Cell Phone (202) 247-7188 PAUL TAKACS E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.paultakacsdirector.com DIRECTING EXPERIENCE Everybody – Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins✦ Marymount Manhattan College, NYC 2020 Love and Information – Caryl Churchill Marymount Manhattan College at NY Live Arts, NYC 2019 Race – David Mamet Stella Adler Conservatory, NYC 2019 In Arabia We’d All Be Kings – Stephen Adly Guirgis Stella Adler Conservatory, NYC 2018 Knives in Hens● – David Harrower The Shop at 59E59 Theaters, NYC 2017 Vinegar Tom – Caryl Churchill Stella Adler Conservatory, NYC 2017 A Bright Room Called Day– Tony Kushner Stella Adler Conservatory, NYC 2016 Dark Vanilla Jungle● – Philip Ridley The Shop at HERE Arts, NYC 2016 Professor Brenner* – David Pinsky New Worlds Theatre Project at HERE Arts, NYC 2015 The Seagull – Anton Chekhov Stella Adler Conservatory, NYC 2015 Anon(ymous) – Naomi Iizuka New School for Drama (Visiting Artist) 2014 Six Degrees of Separation – John Guare Stella Adler Conservatory, NYC 2014 The Ladder* – Matt Herzfeld New School for Drama (Visiting Artist) 2014 I Am The Wind✢ – Jon Fosse/adapt. Simon Stephens The Shop at 59E59 Theaters, NYC 2014 Carcass* – Peretz Hirshbein New Worlds Theatre Project at HERE Arts, NYC 2013 The Women – Clare Booth Luce Stella Adler Conservatory, NYC 2013 Attempts On Her Life – Martin Crimp Stella Adler Conservatory, NYC 2013 Tender Napalm✢ – Philip Ridley The Shop at 59E59 Theaters, NYC 2012 Top Girls – Caryl Churchill Stella Adler Conservatory, NYC 2012 Early Michigan* – Heather Lynn MacDonald Wide Eyed Productions, NYC 2012 Phaeton* – Michael Milligan Studio Tisch at NYU 2011 Love in Transit* – Judith Goudsmit The Shop, NYC 2011 adulteration* – Josh Beerman New School for Drama 2011 The Country – Martin Crimp New School for Drama 2010 The History of Kites* – Josh Beerman Samuel French Off Off Broadway Play Festival 2010 Phi Alpha Gamma* (Touring) – Dan Bernitt Dan Bernitt Productions 2009 Cul de Sac* – Judith Goudsmit New School for Drama 2009 A State of Innocence – Naomi Wallace New School for Drama at The Cell Theater, NYC 2009 Hello Out There – William Saroyan New School for Drama 2008 Death of the Fourth Estate* (Reading) – Kerry Gildea Theatre of the First Amendment 2008 St. Mark’s Gospel – King James Bible Theatre Alliance 2008 Dark Rapture – Eric Overmyer Spooky Action Theater 2007 365 Days/365 Plays – Susan Lori Parks Studio Theatre/Washington Shakespeare Company 2007 The Patent Stone* (Reading) – Kristin Johnsen-Neshati Theatre of the First Amendment 2006 Hernani* (Reading) – Victor Hugo/adapt. John Strand Shakespeare Theatre Company/ReDiscovery Series 2006 The Tempest – William Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre Company Lab Project 2006 Film Noir – Adam Szymkowicz Madcap Players Winter Festival of New Works 2006 Now Let Me Fly (Concert Reading) – Marcia Cebilska St. Mary’s College of Maryland 2004 Three Sisters – Anton Chekhov St. Mary’s College of Maryland 2003 *New Work/Translation ✢U.S. Premiere ●New York Premiere ✦Virtual Production ACADEMIC WORKSHOP PRODUCTIONS Everybody – Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins✦ Stella Adler Conservatory,NYC 2020 The Wheel* – Alaina Messineo✦ Marymount Manhattan College 2020 Leave the Party* – Will Alderson Marymount Manhattan College 2020 The Lovely Bones – adapt. Bryony Lavery NYU/Tisch-Stella Adler Conservatory,NYC 2019 Man-I-Fest-O* – Skylar Beirne Marymount Manhattan College 2019 Rolling* – Jackie Manno Marymount Manhattan College 2019 Sunset Play #1* – Kayla Williams Marymount Manhattan College 2019 Skiddy* – Michaela Williams Marymount Manhattan College 2018 The Twilight Zone – adapt. Anne Washburn Stella Adler Conservatory,NYC 2018 Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. – Alice Birch Stella Adler Conservatory,NYC 2017 Middletown – Will Eno Stella Adler Conservatory,NYC 2016 Glengarry Glen Ross – David Mamet Stella Adler Conservatory,NYC 2015 Anna Karenina – adapt. Helen Edmundson Stella Adler Conservatory,NYC 2015 Requiem for Black Marie – Sara Farrington Stella Adler Conservatory,NYC 2014 Attempts On Her Life – Martin Crimp Stella Adler Conservatory,NYC 2013 ASSISTANT DIRECTING EXPERIENCE The Rimers of Eldritch (dir. Hal Brooks) New School for Drama 2009 The Taming of the Shrew (dir. Rebecca Taichman) Shakespeare Theatre Company 2007 Love’s Labor’s Lost (dir. Stephen Fried) Shakespeare Theatre Company/Carter Barron 2007 Pericles (dir. David Muse) Shakespeare Theatre Company/Carter Barron 2006 The Persians (dir. Ethan McSweeny) Shakespeare Theatre Company 2006 Lady Windermere’s Fan (dir. Keith Baxter) Shakespeare Theatre Company 2005 Homebody/Kabul (dir. John Vreeke) Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 2004 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Elements of Directing Adjunct Professor, Marymount Manhattan College BA Program 2019-Present Directing III Adjunct Professor, Marymount Manhattan College BA Program Spring 2021 Acting Intermediate Scene Study Adjunct Professor, Marymount Manhattan College BA Program 2017-Present Acting III British Comedy Adjunct Professor, Marymount Manhattan College BA Program Spring 2020 Acting III Language & Style Adjunct Professor, Marymount Manhattan College BA Program Fall 2018 Shakespeare 2 Instructor, The Stella Adler Studio Evening Conservatory Spring 2017 Contemporary Scene Study Instructor, NYU Tisch/Stella Adler Studio 2012-2020 Approaching the Role- Evening Workshop Instructor, Stella Adler Studio 2012-2020 Approaches to Solo Performance Instructor, Stella Adler Studio Fall 2017 Text & Acting / Director, As You Like It Teaching Artist, Shakespeare Theatre Company 2006 Audition Techniques Teaching Assistant, St. Mary’s College of Maryland 2004 Realism for the Actor Adjunct Teacher, St. Mary’s College of Maryland 2001 Actor/Instructor Teaching Artist, Folger Shakespeare Library 1993-‘99 EDUCATION The New School for Drama Master of Fine Arts Degree, Directing Instructors: Doug Hughes, Jo Bonney, Kate Loewald, Lou Jacob, Jane Ann Crum St. Mary’s College of Maryland Bachelor of Arts Degree, Directing Emphasis, Magna Cum Laude RELATED EXPERIENCE Artistic Director/Producer The Shop 2011- Present SDC Observership with Steven Hoggett ONCE at New York Theatre Workshop 2011 Script Reader New York Theatre Workshop & The Play Co. 2011-’18 Assistant to the Managing Director New School for Drama 2008-‘11 Translator/Adapter, Wedekind’s Spring Awakening Kennedy Center - Page to Stage Festival 2007 Directorial Fellowship Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington DC 2005-‘06 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS/RECOGNITION SDC Associate Member Actor’s Equity Association Member 2002 Helen Hayes Award Nomination, Best Supporting Actor Resident Musical - Perseus Bayou 2010 B & M Smith Scholarship Recipient, New School for Drama REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST .