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Artistic Leadership Experience

REDHOUSE ARTS CENTER, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER, AUGUST 2014 - JUNE 2016
  • Choreograph all main stage productions for two consecutive seasons
  • Lead casts of mixed professional and community performers of varying abilities and disabilities in rehearsal each day, teaching choreography and preparing for performance
  • Participate in production, design, and planning meetings with members of the creative team
  • Mentor Assistant Choreographers for each show and oversee all choreography and dance presented by the organization​

FAR CORNERS COMMUNITY MUSICAL THEATRE, MONTEVERDE, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA
CHOREOGRAPHER FOR MUSICAL THEATRE CONNECTIONS: COSTA RICA, 2010 - 2011, 2014
  • In a bilingual setting, choreograph and teach dances for three educational (ages 12-18) productions

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​Choreography Experience

MUSICAL THEATRE
PRODUCTION                   
Hairspray
Gypsy
Kiss Me, Kate​
The Gondoliers
            
The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee             Big Fish                 
Seussical the Musical                
13                
Dreamgirls                 
The Color Purple                 
A Man of No Importance                  Ragtime                                                   Oliver!                                                    Into the Woods                                   
Disney’s The Little Mermaid              The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee^^      
Little Shop of Horrors^^                    Oliver!^^                                              
Carousel                                             Oliver!                                                  
Thoroughly Modern Millie                 
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels                     
The Who’s Tommy                              
Of Thee I Sing

PLAYS
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PRODUCTION     
Medea ​​
Much Ado About Nothing                  
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 
The Penguin Tango^​
Twelfth Night, or What You Will                           

ROLE
Choreographer
​Choreographer​
​Choreographer
Choreographer
Choreographer
​Choreographer
​Choreographer
​Choreographer
​Choreographer**
​Head Choreographer
​Choreographer**
​Choreographer
​Choreographer
​Choreographer
​Choreographer
​Choreographer/Spanish Trans.
​Choreographer/Spanish Trans.
​Choreographer/Spanish Trans.
Associate Choreographer/Ft. Soloist
​Assistant Choreographer
​Assistant Choreographer
​Assistant Choreographer
Assistant Choreographer
​Tap Choreographer


​ROLE
​Choreographer/Greek Chorus​
​​Choreographer
​Choreographer
Choreographer/Movement Coach
​​Movement Coach

DIRECTOR
Stuart Younse
​Ian Galligan​
Stuart Younse
​Mike Reynolds
​Stephen Svoboda
​Stephen Svoboda
Stephen Svoboda
​Patrick Burns
Stephen Svoboda
​Stephen Svoboda
​Stephen Svoboda
​Stephen Svoboda
​Stephen Svoboda
​Stephen Svoboda
​Stephen Svoboda
Zeke Blackwell
Scott Feldsher
​Katherine Szocik
​Stephen Svoboda
​Jeffrey Bracco
​Kimberly Mohne Hill
​Russ Marcel
​Peter Canavesse
​Melodee Halbach


​DIRECTOR
​Stephen Svoboda
​​Stephen Svoboda

​Stephen Svoboda
​​Stephen Svoboda
​​Chris Coffey

​VENUE
Simsbury High School, CT
Castle Craig Players, CT​
​Simsbury High School, CT
Simsbury Light Opera Company, CT
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY*
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Far Corners, Costa Rica
Far Corners, Costa Rica
​Far Corners, Costa Rica
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
Broadway by the Bay, CA
Louis B. Mayer Theatre, CA
Bellarmine College Prep, CA
Bellarmine College Prep, CA
​Scott Theatre, TX


​VENUE
Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY

​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
Redhouse Arts Center, NY

​Oddfellows Playhouse, CT

*Resident Choreographer from 2014-2016
**Indicates Syracuse Area Live Theatre Award Nomination for Choreographer of the Year
^Indicates World Premiere
^^Indicates Central American/Bilingual World Premiere

​Performance Experience

MUSICAL THEATRE
PRODUCTION                                       
Carousel
Elegies for Angels, Punks...Queens
Reefer Madness
 Shadow Cast

Cabaret                                                  
Footloose                                               
Of Thee I Sing                                       
Fiddler on the Roof                               
Little Shop of Horrors                          
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PLAYS
PRODUCTION                                       
Crimes of the Heart*                              Medea                                                 
The Three Musketeers                           
Far Away                                                
Playboy of the Western World            The Vagina Monologues                      War Brides                                            
What a Stranger Knows                       
The Man Who Came to Dinner           Oedipus’ Rex                                         

​ROLE
Ensemble/Featured Dancer
Joanne
​Mary Lane
​Rosie
Betty Blast, Ensemble
​Ensemble, Tap Choreographer
​Ensemble, Dance Captain
Ensemble, Dance Captain


​ROLE
​Meg
​Greek Chorus/Choreographer
Kitty/Secretary
​Harper
​Susan Brady
​Village
​Hedwig
​Daniel Cueva
​Daisy
​Greek Chorus

DIRECTOR
​Stephen Svoboda
Danielle Melendez
Chris Coffey
Brandon Jackson
​Kimberly Mohne Hill
Melodee Halbach
​Ross Neuenfeldt
​Michael Allen


​DIRECTOR
​Jenn DeCook
Stephen Svoboda
​Jeffrey Bracco
Alec Forrest Brown
Fr. Fred Tollini, S.J.
​Kandace Arens
​Christine Keating
​Dor Cosby Atkinson
​Bryan Lockett
​Bryan Lockett

​VENUE
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
The Lab, NY
​Redhouse Arts Center, NY
Broadway by the Bay, CA
Louis B. Mayer Theatre, CA
Scott Theatre, TX
Scott Theatre, TX
Scott Theatre, TX


​VENUE
​The Lab, NY
Redhouse Arts Center, NY
​Louis B. Mayer Theatre, CA
Fess Parker Studio Theatre, CA
​Louis B. Mayer Theatre, CA
​Fess Parker Studio Theatre, CA
​Fess Parker Studio Theatre, CA
Mission Gardens, CA
​Scott Theatre, TX
​Scott Theatre, TX
*Indicates Syracuse Area Live Theatre Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress
​SPECIAL SKILLS
Ballroom and Social Dance Styles: salsa, merengue, bachata, rumba, waltz, cha-cha, swing, jive, tango, English country dance
Other: fluent Spanish speaker, teaching (bilingual experience), cartwheel, handstand, round-off, one-handed cartwheel (left and right sides), learns choreography quickly, full split (left and right sides), CT driver license, French braiding, arts and crafts, teaching choreography and basic dance to non-dancers, choreographing from a score

​Education

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY, SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA
BACHELOR OF ARTS: THEATRE ARTS, EMPHASIS IN DANCE, AND SPANISH STUDIES
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UNIVERSIDAD DE DEUSTO, SAN SEBASTIAN, PAIS VASCO, SPAIN
EXCHANGE STUDENT IN COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM
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