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RESUME – DARA WEINBERG

daraweinbergATgmail.com

EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Creative Writing: Poetry, Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars, Baltimore, MD. (Will graduate in 2011.)
B.A in Comparative Literature, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. 2000-2004

DIRECTING
x restrung cortex (by Ron Allen) Theatre of NOTE, Los Angeles, CA
To Die In Athens second draft of 13 WAYS, public reading in Los Angeles.
13 Ways Of Looking At The Chorus + (adapted from Sophocles) Wheeler Arts Community @ University of Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell + (by William Blake) The Met Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Brandohead + (by Chris Danowski) Theatre of NOTE, Los Angeles, CA
A Vast Wreck + (by Richard Caliban) Theatre of NOTE, Los Angeles, CA
Human Bombing + (by Helma Fries) Berliner Compagnie, Berlin, Germany
Gilgamesh + (Sumerian epic poet) Stanford University, CA
Clytemnestra Speaks/Cassandra Responds+( Aeschylus / devised) Stanford University, CA
Faust, Part I (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Stanford University, CA
+ also choreographed

ASSISTANT DIRECTING
Sometimes A Great Notion * (March/April, 2008 ) dir. Aaron Posner, Portland Center Stage, OR
Lydia * (Dec./Jan., 2007-08 ) dir. Juliette Carrillo, Denver Center, CO
Golda’s Balcony (Sept.-Oct, 2007) dir. Aaron Davidman, TheatreWorks, Mountain View, CA
Tartuffe (June/July, 2007) dir. Peter Amster, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, OR
Romeo and Juliet (April-June, 2007) dir. Bill Rauch, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, OR
My Wandering Boy * (March/April, 2007) dir. Bill Rauch, South Coast Repertory, CA
The Stones (February/March, 2006) dir. Corey Madden, Center Theatre Group, CA
The Threepenny Opera (April, 2005) dir. Charlie Otte, Open Fist Theatre Company, CA
Eight Songs For A Mad King (Oct., 2005) dir. Ted Walch & Mark Hilt, Jacaranda Concert Series, CA
* world premiere

CHOREOGRAPHY
AC/DC”S BACK IN BLACK (June/July, 2007), Sacred Fools Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA
(winner of Thursty Award for Best Dance in a Serial Killers Episode, Sacred Fools Theater, 2007)
The Threepenny Opera (May, 2005) dir. Ken Tigar, West Bay Opera Company, CA
Don Giovanni (May, 2004) dir. Ken Tigar,West Bay Opera Company, CA

CHORAL THEATER WORKSHOPS DIRECTED FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS
Indy Convergence, Wheeler Arts Community @ University of Indianapolis ( February 2008 )
Many Hats Collaboration, Portland, OR (August 2007, October 2007)
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR (July 2007)
The Met Theater, Los Angeles, CA (October 2006)
Theatre of NOTE, Los Angeles, CA (January-March 2006)

CHORAL THEATER WORKSHOPS DIRECTED FOR STUDENTS
Windward School, Los Angeles, CA (2008 )
Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, CA (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 )
Stanford University, CA (2002-2003, multiple workshops)
San Francisco Mime Troupe, SF, CA (2001)
CSU-Northridge Summer Acting Camp (2000)

RELATED EXPERIENCE
February 2008 – 2009: Co-founder and associate artistic director with a focus on grantwriting and development of the Indy Convergence, (www.indyconvergence.com) an experimental conference of artists held each February in Indianapolis.

October 2005 – June 2007: Assistant to Bill Rauch, Los Angeles, Irvine, Ashland, and New York
• Assisted Bill during his transition from being the artistic director of Cornerstone Theater Company to freelance directing at the Guthrie and Lincoln Center to becoming the new artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
• Organized twenty years of files from past productions
• Composed and edited documents. Collaborated on grantwriting.
• Managed the travel and schedule of the transition from Los Angeles to Ashland

May 2005 – October 2005: Managing Director, Matrix Theater, Los Angeles, CA
• Administered the $60,000 budget for a production of Joanna Murray-Smith’s Honour.
• Created the company’s first website, including online ticket sales.
• Supervised program ad sales, advertising, marketing & PR.
• Hired, trained, and managed a box office staff of 4.

AWARDS and GRANTS
Chappell Lougee Research Grant, Stanford University, 2002
President’s Scholar Research Grant, Stanford University, 2000-2001
Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP) Award, Cornell University, 1999

WRITING, RESEARCH, DRAMATURGY
Dramaturgy for Many Hats Collaboration’s workshop of ASTRAL WEEKS (2008 )
Ongoing interview series, THE CROSSOVER INTERVIEWS, where I speak to theater professionals about their first jobs (2007)
Dramaturgy for Sight Unseen’s production of ASSASSINS (2007)
Theater columnist for www.laist.com (2006)
Honors thesis, TIME TO RHYME, in and on rhyme (2004)
Columnist of the syndicated story “The Adventures of Sander Lamori And His Wonder Dog, Bentham” for the Stanford Daily newspaper (2003)
Halftime show comedy writer for the Stanford LSJUMB Marching Band (2001-02 football season)
Script for CLYTEMNESTRA SPEAKS, Stanford University (2001)
Adaptation and script for GILGAMESH, Stanford University (2001)
Adaptation and script for FAUST, Stanford University (2000)
Script for YOU’LL NEVER BE PREGNANT AGAIN!, SF Mime Troupe Summer Workshop (2001)
Script for THE SEVEN FACES OF EVIL (Harvard-Westlake School)
Script & adaptation for THE FIFTEEN-MINUTE ODYSSEY, Telluride Assoc. Summer Program (1999)

REFERENCES

Bill Rauch
Artistic Director
Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Aaron Davidman
Artistic Director
Traveling Jewish Theater

Juliette Carrillo
Freelance Director