K. Elizabeth Stevens
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information:
4225 Osage Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215.382-5537
Cell: 203.887.8394
Email: klizstevens@earthlink.net
Education:
Yale School of Drama, MFA, Directing, 1999
Reed College, BA, Theater and Literature, 1993
Work Experience:
Assistant Professor
Swarthmore College
January 2006-Present
Supervisor: Professor Allen Kuharski
Taught Acting I, Acting II, Directing I, Directed Production Ensemble, Senior
Company.
Director
Curtis Opera Theater and Others
On-going
Please see directing resume, attached.
Director/Performer
Philadelphia Fringe Festival
June 2006-June 2007
Two years ago I worked on two projects with Philadelphia-based companies. I
co-directed “Speak, Mascot” for Workshop for Potential Movement, a physical
theater company. “Speak, Mascot” is an original work, created and performed
by the ensemble, a way of working that is relatively new to me. This premiered
at the 2006 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. I was also a performer/creator in
another piece that premiered at the 2006 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Headlong
Dance Theater’s CELL, a performance journey for one audience member at a
time guided by cell phone. CELL embodies several trends in contemporary
performance (participation, intimacy, site-based work) that have interested me
for years. Both of these projects are different from the stage work I usually
create; they challenged me and broadened my horizons. Over the summer of
2007, I toured with Headlong’s CELL to the New Haven Festival of Arts and
Ideas and this coming summer, I plan to direct Workshop for Potential
Movement’s next original work.
Lecturer
Bryn Mawr College
September 2002-December 2004
Supervisor: Professor Mark Lord
Directed mainstage plays; taught five credits per year: acting, directing, and two
interdisciplinary writing classes.
Assistant Artistic Director and Literary Manager
Dallas Theater Center
September 2000-September 2001
Supervisor: Richard Hamburger
Directed mainstage plays; served as Resident Dramaturg on DTC productions;
managed the literary office; taught classes at the DTC lab; oversaw local casting;
wrote and edited theater publications; worked with artistic director on season
selection and planning; co-administered and moderated "In Perspective"
discussions; served as liaison to the Dallas community; wrote grant proposals.
Adjunct
Southern Methodist University
2001
Supervisor: Kevin Hofeditz
Taught Juniors in a BA program a "Fundamentals of Directing" class; designed
syllabus, oversaw projects, lectured and coached the students as they directed
scenes.
Shakespeare Teacher
Dallas Theater Center
Summer, 2001
Supervisor: Jennifer King
Taught the techniques of speaking verse and meeting the particular challenges of
Shakespeare to teenagers in Dallas.
Acting Teacher
Dallas Theater Center
Summer, 2001
Supervisor: Jennifer King
Taught two classes in acting technique to high school students.
Acting Teacher
Yale Summer Program
July-August, 1999-2000
Supervisor: Frank Torok
Taught two classes in acting to select group of high school and college students
for college credit. Oversaw assignments, created exercises, evaluated
performance, and lectured.
Directing Mentor
N.Y.U. Playwrights Horizons
January-April, 2000
Supervisor: Whitney Pastorak
Mentored directing students as they directed their third-year projects. Attended
rehearsals and meetings, gave feedback and asked questions to stimulate more
thoughtful choices. Evaluated both process and final production.
Mentor and Acting Teacher
Dwight/Edgewood Project
Summer 1998
Supervisor: Wier Harman
Taught acting games and techniques to high school and middle school students
from the New Haven community, directed and acted in a play with the kids at
the end of the summer.
Artistic Associate
Target Margin Theater
1995-1998
Supervisor: David Herskovits
Was one of five artistic associates of the Obie Award-Winning Target Margin
Theater company. Directed plays, read scripts, taught acting workshops, helped
with benefits and organizational activities, assisted on productions.
Script Reader
Producer's Management Group
1999-2000
Supervisor: Ben Mordecai
Read and evaluated scripts for Tony Award-winning producer Benjamin
Mordecai.
Assistant Editor
Random House Children's Books
September-June 2000
Supervisor: Kate Klimo
Assisted the vice-president and publisher of America's largest publisher of
children's books. Edited, corresponded, read and evaluated manuscripts.
Assistant Company Manager:
International Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven
Summers, 1998-1999
Supervisor: Cynthia Hedstrom
Organized all aspects of company management for a multi-million dollar
international arts festival featuring Little Richard and Roberta Flack. Designed
spreadsheets and databases, organized and procured housing, hospitality and
transportation for over 400 artists and lecturers. Was primary liaison with hotels,
restaurants, limousine companies and private drivers. Oversaw staff of eight.
Agent's Assistant
Elaine Markson Agency
1994-1996
Supervisor: Elaine Markson and Sally Wofford-Girand
Assisted two different agents at a prominent literary agency. Duties included
correspondence, reception, manuscript evaluation and reader's report,
coordination of subsidiary rights sales for manuscripts, including translation,
foreign publication, audio and electronic rights.
Theatrical Experience:
Directing:
Pelleas and Melisande
The Medium
Spring Awakening
Speak, Mascot!
Through the Leaves
Three Sisters
Big Love
Antigone
Gilgamesh (opera)
Baby with the Bathwater
Bee-luther-hatchee
Wit
Loot
Bagging Groceries
Doctor of Last Resort
Dick in London
Turn of the Screw
Life is a Dream
Tone Clusters
7 Blowjobs
Titus Andronicus
Bringing Down DaVinci
In Arcadia
Cloud Nine
Prometheus Bound
Whirligig
Identical River
Roger & Shiela
Debussy
Menotti
Wedekind
W.P.M.
Kroetz
Chekhov
Mee
Anouilh
Dickman
Durang
Gibbon
Edson
Orton
Novom
Shienkin
O'Doherty
Hatcher
Calderon
Oates
Wellman
Shakespeare
Krouse
O'Doherty
Churchill
Lowell
Stevens
Moore
Fetzer
Curtis Opera Theater
Curtis Opera Theater
Swarthmore College
Philly Fringe Festival
Swarthmore College
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College
La Mama, NYC
Triad Stage, Greensboro
Actor's Express, Atlanta
Dallas Theater Center
Actor's Express, Atlanta
Reading at New Dramatists
Ohio Theater, NYC
Target Margin Theater
Summer Cabaret
Yale School of Drama
Yale Cabaret
Yale Cabaret
Yale School of Drama
Reading at Yale Rep
Yale School of Drama
Yale School of Drama
Ontological Hysteric, NYC
Target Margin Theater
Nada
Dreadnought Theatre
02/09
02/09
03/07
09/06
04/05
11/04
04/04
11/02
06/02
04/02
01/02
04/01
11/00
04/00
06/00
01/00
07/99
05/99
10/98
02/98
01/98
11/97
04/97
12/96
12/95
12/95
06/95
03/94
Ron Daniels
Liz Diamond
David Chambers
David Herskovits
Michigan Opera Theatre
Yale Rep
Yale/Alexandrinsky
La Mama
10/01
03/98
02/97
03/95
Assistant Directing:
Carmen
The Cure at Troy
Revizor
Young Goodman Brown
Languages:
French, fluency; German and Russian, reading knowledge
Honors and Awards:
John Badham Scholarship, 1998-1999
Fox Fellowship for Travel to Russia, 1997
Foster Family Scholarship, 1997-1998
Chosen for Blueprint Festival, 1996