Trish Rigdon - University of Houston
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TRISH RIGDON 2115 Runnels, #5308 ▪ Houston, Texas 77003 Email: trish.rigdon@sbcglobal.net [t] 713.236.0990 ▪ [f] 713.236.0986 ▪ [c]: 713.822.8406 ACADEMIC POSITIONS Adjunct Lecturer, University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance Graduate Design Program Fall 2008 – Visual Periods and Styles Spring 2009 – Costume Design Summer MA Program for Theatre Educators Summer 2009 Undergraduate BA program Fall 1997, Fall 2001, Spring 2002 Costume History, Introduction to Theatre Gensler 2008 Acting Out – Acting for Architects and Designers Conducted seven week acting course for key personnel with an emphasis on presentation and collaboration skills Rice University Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts Director of Theatre Program July 2004 – December 2008 Rice University English Department Associate Director of Theatre Program July 2000 – June 2004 Lecturer in Theatre Rice University July 2000 – December 2008 Classes taught: Acting I, II, III, Directing, Introduction to Theatre, Introduction to Theatre Design, Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Costume Design, Theatre Technology, Costume Construction Resident Costume Designer, Houston Community College Southwest 1997 – 1999 Adjunct Lecturer, Houston Community College/Central Spring 1999, Fall 1999 Classes taught: History of Costume and Fashion, Flat Pattern 1 of 7 COMMERCIAL THEATRE Breakfast at Eight LLC Producer/Director Currently in capitalization phase of the World Premiere of Breakfast at Eight by Tom Hageman to be presented in Off-Broadway production. The Peter Hall Company/Theatre Royal Bath Productions Associate Director 2003 - 2006 Responsibilities included text work with actors, dramaturgy, running rehearsals in Sir Peter’s absence and conducting simultaneous rehearsals, scheduling of repertory rehearsals for the season, casting understudies, remounting of productions for subsequent tours Associate Producer 2004 - 2006 Responsibilities included primary liaison between Sir Peter Hall and Theatre Royal Bath on all day-to-day administrative decisions, contract negotiation, allocation and approval of all expenditures of production budget for the 2004 – 2006 seasons; negotiation with vendors and suppliers; consultation on hiring of staff including -- Production Manager, Costume Supervisor, Stage Management, Properties Buyer, and Assistant Designers PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS United Scenic Artists Local 829, Professional Member 2005 – Present Lincoln Center Director’s Lab -- 2008 Cultural Arts Council of Houston Grant Reviewer - Theatre Panel 2005 Susan Smith-Blackburn Playwriting Prize Reading Committee 2003 - 2007 United States Institute of Theatre Technology 1999 - Present Southwest Theatre Association 1999 – Present GUEST LECTURES AND CONFERENCES ▪ Texas Educational Theatre Association 2009 Script Analysis for Directors, Designers, and Actors Practical Color Theory ▪ Lincoln Center Director’s Lab – June 2008 Script Analysis for Directors In Rehearsal with Sir Peter Hall Speaking Shakespeare’s Verse and Prose ▪ Commercial Theatre Institute Producers Conference May 2008 ▪ Oxford Round Table, Oxford University, Manchester College, England July 2006, The Two Cultures: The Current Debate ▪ Guest Speaker Performing for Los Angeles Youth Young Audience Program Educational Conference As You Like It Spring 2005 ▪ Prague Quadrennial - 1999, 2003 ▪ Rice University, Martel College - Martel Take Ten – Playwrights in Production Spring 2003 – The Playwright, the Director and Technical Rehearsal Spring 2004 – Stage Directions – Do you need to include them? ▪ Rice University, ENGLISH 321 – Shakespeare, Spring 2002, Fall 2004 Speaking Shakespeare’s Verse and Prose ▪ Rice University Graduate Architecture Studio, Fall 2004 Acting Workshop ▪ Rice University, SPANISH 368 – The Don Juan Theme, Fall 2004 Approaches to Man and Superman, Act III, Don Juan in Hell ▪ Collide Theatre, Fall 2004 Director and Actor Workshop – Effective Tablework ▪ Express Theatre, April 2003 Audition Workshop EDUCATION ▪ Master of Fine Arts Theatre - Directing and Design University of Houston, 2000 ▪ Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude Fine Arts Major – Art History and Drama University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas 1997 Costume Design Credits Theatre / Producer Production Year Director West End, London Theatre Royal Bath West End London Theatre Royal Bath Theatre Royal Bath Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre Royal Bath Theatre Royal Bath Theatre Royal Bath Theatre Royal Bath Theatre Royal Bath Theatre Royal Bath 2006 Sir Peter Hall 2005 Sir Peter Hall 2006 Sir Peter Hall 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004 2004 Sir Peter Hall Rachel O’Riordon Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall Theatre Royal Bath 2004 Thea Sharrock Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles US Tour Cincinnati Playhouse, Cincinnati Cincinnati Playhouse, Cincinnati Round House Theatre, Bethesda Arts with an Impact 2006 Sir Peter Hall 2009 2008 2008 2009 Michael Haney Michael Haney Blake Robison Unity Theatre, Brenham Katy Performing Arts Center 1999 1996 John Corley Robert Bullard Cinemental Films Cinemental Films 2008 2008 Jim Huston Jim Huston International – The Peter Hall Company Waiting for Godot You Never Can Tell Measure for Measure Habeas Corpus Miss Julie Much Ado About Nothing Waiting for Godot Man and Superman Galileo’s Daughter (World Premiere) Don Juan Regional Theatre The Importance of Being Earnest Blackbird Crime and Punishment Lord of the Flies The Gold Other Theatre Camping with Henry and Tom The Wizard of Oz Film Suitable for Framing Oocam’s Razor Costume Design for Universities and Colleges (Professional credit) Trojan Women Lend Me a Tenor Eqqus Red Scare on Sunset Smash Open Book Open House Catholic School Girls Three Viewings Scotland Road The Good Doctor Reckless Chamber Music The Dining Room Complete Works of Shakespeare The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man on the Moon Marigolds Overtones If Men Played Cards Like Women Texas A&M University Texas A&M University Rice Players, Rice University Rice Players, Rice University Rice Players, Rice University Rice University, Houston Houston Community College System Houston Community College System Houston Community College System Houston Community College System Houston Community College System Houston Community College System Houston Community College System Houston Community College System Houston Community College System 2009 2008 2004 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 Dr. Kirsten Pullen Amy Hopper George Brock Mark Ramont Mark Ramont Stephen Koplowitz John Corely John Corely John Corely John Corely John Corely John Corely John Corely John Corely John Corely Houston Community College System Houston Community College System 1997 1997 Tom Lotti Tom Lotti Lighting Design Credits Production Theatre/Producer Year Director City Dance Company City Dance Company City Dance Company City Dance Company City Dance Company Chrysalis Dance Company City Dance Company City Dance Company City Dance Company City Dance Company City Dance Company 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 Sherese Campbell Sherese Campbell Sherese Campbell Sherese Campbell Sherese Campbell Linda Phenix Sherese Campbell Sherese Campbell Sherese Campbell Sherese Campbell Sherese Campbell City Dance Company Chrysalis Dance Company City Dance Company City Dance Company 2002 2002 2001 2001 Sherese Campbell Linda Phenix Sherese Campbell Sherese Campbell Rice Players, Rice University Rice Players, Rice University Rice Players, Rice University 2001 2001 2000 Rutherford Cravens Rob Kimbro Mark Ramont Peter Hall Company Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles US Tour 2006 Sir Peter Hall Broadway Alley Theatre, Houston Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago Barbican Centre, London Actors Studio, New York Donmar Warehouse, London Atlantic Theatre Company, New York Alley Theatre, Houston Alley Theatre, Houston Alley Theatre, Houston Alley Theatre, Houston Alley Theatre, Houston Alley Theatre, Houston 2001 2004 Terry Kinney Amy Morton 2000 Terry Kinney 2000 2000 David Wheeler Neil Pepe 2003 2003 2002 2000 2000 1999 James Black Pam McKinnon James Black James Black Gregory Boyd David Wheeler 2001 Curator: Alexandra Zapruder Dance Urban Mix III Urban Mix II at the Miller Visionary Steps Urban Mix II Stay Green III Phantasmagoria Stay Green II Stay Green I Urban Mix II Urban Mix I Don’t Look Back; Reflections on Our Future Texas Contemporary Dance Festival Dancing Off the Page Diversity II Diversity II Rice University Les Liaisons Dangereuses Macbeth Smash Associate Lighting Designer The Importance of Being Earnest Assistant Lighting Designer One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Topdog/Underdog One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Lemonade American Buffalo Stones in His Pockets The Goat Of Mice and Men As Bees in Honey Drown Comedy of Errors Lemonade Other Design Credits Private Writings Public Records Holocaust Museum Houston Producing and Directing Credits Production Theatre/Producer Year Position Director Breakfast at Eight LLC 2008 Producer/Director You Go Girl LLC 2008 Producer/Director Cinemental Films 2008 Co-Producer Rice University Theatre Program Rice University Theatre Program Rice University Theatre Program Rice Players, Rice University Express Theatre Shepherd School Music, Rice University Rice Players, Rice University Rice Players, Rice University University of Houston School of Theatre University of Houston School of Theatre University of Houston School of Theatre Stuart Ostrow Producer 2007 2007 2006 2004 2003 2003 2002 2000 1999 1999 1999 Director Director Director Director Director Director Director Director Director Director Director The Importance of Being Earnest Habeas Corpus Ahmanson Theatre US Tour Theatre Royal Bath 2006 Sir Peter Hall Waiting for Godot Theatre Royal Bath 2006 Miss Julie Theatre Royal Bath 2006 As You Like It 2005 You Never Can Tell Theatre Royal Bath US Tour Theatre Royal Bath Much Ado About Nothing Theatre Royal Bath 2005 Waiting for Godot Theatre Royal Bath 2005 Private Lives Theatre Royal Bath 2005 As You Like It The Rose at Kingston 2004 Man and Superman Theatre Royal Bath 2004 Galileo’s Daughter (World Premiere) Don Juan Theatre Royal Bath 2004 Theatre Royal Bath 2004 As you Like It Theatre Royal Bath 2003 Romeo and Juliet Center Theatre Group, Ahamason Theatre 2001 Associate Director/Producer Associate Director/Producer Associate Producer Associate Producer Associate Director/Producer Associate Director/Producer Associate Director/Producer Associate Producer Associate Producer Associate Director/Producer Associate Director/Producer Associate Director/Producer Associate Producer Associate Director Assistant Director Stages Repertory Theatre University of Houston University of Houston 2000 2001 2000 Assistant Director Assistant Director Assistant Director Rob Bundy Sidney Berger Sidney Berger Producer and/or Director Breakfast at Eight (World Premiere) You Go Girl the Musical (World Premiere) Suitable for Framing (Film) Hecuba True West No Exit The Laramie Project La Llorona Schola Pastoris Antiquae Antigone Spike Heels Hello From Bertha Talk to Me Like the Rain Man at the Crossroads Jim Huston The Peter Hall Company 2006 2005 Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall Rachel O’Riordon Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall Thea Sharrock Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall Thea Sharrock Sir Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall Other God’s Man in Texas Romeo and Juliet The Threepenny Opera
