November 2020 Resume
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MIRANDA CORNELL theater maker & worker | mirandacornell.com [email protected] | (347) 267-4272 DIRECTING CREDITS The Potluck Plays: A Virtual Feast ^ M. Cornell & Seonjae Kim Asian American Arts Alliance, 2020 Spring Awakening ^ Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater Fordham University/Mimes & Mummers, 2020 The Water Rumbles in Limbo Time ^ Marissa Joyce Stamps The 24 Hour Plays: NaJonals, 2020 Happy Cassie ^ Juli del Prete The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, Round 17, 2020 Head and Heart * Various Composers New York Musical Festival/Signature Theatre, 2019 It’s True, It’s True, It’s True Breach Theatre Idlewild Theatre Ensemble, 2019 Revolt. She said. Revolt again. Alice Birch EXperimental Theater of Vassar College, 2018 TAKE * Katelyn Bang Powerhouse/NYSAF, 2018 Mr. Burns, a post-electric play Anne Washburn The Philaletheis Society, 2016 #Blessed Zoe Kamil Semicolon Theatre Company/FringeNYC, 2016 We Go Together Zoe Kamil The Kraine Theater/Semicolon Theatre Company, 2015 Hamlet & Ophelia AleXa Derman The Kraine Theater/Semicolon Theatre Company, 2015 Very Bad Words * Jacob Presson Access Theater/Semicolon Theatre Company, 2014 ASSISTANT DIRECTING/APPRENTICE/OBSERVER CREDITS Mañanaland ** ^ dir. Meghan Finn The Tank/Pedro Reyes, 2020/2021 Lizard Boy * ** ^ dir. Brandon Ivie NaJonal Alliance of Musical Theater FesJval, 2020 Execuon of JusUce * ^ dir. Mark Armstrong The Public Theater, 2020 A Christmas Carol dir. Adam Immerwahr McCarter Theatre Center, 2019 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein dir. David Catlin McCarter Theatre Center, 2019 Gloria: A Life dir. Emily Mann McCarter Theatre Center, 2019 A LiXle Night Music dir. Christopher Grabowski EXperimental Theater of Vassar College, 2018 Primer for a Failed Superpower * dir. Rachel Chavkin The TEAM, 2017 * Denotes workshop/reading/concert. ** Denotes upcoming/current project. ^Denotes virtual producJon. FELLOWSHIPS, AFFILIATIONS & INTERNSHIPS Asian American Arts Alliance — Van Lier Fellow in Theater, 2020 (Current) Roundabout Theatre Company — Roundabout Directors Group Member, 2020-2021 (Current) InUmacy Coordinators of Color — Training towards cerJficaJon, 2020 (Current) re: direcUng with Robert Icke & Lyndsey Turner — Group Member, 2020 (Current) NAMT FesUval — DirecJng Observer Cohort, 2020 (Current) The 24 Hour Plays — NaJonals Cohort, Director, 2020 McCarter Theatre Center — DirecJng/Producing ApprenJce, 2019-2020; Teaching ArJst, 2020 Semicolon Theatre Company — Founding Arsc Director, 2013-2018 New Victory Theater/New 42nd Street Inc. — Educaon Apprence, 2016 Theatre Communicaons Group — Research, Policy & CollecJve AcJon Intern, 2015 Young Playwrights Inc. — AdministraJve Intern, 2013; Consultant, 2013-2015 EDUCATION/TRAINING Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Bachelor of the Arts, Drama (Chris Grabowski, Shona Tucker, Amanda Culp, Abdullhamit Arvas, Gabrielle Cody) & Educaon (top honors and thesis dis>ncon) • Winner of the Molly Thacher Kazan Prize in Theatre • President of The Philaletheis Society, Vassar’s oldest and largest student theatre group for two years; led a board of eight, oversaw 4-8 producJons per year as producer, coordinated workshops and guest speakers • Member of the Engaged Pluralism IniJaJve (Arts working group); coordinated a three day residency with theatre arJst/ acJvist Anna Deavere Smith and introduced Ms. Smith at an event at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center • Member of Idlewild Theatre Ensemble, a theatre troupe for non-cis-men where all members parJcipate in devising, design, producing, and other aspects of show creaJon University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom September – December 2017 Semester abroad in Applied Theatre, Social Arts, and Social JusJce in Community Development (Anselm Heinrich & Mia Perry) SITI Company Summer Intensive, Saratoga Springs, NY June 2018 Viewpoints, Suzuki Method of Actor Training, Dramaturgy (ArJsJc Dir. Anne Bogart, Ellen Lauren, & Leon Inglsrud) Powerhouse Theater/NYSAF ApprenUce Company, Poughkeepsie, NY June – July 2014 Direcng Apprence: (Tomi Tsunoda, Emily Mendelsohn, Tracy Bersley). Served as Assistant to the Director for Michael Greif (A Walk on the Moon) and Liz Carlson (SeaWife). SKILLS General: Tap dance (6 years), Irish Step dancing (10 years), jazz & theater dance (4 years), basic stage combat, basic piano (3 years), alto saXophone (7 years), script and score tracking, child actor director and guardian, can read music, eXtensive professional and academic work in theater educaJon and engagement, dramaturgical eXperience, costume and properJes design skills, house management eXperience, producJon assistant eXperience, great with children and teenagers, zine making, quilJng, cross sJtch, great baker Language: Proficient in French and LaJn, working knowledge of Yiddish and Japanese Soware: QLab, OvaJon TiX, Tessitura, aroul.ly, Arts Vision, Google Apps for Business, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, basic HTML coding, MailChimp, Final Cut Pro, Blackbaud Financial Edge, Canva MarkeUng: Social media plaoorms (Facebook, Twiper, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, YouTube, Vimeo), strong wriJng skills (creaJve, research-based, solicitaJon) .