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Bill Fennelly
SSDC SGMA| New York City | ||
| JOE! (Featuring: Brian D'Arcy James,Sutton Foster, BD Wong, Emily Skinner,Mary Testa, Mark Kudisch, David Garrison,Nancy Opel, Sally Mayes) |
Director | Manhatten Theater Club, & National Alliance of Musical Theaters |
| What a Day for a Daydream (Bistro Award) |
Director | The Duplex |
| The Stork Derby (Featuring: Carolee Carmello and Roger Bart) |
Director | NYU Music Theatre Writing Workshop |
| Ethan Frome (World Premiere) |
Director | NYU Music Theatre Writing Workshop |
| Lady O (World Premiere) |
Director | Music Theatre Works |
| National Tours | ||
| The Lion King | Resident Director | Disney Theatricals |
| Sleepy Hollow (World Premiere Featuring Zelda Rubinstein) |
Director Conceiver |
National Theatre of the Deaf and The Bushnell |
| The Magic School Bus | Director | Brad Simon and Bus Adventures Live |
| Wimzie's House | Director | Strawberry Productions |
| Reagional Theatre | ||
| Incident at Vichy | Director | Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| GYPSY | Director | Portland Center Stage |
| The Laramie Project | Director | Indiana Summer Stage |
| Manna | Director | Portland Center Stage JAW West Festival |
| Violet (Southeast Premiere) |
Director | Actor's Express |
| Lizzie in Three Rooms (Workshop) |
Director | Goodspeed Opera House |
| Words Without Music (With Lauren Flanigan, Jeffrey Lentz, and Joyce Castle) |
Director | Glimmerglass Opera |
| Bird Boy (Moss Hart Award) |
Director | Hartford Children's Theatre |
| Three Sisters | Director | The Academy of the Arts |
| L' Incoronazione di Poppea | Director | HARTT Opera |
| The Golden Apple | Director | HARTT Opera |
| Assisting | ||
| Broadway | ||
| The Gershwins' Fascinating Rythm | Associate Director Mark Lamos, Director |
Longacre Theatre |
| New York City Opera | ||
| Spent three Seasons as a Staff Director for New York City Opera at Lincoln Center. Staff Director for 15 productions. Duties included directing and assisting on the transfer of productions from Glimmerglass to NYCO, assisting on new and remounted productions, and staging second companies. I was the original AD on the World premiere, the New York premiere, and the EMMY nominated production of Central Park. | ||
| Regional | ||
| Richard III | Assistant Director Libby Appel, Director |
Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Assistant Director Tim Bond, Director |
Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Jersey Boys (World Premiere) |
Assistant Director Des McAnuff, Director |
LaJolla Playhouse & Dodger Theatricals |
| By Jeeves (American Premiere) |
Assistant Director Alan Ayckbourne, Director |
Norma Terris Theater |
| Icarus's Mother & Action | Assistant Director Les Waters, Director |
Forum Studio |
| Two Gentlemen of Verona | Assistant Director Doug Wager, Director |
Mandel Weiss Forum |
| Blues for an Alabama Sky (Featuring Phylicia Rashad) |
Assistant Director Kenny Leon, Director |
Hartford Stage Company, 1996 Olympic Festival |
| UCSD | ||
| Edward II (By: Bertolt Brecht) (2002 KPBS PATTE Award for Outstanding Direction) |
Director | Forum Studio |
| I Aint' Yo Uncle (By: Robert Alexander) |
Director | Mandel Weiss Theatre |
| Archaeology (By: Rachel Axler) |
Director | UCSD New Play Festival |
| Disappearance Conundrum (By: Rachel Axler) |
Director | UCSD New Play Festival |
| Pure (By: Matt Smart) |
Director | UCSD New Play Festival |
| The Poisonwood Bible | Adaptor/Director | UCSD Cabaret |
| 2002 Ten Minute Plays | Director | UCSD New Play Festival |
| Education and Fellowships | ||
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- Oregon Shakespeare Festival Phil Killian Directing Fellowship 2005
- MFA in Directing from UCSD 2004; Studied with: Anne Bogart, Andre Belgrader, Kyle Donnelly, Robert Egan, Shirley Fishman, Loretta Grecco, Tina Landau, Des McAnuff, Darko Tresnjak, Ivo Van Hove, Doug Wager, Les Waters, Matthew Wilder, and Jim Winker. - BM from the Hartt School in Directing, Dramatic Writing, and Music Theatre Performance 1995 |
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| New York City Opera | ||
| Central Park (World Premiere) (NYC Premiere) (EMMY Nominated) |
Assistant Director Mark Lamos, Director |
New York City Opera, Great Performances, and Glimmerglass Opera |
| Don Giovanni | Assistant Director Hal Prince, Director |
New York City Opera Lincoln Center |
| Acis and Galatea (New Production) |
Assistant Director Mark Lamos, Director |
New York City Opera, Lincoln Center, Chicago Opera Theater, Glimmerglass Opera |
| Emmeline (NYC Premiere) |
Assistant Director Francesca Zambello, Director |
New York City Opera Lincoln Center |
| Mice and Men (New Production) |
Assistant Director Rhoda Levine, Director |
New York City Opera Lincoln Center |
| Partenope (New Production) |
Assistant Director Francisco Negrin, Director |
New York City Opera Lincoln Center |
| La Boheme | Assistant Director David Grabarkewitz, Director |
New York City Opera Lincoln Center |
| Madama Butterfly | Assistant Director Michael Phillips, Director |
New York City Opera Lincoln Center |
| Carmina Burana | Assistant Director Donald Byrd, Director |
New York City Opera Lincoln Center |
| Rigoletto (New Production) |
Assistant Director Chris Mattaliano, Director |
New York City Opera Lincoln Center |
| Teaching | ||
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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Spring 2004) Directed Main-stage Production Acting, Text Analysis and Movement UCSD (2001-2004) Acting, Directing, and Movement, Scene Coach: Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Contemporary Playwrights INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (Spring and Summer 2002) Acting, Integration Work (Viewpoints and Laban) NYU (1998-2000) Guest Director and Dramaturge Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program HARTT SCHOOL OF MUSIC (1995-1996) Acting, Text Analysis, Movement and Opera Staging GREATER HARTFORD ACADEMY OF THE ARTS (1995-1997) Acting, Text Analysis, Musical Theatre Performance Trained With: Alan Ayckbourne, Anne Bogart, Andre Belgarder, Donald Byrd, Kyle Donnelly, Robert Egan, Shirley Fishman, Loretta Grecco, Mark Lamos, Tina Landau, Des McAnuff, Ursula Meyer, Reggie Montgomery, Charlie Oates, Darko Tresnjak, Ivo Van Hove, Doug Wager, Les Waters, Matthew Wilder, and Jim Winker Course Offerings: Acting, Directing, Shakespeare, Vocal Coaching, Movement for Actors, Viewpoints, Laban, Integration Work (Laban and Viewpoints), Mask Work, and Puppet Work |
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