DOUG SCHOLZ-CARLSON dougscholzcarlson.wordpress.com 3608 PILLSBURY AVENUE SOUTH • MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 55409 • [email protected] • 612.644.6376 Artistic Director (2013-present) Great River Shakespeare Festival Associate Director (2006-13) Founding Company member (2004-06) Founding Co-Artistic Director (2000-04) Minnesota Shakespeare Project Minnesota Shakespeare Festival at Grand Marais Director Great River Shakespeare Festival Romeo and Juliet Macbeth Madison Opera The Barber of Seville The Turn of the Screw The Tender Land Austin Lyric Opera Romeo et Juliette Minnesota Opera La Fanciulla del West Opera Theater of St. Louis The Pirates of Penzance (outreach) The Very Last Green Thing Brundibar Guthrie/University of Minnesota BFA Romeo and Juliet Portland Opera Lucia di Lammermoor Park Square Theater Johnny Baseball (Midwest Premier) Austin Lyric Opera Lucia di Lammermoor Palm Beach Opera The Turn of the Screw Brundibar Pittsburgh Opera Lucia di Lammermoor The Great River Shakespeare Festival Cymbeline (Apprentice Company) As You Like It Minnesota Opera (Resident Artist Program) The Rape of Lucretia Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company The Sorcerer New Breath Productions Rags Theater 3 (touring, Port Jefferson, NY) Hamlet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Romeo and Juliet Minnesota Shakespeare Festival at Grand Marais Hamlet Pericles, Prince of Tyre Macbeth Minnesota Shakespeare Project Hamlet St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (Education programs) Bastienne and Bastienna Director (cont.) Institute of Vocal Artistry, Minneapolis Hansel and Gretel Minnesota Orchestra and the Minnesota Opera Scenes from La Boheme Northfield Arts Guild Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night Seattle Police Department Lily Loves Charlie, OK? Lake Country School Mid-West Side Story (An original Moliere adaptation) Northfield Youth Choirs H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado Upcoming: Opera Theatre of St. Louis The Barber of Seville (Opera on the Go) Park Square Theater The Snow Queen Guthrie/Univ. of Minnesota BFA The War of the Roses Great River Shakespeare Festival As You Like It Fight Choreographer THE GUTHRIE THEATER Joe Chvala A Christmas Carol Joe Dowling Long Day’s Journey Into Night John Miller Stephany Born Yesterday Jef Hall-Flavin The Stuff of Dreams OPERA DE MONTREAL Eric Simonson Silent Night KANSAS CITY OPERA Octavio Cardenas Silent Night FORT WORTH OPERA Octavio Cardenas Silent Night OPERA PHILADELPHIA Eric Simonson Silent Night (East Coast Premier) PALM BEACH OPERA Kevin Newbury Romeo et Juliette PITTSBURGH OPERA Eric Simonson The Grapes of Wrath NEW YORK CITY OPERA Thor Steingraber I Capuleti e i Montecchi UTAH OPERA AND SYMPHONY Eric Simonson The Grapes of Wrath MINNESOTA OPERA Eric Simonson Silent Night (World Premier) 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music Eric Simonson Wuthering Heights Eric Simonson Grapes of Wrath (World Premier) David Roth (Keith Warner) Carmen Leah Hausmann Otello Michael Erlich Street Scene Thor Steingraber I Capuleti e i Montecchi Christopher Mataliano Pagliacci Eric Simonson The Handmaid’s Tale (American Premier) Fight Choreographer (cont.) PARK SQUARE THEATER David Mann Romeo and Juliet Joel Sass Oliver Twist Richard Cook Othello Jef Hall-Flavin A Midsummer Night’s Dream CHILDREN'S THEATER COMPANY David Mann Disney’s Mulan Whit MacLaughlin The Hobbit Eric Simonson Korczak’s Children Michael John Garces Snapshot Silhouette GREAT RIVER SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL James Edmondson Hamlet James Edmondson King Henry V James Edmondson King Lear Paul Barnes The Two Gentlemen of Verona King Paul Barnes Henry IV, Part 1 Alec Wild Othello Alec Wild Richard III Paul Barnes Romeo and Juliet Paul Barnes As You Like It Also directed Macbeth TORCH THEATER Craig Johnson Dangerous Liaisons NAUTILUS MUSIC-THEATER Ben Krywocz Man of La Mancha THIRST THEATER Also directed Sit Down JUNGLE THEATER Joel Sass Hitchcock Blonde Bain Boehlke How the Other Half Loves MINNESOTA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL David Mann Romeo and Juliet David Mann Hamlet Also directed Pericles, Prince of Tyre Also directed Macbeth SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT Also directed Lily Loves Charlie, Okay? ROGUE THEATER David Mann Corleone Upcoming: PARK SQUARE THEATER Jef Hall-Flavin A Midsummer Night’s Dream PARK SQUARE THEATER David Mann Romeo and Juliet Assistant Director THE GUTHRIE THEATER A Christmas Carol Joe Chvala MINNESOTA OPERA The GRAPES OF WRATH (WORLD PREMIER) Eric Simonson Carmen (David Roth org. Keith Warner) Lucia di Lammermoor (James Robinson) Carmina Burana/Pagliacci (Christopher The Magic Flute (Michael Cavanaugh) Mataliano) The Barber of Seville (Chuck Hudson) Don Carlos (Tim Albery) Der Rosenkavalier (Sandra Bernhardt) La Boheme (David Roth) Street Scene (Michael Erlich) Handmaid’s Tale (American Premier) (Eric Simonson) UTAH OPERA & SYMPHONY The Grapes of Wrath Eric Simonson PITTSBURGH OPERA The Grapes of Wrath Eric Simonson Lucia di Lammermoor James Robinson Society of American Fight Directors “Recommended Actor/Combatant” Trained under David Boushey. Acting Coach: Minnesota Opera Resident Artist Program (complete teaching resume available) Singer/Actor: Member of Actor’s Equity Association (Complete resume available) Education: MASTER OF FINE ARTS (1994) B.A. SUMMA CUM LAUDE (1990) UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SCHOOL OF DRAMA ST. OLAF COLLEGE Professional Actor Training Program.