
--Our Country's Good
--The Swan
--Jungle Book
--The Speed of Darkness
--Private Lives
--Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music
--The Author's Voice
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FIGHT DIRECTION (continued)
ShenanArts, Staunton, VA
--Deterrence
Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Atlanta
--King Lear
--As You Like It
--Young Siward/MacBeth fight in MacBeth
Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder
--Henry IV, I
--King Lear
Theatre on the Green, Greenville, SC
--I Hate Hamlet
Duke University Drama Program
--Hamlet
--The Servant of Two Masters
--Jerks on the Phone --premiere
--The House of Bernarda Alba
--Trojan Women
--Old Coots Reads Genesis
--An Earful of Lickings
--Three Stops --premiere
--The Taming of the Shrew
--Fool for Love
--The Fantasticks
Duke Stage Company
--MacBeth
--Arsenic and Old Lace
Triangle Opera, Durham, NC
--Don Giovanni
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
The Warehouse Theatre
--A Christmas Carol
--Closer Than Ever
Duke University Drama Program
--Trojan Women
--The Fantasticks
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PLAYWRITING
--Jukebox--produced as part of Duke University's World Premieres Festival
--semi-finalist for Actors Theatre of Louisville's 10 Minute Play Contest
Jack Young
Education
SITI Summer Intensive, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 2000
Anne Bogart, Ellen Lauren, Will Bond, Leon Inglesrud, Akiko Aizawa, Tom Nelis, J. Ed Araiza,
Stephen Webber, Barney O'Hanlon, Kelly Maurer
"Viewpoints" Workshop under Jennifer Hubbard, Spring 1996, 1997, 1999
Ensemble work in Anne Bogart's Viewpoints techniques
Workshop--Intensive Tutorial Work under Fight Master Drew Fracher; January 1990
Smallsword, Broadsword, Single Rapier, Rapier and Dagger
Advanced Teaching Certificate, Society of American Fight Directors; Memphis State
University, Summer 1988
Smallsword--David Leong
Unarmed Combat--David Boushey
Quarterstaff--Eric Fredricksen
Broadsword--Drew Fracher
Rapier and Dagger--Allen Suddeth
Teaching/History--Joseph Martinez
Master of Fine Arts, Professional Actor Training Program; University of Washington, 1983-86
Acting--Dr. Robert L. Hobbs, Craig Turner
Mime--Jane Ridley
Mask--Jane Ridley, Craig Turner
Voice--Nancy Lane, Kate Burke, Will York
Speech & Dialects--Ursula Meyer
Period Movement--Ursula Meyer
Stage Combat--David Boushey, Erik Fredricksen, Jane Ridley
Shakespeare--Dr. Robert L. Hobbs, Nancy Lane, Will York
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Theatre Arts; Virginia Tech, 1978-81, 1982-83
Acting--Jane Ridley, Dorian Dickey, Simm Landres
Directing--Dr. Maureen Shea, Dr. P. Antonie Distler
Theatre History--Dr. Maureen Shea, Donald W. Drapeau
Lighting & Set Design--Randolph W. Ward
Stage Management--George Thorn
Costume Design--Felice Proctor
Improvisation--Robert Leonard
Ballet--Sandy Owens
Apprenticeship, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky, 1981-2
Auditions--Jon Jory, Larry Deckel, Rob Spera
Improvisation--William McNulty
Lighting--Paul Owen, Jeff Hill, Karl Haas