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
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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
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
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Production
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Theatre / Producer
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Year
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Director
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International – The Peter Hall Company
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Waiting for Godot
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West End, London
Theatre Royal Bath
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2006
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Sir Peter Hall
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You Never Can Tell
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West End London
Theatre Royal Bath
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2005
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Sir Peter Hall
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Measure for Measure
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Theatre Royal Bath
Royal Shakespeare Company
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2006
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Sir Peter Hall
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Habeas Corpus
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2006
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Sir Peter Hall
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Miss Julie
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2006
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Rachel O’Riordon
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2005
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Sir Peter Hall
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Waiting for Godot
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2005
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Sir Peter Hall
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Man and Superman
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2004
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Sir Peter Hall
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Galileo’s Daughter
(World Premiere)
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2004
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Sir Peter Hall
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Don Juan
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2004
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Thea Sharrock
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Regional Theatre
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
US Tour
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2006
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Sir Peter Hall
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Blackbird
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Cincinnati Playhouse, Cincinnati
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2009
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Michael Haney
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Crime and Punishment
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Cincinnati Playhouse, Cincinnati
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2008
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Michael Haney
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Lord of the Flies
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Round House Theatre, Bethesda
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2008
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Blake Robison
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The Gold
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Arts with an Impact
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2009
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Other Theatre
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Camping with Henry and Tom
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Unity Theatre, Brenham
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1999
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John Corley
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The Wizard of Oz
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Katy Performing Arts Center
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1996
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Robert Bullard
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Film
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Suitable for Framing
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Cinemental Films
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2008
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Jim Huston
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Oocam’s Razor
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Cinemental Films
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2008
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Jim Huston
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Costume Design for Universities and Colleges (Professional credit)
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Trojan Women
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Texas A&M University
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2009
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Dr. Kirsten Pullen
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Lend Me a Tenor
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Texas A&M University
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2008
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Amy Hopper
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Eqqus
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Rice Players, Rice University
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George Brock
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Red Scare on Sunset
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Rice Players, Rice University
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2004
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Mark Ramont
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Smash
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Rice Players, Rice University
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2000
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Mark Ramont
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Open Book Open House
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Rice University, Houston
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2000
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Stephen Koplowitz
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Catholic School Girls
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Houston Community College System
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1999
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John Corely
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Three Viewings
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Houston Community College System
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1999
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John Corely
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Scotland Road
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Houston Community College System
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1999
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John Corely
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The Good Doctor
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Houston Community College System
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1999
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John Corely
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Reckless
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Houston Community College System
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1998
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John Corely
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Chamber Music
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Houston Community College System
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1998
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John Corely
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The Dining Room
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Houston Community College System
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1998
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John Corely
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Complete Works of Shakespeare
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Houston Community College System
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1997
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John Corely
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The Effect of Gamma Rays
on Man on the Moon Marigolds
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Houston Community College System
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1997
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John Corely
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Overtones
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Houston Community College System
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1997
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Tom Lotti
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If Men Played Cards Like Women
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Houston Community College System
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1997
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Tom Lotti
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Lighting Design Credits
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Production
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Theatre/Producer
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Year
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Director
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Dance
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Urban Mix III
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City Dance Company
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2004
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Sherese Campbell
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Urban Mix II at the Miller
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City Dance Company
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2004
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Sherese Campbell
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Visionary Steps
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City Dance Company
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2004
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Sherese Campbell
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Urban Mix II
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City Dance Company
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2003
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Sherese Campbell
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Stay Green III
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City Dance Company
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2003
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Sherese Campbell
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Phantasmagoria
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Chrysalis Dance Company
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2003
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Linda Phenix
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Stay Green II
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City Dance Company
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2002
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Sherese Campbell
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Stay Green I
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City Dance Company
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2002
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Sherese Campbell
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Urban Mix II
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City Dance Company
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2002
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Sherese Campbell
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Urban Mix I
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City Dance Company
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2002
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Sherese Campbell
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Don’t Look Back;
Reflections on Our Future
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City Dance Company
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2002
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Sherese Campbell
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Texas Contemporary Dance Festival
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City Dance Company
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2002
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Sherese Campbell
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Dancing Off the Page
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Chrysalis Dance Company
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2002
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Linda Phenix
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Diversity II
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City Dance Company
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2001
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Sherese Campbell
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Diversity II
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City Dance Company
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2001
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Sherese Campbell
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Rice University
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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Rice Players, Rice University
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2001
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Rutherford Cravens
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Macbeth
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Rice Players, Rice University
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2001
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Rob Kimbro
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Smash
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Rice Players, Rice University
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2000
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Mark Ramont
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Associate Lighting Designer
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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Peter Hall Company
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
US Tour
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2006
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Sir Peter Hall
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Assistant Lighting Designer
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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Broadway
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2001
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Terry Kinney
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Topdog/Underdog
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Alley Theatre, Houston
Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas
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2004
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Amy Morton
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Barbican Centre, London
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2000
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Terry Kinney
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Lemonade
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Actors Studio, New York
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2000
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David Wheeler
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American Buffalo
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Donmar Warehouse, London
Atlantic Theatre Company, New York
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2000
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Neil Pepe
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Stones in His Pockets
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Alley Theatre, Houston
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2003
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James Black
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The Goat
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Alley Theatre, Houston
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2003
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Pam McKinnon
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Of Mice and Men
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Alley Theatre, Houston
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2002
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James Black
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As Bees in Honey Drown
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Alley Theatre, Houston
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2000
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James Black
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Comedy of Errors
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Alley Theatre, Houston
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2000
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Gregory Boyd
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Lemonade
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Alley Theatre, Houston
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1999
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David Wheeler
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Other Design Credits
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Private Writings Public Records
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Holocaust Museum Houston
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2001
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Curator: Alexandra Zapruder
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Producing and Directing Credits
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Production
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Theatre/Producer
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Year
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Position
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Director
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Producer and/or Director
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Breakfast at Eight
(World Premiere)
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Breakfast at Eight LLC
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2008
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Producer/Director
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You Go Girl the Musical (World Premiere)
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You Go Girl LLC
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2008
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Producer/Director
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Suitable for Framing
(Film)
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Cinemental Films
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2008
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Co-Producer
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Jim Huston
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Hecuba
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Rice University Theatre Program
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2007
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Director
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True West
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Rice University Theatre Program
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2007
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Director
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No Exit
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Rice University Theatre Program
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2006
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Director
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The Laramie Project
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Rice Players, Rice University
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2004
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Director
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La Llorona
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Express Theatre
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2003
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Director
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Schola Pastoris Antiquae
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Shepherd School Music, Rice University
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2003
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Director
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Antigone
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Rice Players, Rice University
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2002
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Director
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Spike Heels
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Rice Players, Rice University
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2000
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Director
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Hello From Bertha
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University of Houston School of Theatre
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1999
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Director
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Talk to Me Like the Rain
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University of Houston School of Theatre
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1999
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Director
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Man at the Crossroads
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University of Houston School of Theatre
Stuart Ostrow Producer
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1999
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Director
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The Peter Hall Company
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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Ahmanson Theatre
US Tour
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2006
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Associate Director/Producer
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Sir Peter Hall
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Habeas Corpus
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2006
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Associate Director/Producer
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Sir Peter Hall
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Waiting for Godot
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2006
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Associate Producer
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Sir Peter Hall
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Miss Julie
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2006
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Associate Producer
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Rachel O’Riordon
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As You Like It
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Theatre Royal Bath
US Tour
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2005
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Associate Director/Producer
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Sir Peter Hall
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You Never Can Tell
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2005
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Associate Director/Producer
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Sir Peter Hall
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2005
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Associate Director/Producer
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Sir Peter Hall
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Waiting for Godot
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2005
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Associate Producer
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Sir Peter Hall
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Private Lives
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2005
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Associate Producer
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Thea Sharrock
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As You Like It
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The Rose at Kingston
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2004
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Associate Director/Producer
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Sir Peter Hall
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Man and Superman
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2004
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Associate Director/Producer
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Sir Peter Hall
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Galileo’s Daughter
(World Premiere)
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2004
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Associate Director/Producer
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Sir Peter Hall
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Don Juan
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2004
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Associate Producer
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Thea Sharrock
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As you Like It
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Theatre Royal Bath
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2003
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Associate Director
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Sir Peter Hall
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Romeo and Juliet
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Center Theatre Group,
Ahamason Theatre
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2001
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Assistant Director
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Sir Peter Hall
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Other
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God’s Man in Texas
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Stages Repertory Theatre
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2000
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Assistant Director
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Rob Bundy
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Romeo and Juliet
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University of Houston
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2001
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Assistant Director
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Sidney Berger
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The Threepenny Opera
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University of Houston
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2000
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Assistant Director
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Sidney Berger
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