QUETTA CARPENTER, MFA

EDUCATION

The Pennsylvania State University School of Theatre State College, PA Master of Fine Arts in Acting 2007 • Graham Fellow 2004 • Manuel Duque Acting Award 2007

Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts Cedar City, UT Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies in Theatre Arts and Dance 2004 • Academic Vice President’s Award • Female Contributor of the Year Nominee • Elected Speaker Pro-Tempore of the Utah Intercollegiate Assembly • Senator and Representative for Utah Intercollegiate Assembly • Elected to the Student Senate • Elected Speaker Pro-Tempore of the Student Senate • Scholarships in Theatre, Dance, Journalism and Leadership Extra-curricular Activities: • Opinion Editor and weekly columnist for the University Journal • Member of Alpha Phi International Fraternity • Member of and elected historian for Masque Club

Additional undergraduate coursework:

University of California, Bakersfield Shakespeare in Performance (As You Like it)

Gilbert/Chandler Community College Mythology

Professional Affiliations Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild - E

CURRENT TEACHING

University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Lecturer August 2011-Present, teaching the following classes in rotation: • Movement for the Actor Level 3, 4, 5, Graduate (MFA program terminated in 2013) • Audition Techniques, Undergraduate • Acting for the Camera, Undergraduate • Movement for the Actor, Level 1 and 2, Undergraduate • Acting I, Undergraduate • Acting 2, Undergraduate • Fundamentals of Acting, Undergraduate non-majors • Movement Lab 1 and 2 for the BFA in Acting

SERVICE: University of Texas at Austin

DIRECTING

• Directing Speaking in Tongues (Fall 2015) • Director for Interview (Fall 2014) • Director for The Sparrow (Fall 2013) • Directing mentor/Acting coach for student directed production of Push Up (Spring 2015)

COACHING

• Acting Coach for RE/CONNECT, Cohen New Works Festival, Ryan Belock/Kristen Weller • Acting Coach for Memoirdia Dell Arte, Cohen New Works Festival, Rebecca Wallach/Kenny Chilton • Guest Respondent for Henry Bishop, Cohen New Works Festival, Patricia Bennett/Alexa Capareda • Acting Coach for Fame, directed by Jerry Ruiz • Acting Coach for In the Heights, directed by Jerry Ruiz • Additional Actor coaching on Streetcar Named Desire, dir by Jess Hutchinson • Voice coaching for Jeckyl and Hyde

MOVEMENT • Period Movement for Intimate Apparel dir Melissa Maxwell • Movement and Choreography for Love’s Labors Lost dir John Langs

PRODUCING • Co-Producer, Cohen New Works Festival Academic Year 2014/15 • Producer/Actor Coach/Sound Recordist for Detention, a UT student web-series (Web Series Channel, Townspot TV) • Producer for The Acting Project lab series: Dark Play, or Stories for Boys (2011), Some Girls (2012), The Sparrow (2013) •

MENTORSHIP • Guest respondent: Alpha Psi Omega Harvey • Guest respondent: Round About Players Stonewater Rapture • Undergraduate Advisor • Organized and presented casting workshops in conjunction with the SXSW film festival, SAG foundation and SAG national/regional directors, 2014 and 2015 • Organized and presented audition workshops for UT undergraduate students in conjunction with student group Round About Players

COMMITTEES • Season Selection Committee • Undergraduate Executive Committee • College of Fine Arts Curriculum Committee • AdHoc for Seasonal/Curricular Production • COFA Professional Development Task Force • COFA Undergraduate Travel Initiative Committee

GUEST INSTRUCTION • Guest instructor for Graduate Directing (Rasmussen), topic: Clown and Commedia • Guest instructor for Actor/Director Workshop (Rasmussen) topic: Movement • Guest instructor for Languages of the Stage (Rosen), topic: Movement • Guest instructor in Butler School, Music/Opera, topic: Commedia • Guest Actor in Playwright/Director workshop • Guest Lecture: McCombs School of Business, MBA seminar, topic: Power Poses

OTHER • Adjudicator for Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards • Adjudicator for Baylor University Sing

PREVIOUS TEACHING HISTORY

Brock Allen Casting Austin, TX Instructor, Meisner Technique, Movement 2014-current

A Working Group, Robichaux Studio Austin, TX Instructor 2013/14 • Meisner Year 1 • Meisner Year 2

Texas Musical Theatre Workshop Austin, TX Acting Instructor 2013/14 • Primary Acting instructor

Act One Studios Chicago, IL Instructor 2007-2011 • Professional Series: Fundamentals of Acting I • Professional Series: Fundamentals of Acting II • Professional Series: Fundamentals of Acting III • Acting for Teens

The Pennsylvania State University State College, PA Graduate Teaching Assistant 2005-2007 • THEA 102 Fundamentals of Acting (7 semesters) • THEA 100 Introduction to Theatre - TA (4 semesters) • THEA 320 Advanced Acting - TA (1 semester)

Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT Guest Lecturer: Globalization of American Democracy 2001 • Governor’s Honors Academy

Summer Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) Faribault, MN Instructor 2009-2010 • Audition Technique • Movement Childsplay Tempe, AZ Residency Instructor 2003-2004 • Introduction to Acting/Creative Play

Utah Shakespearean Festival Cedar City, UT Workshop Instructor 1992-1994 • 7-8 Grade Level – Shakespeare

TRAINING Penn State MFA Program, State College, PA Acting: Brant Pope, Jim Wise Movement: Mark Olsen Voice: Charmian Hoare, Barry Kurr Alexander: Richard Nichols Shakespeare: Brant Pope, Jane Ridley Script Analysis: Annie McGregor

Southern Utah University BA Program, Cedar City, UT Dance: Gwen Grimes, Mitzi McKay, Roy Fitzell, Tiffin Butcher, Burch Mann Acting: Richard Bugg, Fred C. Adams, Laurie Birmingham Character Studies: Richard Bugg Voice: Richard Bugg

The Professional Actors Lab, Toronto, Ontario Acting for the Camera: David Rotenberg, Bruce Clayton Teaching Residency: David Rotenberg

Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar City, UT Acting Internship (1992, 93, 94) John Neville-Andrews, Mark Rucker, Robert Cohen, Jim Christian, Norman Ayrton, William Leach, Rick Vannoy

INDUSTRY AND MASTER CLASSES David Rotenberg: Teaching film acting James Bohnen: Stoppard, Chekov Rick Snyder: Advanced Scene Study Mike Simpkins: Acting/Directing Tim Carroll: Acting/Directing John Basil: Shakespeare Barry Craft: Shakespearean Text Jared Sakren: Mask James Calleri: Audition workshop Darrell W. Cox: Advanced Scene Study Michael Beubis: Meisner Technique

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Austin Critics Table Awards • Movement Nomination — Love’s Labors Lost (UT Austin, directed by John Langs)

Arizoni Awards for Excellence in Theatre (Phoenix, Arizona): • Best Supporting Actress Award — Torch Song Trilogy 2001(Nearly Naked Theatre) • Best Actress Nomination — As You Like it 2004 (Southwest Shakespeare Company) • Best Actress Nomination — The Imaginators 2004 (Childsplay) • Best Ensemble — As You Like it 2004 (Southwest Shakespeare Company) East Valley Tribune

Spotlight Awards (New England): • Best Actress Nomination — Rabbit Hole 2011 (Seacoast Repertory Theatre)

PROFESSIONAL ACTING ROLES

TV American Crime, Season 2 Recurring (5 episodes) ABC/John Ridley The Leftovers Co-Star HBO/Mimi Leder American Crime , Season 1 Co-Star ABC/John Ridley Revolution Co-Star NBC/Warner Roxann Dawson Secret Diary of an American Series Lead Cheer Channel/Christian Cisneros Cheerleader

FILM The Price on Henry James’ Head Lead Zach Merck Flocker Supporting Starveling Prod/Jayson Oaks Sweet Sixteen Supporting DePaul Project Bluelight/Zielinski South Loop Lead Parkside Films John A. Rangel Schizcago Supporting Schizcago Films Ben Kolak Happily After Principal Glass City/Braeburn John Klein Time Takes a Holiday Lead Rogue Lumen Bos Alvertos Rachel the next five years Supporting Plenty Humble Jeremy Lee Cudd What We Give Supporting AMAA Productions Dustin Butler

INTERNET Diary of a Job Seeker Series Lead Plenty Humble Jeremy Lee Cudd The Lines Featured Elephant Filmworks ARG Nexus Humanus Series Lead Random House

COMMERCIALS Maytag Principal Sons and Daughters/Red Lion iMeet Principal Scott Rice/Richards Group HEB Superbowl Principal Richards Group Associated Bank Principal Fueled Films Envision Utah “The Office” Principal Fueled Films Envision Utah “Bike Riding” Principal Fueled Films Texas.gov Principal Fueled Films Parents Empowered Principal Scott Rice Billy The Exterminator Principal A&E Networks Dove Conditioner “DIY Repair” Principal Ogilvy and Mather Dove Conditioner “Heat Damage” Principal Ogilvy and Mather Dove Conditioner “30 Day Challenge” Principal Ogilvy and Mather Sittercity.com Principal Shadow Gang The Arizona Republic Principal Gannett Media

PRINT “Tough Row to Ho” Cover Model Phoenix New Times “Undercover Cheerleader” Cover Model Phoenix New Times Wall Street Journal Online Principal Sean Williams Photography Silk Soy Milk Principal White Way/Leo Burnett

VOICE OVER American Crime Silverman’s Assistant ABC/Greg Araki Pirate 101 Various KingsIsle Entertainment Wizard 101 Various KingsIsle Entertainment Sittercity VO Shadow Gang Martha! VO Narrator Hayley Anderson Touchstone Energy Radio Narrator

THEATRE Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Bloomington/Normal IL Love’s Labors Lost Rosaline Curt Tofteland Love’s Labors Won Rosaline Sara Becker Richard II Duchess of York Robert Quinlan

Southwest Shakespeare Company, Mesa AZ Richard III Lady Anne Jared Sakren Love’s Labors Lost Princess of France Leslie Brott Cardenio Luscinda Jared Sakren As You Like it Rosalind Jared Sakren

Shakespeare Sedona, Sedona AZ Richard III Lady Anne Jared Sakren Love’s Labors Lost Princess of France Leslie Brott Cardenio Luscinda Jared Sakren

Pennsylvania Centre Stage, State College PA Cloud Nine Maud/Lynn Tyler Marchant Proof Claire Jim Wise 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress Trisha Sue Lawless Loves and Hours Andrea Dan Carter Baby, The Musical Doctor/Woman 3 Cary Libkin

Performance Network Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI Burn This Anna Ray Shultz

Guest Artist @ University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX 360 (round dance) The Dancer/ Courtney Sale The Famous Singer Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth NH Rabbit Hole Becca Bob Vernon

Shaw Chicago/International Shaw Symposium, Chicago IL *Cashel Byron's Profession Lydia Carew Bob Scogin

New Paltz Repertory Theatre, New Paltz NY Proof Claire Brant Pope

The Purple Rose Theatre Company, Chelsea MI *Vino Veritas Claire Guy Sanville

Expanded Arts, New York City NY The Winter's Tale Hermione Noel Neeb

Childsplay, Tempe AZ The Imaginators Nina John Gentry

Utah Shakespeare Festival, Cedar City UT Cyrano De Bergerac Orange Girl/Sister Claire John Neville-Andrews The Shoemaker’s Holiday Ceciley Bumtrinket Norman Ayrton Timon of Athens Peacock Dancer/Wife Robert Cohen A Midsummer Nights Dream Titania Attendant Jim Christian A Flea in Her Ear Hotel Guest/Fernande Mark Rucker Our Town Woman in Balcony/ William Leach Dead Woman 1/Choir Costume Cavalcade Tour Various (4 years) Fred C. Adams

Actors Renaissance, Tempe AZ As You Like it Rosalind Drew Kallen *Sense and Sensibility+ Elinor Ashley Barnard Macbeth:Remixed Witch 1/Doctor Anthony Runfola +Remounted for Jane Austen Festival

Nearly Naked Theatre, Phoenix AZ Torch Song Trilogy Laurel Tim Shawver Gilgamesh Siduri Damon Dering * world premiere DEVELOPMENTAL PLAYWRIGHT READINGS/WORKSHOPS

University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX Your Mother’s Copy of the Tony Kirk Lynn Steven Wilson Kama Sutra Roe Sarah Weddington Lisa Loomer Sarah Rasmussen The Two Gentlemen of Verona Thurio Sarah Rasmussen The Animals Fran Kirk Lynn Bloomsday Cait Steven Dietz Sirens Rose Deborah Zoe Laufer Jessica Hutchinson I am Going to Change the World Dr. Jensen Andrew Hinderaker Enter a Woman, Pretty Enough Woman Diana Small Jessica Hutchinson Blackout Hitler David Turkel Jessica Hutchison The Great American Bear Hunt Lydia Blaisdell Jessica Hutchinson Hold Me Well Eva Suter

Chicago Dramatists, Chicago IL If You Split a Second Geneva/Jane Dana Lyn Formby Ilesa Duncan The Fantastical Magical Life of Mary McMueller Dana Lyn Formby The Magic Lantern Missy Robert Coon Playwright's Lab Dana Lyn Formby Instant Theatre Ensemble 3 years Richard Perez/Dana Lyn Formby

Pennsylvania State University Propaganda Annalise Matthew Toronto David Rotenberg The Afghan Women Wajma William Mastrosimone Brant Pope Severe Clear Agent Susan Russell Jane Ridley

Other The Trojan War Helen Joe Lehman Hamlet Gertrude Jeremy Lee Cudd Mary and Elizabeth Elizabeth Steve Wojtas Henry IV, Part I Hotspur Ms. Conceived Shakespeare

OTHER PROFESSIONAL • Coordinator and writer of theatre for change Corporate Influence Clean-Up Crew for Ralph Nader’s 2000 Presidential Campaign, Washington DC • Co-director, Writer, Producer for Sister Project (Short film) • Expert Witness, 3 years, Kirkland and Ellis mock trials, Chicago 2008-2011 • Producer, Sound Recordist and Writer for Plenty Humble Productions 2009-2015 • Costume Design, Millinery and construction for Actors Renaissance and Southwest Shakespeare Company 2002-2004 • Costume Cavalcade Wardrobe Supervisor, Utah Shakespeare Festival 1993-95 • Wardrobe Supervisor for Actors Theatre 2002 • House Manager for Redmoon Theatre, Chicago IL 2009-2010 • House Manager for Chicago Humanities Festival 2010 • Contributing Writer, Phoenix New Times 2001-2004 • Contributing Writer, Denver Westword 2002 • Feature Writer, Metro Magazine 2003 • Contributing Writer, Gotham Digest 2007 • Copywriter, Axiom Design (Los Angeles) 1996-2000