Adin Walker SDC Director / Choreographer www.adinwalker.com [email protected] 240-671-9047 Gersh Agency, Evan Morse [email protected] 212-997-1818

NYC AND REGIONAL w = new work; AD = Assistant Director wStorming Heaven by Katy Blake and Peter Davenport Choreographer West Virginia Public Theater Dir. Mia Walker Upcoming June 2019 wThe White Dress by Roger Q. Mason Director / Choreographer Access Theater Upcoming July 2019 Extended remount of 2017 Araca Project w12 Angry Animals by Jessica Grindstaff Movement Director NYU Tisch School of the Arts Dir. Jessica Grindstaff, Phantom Limb Co Upcoming Fall 2019 Not Medea by Allison Gregory Director / Choreographer Art House Productions Grace, or the Art of Climbing by L M Feldman Director / Choreographer Art House Productions wSoft Butter by Éamon Boylan Co-Director / Co-Choreo. Ars Nova ANTFEST One Arm by Moisés Kaufman & Director / Choreographer Chautauqua Theatre Company Romeo and Juliet by Choreographer / AD Dir. Dawn Monique Williams Chautauqua Theatre Company wPin* and the Blue Fairy by noah kat baus Director / Co-Choreo. Dixon Place & Drama League Residency Jacqmin Family in the Petrified Forest by Laura Jacqmin Director / Choreographer Source Festival Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph Director / Choreographer TheaterLab NYC wNormativity by Jacob Jarrett Choreographer Dir. Mia Walker New York Musical Festival wPumpkin Patch by Joseph Breen Director Primary Stages One-Acts

ASSOCIATE / ASSISTING wThe Mar Vista by Yehuda Hyman Associate Director Dir. Yehuda Hyman, Signature Theatre wFalling Out by Jessica Grindstaff Associate Director Dir. Jessica Grindstaff Phantom Limb Company BAM Next Wave Festival wThe Way the Mountain Moved by Idris Goodwin Assistant Director Dir. May Adrales Oregon Shakespeare Festival Indecent by with Rebecca Taichman Associate Choreographer Dir. Wendy C. Goldberg Choreo. Yehuda Hyman Guthrie Theater w Workshop! by Louisa Thompson with Flako Jimenez Associate Dir. / Choreo Dir. Louisa Thompson, New Victory Noises Off by Michael Frayn Assistant Director Dir. Andrew Borba, Chautauqua Theatre Hir by Taylor Mac Assistant Director Dir. Shana Cooper, Woolly Mammoth A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Assistant Director Dir. Shana Cooper, CalShakes wOrange Julius by Basil Kriemendahl Assistant Director Dir. Dustin Wills, Rattlestick Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang Assistant Director Dir. Joel Sass, Guthrie Theater Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde Assistant Director Dir. Christopher Liam Moore, CalShakes The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare Rehearsal Assistant Dir. Rebecca Taichman, McCarter Theatre

SELECT READINGS / WORKSHOPS w Adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” by Philip Dawkins Director Princeton, Alumni Residency wSHEL by Noah Kieserman Director Arena Stage wPleasure Men by Roger Q. Mason Choreographer Dir. Michael Alvarez, The Flea wMurder at the Gates by Steven Sater & James Bourne Movement Director Dir. Whitney Mosery, Pace University 1

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Singin’ in the Rain by Comden & Green Director / Co-Choreo. Directing Thesis Zoyka’s Apartment by Mikhail Bulgakov Choreographer Dir. Alexandru Mihail Spring Awakening by Sater & Sheik Choreographer Dir. Julia Hammer Red Noses by Peter Barnes Choreographer Dir. Tracy Bersley Rent by Jonathan Larson Director / Choreographer Lewis Center for the Arts

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP AND AFFILIATIONS Art House Productions, Artistic Associate (Jersey City, NJ / 2017 - 2019) Curated artist residency programs, oversaw season programming, redesigned and oversaw the INKubator new play development program and its culminating New Play Festival, and collaborated with Art House staff on growing relationships with the Jersey City community at large

Chautauqua Theater Company, Directing Fellow (Chautauqua, NY / Summer 2017) Assistant director on main stage productions; choreographer of main stage production of Romeo and Juliet; director of One Arm on the main stage in collaboration with design fellows and MFA acting conservatory, and creator and director of end-of-season Bratton Late Night Cabaret

Octopus Theatricals, Producing Assistant to Mara Isaacs (Princeton, NJ, and New York, NY / 2015 - present) Managed social media platforms for Hadestown; assisted in line-producing multiple events and showcases for the Arts Festival at Princeton University to celebrate the new Lewis Arts Complex; assisted in organizing the pilot SPRINGBOARD New Dance-Driven Musicals program

WINDOWS, Founder and Lead Director (Princeton and Trenton, NJ / Winter 2014) Founded community-based, devised theater initiative with Princeton University in partnership with Lifeties, Inc. Devised Shakespeare-inspired work with at-risk LGBTQ+ teen residents of Triad and Rainbow Houses in Trenton, NJ; led workshops in slam-poetry, acting, movement. Final performance included a public conversation with Michelle Hensley and Laurie Woolery

Princeton Performing Arts Council, Vice President (Princeton, NJ / 2014 - 2016) Worked with Princeton University faculty to improve the arts community on campus. Lead organizer of This Is Princeton 2015: Black Lives Matter, a historic and celebratory performance in which students, alumni, and professors came together as artists in solidarity with Black Lives Matter

TEACHING ARTIST Princeton University (Princeton, NJ): Guest artist in new play development workshop with playwright, Philip Dawkins Hunter College (New York, NY): Guest movement director in Theatre courses taught by Professor Louisa Thompson Pace University (New York, NY): Guest artist in new musical development lab with BFA Students Whitworth University (New York, NY): Guest Lecturer for New York City “J-Term” Directing Seminar Art House (Jersey City, NJ): Program Director and teaching artist for pre-professional teen theater conservatory Act Two at Levine, Strathmore Performing Arts Center (Rockville, MD): Spring Juries panelist

EDUCATION Princeton University: A.B. Major: English; certificates in Theatre and Gender & Sexuality Studies

Oxford University: Fellowship at Lincoln College with the Breadloaf School of English to conduct thesis research and study in graduate seminar with Oxford Professor Emma Smith

TRAINING Princeton University, Lewis Center for the Arts Faculty: Tim Vasen, Tracy Bersley, Jane Cox, John Doyle, Bob Sandberg, Michael Cadden, Stacy Wolf, Jill Dolan Selected Practical Workshops and Theoretical Seminars include: “Directing” – Tim Vasen “Russian Literature Adaptation Workshop: Krzhizhanovsky” – Tim Vasen and Caryl Emerson 2 “The Nature of Theatrical Reinvention” – John Doyle “Peer Gynt Workshop” – John Doyle “Art of Producing Theater” – Mara Isaacs “Dramatic Literature” – Bob Sandberg “Performance Studies” – Stacy Wolf and Jill Dolan

Theater Chautauqua Theater, Masks Workshop (Chautauqua, NY): Three-week training with Budi (Aole) Miller in Masks Techniques Primary Stages, Director’s Workshop (New York, NY): Scene-Study Directing Workshops with Anne Kauffman, Rebecca Taichman, and Kate Whoriskey Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR): Summer Seminar student and returned following year as Senior Assistant. Instructors: Joan Langley, Kyle Haden, Libby Peterson, among others Studio Theater (Washington, DC): Conservatory student Signature Theater (Arlington, VA): Stage One Conservatory student Ford’s Theater (Washington, DC): Peter Cratchit in production of A Christmas Carol, dir. Mark Ramont CalShakes (Orinda, CA): Macduff’s son in Macbeth, dir. Kate Whoriskey; Boy in Much Ado About Nothing, dir. Peter Dubois American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco, CA): Young Conservatory student; Tiny Tim in production of A Christmas Carol, dir. Margo Whitcomb (Geary Theater)

Dance CityDance Ensemble (Washington, DC): dancer and choreographer in the pre-professional conservatory; performed principal roles in original works by Christopher K. Morgan, Maleek K. Washington, Alex Neoral, and Megan Adelsberger Joffrey Ballet School (New York, NY): Summer Jazz & Contemporary Intensive; performed principal roles in original works by Lynn Neumann and Ronnie Carnie Complexions Contemporary Ballet (New York, NY): Summer Contemporary intensive; performed principal roles in restaged works by Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden Washington School of Ballet (Washington, DC): student in the conservatory; performed in the annual production of Septime Webre’s The Nutcracker diSiac Dance Company (Princeton, NJ): dancer and choreographer with company Culture Shock Dance Crew (Washington, DC): dancer with competitive company The Pulse Dance Convention Tour and Intensive (National Tour): dancer and scholarship recipient

SELECT RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Yoga to the People, RYS (New York, NY): Yoga Alliance 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher certified, current teacher Operation Understanding DC (Washington, DC): Student Advocacy Group comprising Jewish and Black youth. Year- long fellowship involved training for facilitating diversity and inclusion workshops, and following the path of the Freedom Riders from Washington, DC, to Memphis, TN, to meet with activist leaders and study the history of the Civil Rights movement Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA): Filmmaking Intensive

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS Oregon Shakespeare Festival: 2018 FAIR Assistant Director to May Adrales Chautauqua Theater Company: Directing Fellow Drama League Artist-in-Residence: “Rough Draft” Residency SDC Observership: Member of 2017-2018 cohort Lewis Center for the Arts of Princeton University: Inaugural recipient of Music Theater Award Princeton Department of English: Senior Comprehensive Award Princeton Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies: Huffman Thesis Prize Honorable Mention Senior English Thesis: “ ‘If We Be Friends’: Queering the Fairy Tradition Oxford University: Competitive fellowship award to do thesis research and study in graduate seminar Metro DC Dance Awards: Finalist for “Outstanding Youth Performance” for original piece entitled “This Street” and nominee for Emerging Choreographer with Renegade Dance Company, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 3