Carrie Klewin Lawrence, MA, MFA Resume – Professor of Theatre, Film and Communications [email protected] / 760.487.8132 / www.carrieklewin.com
EDUCATION MFA Directing, Catholic University; MA Theatre, NYU; BA Communications, Loyola College in Maryland (Spanish Minor). HB Studio, NYC. Assumption University (Bangkok, Thailand). Kings College, (Educational Theatre, London, UK). Study with Richard Schechner, Ralph Lee, Paata Tsikurishvili, Jon Klein, Ming Cho Lee, Constance Hoffman. Additional graduate study: Arts Administration – Tisch, NYU (Holland, France, Germany, Spain). ONLINE CERTIFICATION Troy University Online Cert. (TOP 2015), Online Collaboration Tools, Online Presentations, Blackboard, WebCT, Regular Effective Contact, Quality Matters, Creating Accessible Online Media, Integrating Student Learning Objectives, Wikispaces, Skype, Ning, Vimeo, Voice Thread, Poplet, Blogger, YouTube, Piktochart, Padlet, Titan Pad, Trello, Wimba
PROFESSOR OF THEATRE, FILM and COMMUNICATIONS OTHER TEACHING, COACHING and WORKSHOPS (Over 35 college courses/practica) § Improvisation, Acting, Movement, Auditioning Auburn University at Montgomery § Public Speaking for Business Professionals Theatre Appreciation (Flipped Online Classroom) § Shakespeare in the Classroom Troy State University § Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA Acting 3 § Nicole Gait Center of Performing Arts, Baltimore, MD University of San Diego (14 courses) § St. Paul’s Academy, Baltimore, MD Acting (10), Producing & Directing, § KenMont/KenWood Camps, Kent, CT Theatre Practicum (3) § Mt. St. Joseph Academy, Baltimore, MD San Diego Mesa College (6 courses) § School of Theatre, Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi, TX Intro to Script Analysis, Cinema as Art and § Mt. de Sales Academy, Baltimore, MD Communication I and II (Online, 8 Wk and Full) § First Stage Players, Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi, TX San Diego City College § Playing By Heart Artistic Studios, Baltimore, MD Intro to Dramatic Arts (8 Wk Online) § Drama Techniques MiraCosta College § Public School System, London, England Study of Filmed Plays(3 Sections, Online Resources), § English (ESL) Acting II (Sub), Directing (Sub) § Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand Mt. San Jacinto College (6 courses) § Tutors America, New York City, NY Improvisation for Dance and Theatre, Acting, Intro ASSOCIATIONS and CONFERENCES to Theatre (Online & Face-to-Face) § Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) San Diego State University § ATHE Introduction to Directing § TCG Montgomery College § Directors Lab West (DLW) Theatre Practicum, Workshops § Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) The Catholic University of America § SIEF (Societé Internationale d´Ethnologie et de Folklore) Speech Communications, History of American § Theatre Without Borders (Theatre and Peacebuilding in Theatre Theory and Technique (Asst.), Theatre 1 Conflict Zones) (History, Asst.), Introduction to Directing (Sub) § Amnesty International (Arts Festival, Washington DC) Acting Sub), Theatre 2 (Technical, Asst.) § Arts in the One World (Brown University)
§ Women PeaceMakers (Arts Festival, USD) § International Theatre Network (ITN)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/PAPERS/PANELS • “Destiny of Desire: A Brechtian Telenovela”, published in the Texas Theatre Journal, January 2016 • Directors Lab West, “Theatre Beyond Theatre” • SIEF, “Scoping Theatre’s 3rd Space”, competitive panel “Engaging Space, Performing Place”, Lisbon, Portugal • Acting Together on the World’s Stage, “Emerging Artist” • KCACTF, “Performer Conceived Performance”; Faculty Workshop “Devising Work” COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY DIRECTING • University of San Diego; Catholic University of America; Montgomery College of Maryland; Johns Hopkins University; College of Notre Dame of Maryland; Loyola University of Maryland
LEADERSHIP Conference Chair, Arts & Social Issues Conference Chair(USD); Artistic Director(3rd Space Theatre Collective); KCACTF Region VIII Student Directing Coordinator; Conference Coordinator(Bearing Exquisite Witness, Institute for Peace and Justice @ USD); Founder – The International Theatre Network; KCACTF Region II Student Directing Mentor; Director’s Lab West Alumni Committee; Artistic Director(Playing by Heart Artistic Studios); Dir. of Education (Harbor Playhouse, TX); Managing Director(Run of the Mill Theater, MD); Head of Theatre Dept.(KenWood Camps, CT); Res. Director (Mt. St. Joseph Academy); Founding Mbr. (Storybook Players, Charles Street Players, New Horizons Theatre). Resume Cont. Carrie Klewin Lawrence, MFA, SDC Resume – Freelance Stage Director – (Selected Works) [email protected] / 760.487.8132 / www.carrieklewin.com
DIRECTING The Normal Giant By NeilDavid Seibel Montgomery, AL Thistle By Erik Ehn UC San Marcos, LaMama ETC Switch* By Lisa Kirazian Telling Stories, Playwrights Project, San Diego, CA Next Train to Nowhere* By Kelsey Bavencoff Plays by Young Writers, San Diego, CA Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge By Christopher Durang University of San Diego, CA Miss Julie* Co-directed w/ Lisa Berger, Adpt. by Anne Hanes Harvey North Coast Rep, San Diego, CA Born of a Fairytale By Eli Sibley Capitol Fringe Festival, DC Political Menagerie By Llewellyn Hinkes Extreme Exchange Re-Cap – Theatre Alliance, DC Immodest Proposal* By Llewellyn Hinkes Extreme Exchange –at Woolly Mammoth, DC Il Mostro Turchino (Blue Monster) By Carlo Gozzi, *Music Composed by Ben Bernstein Catholic University of America, DC Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights By Gertrude Stein, *Music Composed by Kyle Gullings Catholic University of America, DC The Vagina Monologues By Eve Ensler Catholic University of America, DC The Chalky White Substance By Tennessee Williams Catholic University of America, DC Mindblanking* Written and Performed by Marc Unger Wild Performance, Top Floor, Baltimore, MD Various Short Plays Various Authors Variations Project, Run of the Mill, Baltimore. MD A Knock on the Door* By William Yarghboro II, and Richie Yates Company 13, Top Floor, Balt., MD Rigby* By Andy Wallace and Byron Jenkins Company 13, Top Floor, Balt., MD Reality Check, Aisle 4* By J Bounelis, J Harrison, D Peterson, & S Washburn Company 13, Top Floor, Balt., MD
MUSICAL/OPERA Cabaret By Kander and Ebb University of San Diego, CA First Lady Suite By Michael John LaChiusa University of San Diego, CA Beauty and the Beast By Menken, Ashman, Rice Rockville Summer Dinner Theatre, MD Count of Monte Cristo* By Ben Bernstein Atlas Theatre, DC The Pirates of Penzance By WS Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan The Washington Savoyards, DC, UMD Life in Death* An Opera Electronica By Gregg Martin Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, CUA, DC The Beggar’s Opera By John Gay, Musical Direction by Tom Pedersen Catholic University of America, DC The Eden Diaries* An Operetta By Kyle Gullings Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, CUA, DC The Perfect Game* A Musical By John Grissmer Catholic University of America, DC A Chorus Line By Marvin Hamlisch, etc. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Joseph And The Amazing… By Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi, TX
DEVISED & IMPROVARAMA – Collaborative, Interactive (Commedia-style) projects developed with an ensemble through improvisational exercises. Tempest 4* Inspired by Shakespeare, Conceived by Carrie Klewin, Catholic University of America, DC Original Music Composed by Gregg Martin Aladdin* Conceived and Directed By Carrie Klewin Storybook Players, MD, Pensacola Players, FL A Christmas Catastrophe* Conceived and Directed By Carrie Klewin Commission by Fells Point Corner Theatre, MD
READINGS Thistle (“Artists Igniting Social Change”, Social Issues Conference, USD), Killing the Boss (Amnesty International Human Rights Arts Festival, Washington, DC), Dog & Wolf* (Bearing Exquisite Witness, Women PeaceMakers Arts Festival, USD) Hijab Tube* (World Arts Festival, SDSU), A Girl Called Alice*, Eden Diaries*, Born Normal*, Family Fetish* (Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festivals), Green* (Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre – KCACTF), Six Nights in the Black Belt* (Yellow Taxi Productions, NH), Susan McIntyre Playwriting Festival, Baltimore Playwrights’ Festival.
ASSISTING She Stoops to Comedy (Woolly Mammoth, Dir-Howard Shalwitz – Nominated for 5 Helen Hayes awards, including Best Director), 33 Variations* (Asst. to Mark Bly for the Summer ’06 workshop, Dir-Moises Kaufman), The Magic Flute (Washington Summer Opera, Dir-Jeffrey Sichel), Final Destruction* (Signature Theatre, Dir-Marcia Gardner, by Joe Calarco), Kennedy Center University Playwriting Workshop (Dir-Carlos Murillo).
AWARDS 2007 SDC National Directing Award (KCACTF). Variations Project* (conceived and produced by Carrie Klewin): Outstanding Experimental Production (Greater Baltimore 2005, 2006), Top 10 Productions (Baltimore City Paper 2005), Best Production (Baltimore City Paper 2006).
OTHER Helen Hayes Judge, Sundance Theatre Lab Script Reader , DTASC Judge, Affiliate Member Theatre Without Borders, Member SDC, KCACTF Respondent, Development Assistant (Center Stage, Baltimore), Critic and Reader (Baltimore Playwright’s Festival), Dramaturgical Work (Arena Stage, DC).
*Signifies the Premier of a New Work