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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,