Mara Sherman Director & Dramaturg MaraMakesTheater.com DIRECTING Romeo & Juliet Director Turning Glass Shakespeare The Veils * Assistant Director Nu Sass Productions Measure for Measure Assistant Director Britches & Hose Theater The Comedy of Errors Assistant Director WEST Performing Arts Devised Work Little Life Doreen Bechtol MBC S&P Accidental Lesbian Kai Winden UC Santa Cruz/ CA Tour The Spirit Lodge Camille Brown UC Santa Cruz DRAMATURGY Henri the 4th Parts 1 & 2 Kevin Finklestein Brave Spirits Theatre Macbeth Kirsten Brandt Santa Cruz Shakespeare Henry the Fourth, Part One Jim Warren American Shakespeare Center The Man in the Iron Mask* John Sipes Shakespeare Santa Cruz I Dream of Chang and Eng* Gina Marie Hayes UC Santa Cruz The Thinning Veil* Kirsten Brandt UC Santa Cruz Twelfth Night Patty Gallagher Shakespeare Santa Cruz The Three Musketeers Art Manke Shakespeare Santa Cruz OTHER PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE The Veils* Assistant Producer Nu Sass Productions The Winter’s Tale Assistant Stage Manager MBC S&P Or, Producer MBC S&P Henry the Fourth, Part Two Wardrobe Crew Shakespeare Santa Cruz Berzerkergäng Costumes/Puppets UC Santa Cruz EDUCATION/TRAINING 2015 Master of Fine Arts, Shakespeare and Performance, Mary Baldwin College 2014 Master of Letters, Shakespeare and Performance, Mary Baldwin College. 2014 Literary Department Internship, Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2011 BA, Literature- Pre and Early Modern Studies. Theatre Minor. UC Santa Cruz Relevant Coursework Directing III, MBC Shakespeare & Performance – Lisa Wolpe Directing II, MBC Shakespeare & Performance- Tom Cornford Directing I, MBC, Shakespeare & Performance- Matt Davies SKILLS and CERTIFICATION Stage Combat: Unarmed and Single Rapier (Level One, Certified Through DAI) Some Italian, German; Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Mandolin; Red Cross First Aid Certified * World Premiere ** World Premiere Translation .