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OVERVIEW
HEAD OF THEATRE AT MCCALLUM FINE ARTS ACADEMY (2011-PRESENT) • Responsibilities include developing curriculum, recruiting qualified faculty members, student recruitment, teaching upper and lower level classes in acting, musical theatre styles, script analysis, musical theatre dance styles, theatre history, directing, playwriting, musical theatre history and literature. • Artistic stewardship of main stage production season. Season selection. Guest artist assignments, marketing, audience relations, community outreach and events. • Representation and advocacy for the department to the campus fine arts coordinator, principal, and the Austin Independent School District's districtwide fine arts coordinator. • Alumni relations and college placement. • Orientation and mentorship of new faculty, faculty development including determination of instructional deficiencies as outlined by the Texas Essential Skills and Knowledge curriculum requirements for performance musical and technical theater. • Direct three main stage shows per season as well as University Interscholastic League one act play competition entry and National High School Musical Theatre Awards show entry.
FACULTY AT ZACH PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL (2010-2011) • Instructor and director in the preprofessional program. Courses taught: triple threat, intermediate musical theater dance, musical theater audition intensive, intermediate musical theater dance intensive.
PROFESSIONAL ACTOR IN CLASSIC AND POPULAR PLAYS AND MUSICALS IN INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, SUMMER STOCK, AND UNIVERSITY VENUES • Over 30 professional credits.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY- BFA, ACTING WITH A MUSICAL THEATRE EMPHASIS • Studies include: Acting- Joe Deer, Rocco DalVera, Sandra Crews, Mary Donahoe, Speech- Joey Bates, Sandra Crews, Voice- Mary Elizabeth Southworth, Joey Bates, Dance (ballet, tap, jazz, theatre dance styles) Joe Deer, Suzanne Walker, Jon Rodriguez, Greg Hellems.
BROADWAY DREAMS FOUNDATION- NEW YORK INTENSIVE • Instructors: Titus Burgess, Tony Vincent, Lena Hall, Lindsay Mendez, Adam Kantor, Alan Souza, Otis Sallid.
MASTERCLASSES/WORKSHOPS/ONGOING TRAINING • Directing observer-ship (Vanya, Sonja, Masha, and Spike) Abe Reybold, ZACH Theatre • Auditioning for Musical Theatre, Adam Pascal, Straight from New York • Anne Bogart's Viewpoints, Richard Hess, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music • Auditioning For Film, New York Film Academy • Acting as a Business, Cody Williams
Joshua Denning - Curriculum Vitae joshuadenning.net Page 1 of 6 • Auditioning For Musical Theatre, Dave Clemmons • Devising Theatre, Carla Goldman, Fuzebox Festival • Physical Theatre, Action Hero, Fuzebox Festival • Playwriting, Fuzebox Festival • Acting In Musical Theatre, Judy Blazer • Shakespeare, Drew Fracher, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Apprenticeship Program • Improvisation, Walden Theatre School • Devising Theatre, Phil Soltanoff • Artistic Direction, Christopher Ashley, La Jolla Playhouse
AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS
• Actors Equity Association member 2001-2011 • Musical Theatre Educators Alliance International member 2014- present • Texas Education Agency Board Certified K-12 Theatre Specialist 2011- present • Educational Theatre Association member 1997-present
CRITICAL AWARDS • Broadway World Austin Award for Outstanding Cast of a Musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, ZACH Theatre 2017 • Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Award for Best Ensemble, Titanic, McCallum Fine Arts Academy 2016 • Central Texas Excellence In Theatre Award for Outstanding Academic Theatre, McCallum Fine Arts Academy 2015 • Broadway World Austin Award for Best High School or College Production of a Musical or Play, The Producers, McCallum Fine Arts Academy 2015 • Broadway World Austin Award for Best Scenic Design for The Producers, McCallum Fine Arts Academy 2014 • Broadway World Austin Award for Best Family Friendly Production for Les Miserables, McCallum Fine Arts Academy 2014 • Broadway World Austin Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Bonnie & Clyde: A New Musical (Texas Premiere), McCallum Fine Arts Academy 2013 • Austin Critic's Table Award for Best Supporting Actor for Angel in RENT, ZACH Theatre 2011 • B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance for Angel & Collins together in RENT, ZACH Theatre 2011
DIRECTING AND CHOREOGRAPHY
2017 Animal Farm, McCallum Fine Arts Academy The Importance of Being Earnest, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Me and My Girl, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
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2015 Sondheim On Sondheim, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Ghost The Musical, McCallum Fine Arts Academy The Yellow Boat, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
2014 The Producers, McCallum Fine Arts Academy A Kid Like Jake, Half and Half Productions Bob: A Life in Five Acts, Half and Half Productions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Les Miserables, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
2013 Bonnie and Clyde (Texas Premiere), McCallum Fine Arts Academy Romeo and Juliet, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Oklahoma, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
2012 The Secret Garden, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Beauty and the Beast, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
2011 Gigglehouse, ZACH Performing Arts School Peter Pan, ZACH Performing Arts School Camp Rock, ZACH Performing Arts School Don't Count Your Chickens Until They Cry Wolf, ZACH Performing Arts School Gleefully Yours, ZACH Performing Arts School Holiday Glee, ZACH Performing Arts School Alice In Wonderland, ZACH Performing Arts School Outreach Siemens Corporation Industrial, Offshore Trade Conference
2010 Pirates, ZACH Performing Arts School Wizards of Wonder, ZACH Performing Arts School
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2000 Jon & Jen, Wright State University, Directing Lab Theatre
SCENIC DESIGN
2016 Animal Farm, McCallum Fine Arts Academy The Importance of Being Earnest, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Me and My Girl, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Dogfight, Austin Theatre Project Marie Antoinette, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Titanic, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
2015 Sondheim On Sondheim, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Ghost The Musical, McCallum Fine Arts Academy The Yellow Boat, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
2014 The Producers, McCallum Fine Arts Academy A Kid Like Jake, Half and Half Productions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Les Miserables, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
2013 Bonnie and Clyde (Texas Premiere), McCallum Fine Arts Academy Oklahoma, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
2012 The Secret Garden, McCallum Fine Arts Academy Beauty and the Beast, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
2002 The Battle, Chelsea Arts Theatre, NYC
2000 West Side Story, Music Theatre Louisville Jon & Jen, Wright State University, Directing Lab Theatre
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THE LION KING Adult Simba Theatre Im Hafen, Hamburg Julie Taymor WE WILL ROCK YOU Britney Theatre 11, Zurich Ben Elton PRISCILLA QUEEN/DESERT Tick/Mitzi ZACH Theatre Abe Reybold LES MISERABLES Enjolras, u/s Valjean. ZACH Theatre Matt Lenz NEXT TO NORMAL Dr. Fine/Madden ZACH Theatre Dave Steakley RENT Angel ZACH Theatre Dave Steakley HAIRSPRAY Seaweed ZACH Theatre Dave Steakley TOMMY The Lover ZACH Theatre Dave Steakley THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS Eteocles ZACH Theatre Dave Steakley WHITE CHRISTMAS Ensemble ZACH Theatre Nick Demos RENT Benny The Weston Playhouse Bill Castellino CAROUSEL Billy Mary Moody Northen Theatre Mike McKelvey THE SOUND OF MUSIC Captain Von Trapp Zilker Theatre Productions M. Scott Tatum IN THE BLOOD Reverend D Black Arts Movement Carla Nickerson JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Jesus Cultural Arts Playhouse Bruce Grossman ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Daniel Seaside Music Theatre Harry Bright OVER HERE! Sam Eifler Theatre John Leffert A CHORUS LINE Ritchie CCM Hot Summer Nights Richard Hess OLIVER Ensemble CCM Hot Summer Nights Richard Hess MISS SAIGON Ensemble Theatre Under The Stars Bruce Lumpkin WEST SIDE STORY Pepe, u/s Bernardo Human Race Theatre Company Kevin Moore, Stephen Mills 7 BRIDES FOR 7 BROTHERS Caleb Music Theatre Louisville John Leffert TWO BY TWO Ham Music Theatre Louisville Jim Hesselman ONCE UPON A MATTRESS The Jester Music Theatre Louisville Jim Hesselman OKLAHOMA! Dream Curly Music Theatre Louisville Jim Hesselman BYE BYE BIRDIE Ensemble Music Theatre Louisville Jim Hesselman A CHORUS LINE Ensemble, u/s Paul Music Theatre Louisville Jim Hesselman
WORKSHOP MUSICALS ZANNA (DON’T) REDUX Zanna New York, NY Alan Souza UNTITLED ZOMBIE MUSICAL Hippe John Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis Danny Herman DADDY COOL Daddy Cool West End & Germany Frank Farian WISH John Henry Allen Robertson, Damon Brown Robertson & Brown MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S Ensemble TX Musical Theatre Workshop Millburn & Vigoda
UNIVERSITY THEATRE A CHORUS LINE Paul, Joey Bates A FEW GOOD MEN Santiago, Sandra Crews HARLEM RENAISSANCE Jack, Sandra Crews CRAZY FOR YOU Moose, Joey Bates BRIGADOON Tommy, Joe Deer HELLO AGAIN The Writer, Joe Deer 1903: WINGS OF DREAMS Paul Laurence Dunbar, Stuart McDowell SHOWBOAT Ensemble, Old Joe u/s, Stuart McDowell CHICAGO Ensemble, Mary Sunshine u/s, Joe Deer
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PROFESSIONAL
Ammon Taylor phone: (407) 692-2514 Musical Director, The Paramount Theatre [email protected] 713 Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701 Abe Reybold phone: (801) 759-0270 Associate Artistic Director, ZACH Theatre [email protected] 1510 Toomey Rd, Austin, TX 78704 phone: (512) 467-0594 x 411 Dave Steakley [email protected] Artistic Director, ZACH Theatre 1510 Toomey Rd, Austin, TX 78704 Nick Demos phone: (512) 467-0594 x 226 Tony Award Winning Producer: Memphis, Pippin, [email protected] Kinky Boots, Peter and the Starcatcher Demos Bizar Entertainment Jani- Walsh Weber 406 West 45th Street 5D Resident Director, The Lion King, Stage New York, NY 10036 Entertainment, Germany phone: (405) 209-7567
ACADEMIC
Dr. W. Stuart McDowell [email protected] Artistic Director & Past Chair joedeer.wix.com/professional-site Dept. of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures Wright State University M. Scott Tatum Dayton, OH 45435 Assistant Principal, Booker T. Washington High phone: (937) 775-3784 School for the Visual and Performing Arts [email protected] phone: 972-925-1211 [email protected] Joe Deer Distinguished Professor of Musical Theatre, Wright State University, Head of the BFA Musical Theatre Michelle Hache program, Director of The Musical Theatre Initiative Alumna, The Juilliard School 310 Dellwood Ave. Dayton, OH 45419 Proprietress, Michelle Hache Voice Studio home: (937) 643-1686 home phone: (917) 445-6608 cell: (937) 205-1369 [email protected]
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