D A V E S O L O M O N [email protected] www.dave-solomon.com (646) 345-6131 cell AGENT / THEATRE: William Morris Endeavor MICHAEL FINKLE (212) 903-1144 AGENT / FILM: William Morris Endeavor HANNAH DAVIS (310) 859-4054 DIRECTOR – Theatre Pump Up The Volume – upcoming 2021 RWS/Pittsburgh Playhouse Ordinary Days – a theatrical-cinematic hybrid production Pittsburgh Playhouse (with new material by Adam Gwon) Pump Up The Volume RWS/Canadian Musical Theatre Project at Sheridan You’re Gonna Hate This (with Lindsay Mendez, Justin Guarini, Keala Settle) Feinstein’s/54 Below Michael Holland The Dodgers The Hudson Theatre, L.A. Diana Amsterdam (with Corbin Bleu, Talisa Friedman, Jared Gertner, Emma Hunton, Eric Nelsen) Cover Reading Bill McMahon (with Michael Berresse, Erin Davie, Christopher J. Hanke, Barbara Walsh) Hero Collage Reading Sinead Daly (with Justice Smith, Dan Amboyer, John Bolton, Zabryna Guevara) Pump Up The Volume Workshop Jeff Thomson/Jeremy Desmon (with Alex Brightman and Emma Hunton) Alas The Chain Theatre Jonathan Zimmerman You’re Gonna Hate This Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater Michael Holland (with Lindsay Mendez and Michael Holland) Pump Up The Volume – in Concert Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater Jeff Thomson/Jeremy Desmon Pump Up The Volume MSU – Director Jeff Thomson/Jeremy Desmon Dick and Lola Roundabout/Laura Pels Debra Monk (with Debra Monk, Andrea Martin, Brian Kerwin) Staged Reading Same Time, Next Year Surflight Theatre Bernard Slade (with John Bolton and Eve Plumb) Aaron Lazar: For Lover’s Only Feinstein’s at Loews Regency Broadway Recycled Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater My AIDS At Hand Theatre/Urban Stages Marrying Meg NYMF/Theatre at St Clements (with Kathy Fitzgerald, Lisa Howard, Michael McCormick, Jim Newman, Harris Doran) Company Vassar College Assassins Vassar College Award: Best Direction WRITER – Theatre Margaret and Craig New Group / New Works Festival Sheryl Kaller, dir. (with Mario Cantone and Marin Ireland) Havana – a new musical (book) NCL/Scott Sanders Productions Warren Carlyle, dir/chor (music by Albita Cantante & Ryan Scott Oliver) Margaret and Craig New York Stage and Film Sheryl Kaller, dir. (with Mario Cantone) After Orlando – “Light” DR2 Theatre “Broadway Family Feud” Co-Writer (w/ Jim Newman) Gypsy of the Year ’07 D.Solomon/J. Newman Union Square Center Stage, NY Jill DeArmon, dir. The Sexless Years Ars Nova Susan Lovell, dir. Free Donuts Center Stage, NY Jill DeArmon, dir. FILM / TELEVISION Chesterfield Falls Writer/Director In Development Anne Carey, Producer Cavan Director In Post-Production “A Christmas Story Live” Assoc Director/Assoc Producer Scott Ellis, dir. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Assistant to the Director Bill Condon, dir. Photo Op Writer / Director 3 Awards; 21 film fests including Palm Springs, Outfest (with Randy Harrison, Aaron Lazar, Hannah Bos, Lucas Steele) Mr. Holmes Assistant to the Director Bill Condon, dir. Time and Place (screenplay) Reading / In Development “Glass Slippers Are So Back” Co-Director/Editor with Santino Fontana, co-director Sunday In The Park... - Tony Segment Directed for Television Radio City Music Hall 2008 Tony Awards Unknown Caller Writer/Director/Editor DV Short Mario Cantone: Laugh Whore Production Assistant Showtime Reel Time Writer/Director 16mm short film Bar Flies Director of Photography Hi8 Documentary Short ASSOCIATE / ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - Theatre Tootsie Associate Director Marquis Theatre Scott Ellis, dir. Tootsie Associate Director Cadillac Palace Theatre/Chicago Scott Ellis, dir. Side Show Associate Director St. James Theatre Bill Condon, dir. Side Show Associate Director La Jolla Playhouse/Kennedy Center Bill Condon, dir. On Borrowed Time Associate Director Two River Theatre Joel Grey, dir. The Mystery of Edwin Drood Associate Director Studio 54 Scott Ellis, dir. Assassins – Reunion Concert Associate Director Studio 54 Joe Mantello, dir. She Loves Me Associate Director Roundabout Concert Gala Scott Ellis, dir. 8 Associate Director Benefit Reading Joe Mantello, dir. Radio Girl Associate Director Goodspeed/Norma Terris Theatre Christopher Gattelli, dir. 9 to 5 Associate Director Marquis Theatre Joe Mantello, dir. A Little Night Music Associate Director Roundabout Concert Gala Scott Ellis, dir. (with Vanessa Redgrave and Natasha Richardson) Pal Joey Associate Director Studio 54 Joe Mantello, dir. 9 to 5 Associate Director Ahmanson Theatre/CTG Joe Mantello, dir. 13 Assistant Director Goodspeed – Norma Terris Jeremy Sams, dir. Sunday in the Park With George Assistant Director Studio 54 Sam Buntrock, dir. The Ritz Assistant Director Studio 54 Joe Mantello, dir. Curtains Assistant Director Al Hirschfeld Theatre Scott Ellis, dir. Curtains Assistant Director Ahmanson Theatre/CTG Scott Ellis, dir. Mario Cantone: Laugh Whore Production Assistant Cort Theatre Joe Mantello, dir. Assassins Production Assistant Studio 54 Joe Mantello, dir. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Artistic Residency SPACE on Ryder Farm Instructor/Teaching Faculty New York Film Academy, Musical Theatre Department 2017 – Present Teacher/Guest Artist The Growing Studio, Actor Therapy NYC (Ryan Scott Oliver and Lindsay Mendez) Guest Teacher: Acting on Film MN Acting Studios Guest Artist Director / Instructor Michigan State University – CAL Famous Affiliates Program Conceived and Taught class: Theatre 301: Adaptation and Interpretation Directed Workshop of New Musical – Pump Up The Volume, Arena Theatre ‘Pataphysics Writing Workshop Lisa Kron – The Flea Theater Broadway Classroom/Broadway 101 Instructor – Exercises/Scene Work w/ High School Groups Fred Ebb Foundation Fred Ebb Award – Preliminary Judge 2006 - 2008 Roundabout Theatre Company Assistant Company Manager: Anything Goes, Brief Encounter, Sondheim on Sondheim, Waiting for Godot and 110 in the Shade New York Stage and Film Administrative and Literary Intern VASSAR COLLEGE Bachelor of Arts: Film, Drama .