Bio

Dr. Tony E. Medlin holds a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University's theatre program and degrees from Trinity University (MFA, Acting/Movement-mime) and East Carolina University (BFA, Drama and Speech). He trained under Paul Baker at the Dallas Theatre Center's Professional Actor's Training Program and under Johnny Simons at the Dallas Theatre Center and at the Hip Pocket Theatre. He attended an extended "Interpreting for the Deaf" seminar at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville as well as ASL classes in Dallas and Baton Rouge. He presented papers at numerous national conferences and international conferences.

I directed or appeared in hundreds of plays throughout the South and Southwestern United States and performed leading roles in several national and international, touring companies. In Florida and North Carolina's prestigious Visiting Artist Programs, he held six, year-long residencies as an actor, director, and playwright. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Medlin collaborated with Johnny and Diane Simons at the Hip Pocket Theatre for almost thirty years. Other works with the Hip Pocket included: directing a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bass Hall in a collaboration between the Hip Pocket and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Miguel Garth-Bedoya, directing A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court, directing Waiting For Godot, acting in The Impresario, Cowboys # 2, The Beggar’s Opera, and The Lake Worth Monster. Medlin directed Out of Pocket, a collaborative production between The Hip Pocket Theatre and the Dallas Children’s Theatre. He was also seen in numerous productions staged by the Dallas Shakespeare Festival, The Dallas Theater Center, Swine Palace, Playmaker’s Repertory Theatre, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, Tulane Shakespeare Festival, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. New Arts Theatre, and Callier Theatre of the Deaf. He appeared as a principle character in the feature film, “Blood On the Highway,” a comedy-horror, vampire movie. He also appeared and directed numerous productions at university, college, and community theatres.

The disciplines of Clownwork and Commedia dell'Arte are a significant part of Mr. Medlin's professional development with extensive investigations and training in the disciplines of American Sign language, Shito-Ryu Karate, Aikido, and Tai Chi. Mr. Medlin worked in the fields of radio, television, and motion pictures in numerous capacities. 

I.           General Acting Resume

II.           Comprehensive Career Acting Resume (dates as best I remember them)

III.          Film and Television Resume

IV.         Directing Resume

V.           Curriculum Vitae

 

  1. Acting

(Representative)

Age: 69, Height: 5’ 10”, Weight: 217, Hair: Bald/brown, Eyes: Blue

Suit: 42 R, Shoe: 12, Inseam: 31 Hat: 7 1/2, Waist: 38

Film:

Byron Von Jones (principle), Blood on the Highway, BOH Productions, LLC

Numerous shorts, College and Student short films, Baton Rouge Community College

Numerous Short Films, Action Film Workshop

TELEVISION:

Chief Wingina Principle, North Carolina’s 400 Minutes, NC PBS TV,

North Carolina Landgrant Promotion, NCSU

Music video, “Bring on the Night,” Bright and Breezy Films

Adult Education Promotion, Baton Rouge Community College

RADIO:

Seven Years as an announcer at various radio and television stations in North Carolina and Arkansas

THEATRE:

Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, NTC, Fegan Attractions & Ind. Touring

Featured, A Night of the Arts, The Kennedy Center

Noakes, Arcadia, Swine Palace

DeLancie, Frankenstein, Swine Palace

Gloucester, King Lear, Swine Palace

Horace Gilmer, To Kill a Mockingbird Swine Palace

Tiny Duffy, All the King's Men, Swine Palace

Selsdon, Noises Off, Swine Palace

Corin, As You Like It, Swine Palace & Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART)

Dr. Stockman, Enemy of the People, SART

Senex, Forum, SART & The Shaver Theatre

Burrhead, Hank Williams, The Lost Highway, SART & New Stage Theatre

Christmas Present, A Christmas Carol, Dallas Theatre Center

Stanley, Richard III, Dallas Shakespeare Festival

Constable of France, Henry V, Dallas Shakespeare Festival

Ghost, Hamlet, NC Shakespeare Festival

Duncan, Macbeth, Tulane Shakespeare Festival & Magnolia Theatre

Banquo, Macbeth, Ft. Worth Shakespeare in the Park

Prospero, The Tempest, Callier Theatre of the Deaf

Norman, The Boys Next Door, Cape Fear Regional Theatre & SART

Prince, Romeo and Juliet, Classical Acting Company

Sir, The Dresser, Redbud Theatre

Lucky, Waiting for Godot, Redbud Theatre

Jacques, As You Like It, Redbud Theatre

Theif & Spanish Soldier, Cyrano, Playmakers Repertory Company
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Directing, professor, stringed instruments, martial arts/stage combat, pantomime, juggling, clown-work.

II. Acting

(comprehensive, some dates are estimates)

 

• National Tours

         Scrooge—A Christmas Carol, Nebraska Theatre Caravan 92    

Scrooge—A Christmas Carol, Bill Fegan Attractions 82

• Regional Theatre

         The Kennedy Center

            NC Visiting Artist Showcase—A Night of the Arts 91

         Dallas Theatre Center

            Ghost of Christmas Present—A Christmas Carol 79

         Dallas Shakespeare Festival

            Stanley—Richard III 05

            Constable of France—Henry V 83

         NC Shakespeare Festival

             Ghost—Hamlet 92

             Globeworks (Tour) 95

             Trip—A School for Scandal 92

             Gentleman—The Time of Our Life 92

         Playmakers Repertory Company

              Pickpurse & Mime—Cyrano 84

         Shakespeare in the Park, Ft. Worth

              Cornwall—King Lear 80

              Banquo—Macbeth 82

              Antonio—Twelfth Night 80

              Adam—As You Like It 81

              Snout—A Midsummer Night's Dream 82

              Lord Grey & Brakenbury—Richard III  83

         Swine Palace

              Noakes—Arcadia 18

              Selsden—Noises 17

              Corin—As You Like It 16

              Tiny—All the Kings Men 15

              Gloucester—King Lear 12

Horace Gilmer—To Kill a Mockingbird 01

         Tulane Shakespeare Festival

              Duncan—Macbeth 18

         New Arts Theatre

Burrhead—The Lost Highway, the Legend and Music of Hank Williams 07

         Stage West, Ft. Worth

              Squire & Carpenter--Canterbury Tales 82

              Sasha--Room Service 82

         SART-Mars Hill, NC

              Burl—Smoke on the Mountain, Homecoming 09 & 16

DePinna—You Can’t Take It With You 03

              Ralph—Kiss Me Kate 03

Burrhead/Guitar—The Lost Highway, the Music and Legend of Hank Williams 03

& 07

Pawnee Bill—Annie Get Your Gun 02

              Noah—Two By Two 96

              Dr. Stockman—Enemy of the People 86

              Herr Schultz—Cabaret 91

              Will Kidder—The Young Man From Atlanta 97

              Senex—A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 97

              Norman—The Boys Next Door 00

              Teddy—Arsenic and Old Lace 93

              Major Ambrose Powell—Corpse 90

              Basil—The Diviners 95

              Bardolph—Lettice and Lovage 91

              Solomon—Everybody Loves Opal 92

              Lou—Breaking Legs 93

              Homenides—A Flea in Her Ear 90

              Lawyer—The Cat and the Canary 91

              Sheriff—Showboat 93

              Daddy—Raney 96

              Bascombe—Carousel 00

              Louis & Mr. Potatohead—Personals 92

              Felix—#8, 1995

              Felton--Echo 4 mi. 89

              Gus—New Truck for Paulie 92

              Rabbi—A Gift from the Heart 93

              Corin—As You Like It 11

              Speed—The Odd Couple 19

              Stanford—Bright Star 19

              Woody—The Memory Collection 07  

         Cape Fear Regional Theatre, Fayetteville, NC

              Norman—The Boys Next Door 91

         The Hip Pocket Theatre, Ft. Worth

Moreau—The Island of Doctor Moreau 08

Monster, Granpa, Wiley Shakespeare—The Lake Worth Monster 89

              Coviello—The Impressario, Kimble Art Museum 82

              Stu—Cowboys #2 82

• One-person shows (various venues)

         The Seven Ages of Shakespeare—Shakespeare (original, based on    

         Shakespeare’s plays and poems)

         The Last Song of John Proffit—Proffit

         Van Gogh—Van Gogh (original)

         A Franklin County Chronicle—Self and numerous ancestors (original)

         A Christmas Carol—Scrooge (based on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol)

La Commedia—Dottore, Arlecchino, Pantalone, Capitano (A pantomime performed

with the Lake Sumter State College music ensemble)

• Opera

         Triangle Opera Theatre  

              Smith—The Threepenny Opera 93

         The Hip Pocket Theatre

              Mr. Peachum—The Beggar's Opera 83

• Theatre of the Deaf

         Callier Theatre of the Deaf, Dallas

              Prospero—The Tempest 83

              Huck—The Fantasticks 81

              Paravacini—The Mousetrap 79

              Concert with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra 79

              King & Businessman—The Little Prince 82

Magnolia Theatre, Baton Rouge

Mr. Franklin—Children of a Lesser God

• Theatre for Young People

         Dallas Theatre Center

              Giant—Jack and the Beanstalk 78

              Mr. Seseman—Heidi 78

              Storyteller—The Three Squires and the Golden Kings 80

              Once Upon a Bear—Papa Bear, Tour 79

         Playmakers Childrens Theatre

              The Magic Toymaker—Babes in Toyland 99

              Toymaker—The Magic Toyshop 96

              Marley—A Cajun Christmas Carol   98 & 00

              Company-member & musician—A Woman Called Truth 97

• University and College Theatre

         Baton Rouge Community College

               Lucky—Waiting for Godot 11

               Nonno—Night of the Iguana 10

               Duncan—Macbeth 09

Tarrant County College

               Berenger—Rhinoceros 07

Texas Woman’s University

               Jacques—As You Like It 04

               Sir—The Dresser 03

               Percival Browne—The Boyfriend 01

               Falstaff—The Merry Wives of Windsor 05            

   Louisiana State University

               Stephen Price—The African Co. Presents Richard III  97

               Senex—Forum 97

               Ben—The Secret Garden 98

         East Carolina University

               Oberon/Theseus—A Midsummer Night's Dream 78

               Mssr. Tardiveau—The Italian Straw Hat 72

               Mackie—The National Health 78

               Sen. Dawes—Indians 71

               Scanlon—One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 71

               Charlie Contrare—The Six Lives of Charlie Contrare 77

         St. Mary's College, Raleigh

               Puck—A Midsummer Night's Dream 76

         Methodist College, Fayetteville

               Merchant—Winged Victory Methodist College 69

         Wayne Community College

               Caligostro—Mermaids on Black Velvet

• Living History

         J. S. Bach-85

         Benjamin Franklin-86

• Outdoor Drama

         Micajah—Micajah, Autryville, NC 86

         Conquistador—Hernando Desoto: Conquistador, Hot Springs 76

• Community Theatre

Theatre Baton Rouge

Freddie, Potter, & 7 other characters—It’s a Wonderful Life, a Live

Radio Play 20

Scrooge—A Christmas Carol 19

         Corey—The Crucible 19

New Venture Theatre

         Fox—Fetch Clay, Make Man 19

Montgomery Community Theatre

         Mr. Fezziwig—A Christmas Carol, Troy, NC 93

         Cop—Seven Keys to Baldpate, Troy 94

         Professor-Overruled, Ayden, NC 77

Visiting Artist

Master of Revels/William Shakespeare—Numerous Madrigal dinners and

Mummer's plays 86-91

• Southern High School, Durham

         Martin—Seventeenth Summer 69

         Old Man—Snow White and the Seven Dwarts 68

         Artiban—The Other Wise Man 67

• Education

         PhD. (LSU 00), MFA (Trinity University 82), BFA (ECU 75), Sign Language Studies at The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (81), the Louisiana School for the Deaf (99), and The Deaf Action Center in Dallas (79).

 • Special Abilities

Stage combat, clownwork, juggling, martial arts training in Aikido, Tai Chi Chuan, Karate, Ju-Jitsu, and Kung-Fu. Play guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, and dulcimer.

III. Directing

• Tours:

         Repertory Theatre of America (national touring company)

                  Educating Rita (three productions) 88

• Regional Theatre:  

         Hip Pocket Theatre with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

                  A Midsummer Night’s Dream 03

         Hip Pocket Theatre, Ft. Worth

                  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 03

                  La Strada 02

                  Waiting for Godot 01

         SART, Mars Hill, NC

                  Pinocchio Commedia 02

                  The Business of Murder 01

         Billy Ruth (World Premiere) 96

Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas TX,

                  St. George and the Dragon (original adaptation) 81

• Theatre of the Deaf:

         Callier Theatre of the Deaf, Dallas

                  The Tempest 82

• University and College:

         Baton Rouge Community College

                  Mark Twain’s The Diaries of Adam and Eve 17

                  Children of a Lesser God 16

                  Dead Man Walking 15

                  Blood Wedding

                  Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 11

         Tarrant County College

                  Pinnochio Commedia 09

         Texas Woman’s University

                  Eleemosynary 04

                  Radio Gals 03

                  The Diviners 02

                  West of the Pecos 05

         LSU Studio Theatre, Baton Rouge

                  Cowboy Mouth 97

Lake-Sumter Community College, FL

                  The Three Cuckolds 92

         Wayne Community College, Goldsboro NC

                  The Best of the Bard (original) 89

                  Mermaids on Black Velvet (World Premier) 89

East Carolina University Studio Theatre

                  The Homecoming (original adaptation of A Ray Bradbury Short story) 74

• Community Theatre:

         Baton Rouge Irish Club

                  Outside Mullingar 17

                  Da 16

         Bay Street Theatre, Eustis FL

                  Foxfire 93

                  Social Security 92      

Uwharrie Players, Albemarle NC

                  Dracula, the Musical? 92

Montgomery Community Theatre (Co-founder), Troy NC

                  Barefoot In the Park 92

                  Oliver 91

                  Steel Magnolias 91

                  Seven Keys to Baldpate 90

Neuse Little Theatre (Artistic Director), Smithfield NC

                  Not Now Darling 88

                  The Foreigner 87

         Sampson Community Theatre (Artistic Director), Clinton NC

                  Dracula 85

                  A Christmas Carol 85

         Ayden Community Theatre, Ayden NC

                  Overruled 77

         Beaufort Arts Council, Washington NC

                  St. George and the Dragon (original adaptation) 88

• Theatre for Young People:

         SART

                  The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 03

         Baton Rouge Magnet High School (gifted and talented theatre classes)

                  Everyman 01

                  Treasure Island (original adaptation) 01

                  St. George and the Dragon (original adaptation) 01

                  Riders of the Purple Sage 01

                  Razzle Dazzle Reading Race 01

Dallas Children's Theatre

                  Out of Pocket--Kings, Lovers, and Other Fools (original) 99

         Oak Ridge Playhouse, TN

                  Pinnochio Commedia 93

Young People's Theatre (Artistic Director), Smithfield NC

                  A Midsummer Night's Dream 88

                  Annie 87

Scarboro Faire Renaissance Festival, Waxahachie, TX, and numerous madrigal dinner productions

St. George and the Dragon (original adaptation)

• Religious Theatre:

         Binkley Memorial Baptist Church, Chapel Hill

                  Ruth (Word Premiere, original operetta) 86

• One Man Shows

         (Staged at numerous locations and different times)

                  Scrooge (Original)

                  The Seven Ages of William Shakespeare (Original)                  

Van Gogh  (Original)

                  The Last Song of John Proffitt

                  A Franklin County Chronicle (Original)

• Assistant Director

         Baton Rouge Community College

                  Night of the Iguana 10

                  Macbeth 09

         Tarrant County College

                  Twelfth Night 09

                  True West 08

         Texas Woman's University

                  Good Woman of Sezchuan (movement/fight choreography) 02

IV. Film, Televison, Radio

Film:

Byron Von Jones (Principle), BOH Productions, LLC

Numerous Short films, Action Film Workshop

Numerous College and Community College Student short films

Chief Wingina (Principle), North Carolina’s 400 Minutes, North Carolina’s Land Grant Universities, NC PBS TV,

Land Grant Documentary, NCSU

Music Video:

“Bring on the Night,” Music Video:

Announcer:

Seven Years as an announcer at various radio and television stations in North Carolina and Arkansas. Currently recording books for Audible.

V. CURRICULUM VITAE

Education:
Ph.D. Louisiana State University, History, Theory, & Literature 00
M.F.A. Trinity University, Acting/Movement-Mime 82
B.F.A. East Carolina University, Drama and Speech 75
Employment:
10-09 Professor, Baton Rouge Community College
08-09 Instructor, Tarrant County College, NE Campus
01-08 Assistant Professor, Texas Woman’s University
00-01 Gifted and Talented Theatre Instructor, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

98-00 Lecturer, Southeastern LA State University

97-99 Lecturer, Louisiana State University
96-98 Teaching Asst./Lecturer, Louisiana State University
93 Guest Lecturer, Mars Hill University
84-85 Lecturer, University of North Carolina
92-93 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Montgomery Community College
91-92 Visiting Artist, Lake Sumter Community College
89-90 Visiting Artist, Montgomery Community College
87-89 Visiting Artist Johnston County Community College
86-87 Visiting Artist, Sampson County Community College
Dissertation:
“The Children of Molemo: A Performance Genealogy and Contextual Analysis of Johnny Simons’ Iconographic Performance Displays at the Hip Pocket Theatre." Dir. Dr. Femi Euba
Thesis:
“TOWARD A BARRIER-FREE THEATER (a thesis on the Integration of Disabilities),” Dir. Dr. Marylou Hoyle
Teaching
Courses Taught at Baton Rouge Community College:
THTR 1013 Introduction to Theatre (Face-to-face & online)
THTR 2103 Acting I (Face-to-face & online)
THTR 225 Acting II (Face-to-face & online)
THTR 2203 Speech for the Stage
THTR 101 Stagecraft
Courses Taught at TCC-NE:
DRAM 1120 Drama Practicum
DRAM 1121 Drama Practicum
DRAM 1310 Theatre Appreciation

DRAM 1330 Stagecraft
DRAM 1351 Acting I
DRAM 1352 Acting II
DRAM 2120 Drama Practicum
DRAM 2121 Drama Practicum

DRAM/COMM 2366 Film Appreciation

Courses Taught at TWU, (Undergraduate)

DRAM 1312 Rehearsal and Production I

DRAM 2433 Theatrical Makeup

DRAM 2451 Performance I

DRAM 2461 Performance II

DRAM 2471 Movement for the Performer I

DRAM 2493 Understanding Arts: Drama

DRAM 2493 Understanding Arts: Drama (online)

DRAM 3451 Advanced Acting I

DRAM 3461 Stage Management

DRAM 3471 Advanced Acting II

DRAM 3481 Movement for the Performer II 

DRAM 3493 Theatre Speech

DRAM 4412 Rehearsal and Production II

DRAM 4413 Costume Design

DRAM 4523 Audition for Stage and Camera

DRAM 4901 Selected Topics

DRAM 4903 Selected Topics

DRAM 4903 Playwriting

DRAM 4903 Playwriting (online)

DRAM 4911 Independent Study

DRAM 4913 Independent Study (Graduate)

DRAM 5403 Audition

DRAM 5403 Advanced Acting

DRAM 5503 Styles of Acting

DRAM 5543 Speech for the Stage

DRAM 5901 Special Topics

DRAM 5901 Stage Management

DRAM 5903 Special Topics (Graduate)

DRAM 5903 Playwriting (Graduate)

DRAM 5903 Commedia Dell’Arte

DRAM 5911 Individual Study (Graduate)

DRAM 5911 Stage Combat

DRAM 5913       Independent Study (Graduate)

DRAM 5973 Professional Paper (Graduate)

DRAM 5913 Independent Study (Graduate)

DRAM 5973 Professional Paper (Graduate)

Classes taught at Southeastern LA State:

Introduction to Theatre

Introduction to Public Speaking

Classes taught at the University Louisiana State University:

Introduction to Theatre

Makeup Design

Commedia Dell’Arte
Classes taught at Mars Hill University:

Acting I

Classes taught at the University of North Carolina

Acting I
Classes Taught at Montgomery Community College:

Introduction to Theatre

Publication:
Cleveland, Barry. Medlin, Tony. Simons, Diane. "From Yesterday's House

Of Tomorrow To Today's House Of Molemo, Cowtown's Brand Of Theatrical Style: Billy Rose's Casa Manana, Casa Manana Musicals, And The Hip Pocket Theatre." History, Community, & Culture, Celebrating Tradition and Transforming Our Future: Selected Readings of the International Visual Literacy Association. Ed. Robert E. Griffin, Maria D. Avgerinou, Janet Giesen, 2007.

Other Scholarly and Production Activities:
Scenic Design/TD for Children of a Lesser God BRCC 16
Production Manager for Hard Travelin’ with Woody BRCC 15
Scenic Designer/TD for Dead Man Walking, BRCC 15
Production Manager/Scenic Designer/TD for The Dutchman, BRCC 14 Scenic Designer/TD for Blood Wedding, BRCC 14
Scenic Designer/TD for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, BRCC 12 Propmaster for Waiting for Godot, BRCC 11
Propmaster/Greensman for Night of the Iguana, BRCC 10
Scenic Carpenter/Greensman for Night of the Iguana, BRCC 10
Scenic Carpenter/Propmaster/Weapons Master for Macbeth 09
Scenic Carpenter for Urinetown, TCC 09
Scenic Carpenter for Twelfth Night, TCC 08
Fight Choreographer for True West, TCC 08
Producer/advisor for Accomplice Spring 05
Producer/advisor for Nuts Fall 04
Choreographer for Movement class production of Yippi-ki-yi-Bacchae at The Allied Arts Festival, Fort Worth, Texas Spring 03
Producer/Advisor for Cowboy Mouth at the Forth Worth Modern Art Museum Spring 03
Producer/advisor for Cowboys #2 Spring 02
Assistant Director/Combat Choreographer for The Good Woman of Sezchuan Fall 01
Scholarship/Creative Achievements,
Presentations:

American Theatre History Educators Conference, Baton Rouge, LA July 2007: "Memories of New Orleans."

International Visual Literacy Conference, Forth Worth, Texas, October 2006: Cleveland, Barry. Medlin, Tony. Simons, Diane. "From Yesterday's House Of Tomorrow To Today's House Of Molemo, Cowtown's Brand Of Theatrical Style: Billy Rose's Casa Manana, Casa Manana Musicals, And The Hip Pocket Theatre."

Southwest Texas/Popular Culture & American Culture Conference, San Antonio, April 2004: "Julie Taymor's Cinematic Gestus in Oedipus Rex."

New Orleans in Europe Conference, The University of Warwick, Great Britain, July 98: "The Survival of Bambara Rituals in the Performance Displays of the Mardi Gras Indians."

National Conference on Mardi Gras at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 98: "The Survival of Bambara Rituals in th Performance Displays of the Mardi Gras Indians."

Mid-America Theatre Conference, Chicago, February 1997: "The Survival of Bambara Rituals in the Performance Displays of the Mardi Gras Indians."

South Eastern Theatre Conference's Symposium on the Commedia Dell'Arte: Content and Contexts, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, May 1992, "Johnny Simons: an American Commedia Original."
Louisiana State University Drama Department Presentation, Baton Rouge,

Louisiana, May 1997: Stage Reading of Original Script, The Passion of St. Genesius.

North Carolina Playwright's Conference, Asheboro, North Carolina, June 1995: Staged Reading of Original Script, The Monster that Ate Sound.

North Carolina Playwright's Conference, Asheboro, North Carolina, June 1991: Staged Reading of Original Script, The Monster that Ate Sound.
Clinical Presentations: "Rhythm, the Prince of the Elements," A Workshop for the Texas Educational Theatre Convention, Winter 06

Stage Combat for High School Drama Teachers," A Workshop for the Denton Independent School

District, Fall 06 "Commedia Dell'Arte, an Introduction," A Workshop for Drama Students at the Northeast Tarrant County Community College, Spring 03

Scholarship/Creative Achievements at Tarrant County College: Outreach Coordinator, Literacy Promotion Tour, Spring 09
"A Bun In the Oven," Staged Readings of New Plays, Spring 09 Outreach Coordinator, A Christmas Carol, Fall 08

Honors, Grants, and Fellowships:
Production funding for 2014-2015 season, BRCC, from the SGA

Inter-Collaborative Initiative Grant from the School of the Arts for staging of West of the Pecos. $3,000, February 06, Principal Investigator.

Scholarly Development Grant to attend the Action Film Workshop at the North Carolina School of the Arts, $900, July 05, Principal Investigator.

Other Research and Creative Achievements:

Studies in Prague included research on Baroque survivals of the Commedia and puppetry. Prague/Chesky-Krumlov, Czech Republic, June 2004

$5,000 Grant from the Baton Rouge arts council, Louisiana 1999.

Studies in Great Britain included research at the British Theatre Museum on the development of contemporary Commedia, London, Great Britain, 1997.

Lecturer/Performer for the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, High Point, North Carolina, 1995.

North Carolina Artist-in-the-Schools Residency, Ocracoke, North Carolina 1994.

Co-founder, Montgomery Community Theatre, Troy, North Carolina 1992. Co-founder, Young People's Theatre, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 1987. Visiting Artist, Durham Parks and Recreation, Durham, North Carolina, 1985.
Free-lance Independent Theatrical Artist, Dallas/Fort Worth, 1980-1984.
Free-lance Broadcast Production, Piedmont-Eastern North Carolina, 1971-1978.


References:

Johnny Simons
Artistic Director, The Hip Pocket Theatre Mailing address:
Hip Pocket Theatre
P.O. Box 136758
Fort Worth, TX 76136

Physical Address:
Hip Pocket Theatre
1950 Silver Creek Rd.
Fort Worth, TX 76108
hpt@hippocket.org & mdmolemo@hippocket.org (817)246-9775

George Judy
Professor
LSU Department of Theatre
105 Music & Dramatic Arts Building Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803 225-578-4174 & (225)-284-4171 gejudy@yahoo.com, gjudy@lsu.edu

Bill Gregg and Liz Aiello C/O Mars Hill College Mars Hill, NC
27854

(815) 966-2918 [H], 963-9454 [W], bgregg@mhc.edu