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Resume Stage and Broadcast Acting Resumes Available Upon Request 214-549-6037 Schmidtjeffrey@Hotmail.Com Jeffrey Schmidt Directing & Design Resume Stage and Broadcast Acting Resumes Available Upon Request 214-549-6037 [email protected] 2014 Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston, Adapted by George C. Wolfe Addison, TX Scenic Design – WaterTower Theater – Addison Center Theater On The Eve Created by Michael Federico and Shawn and Seth Magill Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage 2013 A Midsummer Night’s Dream/PericlDream/Pericleses by William Shakespeare Dallas, TX Scenic Design – Shakespeare Dallas – Samuell Grand Park Enron by Lucy Prebble Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Rajiv Joseph Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage 2012 On The Eve Created by Michael Federico and Shawn and Seth Magill Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Spacegrove Productions – Magnolia Lounge Diamond Dick ––– The Tulsa Race Riots ooff 1921 by Erik Ehn Dallas, TX/ Scenic/Prop Design/Actor – Project X Theatre – The Green Zone New York City, NY (World Premiere - Transfers to La Mama in NYC in November 2012) The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage The Art of Murder by Joe DePietro Dallas, TX Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage 2011 It’s Only Life by John Bucchino Dallas, TX Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Theatre Too Space Wild OatOatssss by James McLure Dallas, TX Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage Language of Angels by Naomi Iizuka Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Theatre Too Space 2010 The Drowsy Chaperone by Bob Martin and Don McKellar Dallas, TX Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage Well by Lisa Kron Dallas, TX Scenic Design – Echo Theatre – Bathhouse Cultural Center The Crucifer of Blood by Paul Giovanni Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage The Muse by Jeffrey Schmidt Dallas, TX Scenic Design/Costume, Mask and Prop Co-Design with Lydia Mackay The Drama Club – FIT – Bathhouse Cultural Center Lobster Alice by Kira Obolensky Addison, TX Direction and Scenic Design/Prop Co-Design with Lydia Mackay Second Thought Theatre – Addison Center Theater Bedroom Farce by Alyn Ayckbourn Dallas, TX Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage End Days by Deborah Zoe Laufer Dallas, TX Scenic Design – Echo Theatre – Bathhouse Cultural Center Equus by Peter Shaffer Dallas, TX Mask Design – Uptown Players – Kalita Humphreys Theater Lysistrata by Aristophanes Oklahoma Phallus Design – Oklahoma Theatre Company – Civic Center Music Hall City, OK 2009 The 25 ththth Annual PutnaPutnamm County Spelling Bee Dallas, TX by William Finn and Rachel Sheikin Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage Cinderella by Rodgers and Hammerstein Dallas, Tx Scenic Design – St. John’s Episcopal School Talley’s Folly by Lanford Wilson Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by Richard Alfieri Dallas, TX Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Theatre Too Space The Old Woman in the Wood Grimm’s adaptation by Jeffrey Schmidt Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic/Costume/Mask and Prop Design The Drama Club – FIT – Bathhouse Cultural Center 2008 Trysts in Toledo by Sor Juana de la Cruz adaptation by Jac Alder Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg adaptation by Jeffrey Schmidt Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design Costume, Mask and Prop Co-Design with Lydia Mackay The Drama Club – FIT – Bathhouse Cultural Center 2007 Popcorn by Ben Elton Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage 2006 A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Theatre Too Space Vieux Carre by Tennessee Williams Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Norma Young Arena Stage 2005 A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Theatre Too Space 2004 A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote Dallas, TX Direction/Scenic Design – Theatre Three – Theatre Too Space 2002 M.A.N.I.F.E.S.T.O New Play Festival (Capital Punishment Theme) Ft. Worth, TX Direction – MoonWater Theater Company – Ridglea Theater 2001 M.A.N.I.F.E.S.T.O New Play Festival (Addiction Theme) Ft. Worth, TX Direction – MoonWater Theater Company – Ridglea Theater Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll by Eric Bogosian Ft. Worth, TX Direction/Scenic Design – MoonWater Theater Company – Ridglea Theater 2000 Craving Gravy or Love in the Time of Cannibalism by John Walch Dallas, TX Direction – Ground Zero Theater Company – Bathhouse Cultural Center Related Experience Artist in Residence at Theatre Three 2001 to Present Dallas, TX The Drama Club Co-Founder/Producer 2008 to Present Dallas, TX MoonWater Theater Company Artistic Director 2000 to 2003 Ft. Worth, TX Undermain Theatre Company Member 1997 to 1998 Dallas, TX Bachelor of Arts & Science in Drama – University of North Texas ‘96 Related Skills Carpentry, Fine Woodworking, Home Renovation, MIG Welding/Cutting Torch, CAD(Sketch-Up), Sewing, Digital Photography, Eagle Scout .
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