Stefan Haves is an entertainer, impresario, master teacher, and creator of performance across the globe. He, along with a small cadre of fellow visionaries, have re-imagined the traditional world of circus, vaudeville, variety, and cabaret for the contemporary audience, forever breaking the mold, deepening the imagination of design, movement and acrobatics while holding fast to the universal comfort and global power of storytelling. Resume: 2014 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Comic Act Designer: Amaluna 2012 Touring Show One Drop Foundation Michael Jackson Theatre, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas 2013 DREAM CANTEEN Humor Circus Nanjing Acrobats 1000 seat house tour Nanjing, China http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yihswasjfiw PASADENA PLAYHOUSE - CIRQUE-A-PALOOZA FESTIVAL Producer / Director / Choreographer / Curator: Pasadena Playhouse 650 Seat House and 99 Seat House 20 Shows in four weeks Summer Festival and Community Cirque Camp for Children and Adults http://atodmagazine.com/2013/08/21/when-imagination-breathes-right-before-your-eyes/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_cnng3pfvw (Same as above: Cirque-A-Palooza Interview) TISCH - MDSMMR NITES TXT ;) Adapted from Shakespeare s Midsummer Nights Dream Writer-Adapter / Director / Choreographer : New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New Studio on Broadway A wonderful and triumphant performance! I m extremely proud of all of the inventive and hilarious work that you ve all done! Kent Gash Founding Director, New Studio on Broadway CIRCUS VARGAS 2013 TOURING SHOW Comic Act Designer: Clown Acts 2012 ATOMIC HOLIDAY LIFT-OFF Producer / Writer / Director / Choreographer: Fais Do-Do Los Angeles, Ca. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2u9mp6wue
NOKIA LIVE - TRICKED OUT STARRING JUSTIN WILLMAN (HOST OF CUPCAKE WARS) Los Angeles, Ca. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdg8dma0-6e THE ACTORS GANG - ATOMIC HOLIDAY FREE-FALL Creator / Writer / Director / Choreographer: Culver City, California http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2011/12/15/atomic-holiday-free-fall-90-sweet/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2zuf1mntka VAL KILMER S - CITIZEN TWAIN The Actors Gang Theatre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x-kjnye_wk EDINBURGH FRINGE - SIMPLE MATTERS The Guilded Balloon, Edinburgh, Scotland Alberta Rose Theater, Portland, Oregon CIRCUS VARGAS Comic Act Designer: California Tour, 2012 Clown Acts 2010-2011 1230 THE SHOW Writer / Director / Choreographer: ONYX THEATRE, INSURGO THEATRE Las Vegas, Nevada http://www.desertcompanion.com/article.cfm?articleid=82 2009 2010 WALNUT STREET THEATER - CAESAR S PALACE O FUN Writer / STARRING FRANK FERRANTE Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://stagepartners.org/2010/12/lots-of-laughs-in-caesar%e2%80%99s-palace-o-fun-upstairs-at-the-walnut/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9rwrqwvzr0 http://www.walnutstreettheatre.org/season/caesars.php YOUR TOWN FOLLIES Producer / Writer / Director / Choreographer / Host: THE CORONET, West Hollywood, California EL PORTAL THEATRE, North Hollywood, California http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eahz_kn-nrs http://www.laweekly.com/2010-06-24/calendar/cirque-du-cienega/ http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/08/entertainment/la-et-guidefeature8-20100708
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL BANANA SHPEEL Creation Team Member / Comic Act Designer: CHICAGO THEATER, Chicago, Illinois - BEACON THEATRE, New York, New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbjnwrw9mle 2007-2008 DISNEY CREATIVE ENTERTAINMENT Blue-Sky Consultant: Generating numerous treatments for live shows in theme parks world-wide with cirque themes. CIRQUE DU SOLEIL KOOZA Creation Team Member, Assistant Director, Movement, Acting and Clown Coach: Cirque du Soleil Montreal, Quebec http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/kooza/default.aspx http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1893978,00.html THE GETTY CENTER Producer / Director / Choreographer: Stefan Haves Presents: Master-Pieces Theatre Los Angeles, California http://www.getty.edu/visit/calendar/days/05162008.html 2000 2006 TEATRO ZINZANNI Writer / Director/Choreographer: Award Winning Boutique Dinner/Cirque spectacle in a spiegeltent. San Francisco, California Seattle, Washington http://zinzanni.com http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1p2-7010210.html FEATURE FILM STALLED 1.5 Million Dollar Feature Film New Concorde http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plkskpuyyrm 1997 1999 MUSIC CENTER ON TOUR One Man Show Starring Stefan Haves Journey Back Toured over 500 venues and schools nationwide. SHORT FILM PUNCH DRUNK Producer / Writer / 35 millimeter 22 minute film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrc9_eth-lo&feature=em-upload_owner
1995 VAUDEVILLAGE Writer/Director/Choreographer: Whitefire Theatre, Los Angeles, California http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-19/news/va-58491_1_signature-acts 1994 MOON OVER MADNESS Writer/Director/Choreographer: John Anson Ford Theatre, Los Angeles, California http://www.variety.com/review/ve1117902840?refcatid=33 http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-14/entertainment/ca-3893_1_stefan-haves http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=yptfhn-wlt0 1993 FOOL MOON Creative Consultant: Tony Award Winning show Starring David Shiner and Bill Irwin Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York, New York Doolittle Theatre, Hollywood, California http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/30/theater/theater-review-those-freewheeling-guys-again.html?ref=davidshiner 1990 JACK LONDON S CALL OF THE WILD Producer, Director, Writer: Powerhouse Theater, Los Angeles, California Three L.A. Weekly Awards http:///theatre.htm 1985-1987 THE CARDIGAN CHRISTMAS SHOW Producer, Director, Writer: L.A. Weekly Pick of the Week Education: Second City, The Groundlings: Improvisational Comedy Training: Los Angeles, Ca. (1980-1988) Philippe Gaulier Ecole de Movement Lecoq Training Paris, France / London, England (1984) Brandeis University MFA Acting / Directing Program (1983) Dell Arte International (1982) California State University, Northridge B.A Theatre Arts - Distinguished Alumnus (1981)
Teaching: Stefan Haves CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS 2014 Temporary Guest Professor Master of Fine Arts Program, Theatre Second Year Candidates NEW YORK UNIVERSITY TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, STUDIO ON BROADWAY 2012, 2013 Guest Director / Lecturer for Bachelor of Fine Arts Candidates CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNADINO 2012, 2013 Adjunct Professor for upper class Undergraduates, Theatre Arts Majors CIRQUE DU SOLEIL MASTER TEACHER 2009-2012 All Resident Shows LE REVE Wynn Resort, Las Vegas Nevada Master Classes with entire cast CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH 2011 Master Classes with Theatre Arts Undergraduates LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 1993 2000 Director / Teacher / Playwright / Choreographer -Artist in Residence: Physical Theater ACTING COACH ROSEANNE TELEVISION SHOW Writing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefan-haves/cirque-is-awesome-so-is-t_b_717164.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefan-haves/vaudeville-alive-and-well_b_697157.html Performance: Stefan Haves began his career at fifteen performing on Stage, Television, and Film. In his twenties he taught acting to professionals for twenty years, honing his skill as a director along the way. He is an awesome Emcee and Auctioneer. With his background in physical comedy, Haves created a comedy contortion act which he performed in variety shows and on international television shows all over the world entitled Back-Man. He reprised a command performance of Back- Man in 2013 during a special tribute to the Grand-Daughter of Charlie Chaplin at the Cirque-A-Palooza Festival he founded at the Pasadena Playhouse. Below, is a sampling of Back-Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe8tu13akuk Extras: VIDEO INTERVIEW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_cnng3pfvw MAGAZINE INTERVIEW http://www.lastagetimes.com/2013/07/haves-hosts-pasadenas-cirque-a-palooza/