DEBORAH DRAHEIM-DEPPE ddraheim@uco.edu 308 Vicksburg Cir. #C Norman, Ok 73071 Cell: 405-650-9190 EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts in Acting Performance, Michigan State University, 2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, University of Oklahoma, 1992 ADDITIONAL TRAINING Major Research Trip to Ancient Greek Theatres, Greece Spring 2001 Weekend workshop: Kristin Linklater voice training with Louis Colaianni, April 2004 Anne Bogart Viewpoints workshop with Greg Hellums, Summer 2004 Semester of Improvisation with Nancy Hayden, a writer and director of Second City, Detroit 1999 Fight choreography with J.W. Morrisette Summer, 1999-2004 TEACHING EXPERIENCE The University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, January 2006 to present Adjunct Faculty, Department of Mass Communication, Theatre and Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Bricktown Courses Taught Fundamentals of Speech, MASS COMM 1113 Communication For Teachers, MASS COMM 2023 Voice for the Actor, THRT 1553 (Focused on the IPA) The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, August 2003 to May 2005 Adjunct Faculty, School of Drama, Lecturer Courses Taught: Introduction to Acting, DRAM 1513 (to incoming majors) Character Study, DRAM 1523 Acting for Non-Majors, DRAM 1503 Directing One, DRAM 3613 Scene Study, DRAM 2513 Understanding Theatre 1713, Large Lecture with graduate T.A. s Understanding Theatre, Honors section Regimen, Voice for the incoming freshmen majors Workshops for the Pre-collegiate programs with local middle school students Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul, Minnesota, January June 2002 and 2003 Drama Faculty (K-12) Courses Taught: Shakespeare, 5 th grade drama (three sections). The students in this class learn about the life and times of Shakespeare and then produce a shortened version of a Shakespearean play. Design for the Theatre, a High School class that teaches the student the fundamentals of theatrical design. Teen Issues, An improvisational based class that produces a presentation surrounding issues the students found interesting and relevant to their time. Creative Dramatics, K-3 rd grade Guest Director for Oliver
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1998-2001 Graduate Teaching Assistantship Courses and Terms taught: Theatre 101, Fall of 2000 and Spring 2001; Acting For Majors. Fundamentals of stage acting, focused on non-verbal communication with the body and vocal exercise through improvisation and text work, audition techniques through cold reading and monologue exercises. Theatre 101, Fall 1998, Fall 1999 and Spring 2000; Acting for Non-Majors. The course focuses on forming an appreciation for the art of acting. The students receive basic information on various techniques and explore them through in class exercises and scene work. Nominated for an Excellence in Teaching Citation, Fall 2000 Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan, 1992-2005 Summer Theatre Arts Faculty Member Courses Taught: Acting for Majors: An eight week class that focuses on Acting Technique, forming a terminology that communicates to theatricians universally and audition practices. Exploring Acting Techniques: basic understanding of various acting techniques. Musical Theatre: An eight-week class designed to expand the musical theatre skills of singers and actors through daily in class experimentation. Theatre Workshop: An eight-week class covering the total theatre art. The students would design, publicize and perform selections from a given play script. Readers Theatre: A four week class that performs a staged reading twice in the session. Emphasis is placed heavily on voice work. Theatre Make-up: A four week course exploring the fundamentals of stage make-up. The students learn basic corrective and period styles make-up. Directed and Choreographed the Intermediate Musical Once on This Island, 2003 TinTypes, 2002 Pumpboys and Dinettes, 1999 Bring in the Morning, 2000 Children of Eden, 2001 Reviewed and ranked approximately160 audition videos a year for Intermediate Musical Theatre placement, 2000-2005 DIRECTING EXPERIENCE Oklahoma City Theatre Company Jesus Christ Superstar** Civic Center Music Hall Oklahoma City Theatre Company The Best Christmas Pageant Civic Center Music Hall Oklahoma City Theatre Company Oliver Civic Center Music Hall Oklahoma City Theatre Company Cabaret Civic Center Music Hall Oklahoma City Theatre Company Hounds of the Baskerville Civic Center Music Hall Oklahoma City Theatre Company Amadeus Civic Center Music Hall Oklahoma City Theatre Company Anton in Show Business Civic Center Music Hall Oklahoma City Theatre Company Nickle and Dimed Civic Center Music Hall Oklahoma City Theatre Company The Threepenny Opera** Civic Center Music Hall The Sooner Theatre It Runs In the Family Sooner Theatre The Sooner Theatre The Fantasticks** Sooner Theatre DeLaSalle High School Joseph Dreamcoat** DeLaSalle Auditorium Mounds Park Academy Oliver Mounds Park PAC St. Odilia s Church Nunsense** St. Odelia s Church White Bear Lake Lion s Club Cruise Ship Lollipop Community Center
Interlochen Arts Camp Proof Faculty Showcase Picaso at the Lapine Agile Faculty Showcase Miss-Matched Faculty Showcase an original script workshopped with the playwright Laundry and Bourbon Faculty Showcase Once on This Island Tin Types** Children of Eden** Bring in the Morning** Pumpboys and Dinettes** The Dumbwaiter Faculty Showcase The Children's Story The Spoon River Anthology The Anniversary The Bear Alma Middle School Snow White 7th & 8th Grade Show Don t Tell Mama (co-director) Something Weill New York City Review The University of Oklahoma The Fantasticks** Senior Thesis The Very Land We Breathe Staged Reading an original script workshopped with the playwright ACTING EXPERIENCE **also Choreographed production Oklahoma City Theatre Company Gypsy Mama Rose Oklahoma City Theatre Company Blithe Spirit Ruth Oklahoma City Theatre Company Who s Afraid Virginia Woolf Martha Oklahoma City Theatre Company Macbeth Witch Oklahoma City Theatre Company Always...Patsy Cline Patsy Cline Oklahoma City Theatre Company Steel Magnolias M lynn Oklahoma Shakespeare Festival Always...Patsy Cline Patsy Cline Oklahoma City Theatre Company Trojan Women Hecuba Oklahoma City Theatre Company A Christmas Carol Ghost of Christmas Past The Playwright s Center, MN The Nose, Overcoat & Madman Various Roles The Loring Playhouse The Spitfire Grill Shelby Thorpe And The Jon Hassler Theatre, MN Minneapolis Music Theatre, MN Weird Romance Carol Drayton Theatre in the Round, MN She Loves Me Ilona Michigan State University The Diary of Anne Frank Mrs. Frank Evita Eva Peron Simply Shakespeare (tour) Various Roles A Funny Thing...Forum Domina She Stoops to Conquer Mrs. Hardcastle The Mikado Katisha The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Miss Mackay CTRL ALT Delete Toria Staged Reading with Playwright Anthony Clarvoe Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, PA A Christmas Carol Polly/Mrs.Fezziwig/Char Woman Child's Christmas in Wales Brenda Girls With Gumption (tour) Various Roles Don t Tell Mama, NY Something Weill Featured Soloist
Rockwell Productions, PA Jesus Christ, Superstar Mary Magdelene Annie Star-to-be/Connie Boylan On the Twentieth Century Anita/Ensemble Minnesota Repertory Theatre Jesus Christ, Superstar Mary Magdelene Of Mice and Men Curly s Wife Starmites Diva, Queen of Innerspace Southwest Repertory Theatre, NM Baby Lizzie Scapino Zerbinetta Pumpboys and Dinettes Rhetta Cupp Bedroom Farce Jan Octette Bridge Club Martha Interlochen Arts Camp, MI To Gillian...37 th Birthday Kevin (Faculty Showcase) Electric Roses Sara Dancing at Lughnasa Rose Rupert's Birthday Louisa Love Letters Melissa Educational Tour, PA Powerplays Various Roles (Sponsored by the Bloomsburg Women s Center) COSTUME AND MAKE-UP EXPERIENCE Alma College God`s Country Co-Costume Designer The Nutcracker Costume Mistress & Shop Partita Costume Mistress & Shop Soaring Costume Mistress & Shop Spring Dance Concert 98 & 99 Costume Designer /Shop Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Macbeth Assistant to the Designer Girls With Gumption Stitcher Rockwell Productions Annie Costume Designer Jesus Christ, Superstar Costume Designer Interlochen Arts Camp Macbeth Gypsy Secret Garden Twelfth Night Oklahoma Henry V Hamlet The University of Oklahoma The Fantasticks Costume Designer Additional Related Experience: Oklahoma City Theatre Company, Managing Director, Oklahoma City, OK 2003- Present Active company member, 2003, 2004 President of the Board, 2005-2008 Managing Director, 2006-Present Handling all budgetary needs and serving as company liaison with the Civic Center Music Hall where we perform. Position also involves managing artists and contracts for the 6 shows a season.
Norman Arts Council, Norman, OK 2004-2005 Artist in residence in Norman Public Schools conducting workshops for K-6 th grade Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK 2005 Viewpoints workshop for theatre majors Youth Performance Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2003 Multiple acting classes and production workshops Academy of Performing Arts, Alma, Michigan, 1996 and 1997 Workshop Instructor for students 10-16 Exploring Acting: An eight-week workshop that culminated in a parent showing of improv work. Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1993 and 1994 Guest Lecturer/Master Class instructor Lecture: Developing a Character Through Make-up Design in the Introduction to Design Course. Master Class: Basic Opera Make-up Application for the Opera Theatre Program. Lewisburg Community Center, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1994 Instructor 8 week intensive on Acting and VoiceTechnique COMMITTEE WORK Text book selection committee, Fundamentals of Speech, Spring 2009, University of Central Oklahoma Committee of Teaching Responsibilities, 2000-2001 Academic year, Michigan State University Search Committee, Head of Acting, Michigan State University, Spring 2000, Michigan State University Graduate Showcase Committee, President, 1999-2000 Academic year, Michigan State Vision 2000, A Local Committee formed to develop the future of curriculum. I advised the Art Sub- Committee on the needs of Theatre curriculum and proposed it to the board, Fall 1998, Alma, Michigan HONORS AND AWARDS Best Play of 2007- Larry Linear- Daily Oklahoman- Amadeus (directed) AEA Candidate 2003 Nominated for an Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 2001, Michigan State University Nominated by College of Arts and Letters for An Excellence in Teaching Citation, 2001 Michigan State University Irene Ryan Regional Semi-finalist, 1998, 1999 and Nominee for 2000. Thespie Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Evita, 2001, Lansing State Journal Thespie Award For Best Musical, The Mikado, 1999, Lansing State Journal Thespie Award for Best Musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 2000, Lansing State Journal Graduate Affairs Grant, 1998, 1999 and 2000, Michigan State University Theatre Scholarship, University of Oklahoma, 1987-1992. Musical Theatre Guild Grant, Norman, Oklahoma, 1991. Spotlight Theatre Scholarship, 1987, Tulsa, Oklahoma