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Richard E. Hess Director Associate Member: Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC) Richard E. Hess Director Associate Member: Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC) Professor of Acting and Directing 6074 Marble Way University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music Cold Spring, Kentucky 41076 P.O. Box 210003 513-205-8872 Mobile Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0003 [email protected] • Director of Original Works The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Sex Directed the sold out run of the premiere production of this original play by Annie Hendy at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles in 2019 The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity Directed the premiere production by Annie Hendy at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles in 2006, which subsequently transferred to the Cincinnati Fringe Festival (Audience PICK-OF-THE-FRINGE), before being picked up for a special run at the Shelterhouse Theatre/Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park The Earth is Flat Directed the premiere production of this original play by Todd Almond, subsequently published by Samuel French, at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in 2017 H2O: A Play about Water Directed and co-authored the premiere production of this original devised work, with a cast of 23, about the relationship of the human race with our most important natural resource, for the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), subsequently performed in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival (2018) and internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland (2018) Naked Strangers Directed and co-authored the premiere production of this original devised work, with a cast of 8, about manners and the history of manners, for the Cincinnati Fringe Festival (2016) Kumi na Mbili Directed and co-authored the premiere production and film of this original devised work, with a cast of 12, about Kenyan identity, at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya (2014) The Collapsible Space Between Us Directed and co-authored the premiere production of this original devised work, with a cast of 5, about bridging the divide between American and Kenyan youth, performed at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), in Naivasha, Kenya, at World Refugee Day 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya, and in the Kangemi slum in Nairobi, Kenya We Tell The Story: The Songs of Ahrens and Flaherty Directed and choreographed the premiere of this original revue with Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty for Hot Summer Nights 2002 in Cincinnati, Ohio The Pages of My Diary I’d Rather Not Read Directed this new play, nominated for Best Writing and Best Direction for the 2001 LA Weekly Theatre Awards, with playwright and actress Eydie Faye (Fuller House (Netflix)). The production enjoyed a sold- out run at both The Complex and The Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as a short run at the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati Besame’ Mucho. O.K., That’s Enough Directed this one woman show written by and starring Diana Maria Riva (Dead to Me (Netflix), What Women Want, The West Wing, Everybody Loves Raymond) as part of the 2000 Lily Tomlin One- Person Play Festival in Los Angeles. The production also played at the HBO Workspace, and the 2100 Sq. Foot Theatre in Los Angeles. Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Parenting Directed the premiere production of the original musical revue of the composing team of Richard Oberacker and Rob Taylor (Bandstand on Broadway, Ace), presented in 2008 in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival (Audience PICK-OF-THE-FRINGE and ACCLAIM Award winner) Don’t Look Down Directed and choreographed this original revue of the music of composer Adam Wagner, presented in 2005 in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival (ACCLAIM Award winner), which later transferred to the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York under the title An Evening of (Mostly) True Songs (with Andrea Burns and Justin Bohon) (UN)Natural Disaster Authored and directed this original, site-specific piece about the effects of human behavior on climate change and the planet, presented by 13 actors in an abandoned building in Over-the-Rhine, as part of the 2006 Cincinnati Fringe Festival (Winner of two Cincinnati Entertainment Awards and Producer’s PICK-OF-THE-FRINGE) The Kid in the Dark Directed and choreographed the original revue of the music of composer Mark Halpin, presented in 2007 in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival (Cincinnati Entertainment Award winner) and at the Know Theatre Cincinnati Will It Ever Stop Raining? Directed and choreographed this original revue of the music of composer Thomas Korbee, Jr., presented in 2002 by the Drama Department at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. • Regional Theatre (Guest Artist with the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, Rebecca Guy, Artistic Director) A Flea In Her Ear Georges Feydeau Light Up the Sky Moss Hart (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, Ohio) The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity Annie Hendy (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio) Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor (The Know Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio) Topdog/Underdog Susan Lori Parks (Resident Artist with The Human Race Theatre, Co., Dayton, Ohio, Marsha Hanna, Artistic Director, 1993-present) On Golden Pond Ernest Thompson Red John Logan (Dayton Metro News Award Winner) Race David Mamet Doubt John Patrick Shanley (Daytony Award Winner) Seven Jewish Children; A Play for Gaza Caryl Churchill A Little Night Music Stephen Sondheim (2001 Year’s Best Dayton Daily News) The Drawer Boy Michael Healy (Daytony Award Winner) A Delicate Balance Edward Albee Daytony Award Winner) I Am My Own Wife Doug Wright (Daytony Award Winner) Proof David Auburn Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune Terrence McNally After-Play Anne Meara All in the Timing David Ives Miracle on South Division Street Tom Dudzick Speed-the-Plow David Mamet The Fantasticks Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt (Artistic Director for Hot Summer Nights, summer musicals in rotating repertory at the College- Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. 1998-2002) Once On This Island (w/ Nikki Renee Daniels) Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Hello Dolly! (w/ Pamela Meyers) Jerry Herman Pippin (w/ Shoshana Bean and Leslie Kritzer) Stephen Schwartz (Cincinnati Entertainment Award) Falsettos (w/ Lisa Howard) William Finn Violet (w/Ashley Brown) Jeanine Tesori Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill Lainie Robertson (Cincinnati Entertainment Award) A Chorus Line Edward Kleban and Marvin Hamlisch The Rink John Kander and Fred Ebb As the World Goes Round John Kander and Fred Ebb Little Shop of Horrors Alan Menken and Howard Ashman Joseph . Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown Clark Gesner • University Theatre A representative list of productions directed for the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, 1993-present): The Government Inspector Jeffrey Hatcher Her Naked Skin Helen Edmundson Pentecost David Edgar Coram Boy Helen Edmundson The Heidi Chronicles Wendy Wasserstein Speech and Debate Stephen Karam (League of Cincinnati Theatres Award) The Crucible Arthur Miller The Laramie Project Moises Kaufmann and Tectonic Theatre Co. You Can’t Take It With You Kaufman and Hart Spring Awakening Frank Wedekind The Matchmaker Thornton Wilder RENT Jonathan Larson Angels in America, Part One; Millennium Approaches Tony Kushner (Cincinnati Entertainment Award) Anon(ymous) Naomi Iizuka (ACCLAIM Award Winner) Brigadoon Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe (Cincinnati Entertainment Award) Big Love Charles L. Mee Picnic William Inge A Bright Room Called Day Tony Kushner Noises Off Michael Frayn The Lady’s Not for Burning Christopher Fry One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Dale Wasserman A New Brain William Finn Hello Again Michael John LaChiusa Six Degrees of Separation John Guare As Bees In Honey Drown Douglas Carter Beane Mother Ann Katie Dahlgren • Education MFA, Directing (1993) University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music MS, English Education (1985) State University of New York College at Buffalo BA, Theatre Arts (1983) State University of New York College at Fredonia -references available upon request- .
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