Curriculum Vitae COLLEEN SULLIVAN

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1 Curriculum Vitae COLLEEN SULLIVAN Professorial Lecturer, American University Director, Duomuži - Artistic Director, Make Trouble - Freelance Theater Director, New York Associate Member SDC colleendsulivan@gmail.com EDUCATION MFA Sarah Lawrence College - Theater - Bronxville, NY MLitt Mary Baldwin College - Shakespeare and Performance - Staunton, VA MA Boise State University - Education - Boise, ID BS Virginia Tech - Accounting and Information Systems - Blacksburg, VA TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2017-present AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Department of Performing Arts, Washington DC Professorial Lecturer The Moving Body Directing Techniques Senior Capstone Voice and Speech Principles, Plays and Performance MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, Department of Dance & Theater, Purchase NY Adjunct Professor Acting Viewpoints Junior Seminar 2009, , 2017 SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, Theatre Department, Bronxville NY Guest Teaching Artist, graduate and undergraduate First Year Studies (undergraduate) Collaborative Creation (MFA) Independent Study Advisor: Directing Shakespeare (MFA) Nov 2016 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, England Teaching and Creative Residency Acting & Ensemble Theater Making, Audition Workshop Directed Duomuži s 2-man Antony & Cleopatra, performed at Cambridge GETTYSBURG COLLEGE, Department of Theatre Arts, Gettysburg, PA Visiting Assistant Professor and Director Fundamentals of Acting

2 Page 2 of 8 Directing Introduction to Theater Directed two MainStage productions: A Midsummer Night s Dream, You Got Older by Clare Barron SUNY WESTCHESTER, Theater Department, Valhalla NY Adjunct Professor Acting 1 Acting 2 Dramatic Improvisation Introduction to Theater Directing Workshop Directed MainStage production: Medea JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY, School of Theatre and Dance, Harrisonburg VA Adjunct Professor Acting Introduction to Theatre 2005 MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE, Theater Department, Staunton VA Adjunct Professor Plays In Performance PROFESSIONAL THEATER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS current CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & FOUNDER MAKE TROUBLE, Staunton, VA Co-conceived, designed, developed and implemented residential summer program for college students in Shakespeare, Devising and Contemporary Ensemble Theater Making. Designed website and logo and all marketing materials, in print, digital and on social media. Led international recruiting initiative to select ensemble of 14 students from around the US and abroad. Directed the 1st-year students in Much Ado about Nothing and taught Ensemble Workshop; trained the advanced 2nd-year students in acting and ensemble theater making current FREELANCE THEATER DIRECTOR New York City Metro, NY Director for Duomuži s 2-man adaptation of Antony & Cleopatra, which premiered at The Brick in NYC as part of the Shakespeare in the Theatre festival, August International tour in November and December 2016 to Cambridge, England; London, England, and Athens, Greece where Antony & Cleopatra performed in partnership with the Greek Άλφα. Ιδέα. Theatre Company s 2-person Romeo & Juliet. Director, collaborator, theater-maker for classical, devised and new plays in professional NYC, regional, independent and academic theaters including Ensemble Studio Theatre, Public Theater s Shakespeare in the Park

3 Page 3 of ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SHAKESPEARE ACADEMY at STRATFORD, Stratford, CT Conceived, designed, developed and implemented, from scratch, interdisciplinary, residential summer program for college students in Shakespeare and Contemporary Ensemble Theater Making. Designed curriculum and architecture for the 6-week program of classes and performances. Recruited and hired masterclass teachers and visiting artists; negotiated salaries and contracts. Selected and produced plays for inaugural season and 2nd season of two plays in rotating repertory; adapted and cut script; oversaw casting of both plays; directed Cymbeline, Henry V and advised on Hamlet. Mentored student assistant directors. Taught classes in Acting Shakespeare, Ensemble Theater-Making and Shakespeare s Language Led nation-wide student recruiting effort resulting in admittance of students from distinguished schools including Cambridge, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Stanford, Yale, Amherst, Brown, NYU/Tisch, GWU. Expanded recruiting in second year, tripling the number of applicants and resulting in an international ensemble from around the world. Designed creative materials, including website and logo ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER, Staunton, VA Oversaw all operations of the Education Department; liaised, organized and implemented joint projects with other departments within the company as well as external: Teachers, Actors, Students, Schools, and other non-profit organizations. Taught workshops in Shakespeare s Language and Shakespeare s Theaters to all ages of learners. Led educational tours of the Blackfriars Playhouse. Organized and managed team of 40+ graduate student volunteers to run Blackfriars Scholars Conference. For the Young Company, adapted and directed Pericles and The Winter s Tale, taught classes in Acting Shakespeare, assisted in running of two 3-week residential programs. PROFESSIONAL THEATER EXPERIENCE NEW YORK CITY 2017 Gansevoort (Mariah MacCarthy) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC 2017 Snow (Andrew Massey) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC 2017 A Person Thing (Christina Quintana) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC 2016 Sticks and Stones (Jahna Ferron-Smith) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC 2016 Maserati in Monstertown (Mariah MacCarthy) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC

4 Page 4 of Wedding (Alex Borinsky) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC 2014 The Sugar Fountain (Martyna Majok) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC 2014 Happy Endings (Mariah MacCarthy) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC 2014 Telemachus (Zhu Yi) Ensemble Studio Theater - Bloodworks NYC Director. Full-length, reading premiere 2014 Little Hearts (Alex Borinsky) Ensemble Studio Theater - Bloodworks NYC Director. Full-length, reading premiere Chinese Brothers (Zhu Yi) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC Little Hearts (Alex Borinsky) Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab NYC ADAPTOR and CO-WRITER, a retelling of Shakespeare s Love s Labor s Lost, one of 18 plays selected for workshop at the Lab 2013 Play with 14 Words (Lydia Blaisedell) Ensemble Studio Theater - Bloodworks NYC Director. Full-length reading premiere Autobiography of Ryan Dowler (Alex Borinsky) Ensemble Studio Theater - Bloodworks NYC Director. Full-length reading premiere Going Out and Coming Back (Alex Borinsky) Ensemble Studio Theater - Unfiltered NYC Director. Full-length, studio production premiere The Liege Deluge (Lucy Tietler) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC Baby Screams Miracle (Clare Barron) Ensemble Studio Theater - Bloodworks NYC Director. Full-length reading, premiere Responsible Adult (Lucy Gillespie) Ensemble Studio Theater - Bloodworks NYC Director. Full-length reading, premiere Going Out and Coming Back (Alex Borinsky) Ensemble Studio Theater - Bloodworks NYC Director. Full-length reading, premiere Hoover (Clare Barron) Ensemble Studio Theater - Brunch NYC Nuns vs. Goldman (Lydia Blaisedell) Ensemble Studio Theater - Brunch NYC Glee is Proof (Angela Hanks) Ensemble Studio Theater - Youngblood NYC Unpleasant Men (Alex Borinsky) Ensemble Studio Theater - Bloodworks NYC Director. Full-length reading, premiere.

5 Page 5 of The Bacchae (Euripides) The Public Theater, Shakespeare in the Park NYC Assistant Choreographer. Director: JoAnne Akalaitis, Choreographer: David Neumann, Composer: Phillip Glass REGIONAL 2005 The Winters Tale (Shakespeare) American Shakespeare Center Staunton VA Young Company, Blackfriars Playhouse 2005 Anonymous (Paul Menzer) American Shakespeare Center Staunton VA Assistant Director. Director: Thadd McQuade Blackfriars Conference 2004 Pericles (Shakespeare) American Shakespeare Center Staunton VA Young Company, Blackfriars Playhouse 2004 Measure for Measure (Shakespeare) American Shakespeare Center Staunton VA Assistant Director. Director: Jason Narvy Young Company, Blackfriars Playhouse 2003 The Old Wives Tale (George Peele) American Shakespeare Center Staunton VA Director, Staged Reading Blackfriars Playhouse 2003 Eastward Ho! (Ben Jonson et al) American Shakespeare Center Staunton VA Actor. Bring em Back Alive. Blackfriars Playhouse ACADEMIC THEATER EXPERIENCE 2016 Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare) Make Trouble Staunton VA Director 2016 You Got Older (Clare Barron) Gettysburg College Gettysburg PA Director 2016 A Midsummer Night s Dream (Shakespeare) Gettysburg College Gettysburg PA 2015 Henry V (Shakespeare) Shakespeare Stratford Stratford CT 2015 As You Like It (Shakespeare) Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY Shakespeare Outreach program 2014 Cymbeline (Shakespeare) Shakespeare Stratford Stratford CT 2014 The Tempest (Shakespeare) Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY Shakespeare Consultant & Co-Director for Outreach program 2012 Medea (Euripides) SUNY Westchester Valhalla NY 2009 A Midsummer Night s Dream (Shakespeare) Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY, Producer 2009 Scavengers (Eric Meyer) Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY Director. Premiere

6 Page 6 of Drunkards Walk (Original Devised) Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY Co-Director with David Neumann 2008 Hamlet (Shakespeare) Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY, Producer 2008 An Off-White Afternoon (Eric Meyer) Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY Director. Premiere 2007 Andre s Mother (Terrence McNally) Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY Director Pericles (Shakespeare) Mary Baldwin College Staunton VA, Producer 2004 Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) Mary Baldwin College Staunton VA Director. College English Teachers Assoc Richmond VA 2000 The Memorandum (Václav Havel) Boise State University Boise ID Actor, Lear 2000 A Doll s House (Henrik Ibsen) Boise State University Boise ID Actor, Christine 2000 A Kind of Alaska (Harold Pinter) Boise State University Boise ID Actor, Pauline 1998 dentity Crisis (Christopher Durang) Boise State University Boise ID Actor, Edith Fromage 1998 Cinderella (Rodgers & Hammerstein) Boise State University Boise ID Actor, Singer, Ensemble 1998 Grapes of Wrath (Frank Galati) Boise State University Boise ID Actor, Ensemble 1997 Fefu and Her Friends (Maria Irene Fornes) Boise State University Boise ID Actor, Cecilia INDEPENDENT THEATER EXPERIENCE 2016 Antony & Cleopatra (2-man adaptation) Duomuži NYC, Cambridge, London, Athens 2017 Director. Premiered at The Brick in NYC, August UK & EU tour, Fall 2016, East Coast Tour Only. Only me just (Devised Ensemble) Dixon Place NYC Assistant Director. Director: Paola Irún 2010 Arritmia (Devised Ensemble) Paraguayan Embassy Asunción, Paraguay NYC Collaborator and Consultant for Paraguayan Director: Paola Irún 2007 Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) Red Umbrella Theater Charlottesville VA, Producer, Artistic Director 2006 The Winters Tale (Shakespeare) Red Umbrella Theater Charlottesville VA, Producer, Artistic Director

7 Page 7 of 8 ACADEMIC SERVICE 2013 FACULTY SEARCH COMMITTEE SUNY WESTCHESTER Theater faculty representative on faculty search committee for Tenure-track Dance Professor ALUMNAE BOARD GRADUATE COMMITTEE SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE Represent MFA Theater Alumnae/i, create and implement initiatives to enhance Alumni relations and events with Theater Graduate Alumnae/i MFA ADMISSIONS LIAISON SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE Promoted Theater program at college-wide Open Houses, Theater Department events; communicated school s mission and curriculum to prospective students, corresponded with prospective grad students. 2005, 2006 ADJUDICATOR VIRGINIA THEATER ASSOCIATION Represent MFA Theater Alumnae/i, create and implement initiatives to enhance Alumni relations and events with Theater Graduate Alumnae/i MASTER OF LETTERS THESIS ADVISOR MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE Served on thesis committees to advise and mentor two Master of Letters Graduate Acting students throughout their research, writing, revisions, and successful defense of their Master s theses. PRODUCTION & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 2013 PRODUCER SARAH AFTER HOURS, SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, Bronxville, NY Produced Sarah After Hours Alumni performance event, tripled alumni participation, designed and marketed event, organized 14 performances and over 50 performers, liaised with performers, alumni, Alumni relations, Theater department faculty and staff, created website for the event CO-FOUNDER NAKED SHAKESPEARE, SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE All-Male Shakespeare ensemble at Sarah Lawrence College; Directed and produced inaugural production of Hamlet (on a loading dock) and Midsummer Night s Dream (on a loading dock). Auditioned ensemble, selected and cast plays, rehearsed and produced fulllength Shakespeare production on a limited production budget CO-FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR RED UMBRELLA THEATER COMPANY Independent theater company of classical plays Directed and produced all plays and performances in Charlottesville VA and Baltimore MD. CONFERENCES 2004 DIRECTOR/PRESENTER COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION, Richmond, VA Directed production of Romeo and Juliet for presentation to College English professors and students at annual conference.

8 Page 8 of SESSION MODERATOR & CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZER BLACKFRIARS CONFERENCE Oversaw and organized team of 30+ Volunteers, assigned duties, scheduled and planned events, ensuring smooth operation of daily running of 5-day conference for Shakespeare scholars. Moderated conference session on Original staging practices. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, RESIDENCIES 2017 BARN ARTS COLLECTIVE Bass Harbor, Maine Residency to develop new devised piece CONTINUE, about the Wright Brothers 2017 MOVEMENT THEATER STUDIO NYC Geoff Sobelle, Theater of Objects 2016 FRANTIC ASSEMBLY WORKSHOP Actors Movement Studio, NYC Since 2015 STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY (SDC) NYC Associate Member of professional stage directors union Volunteer for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Broadway Flea Market 2013 LINCOLN CENTER DIRECTORS LAB 2013 NYC Member of 2013 Directors Lab [A Playwright s Dream: A play goes from page to stage] 27 different countries represented; created and taught session on Listening Skills for Directors PATSY RODENBURG MICHAEL HOWARD STUDIOS, NYC Shakespeare s Heightened Language: Voice, Diction, Interpretation 2011 ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE NEW YORK THEATER WORKSHOP, NYC Master Class in Choreography + Text: Translating Source Material into Performance MOVEMENT THEATER STUDIO NYC LeCoq-based Directing workshop 2008 LAMAMA INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR DIRECTORS UMBRIA, ITALY Moment Work: Leigh Fondakowski, African Dance: Patrick Acogny, Puppetry: Federico Restrepo 2005 SITI COMPANY NEW YORK CITY Viewpoints and Suzuki intensive 2005 DAH THEATRE RESEARCH CENTRE, SERBIA IN RESIDENCE CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Physical Performance Generation with Jadranka Anđelić and Dijana Milošević.